Excitation functions of the analyzing power in elastic proton-proton scattering from 0.45 to 2.5 GeV

Excitation functions A_N(p_lab,_c.m.) of the analyzing power in elastic proton-proton scattering have been measured in an internal target experiment at the Cooler Synchrotron COSY with an unpolarized proton beam and a polarized atomic hydrogen target. Data were taken continuously during the acceleration and deceleration for proton kinetic energies T_lab (momenta p_lab) between 0.45 and 2.5 GeV (1.0 and 3.3 GeV/c) and scattering angles 30 ^° _c.m. 90^°. The results provide excitation functions and angular distributions of high precision and internal consistency. The data can be used as calibration standard between 0.45 and 2.5 GeV. They have significant impact on phase shift solutions, in particular on the spin triplet phase shifts between 1.0 and 1.8 GeV.     

Peripatetic Highlights in Bern

This tour of significant scientific sites in Bern uses the local legacy of its most illustrious scientists, Albert Einstein (1879–1955) and Fritz Houtermans (1903–1966), as its guiding thread through the old town and the university district.Ann M.Hentschel is translator of the correspondence volumes of The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein and is currently employed by the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Bern to write the guide for a city tour of Einsteins old haunts in Bern for the coming jubilee of special relativity in 2005. For the historical companion guidebook, see Hentschel and Grasshoff, Albert Einstein (ref. 4) and the website <.     

Gas kinetic algorithm for flows in Poiseuille-like microchannels using Boltzmann model equation

~~Gas kinetic algorithm for flows in Poiseuille-like microchannels using Boltzmann model equation1. Feynman, R., There's plenty of room at the bottom, Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, 1992, 1: 60 -66. 2. Piekos, E. S., Breuer, K. S., Numerical modeling of micromechanical devices using the direct simulation Monte Carlo method, Transactions of the ASME, Journal of Fluids Engineering, 1996, 118: 464-469. 3. Beskok, A., Karniadakis, G. E., Trimmer, W., Rarefaction and …     

A methodology for measuring the relative effectiveness of healthcare services

^** Email: giorgio.vittadini{at}unimib.it^*** Email: simona.minotti{at}unicatt.it In this paper we propose a methodology for measuring the ‘relativeeffectiveness’ of healthcare services (i.e. the effectof hospital care on patients) under general conditions, in which:) a healthcare outcome underlies qualitative and quantitativeobservable indicators; ß) we are interested in studyingthe simultaneous dependency of multiple outcomes on covariates(where the outcomes can also be correlated to each other); )the relative effectiveness is adjusted for hospital-specificcovariates; ) we hypothesise a general distribution for randomdisturbances and the random parameters of relative effectiveness.For this topic, a generalisation of the SURE (seemingly unrelatedregression equations) multilevel model is proposed. The solutionsare obtained by means of Bayesian inference methods. Since thereis currently no software available to estimate this model, anSAS procedure based on Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods hasbeen developed by the authors, in line with Goldstein &Spiegelhalter (1996, J. R. Stat. Soc. Ser. A, 159, 385–443),Spiegelhalter et al. (1996, Bayesian Using Gibbs Sampling Manual.Cambridge: MRC Biostatistic Unit, Institute of Public Health)and Albert & Chib (1997, J. Am. Stat. Assoc., 92, 916–925).In addition, a new theoretical result regarding the joint posteriordistribution for the parameters is provided. The model proposedhas been implemented for an effectiveness study of a selectionof Lombard hospitals.     

Information and Distinguishability of Ensembles of Identical Quantum States

We consider a fixed quantum measurement performed over n identical copies of quantum states. Using a rigorous notion of distinguishability based on Shannon’s 12th theorem, we show that in the case of a single qubit, the number of distinguishable states is , where (α₁,α₂) is the angle interval from which the states are chosen. In the general case of an N-dimensional Hilbert space and an area Ω of the domain on the unit sphere from which the states are chosen, the number of distinguishable states is . The optimal distribution is uniform over the domain in Cartesian coordinates.     

Oscillation spectra of seed NaCl crystals in aqueous solutions

Using the flicker-noise method (FNM), we investigated the oscillations of clusters in aqueous solutions of NaCl in the range of concentrations from 0.1 to 26.0 mass %. It has been established that in the solutions oscillators whose masses are similar to the masses of the models of aggregates of solvate clusters of ion pairs (SCIP) of salt with a different water content are present. In diluted solutions (<10%), the elementary SCIP has the form NaCl· 40H₂O. For the entire range of concentrations the SCIPs are given by structures based on the cubic system of the sodium chloride system. The base structure for them is a cube formed from 12 SCIPs of salt. The largest cluster revealed by the FNM method for all investigated concentrations of salt had a mass of ≈1.5 million D. The presence of NaCl in water leads to a collapse of its cluster structure, except for the smallest clusters (H₂O)_10…11, whose concentration increases with temperature or solution concentration. The distribution of SCIPs changes dramatically at a temperature above 300 K. The possible structures of SCIPs are given and the mechanism of their formation is discussed. __________ Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 72, No. 6, pp. 766–772, November–December, 2005.     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>-Nuclearity in a New Perspective

In this Letter we try to settle some confused points concerning the use of the notion of p-nuclearity in the mathematical and physical literature, pointing out that the nuclearity index in the physicists’ sense vanishes for any p> 1. Our discussion of these issues suggests a new perspective, in terms of ε-entropy and operator spaces, which might permit connections to be drawn between phase space criteria and quantum energy inequalities.Mathematics Subject Classification (2000): 81T05, 47B10, 47L25.     

Uniqueness of diffusion generators for two types of particle systems with singular interactions

For two types of stochastic particle systems in we show non-explosion in finite time by proving that their respective generators are L¹(μ)-unique, where μ is their respective invariant (in these cases even symmetrizing) measure. We also prove the much harder L²(μ)-uniqueness in both models.     

Relaxation of Paramagnetic Centers during Modulation of a Stationary Magnetic Field

It has been found that the phase shift _min in the synchronous detection block that ensures the minimum amplitude of the EPR lines of ruby, diphenylpicrylhydrazyl, and MnSO₄·5H₂O, depends on the amplitude of the modulationH _m of a stationary magnetic field. The dependence of _min on H _m is explained by the inertial nature of the recovery of the stationary states of paramagnetic centers on a change in the magnetic field strength.     

Evolution of spectroscopic information over the last decade and its effect on line-by-line calculations for validation of radiation codes for climate models

Five HITRAN's editions (since 1992) and three radically new H₂O spectral databases have been tested for their usefulness in line-by-line benchmark calculations for radiation code validations. The longwave calculations for the mid-latitude summer (MLS) atmosphere with the different HITRAN's editions revealed a good convergence (maximal discrepancies since decreased to in our flux calculations with 1992-2002 and 1996-2002 HITRAN's editions, respectively). The shortwave calculations with different HITRAN's editions revealed a good agreement: discrepancies in downward fluxes absorbed by the MLS atmosphere are less than , i.e. 0.5% for the all HITRAN's editions since 1992. It has been determined that it is unreasonable to replace HITRAN by any new H₂O spectral database in benchmark calculations, although they contain essentially more spectral lines than HITRAN (up to ∼10 times). Moreover, it has been found that no new database could be useful for explaining the “anomalous absorption” problem. Two latest water vapor continuum models have been tested as well. It has been found out that these models are the main source of uncertainties in the present and previous calculations: discrepancies for the MLS atmosphere reached ∼3 and in the longwave and shortwave flux calculations, respectively.