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Cyclische Bis(amino)-arsa-, -stiba-, -bismachloride und ein spezielles Tris-(amino)bismutan
In den Trichloriden von Arsen, Antimon und Bismut lassen sich jeweils zwei Chloratome durch den Liganden -N(tBu)SiMe2N(tBu)- austauschen, wodurch viergliedrige Ringe (SiN2El) entstehen. Sowohl in Lösung (temperatur- und konzentrationsabhängige 1H-NMR-Spektren) als auch im Festkörper (Röntgenstrukturanalysen) besitzen die Verbindungen 3 (El = As), 4 (El = Sb) bzw. 5 (El = Bi) unterschiedliche Assoziationsgrade bzw. Strukturen. Das Arsenderivat 3 kristallisiert monoklin, in der Raumgruppe P21/c mit 4 Formeleinheiten pro Elementarzelle (a = 920,0(6), b = 1 462,9(9), c = 1240,8(7) pm, = 105,8(1)°), das Antimon- und Bismutderivat 4 und 5 sind isotyp und isostrukturell und kristallisieren ortho-rhombisch (Raumgruppe Pnma, Z = 4; Gitterkonstanten für 4: a = 1140,2(8), b = 1095,7(7), c = 1328,7(9) pm; für 5: a = 1105,1(5), b = 1123,3(5), c = 1340,0(8) pm). Während die Kristallstruktur von 3 im wesentlichen aus isolierten Molekülen besteht, die eine schwache Tendenz zu paarweiser Assoziation besitzen (AsClAs Brücken, AsCl = 234,5(1), ClAs = 442,3(1) pm), sind die Moleküle in den Kristallen von 4 und 5 eindimensional verkettet. Die zu den SbN2Si- bzw. BiN2Si-Ringen nahezu senkrecht stehenden Chlorsubstituenten treten mit Nachbarmolekülen derart in Wechselwirkung, daß jedes Sb- und Bi-Atom vierfach koordiniert wird und eine unendliche ElClElCl-Kette entsteht, die an den Chloratomen gewinkelt ist (4): 143,5°, (5): 145,7°. Die verbrückende Rolle des Chloratoms ist bei der Bi-Verbindung stärker ausgeprägt als bei der Sb-Verbindung (SbCl = 247,2(3), ClSb = 352,1(3) pm; BiCl = 274,8(4), ClBi = 304,7(4) pm). Als Nebenprodukt kann bei der Darstellung von 5, eine Verbindung 6 erhalten werden, die nur Stickstoffatome am Bismut gebunden hat: Me2Si(NtBu)2 BiN(tBu)SiMe2(tBu)NBi(NtBu)2SSiMe2. Diese Verbindung 6 kristallisiert monoklin (P21/c, a = 1474,2(3), b = 1477,6(3), c = 1997,7(6) pm, = 94,68(8)°). Die Abweichung von der C2-Symmetrie bei 6 (die zweizählige Achse verläuft durch die mittlere SiMe2-Gruppe) ist nur unbedeutend. Die BiN-Bindungslängen innerhalb der SiN2Bi-Ringe (BiN (Mittel) = 216,5(5) pm) sind kürzer als die außerhalb (BiN (Mittel) = 220,45(5) pm)
Fitting theories of nuclear binding energies
In developing theories of nuclear binding energy such as density-functional
theory, the effort required to make a fit can be daunting due to the large
number of parameters that may be in the theory and the large number of nuclei
in the mass table. For theories based on the Skyrme interaction, the effort can
be reduced considerably by using the singular value decomposition to reduce the
size of the parameter space. We find that the sensitive parameters define a
space of dimension four or so, and within this space a linear refit is adequate
for a number of Skyrme parameters sets from the literature. We do not find
marked differences in the quality of the fit between the SLy4, the Bky4 and SkP
parameter sets. The r.m.s. residual error in even-even nuclei is about 1.5 MeV,
half the value of the liquid drop model. We also discuss an alternative norm
for evaluating mass fits, the Chebyshev norm. It focuses attention on the cases
with the largest discrepancies between theory and experiment. We show how it
works with the liquid drop model and make some applications to models based on
Skyrme energy functionals. The Chebyshev norm seems to be more sensitive to new
experimental data than the root-mean-square norm. The method also has the
advantage that candidate improvements to the theories can be assessed with
computations on smaller sets of nuclei.Comment: 17 pages and 4 figures--version encorporates referee's comment
Optical properties of the vibrations in charged C molecules
The transition strengths for the four infrared-active vibrations of charged
C molecules are evaluated in self-consistent density functional theory
using the local density approximation. The oscillator strengths for the second
and fourth modes are strongly enhanced relative to the neutral C
molecule, in good agreement with the experimental observation of ``giant
resonances'' for those two modes. Previous theory, based on a ``charged
phonon'' model, predicted a quadratic dependence of the oscillator strength on
doping, but this is not borne out in our calculations.Comment: 10 pages, RevTeX3.
Universal Pion Freeze-out Phase-Space Density
Results on the pion freeze-out phase-space density in sulphur-nucleus, Pb-Pb
and pion-proton collisions at CERN-SPS are presented. All heavy-ion reactions
are consistent with the thermal Bose-Einstein distrtibution f=1/(exp(E/T)-1) at
T~120 MeV, modified for expansion. Pion-proton data are also consistent with f,
but at T~180 MeV.Comment: 1 page, 1 figure; 98' report for GSI-Darmstad
Pygmy dipole resonance as a constraint on the neutron skin of heavy nuclei
The isotopic dependence of the isovector Pygmy dipole response in tin is
studied within the framework of the relativistic random phase approximation.
Regarded as an oscillation of the neutron skin against the isospin-symmetric
core, the pygmy dipole resonance may place important constraints on the neutron
skin of heavy nuclei and, as a result, on the equation of state of neutron-rich
matter. The present study centers around two questions. First, is there a
strong correlation between the development of a neutron skin and the emergence
of low-energy isovector dipole strength? Second, could one use the recently
measured Pygmy dipole resonance in 130Sn and 132Sn to discriminate among
theoretical models? For the first question we found that while a strong
correlation between the neutron skin and the Pygmy dipole resonance exists, a
mild anti-correlation develops beyond 120Sn. The answer to the second question
suggests that models with overly large neutron skins--and thus stiff symmetry
energies--are in conflict with experiment.Comment: 16 pages with 6 figure
Source Dimensions in Ultrarelativistic Heavy Ion Collisions
Recent experiments on pion correlations, interpreted as interferometric
measurements of the collision zone, are compared with models that distinguish a
prehadronic phase and a hadronic phase. The models include prehadronic
longitudinal expansion, conversion to hadrons in local kinetic equilibrium, and
rescattering of the produced hadrons. We find that the longitudinal and outward
radii are surprisingly sensitive to the algorithm used for two-body collisions.
The longitudinal radius measured in collisions of 200 GeV/u sulfur nuclei on a
heavy target requires the existence of a prehadronic phase which converts to
the hadronic phase at densities around 0.8-1.0 GeV/fm. The transverse radii
cannot be reproduced without introducing more complex dynamics into the
transverse expansion.Comment: RevTeX 3.0, 28 pages, 6 figures, not included, revised version, major
change is an additional discussion of the classical two-body collision
algorithm, a (compressed) postscript file of the complete paper including
figures can be obtained from Authors or via anonymous ftp at
ftp://ftp_int.phys.washington.edu/pub/herrmann/pisource.ps.
Liquid-Drop Model and Quantum Resistance Against Noncompact Nuclear Geometries
The importance of quantum effects for exotic nuclear shapes is demonstrated.
Based on the example of a sheet of nuclear matter of infinite lateral
dimensions but finite thickness, it is shown that the quantization of states in
momentum space, resulting from the confinement of the nucleonic motion in the
conjugate geometrical space, generates a strong resistance against such a
confinement and generates restoring forces driving the system towards compact
geometries. In the liquid-drop model, these quantum effects are implicitly
included in the surface energy term, via a choice of interaction parameters, an
approximation that has been found valid for compact shapes, but has not yet
been scrutinized for exotic shapes.Comment: 9 pages with 3 figure
Absorption of Energy at a Metallic Surface due to a Normal Electric Field
The effect of an oscillating electric field normal to a metallic surface may
be described by an effective potential. This induced potential is calculated
using semiclassical variants of the random phase approximation (RPA). Results
are obtained for both ballistic and diffusive electron motion, and for two and
three dimensional systems. The potential induced within the surface causes
absorption of energy. The results are applied to the absorption of radiation by
small metal spheres and discs. They improve upon an earlier treatment which
used the Thomas-Fermi approximation for the effective potential.Comment: 19 pages (Plain TeX), 2 figures, 1 table (Postscript
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