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Two-component radiation model of the sonoluminescing bubble
Based on the experimental data from Weninger, Putterman & Barber, Phys. Rev.
(E), 54, R2205 (1996), we offer an alternative interpretation of their
experimetal results. A model of sonoluminescing bubble which proposes that the
electromagnetic radiation originates from two sources: the isotropic black body
or bramsstrahlung emitting core and dipole radiation-emitting shell of
accelerated electrons driven by the liquid-bubble interface is outlined.Comment: 5 pages Revtex, submitted to Phys. Rev.
Optical characterization of BiSe in a magnetic field: infrared evidence for magnetoelectric coupling in a topological insulator material
We present an infrared magneto-optical study of the highly thermoelectric
narrow-gap semiconductor BiSe. Far-infrared and mid-infrared (IR)
reflectance and transmission measurements have been performed in magnetic
fields oriented both parallel and perpendicular to the trigonal axis of
this layered material, and supplemented with UV-visible ellipsometry to obtain
the optical conductivity . With lowering of temperature we
observe narrowing of the Drude conductivity due to reduced quasiparticle
scattering, as well as the increase in the absorption edge due to direct
electronic transitions. Magnetic fields dramatically
renormalize and asymmetrically broaden the strongest far-IR optical phonon,
indicating interaction of the phonon with the continuum free-carrier spectrum
and significant magnetoelectric coupling. For the perpendicular field
orientation, electronic absorption is enhanced, and the plasma edge is slightly
shifted to higher energies. In both cases the direct transition energy is
softened in magnetic field.Comment: Final versio
Detection and Identification of Molecular Water Pollutants by Laser Raman Spectroscopy
Laser Raman spectroscopy is evolving into a primary tool for the Identification of molecular water pollutants. This study pushes the limits of detectivity of carbon disulfide and benzene to ~ 20 ppm in water solutions using a high-resolution Raman spectrometer, cooled detectors, and photon counting techniques. The primary limiting factors were found to be the low throughput and the scattered light performance of the monochromator as well as insufficient laser energy.
An optomized design for a pollution-measuring instrument is suggested, and a prototype has been built which is useful with any value of excitation energy short of sample degrading. The present instrument scans spectrum windows with fixed preselecting filters followed by a small single monochromator with high throughput. No detector cooling or refinements in signal processing were attempted. The resulting detectivity with 20 mw of laser power was only 1000 ppm. However, the scattered light background or optical noise is unmeasurable except at the laser frequency, where it was a maximum of six percent of full scale measured against the 992 cm-1 Raman band of benzene. Equipped with an ion laser a practical field instrument capable of detectivity of 1 ppm will cost about 4,000, less laser
Water quality in the central Nebraska basins, Nebraska, 1992-95
This report is intended to summarize major findings that emerged between 1992 and 1995 from the water-quality assessment of the Central Nebraska Basins Study Unit and to relate these findings to water-quality issues of regional and national concern. The information is primarily intended for those who are involved in waterresource management. Indeed, this report addresses many of the concerns raised by regulators, water-utility managers, industry representatives, and other scientists, engineers, public officials, and members of stakeholder groups who provided advice and input to the USGS during this NAWQA Study-Unit investigation. Yet, the information contained here may also interest those who simply wish to know more about the quality of water in the rivers and aquifers in the area where they live.
Land use in central Nebraska appears to affect water quality significantly; streams in rangelands generally had fewer occurrences and smaller concentrations of pesticides than did streams in croplands where corn and soybeans were planted extensively. Subbasins with greater proportions of rangeland, such as the Dismal River, had negligible herbicide concentrations. The largest pesticide concentrations were in storm runoff following pesticide applications. Because some pesticide concentrations may exceed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (USEPA) drinking-water Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) in storm runoff, the timing and intensity of rainfall has implications for drinking-water supplies. Pesticides in streams from storm runoff may enter alluvial aquifers as a consequence of ground-water withdrawals. Sites with degraded water chemistry commonly had degraded physical habitats as well. Streamflow regulation of the Platte River has affected water quality through habitat alterations that are deleterious to native species. The combination of degraded physical and chemical environments commonly resulted in structurally simple fish communities.
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National Water-Quality Assessment Program .. 1
Summary of major issues and findings... 2
Environmental setting and hydrologic conditions.... 4
Major issues and findings ... 6
Nitrate content in water is related to agricultural land management 6
Agricultural activities potentially affect the management of public water supplies . 8
Water quality in the Platte River alluvial aquifer may be affected by surface-water quality in areas of ground-water withdrawals .. 10
Aquatic environments potentially are altered by human activities... 12
Aquatic and migratory species are affected directly by changes in the physical characteristics of the Platte River .. 14
Water-quality conditions in anational context ... 16
Study design and data collection .. 20
Summary of compound detections and concentrations ... 22
References . 28
Glossary 3
Dynamical Casimir effect for a massless scalar field between two concentric spherical shells
In this work we consider the dynamical Casimir effect for a massless scalar
field -- under Dirichlet boundary conditions -- between two concentric
spherical shells. We obtain a general expression for the average number of
particle creation, for an arbitrary law of radial motion of the spherical
shells, using two distinct methods: by computing the density operator of the
system and by calculating the Bogoliubov coefficients. We apply our general
expression to breathing modes: when only one of the shells oscillates and when
both shells oscillate in or out of phase. We also analyze the number of
particle production and compare it with the results for the case of plane
geometry.Comment: Final version. To apear in Physical Review
Gauge Theories with Cayley-Klein and Gauge Groups
Gauge theories with the orthogonal Cayley-Klein gauge groups and
are regarded. For nilpotent values of the contraction
parameters these groups are isomorphic to the non-semisimple Euclid,
Newton, Galilei groups and corresponding matter spaces are fiber spaces with
degenerate metrics. It is shown that the contracted gauge field theories
describe the same set of fields and particle mass as gauge
theories, if Lagrangians in the base and in the fibers all are taken into
account. Such theories based on non-semisimple contracted group provide more
simple field interactions as compared with the initial ones.Comment: 14 pages, 5 figure
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