Strong temperature effect on X-ray photo-etching of polytetrafluoroethylene using a 10 Hz laser-plasma radiation source based on a gas puff target

The first results of experiments on direct photo-etching of heated PTFE using a 10 Hz X-ray source based on a laser-irradiated gas puff target are presented. X-ray radiation in the wavelength range from 6 to 20 nm was produced as a result of irradiation of a double-stream gas puff target with Nd:YAG laser pulses of energy 0.8 J and time duration 3 ns. The resulting X-ray pulses with energy of about 100–200 mJ were used to irradiate samples of PTFE to create microstructures by direct photo-etching. Strong enhancement of the photo-etching process was observed for samples heated up to 300 °C. PACS 52.38.Ph; 81.65.Cf; 61.82.Pv     

Mapping the proton unintegrated gluon distribution in dijets correlations in real and virtual photoproduction at HERA

We discuss how the dijet azimuthal correlations in DIS and real photoproduction at HERA probe the differential (unintegrated) gluon distribution in the proton. We find a strong dependence of the azimuthal correlation pattern on Bjorken-x, photon virtuality and the cut on the jet transverse momenta. A rise of the azimuthal decorrelations is observed with decreasing Bjorken-x due to the interplay of perturbative and nonperturbative effects. We predict a strong rise of the same-side jet rate with photon energy for real photoproduction. We discuss conditions for the correlation function to be dominated by hard perturbative gluons and ways of constraining the size of the nonperturbative soft component. We make some predictions for the THERA energy range. The analysis of the energy dependence of the isolated jet and two-jet cross sections in photoproduction would be a new way to study the not yet well constrained unintegrated gluon distributions and to explore the onset of the pQCD regime.     

Laser-produced plasma EUV source based on tin-rich, thin-layer?targets

In this paper a new approach to a laser-produced plasma EUV source based on a tin target is presented. A?thin layer of pure tin and composite layers consisting of Sn with Si, SiO and LiF are investigated. The target composed of several thin layers produces less debris than the other targets and provides a conversion efficiency (CE) in the 13.5-nm±1% band at least comparable to the CE for the pure tin slab target. The largest CE was observed for the target composed of a mixture of Sn and LiF, due to the fact that lithium, similarly to tin, is a strong emitter at 13.5?nm.     

Inclusive J/ψ and χc meson production in pp collisions at RHIC

Inclusive cross sections for J/ψ and χ _c production in pp collisions were calculated in the k _t -factorization approach for the RHIC energy. Several mechanisms were considered. Radiative χ _c decays and direct color-singlet contributions constitute the dominant mechanisms of J/ψ production. The results are compared with recent RHIC data.     

On mesonic interference phenomena in deep inelastic scattering

Possible effects of a π′ contribution to lepton deep-inelastic scattering (DIS) are analyzed. The exchange of the first radial excitation of the pion (π′(0^?)) has been advocated recently to solve the notorious problem of hard vertex form factors innucleon-nucleon scattering. The π′-meson exchange contribution is calculated in addition to the well known pionic (Sullivan) contribution. Interference between π and π′ contributions and their possible influence on the cut-off mass parameter of the πNN form factor extracted from DIS on the nucleon are examined. It is shown that the orthogonality relation between the π and π′ wave functions, in conjunction with number and momentum sum rules, put strong restrictions on the size of the interference effect. The interference effect between π and π′ is found to be negligible for the nucleon quark distributions and to modify only higher moments of the quark distributions. The interference effects of a pionic contribution with other mesons are discussed.     

Method of gas mixtures discrimination based on sensor array, temporal response and data driven approach

This work presents a method of gas mixtures discrimination. The principal concept of the method is to apply measurement data provided by a combination of sensors at single time point of their temporal response as input of the discrimination models. The pattern data combinations are selected for classes of target gases based on the criterion of 100% efficient discrimination. Combinations of sensors and time points, which provide pattern data combinations in course or repeated measurements, are encoded in the form of addresses. The designer of sensor system is responsible for their selection and they are included in the software of the final instrument. The study of the method involved the discrimination of gas mixtures composed of air and single chemical: hexane, ethanol, acetone, ethyl acetate and toluene. Two sensor arrays were utilized. Each consisted of six TGS sensors of the same type. The dynamic operation of sensors was employed. As an example the stop-flow mode was chosen. The work provides the evidence of the existence of sensor combinations and time points, which are successful in discrimination of studied classes of target gases. The persistence of addresses was discussed considering the ability of sensor array to recognize analytes, variability of repeated measurement results, number of repeated measurements and a twin sets of sensors. Altogether, the validity of the method was demonstrated.     

Scalar Higgs boson production in fusion of two off-shell gluons

The amplitude for scalar Higgs boson production in the fusion of two off-shell gluons is calculated including finite (not infinite) masses of quarks in the triangle loop. In comparison to the effective Lagrangian approach, we have found a new term in the amplitude. The matrix element found can be used in the k_⊥-factorization approach to the Higgs boson production. The results are compared with the calculations for on-shell gluons. Small deviations from the cos²φ-dependence are predicted. The off-shell effects found are practically negligible. PACS 12.38.Bx; 14.80.Bn; 12.38.Qk; 13.85.Qk