Precision measurement of vector and tensor analyzing powers in elastic deuteron-proton scattering

High-precision vector and tensor analyzing powers of elastic deuteron-proton ( d + p) scattering have been measured at intermediate energies to investigate effects of three-nucleon forces. Angular distributions in the range of 70^°-120^° in the center-of mass frame for incident-deuteron energies E _d ^lab = 130 and 180 MeV were obtained using the RIKEN facility. The beam polarization was unambiguously determined by measuring the ^12C (d, α)^10B(2⁺) reaction at 0^°. Results of the measurements are compared with state-of-the-art three-nucleon calculations. The present modeling of nucleon-nucleon forces and its extension to the three-nucleon system is not sufficient to describe the high-precision data consistently and requires, therefore, further investigation.     

Application of R-matrix method to electron-H<Subscript>2</Subscript>S collisions in the low energy range

Electron-H₂S collision process is studied using the R-matrix method. Nine low-lying states of H₂S molecule are considered in the R-matrix formalism to obtain elastic integral, differential, momentum transfer and excitation cross sections for this scattering system. We have represented our target states using configuration interaction (CI) wavefunctions. We obtained adequate representation of vertical spectrum of the target states included in the scattering calculations. The cross sections are compared with the experiment and other theoretical results. We have obtained good agreement for elastic and momentum transfer cross sections with experiment for entire energy range considered. The differential cross sections are in excellent agreement with experiment in the range 3–15 eV. A prominent feature of this calculation is the detection of a shape resonance in ²B₂ symmetry which decays via dissociative electron attachment (DEA). Born correction is applied for the elastic and dipole allowed transition to account for higher partial waves excluded in the R-matrix calculation. The electron energy range is 0.025–15 eV.     

Dynamical pattern formation for diblock copolymer films under stretch by moving walls

We propose a computational method that takes into account the dynamical influence of moving rigid walls over the pattern formation for thin films of diblock copolymers. The competition between the surface field energy and elastic stretching energy, and the effects of the molecular relaxation on pattern formation are studied. Finally, it is also observed that stretching the film enhances the ordering of patterns in it.     

Metal interface formation studied by high-energy reflection energy loss spectroscopy and electron Rutherford backscattering

We demonstrate that high-energy, high-resolution reflection electron energy loss spectroscopy can provide unique insights into interface formation, especially for the case where an extended interface is formed. By changing the geometry and/or electron energy the electronic structure can be probed over a range of thicknesses (from 10s of Å to more than 1000 Å). At the same time one resolves the elastically scattered electrons into different components, corresponding to scattering of atoms with different mass (so-called ‘electron Rutherford backscattering’). Thus these high-energy REELS/elastic scattering experiments obtain information on both the electronic structure and the atomic composition of the overlayer formed.     

Evaluation of elastic modulus of cantilever beam by TA-ESPI

The paper proposes an evaluation technique for the elastic modulus of a cantilever beam by vibration analysis based on time average electronic speckle pattern interferometry (TA-ESPI) and Euler-Bernoulli equation. General approaches for the measurement of elastic modulus of a thin film are the Nano indentation test, Buldge test, Micro-tensile test, and so on. They each have strength and weakness in the preparation of the test specimen and the analysis of experimental results. ESPI is a type of laser speckle interferometry technique offering non-contact, high-resolution and whole-field measurement. The technique is a common measurement method for vibration mode visualization and surface displacement. Whole-field vibration mode shape (surface displacement distribution) at resonance frequency can be visualized by ESPI. And the maximum surface displacement distribution from ESPI can be used to find the resonance frequency for each vibration mode shape. And the elastic modules of a test material can be easily estimated from the measured resonance frequency and Euler-Bernoulli equation. The TA-ESPI vibration analysis technique can be used to find the elastic modulus of a material requiring simple preparation process and analysis.     

The bond force constants and elastic properties of boron nitride nanosheets and nanoribbons using a hierarchical modeling approach

A hierarchical approach bridging the atomistic and nanometric scales is used to compute the elastic properties of boron nitride nanosheets and nanoribbons, examining the effect of sheet size, aspect ratio and anisotropy. The approach consists in obtaining the bond force (force field) constants by dedicated computations based on density functional theory (DFT) and using such constants as input for larger scale structural models solved by finite element analysis (FEA). The bond force constants calculated by DFT are 616.9 N/m for stretching, 6.27×10⁻¹⁹ Nm/rad² for in-plane rotation and 1.32×10⁻¹⁹ Nm/rad² for dihedral rotation. Using these constants, the elastic properties of boron nitride nanosheets and nanoribbons predicted by FEA are almost independent of the sheet size, but strongly dependent on their aspect ratio. The sheet anisotropy increases with increased aspect ratio, with nanoribbons of aspect ratios of 10 exhibiting a ratio of elastic moduli along both in-plane directions of 1.7.     

Multipole effects in non-Kramers doublet system PrMg3

We performed ultrasonic measurements on a single crystal of PrMg₃. The characteristic Curie-type softening was observed in temperature dependence of transverse mode (C₁₁-C₁₂)/2 below 8 K down to 0.8 K. This softening in PrMg₃ is caused by a non-Kramers Γ₃ doublet ground state having electric quadrupoles O_u and O_v and magnetic octupole T_xyz. The elastic constant (C₁₁-C₁₂)/2 shows a minimum at 25 K, which cannot be explained by the quadrupole susceptibility based on the crystal electric field (CEF) levels. However, considering higher order (l=4) multipole, namely electric hexadecapole, the minimum around 25 K was well reproduced. At lower temperatures, a shoulder anomaly in elastic constant being deviated from the Curie-type softening was observed around 100-800 mK in (C₁₁-C₁₂)/2. This anomaly is unaffected by magnetic fields up to 14 T.     

飞轮储能器的新型高温超导悬浮轴承研究

储能器是一种储存能量的装置,随着高温超导悬浮轴承运用到飞轮储能器中,储能效率得到了大大的提高。它的主要结构是由高温超导体和永磁体组成。文中提出一种全新高温超导悬浮轴承,并研究其的力学性能,为新型超导悬浮轴承的研究与开发做好了基础准备。     

Existence results for dynamic adhesive contact of a rod

The existence and uniqueness of the weak solution to the model for the dynamics of a viscoelastic rod which is in adhesive contact with an obstacle is established. The model consists of a hyperbolic equation for the vibrations of the rod coupled with a nonlinear ordinary differential equation (ODE) for the evolution of the bonding function. The model allows for failure, i.e., complete debonding, in finite time. The existence of the weak solution is established by using an existence result for ODEs and the Schauder fixed-point theorem. The limit of an elastic rod when the viscosity vanishes is studied, too.     

无源高温超导磁浮轴承两种方案比较

无源磁浮轴承的优点是结构简单、造价低廉、无需有源控制。文中探讨了两种无源磁浮轴承的方案 ;对两种方案的悬浮力、悬浮品质因数、悬浮刚度与悬浮稳定性进行了讨论、计算、比较 ;并且讨论了两种方案的优缺点及应用。比较结果表明 ,方案 1更适合于小型的飞轮储能系统 ,方案 2较适合于大中型飞轮储能系统。