Experiments on two-step heating of a dense plasma in the GOL-3 facility

This paper presents the results of experiments on two-stage heating of a dense plasma by a relativistic electron beam in the GOL-3 facility. A dense plasma with a length of about a meter and a hydrogen density up to 10¹⁷ cm⁻³ was created in the main plasma, whose density was 10¹⁵ cm⁻³. In the process of interacting with the plasma, the electron beam (1 MeV, 40 kA, 4 μs) imparts its energy to the electrons of the main plasma through collective effects. The heated electrons, as they disperse along the magnetic field lines, in turn reach the region of dense plasma and impart their energy to it by pairwise collisions. Estimates based on experimental data are given for the parameters of the flux of hot plasma electrons, the energy released in the dense plasma, and the energy balance of the beam-plasma system. The paper discusses the dynamics of the plasma, which is inhomogeneous in density and temperature, including the appearance of pressure waves. Zh. éksp. Teor. Fiz. 113, 897–917 (March 1998)     

N-phosphorylated imidazolium salts as precursors to 2- and 5-phosphorylated imidazoles and new imidazol-2-ylidenes featuring the PNCN unit

It has been experimentally proven that the reaction of 1- or 1,2-disubstituted imidazoles with diorganylphosphorus(III) halides proceeds via initial formation of N-phosporylated imidazolium salts. Treatment of these salts with strong bases results in phosphorylation of the parent imidazoles at the 2- or 5-positions, correspondingly. In a previous case, imidazol-2-ylidenes are formed as intermediates. With both N1 and N3 atoms bearing sterically demanding or/and π-donating groups, deprotonation of 1,3-disubstituted imidazolium salts with NaN(SiMe(3))(2) afforded new stable N-phosphorus-substituted Arduengo-type carbenes.     

Dynamics of the Current Distribution in a Discharge of the PF-3 Plasma Focus Facility

In this paper, results are presented from studies of the dynamics of the plasma-current sheath and current distribution in the PF-3 facility, one of the largest plasma focus machines in the world. The experiments were done at input energy of $W = 290 hbox{kJ}$ and discharge current of $I sim 2 hbox{MA}$, with the chamber being stationary filled with the working gas. The current sheath parameters were measured with absolutely calibrated magnetic probes installed at different distances from the system axis and at different heights above the anode plane. The possibility is demonstrated of the formation of closed current loops due to the development of shunting breakdowns in the insulator region. The maximum residual plasma density at which the electrode gap remains magnetically self-insulated is estimated.      

A weight-function approach for determining watershed initial conditions for combustion waves

In many generic combustion models, one finds that a combustionwave will develop with a specific wave speed. However, thereare possible initial temperature profiles which do not evolveinto such waves, but rather die out to the ambient temperature.There can exist, in some models, a clear distinction betweenthose initial conditions that do evolve into combustion wavesand those that do not; this is sometimes referred to as thewatershed initial condition. When fuel consumption is consideredto be negligible, analytical methods can be used to obtain theexact watershed. In this paper, we consider the problem of determiningpseudo-watersheds and ascertaining the relationship betweenthese pseudo-watersheds and the exact watersheds. In the processa novel weight-function approach for infinite spatial domainsis developed.     

A representative of p,p,p-trihalogenylides: synthesis and structure

The representative of P,P,P-trichloroylides-5-methyl-2-phenyl-4-(trichlorophosphoranylidene)-2,4-dihydro-3H-pyrazol-3-one-was synthesized. Its constitution was confirmed by 1H, 13C, and 31P NMR spectroscopy and by X-ray analysis. Some chemical properties were studied and compared with ones of P,P,P-trimethylylide-5-methyl-2-phenyl-4-(trimethylphosphoranylidene)-2,4-dihydro-3H-pyrazol-3-one. DFT calculations of the model molecules were carried out.     

Synthesis of Bis‐ and Tris(3‐H‐1,3‐azaphospholo)benzenes

The previously developed intramolecular cyclocondensation of C‐phosphanyl(N‐aryl)formamidines into 3‐H‐1,3‐benzazaphospholes has been successfully extended to 1,3‐diaminobenzene and 1,3,5‐triaminobenzene. Its condensation presents the way to tricyclic and tetracyclic azaphospholes. Their structures were confirmed by spectroscopic methods and key tricyclic and tetracyclic compounds were further characterized by single crystal X‐ray diffraction.     

Concrete-surface destruction by powerful microwave-radiation pulses

The destruction of the surface layer of concrete by a powerful microwave-radiation pulse is studied. The conditions for the occurrence of shear and spall fractures in concrete at a given depth are found. The range of electrodynamic parameters within which microwave radiation is the most effective for disintegration of concrete is found. The requirements for a microwave generator that permit one to study experimentally the force action of electromagnetic radiation on concrete are formulated. Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 41, No. 3, pp. 26–33, May–June, 2000.