Super-high-energy neutrino spectra in the atmosphere derived from the latest JACEE, MSU, SOKOL and CRN primary spectrum usingZ-factors for p-air collisions estimated from Fermi national accelerator data

Summary The absolute spectra of atmospheric neutrinos in the vertical direction and at large zenith angle have been estimated directly from the primary cosmic-ray nucleon spectrum based on the latest JACEE, MSU, SOKOL and CRN data surveyed by Swordy. The Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory results for pp→K^±X, pp→K^±X and pp→pX inclusive reactions have been used for theZ-factor calculations for meson production and these were modified for p-air and A-A collisions. The derived muon and electron neutrino spectra at 0° and 89° from non-prompt meson decay are found comparable with the results of Volkova and Zatsepin, and Butkevichet al. An estimate of the prompt muon neutrino spectra at 0° and 89° fromtthe charmed-meson decay has been given along with the earlier results of different authors. The present result for muon neutrino spectra at zenith angles 0° and 89° is found in approximate agreement with the EAS-TOP results of the Gran Sasso group.     

Detecting dark energy in long baseline neutrino oscillations

In this paper, we discuss a possibility of studying properties of dark energy in long baseline neutrino oscillation experiments. We consider two types of models of neutrino dark energy. For one type of models the scalar field is taken to be quintessence-like and for the other phantom-like. In these models the scalar fields couple to the neutrinos to give rise to spatially varying neutrino masses. We will show that the two types of models predict different behaviors of the spatial variation of the neutrino masses inside the Earth and consequently result in different signals in long baseline neutrino oscillation experiments.     

植物性食品中稀土元素的ICP-MS测定

本文研究了ICP-MS同时测定植物性食品中16种稀土元素(Sc、Y、La、Ce、Pr、Nd、Sm、Eu、Gd、Tb、Dy、Ho、Er、Tm、Yb和Lu)的方法。采用以In作内标的校正形式，用微波消解样品，对照分析了参考标准物质。对所测定元素，校准曲线的相关系数为0．9999，回收率范围为94％-106％，相对标准偏差优于3．2％(n=11)，检出限低于2．2pg／g(Sc为95pg／g)。     

稀土对大鼠尿液成分影响的核磁共振研究

目前,稀土生物效应的研究已进入了分子和细胞水平,但在活体动物内研究稀土的作用情况还不多见。稀土化合物随食物进入动物体内后,会对动物体内的器官、组织、细胞产生一定影响,将导致其体液容量、分布、电解质浓度等方面的变化。现代NMR技术是目前药理毒理学研究的有效手段之一,它具有简便、全面、快捷、非破坏性等优点,可用于对体液样品的检测和研究。本文采用现代核磁共振技术研究了稀土化合物硝酸镧灌胃给药后对Wistar大鼠尿液中代谢产物的影响,为阐明稀土化合物的毒理学机制和稀土的进一步开发利用提供理论依据。     

On the Prebiotic Synthesis of D‐Sugars Catalyzed by L‐Peptides: Assessments from First‐Principles Calculations

What accounts for a particular chiral selection in the case of a few sugars of prebiotic relevance, thereby mirroring the asymmetry observed in nature? By using first‐principles calculations, the generation of pentoses from glycolaldehyde (the initial product of the autocatalytic formose reaction), which has been detected in outer space), has been modeled by using L ‐Val‐L ‐Val as a primeval catalyst. Our theoretical study provides insight into the mechanism of this reaction and satisfactorily explains a few key molecular events. Our rationale agrees with the reported experimental data and shows that the D ‐configuration is only favored for ribose. L ‐pentoses are usually favored in the presence of L ‐configured dipeptides, as observed experimentally, although no chiral selection could be observed in the case of xylose. These results confirm that a prebiotic sugar soup could be fine‐tuned in the presence of shorter peptides as catalysts and that D ‐ribose would have also resulted in an advantageous imbalance for further amplification and chemical evolution.     

深基坑桩锚支护体系主动区土压力试验研究

通过深大基坑桩锚支护体系主动区土压力现场试验,依据基坑工程时空效应理念,研究分析了在深大基坑开挖过程中桩锚支护体系的受力特性,得出了主动区土压力随开挖进程发展而变化的分布规律,对类似深大基坑支护体系设计时的土压力计算具有重要参考价值。     

The centennial of the Sagnac experiment in the optical regime: From a tabletop experiment to the variation of the Earth's rotation

The investigation of non-reciprocal behavior of optical beams in a rotating reference frame was the main motivation of the historic tabletop experiment of George Sagnac. His ground-breaking experiment was extended to a very large installation more than a decade later, which was sensitive enough to allow Michelson, Pearson and Gale to resolve the rotation rate of the Earth by an optical interferometer. With the advent of lasers in the early sixties of the last century, rotating laser cavities with a ring structure demonstrated superior performance and very soon matured to a point where mechanical gyroscopes were quickly superseded by laser gyroscopes in aircraft navigation. When vastly upscaled ring lasers were taken back to the laboratory at the end of the 20th century, the goal of applying the Sagnac effect to geodesy for the monitoring of tiny variations of Earth's rotation was the main motivation. The large-ring laser G, which is the most stable instrument out of a series of instruments built by the New Zealand–German collaboration, routinely resolves the rotation rate of the Earth to better than eight orders of magnitude. Since G is directly referenced to the Earth rotation axis, the effect of diurnal polar motion, the Chandler and the Annual wobbles as well as tilts from the solid Earth tides can be found in the interferogram obtained from the ring laser. G has also demonstrated high sensitivity to rotations associated with seismic events. The toroidal eigenmodes of the Earth when they are excited by large earthquakes have been resolved. A surprisingly large amplitude has been measured for Love wave signals contained in the microseismic background signal. This paper summarizes the recent development of highly sensitive large Sagnac gyroscopes, and presents unique results from the measurements of rotations of the earth.