Linewidths of ammonia in collisions with He: Calculations from an ab initio potential

We present semiclassical calculations based on the Robert-Bonamy formalism of collisional broadening coefficients of ammonia by collision with He at room temperature. Calculations have been performed with the accurate ab initio potential of Hodges and Wheatley. The calculated line widths are compared to the available experimental data and a satisfactory agreement is found, although the model contains no adjustable parameters. However the calculations also exaggerate the K dependence of the broadenings, especially for lines with K = J − 1 or K = J.     

Cryogenic absorption cells operating inside a Bruker IFS-125HR: First results for CH4 at 7 μm

New absorption cells designed specifically to achieve stable temperatures down to 66 K inside the sample compartment of an evacuated Bruker IFS-125HR Fourier transform spectrometer (FTS) were developed at Connecticut College and tested at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). The temperature stabilized cryogenic cells with path lengths of 24.29 and 20.38 cm were constructed of oxygen free high conductivity (OFHC) copper and fitted with wedged ZnSe windows using vacuum tight indium seals. In operation, the temperature-controlled cooling by a closed-cycle helium refrigerator achieved stability of ±0.01 K. The unwanted absorption features arising from cryodeposits on the cell windows at low temperatures were eliminated by building an internal vacuum shroud box around the cell which significantly minimized the growth of cryodeposits. The effects of vibrations from the closed-cycle helium refrigerator on the FTS spectra were characterized. Using this set up, several high-resolution spectra of methane isotopologues broadened with nitrogen were recorded in the 1200-1800 cm⁻¹ spectral region at various sample temperatures between 79.5 and 296 K. Such data are needed to characterize the temperature dependence of spectral line shapes at low temperatures for remote sensing of outer planets and their moons. Initial analysis of a limited number of spectra in the region of the R(2) manifold of the ν₄ fundamental band of ¹³CH₄ indicated that an empirical power law used for the temperature dependence of the N₂-broadened line widths would fail to fit the observed data in the entire temperature range from 80 to 296 K; instead, it follows a temperature-dependence similar to that reported by Mondelain et al. [17] and [18]. The initial test was very successful proving that a high precision Fourier transform spectrometer with a completely evacuated optical path can be configured for spectroscopic studies at low temperatures relevant to the planetary atmospheres.     

Multispectrum analysis of CH4 in the ν4 spectral region: II. Self-broadened half widths, pressure-induced shifts, temperature dependences and line mixing

Accurate values for line positions, absolute line intensities, self-broadened half width and self-pressure-induced shift coefficients have been measured for over 400 allowed and forbidden transitions in the ν₄ band of methane (¹²CH₄). Temperature dependences of half width and pressure-induced shift coefficients were also determined for many of these transitions. The spectra used in this study were recorded at temperatures between 210 and 314 K using the National Solar Observatory's 1 m Fourier transform spectrometer at the McMath-Pierce solar telescope. The complete data set included 60 high-resolution (0.006-0.01 cm⁻¹) absorption spectra of pure methane and methane mixed with dry air. The analysis was performed using a multispectrum nonlinear least squares curve fitting technique where a number of spectra (20 or more) were fit simultaneously in spectral intervals 5-15 cm⁻¹ wide. In addition to the line broadening and shift parameters, line mixing coefficients (using the off-diagonal relaxation matrix element formalism) were determined for more than 50 A-, E-, and F-species transition pairs in J manifolds of the P- and R-branches. The measured self-broadened half width and self-shift coefficients, their temperature dependences and the line mixing parameters are compared to self-broadening results available in the literature and to air-broadened parameters determined for these transitions from the same set of spectra.     

First high-resolution analysis of the 4ν1+ν3 band of nitrogen dioxide near 1.5 μm

The high-resolution absorption spectrum of the 4ν₁+ν₃ band of the ¹⁴N¹⁶O₂ molecule was recorded by CW-Cavity Ring Down Spectroscopy between 6575 and 6700 cm⁻¹. The assignments involve energy levels of the (4,0,1) vibrational state with rotational quantum numbers up to K_a=8 and N=48. A large majority of the spin-rotation energy levels were reproduced within their experimental uncertainty using a theoretical model which takes explicitly into account the Coriolis interactions between the spin-rotational levels of the (4,0,1) vibrational state and those of the (4,2,0) and of (0,9,0) dark states, the anharmonic interactions between the (4,2,0) and (0,9,0) states together with the electron spin-rotation resonances within the (4,0,1), (4,2,0) and (0,9,0) states. Precise vibrational energies, rotational, spin-rotational, and coupling constants were determined for the {(4,2,0), (0,9,0), (4,0,1)} triad of interacting states. Using these parameters and the value of the transition dipole-moment operator determined from a fit of a selection of experimental line intensities, the synthetic spectrum of the 4ν₁+ν₃ band was generated and is provided as Supplementary Material.     

Updated database plus software for line-mixing in CO2 infrared spectra and their test using laboratory spectra in the 1.5-2.3 μm region

In a previous series of papers, a model for the calculation of CO₂-air absorption coefficients taking line-mixing into account and the corresponding database/software package were described and widely tested. In this study, we present an update of this package, based on the 2008 version of HITRAN, the latest currently available. The spectroscopic data for the seven most-abundant isotopologues are taken from HITRAN. When the HITRAN data are not complete up to J″=70, the data files are augmented with spectroscopic parameters from the CDSD-296 database and the high-temperature CDSD-1000 if necessary. Previously missing spectroscopic parameters, the air-induced pressure shifts and CO₂ line broadening coefficients with H₂O, have been added. The quality of this new database is demonstrated by comparisons of calculated absorptions and measurements using CO₂ high-pressure laboratory spectra in the 1.5-2.3 μm region. The influence of the imperfections and inaccuracies of the spectroscopic parameters from the 2000 version of HITRAN is clearly shown as a big improvement of the residuals is observed by using the new database. The very good agreements between calculated and measured absorption coefficients confirm the necessity of the update presented here and further demonstrate the importance of line-mixing effects, especially for the high pressures investigated here. The application of the updated database/software package to atmospheric spectra should result in an increased accuracy in the retrieval of CO₂ atmospheric amounts. This opens improved perspectives for the space-borne detection of carbon dioxide sources and sinks.     

基于电力线载波低压电缆防盗方案

电力电缆被盗对电力系统造成了严重的安全威胁和财产损失。本文设计了一套基于电力线载波通信的电缆防盗报警方案。载波通信通过扩频调制解调电路来实现。防盗报警系统由报警主站和线路探测终端组成,报警主站根据与各线路探测终端的载波通信成败或者所接收的终端状态信息数据来判断是否发生电力电缆被盗等异常信息,当异常状态出现时,报警主站通过GSM网络拨打电话和短信息发送向远端值班室人员传送警情。同时本文介绍了如何克服电力线上的噪声对载波的干扰,以及如何对断点进行定位的方案。     

矩形微带天线谐振频率的粒子群神经网络建模

谐振频率是微带天线设计过程中最重要的一个参数,直接决定设计的成败.文章提出一种改进的前向神经网络模型,该模型采用粒子群优化算法进行训练,网络结构可以根据被建模问题的复杂程度进行自适应调整,进而得到泛化能力好的神经网络.通过这种改进的粒子神经网络对矩形微带天线的谐振频率进行建模,得到的结果明显优于该问题已有文献的结果,可见这种粒子群神经网络对此问题的有效性.基于粒子群神经网络的矩形微带天线谐振频率模型可以明显提高微带天线的计算机辅助设计水平.     

Steiner tree packing number and tree connectivity

Let $S$ be a set of at least two vertices in a graph $G$. A subtree $T$ of $G$ is a $S$-Steiner tree if $S?V\left(T\right)$. Two $S$-Steiner trees $T_1$ and $T_2$ are edge-disjoint (resp. internally vertex-disjoint) if $E\left(T_1\right)\cap E\left(T_2\right)=?$ (resp. $E\left(T_1\right)\cap E\left(T_2\right)=?$ and $V\left(T_1\right)\cap V\left(T_2\right)=S$). Let ${\lambda }_G\left(S\right)$ (resp. ${\kappa }_G\left(S\right)$) be the maximum number of edge-disjoint (resp. internally vertex-disjoint) $S$-Steiner trees in $G$, and let ${\lambda }_k\left(G\right)$ (resp. ${\kappa }_k\left(G\right)$) be the minimum ${\lambda }_G\left(S\right)$ (resp. ${\kappa }_G\left(S\right)$) for $S$ ranges over all $k$-subset of $V\left(G\right)$. Kriesell conjectured that if ${\lambda }_G\left(\{x,y\}\right)\ge 2k$ for any $x,y\in S$, then ${\lambda }_G\left(S\right)\ge k$. He proved that the conjecture holds for $\left|S\right|=3,4$. In this paper, we give a short proof of Kriesell’s Conjecture for $\left|S\right|=3,4$, and also show that ${\lambda }_k\left(G\right)\ge ?\frac{1}{k?1}?\frac{k?}{2}??$ (resp. ${\kappa }_k\left(G\right)\ge ?\frac{1}{k?1}?\frac{k?}{2}??$ ) if $\lambda \left(G\right)\ge ?$ (resp. $\kappa \left(G\right)\ge ?$) in $G$, where $k=3,4$. Moreover, we also study the relation between ${\kappa }_k\left(L\left(G\right)\right)$ and ${\lambda }_k\left(G\right)$, where $L\left(G\right)$ is the line graph of $G$.     

Graphs vertex-partitionable into strong cliques

A clique in a graph is strong if it intersects all maximal independent sets. A graph is localizable if it has a partition of the vertex set into strong cliques. Localizable graphs were introduced by Yamashita and Kameda in 1999 and form a rich class of well-covered graphs that coincides with the class of well-covered graphs within the class of perfect graphs. In this paper, we give several equivalent formulations of the property of localizability and develop polynomially testable characterizations of localizable graphs within three non-perfect graph classes: triangle-free graphs, $C_4$-free graphs, and line graphs. Furthermore, we use localizable graphs to construct an infinite family of counterexamples to a conjecture due to Zaare-Nahandi about $k$-partite well-covered graphs having all maximal cliques of size $k$.