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АНТИМОНОПОЛЬНОЕ РЕГУЛИРОВАНИЕ В УСЛОВИЯХ РАЗВИТИЯ ПРЕДПРИЯТИЙ ХЛОРНОЙ ПРОМЫШЛЕННОСТИ
The article reveals the problems of antitrust regulation activities of processing enterprises. The necessity of improving the activity of enforcement to prevent the emergence of monopolistic market structures chlor-alkali industry.В статье раскрывается проблематика антимонопольного регулирования деятельности предприятий перерабатывающей промышленности. Показывается необходимость совершенствования деятельности органов по предотвращению появления монопольной структуры на рынке хлорной промышленности
Optics: general-purpose scintillator light response simulation code
We present the program optics that simulates the light response of an
arbitrarily shaped scintillation particle detector. Predicted light responses
of pure CsI polygonal detectors, plastic scintillator staves, cylindrical
plastic target scintillators and a Plexiglas light-distribution plate are
illustrated. We demonstrate how different bulk and surface optical properties
of a scintillator lead to specific volume and temporal light collection
probability distributions. High-statistics optics simulations are calibrated
against the detector responses measured in a custom-made cosmic muon tomography
apparatus. The presented code can also be used to track particles intersecting
complex geometrical objects.Comment: RevTeX LaTeX, 37 pages in e-print format, 12 Postscript Figures and 1
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Radioactive contamination of ZnWO4 crystal scintillators
The radioactive contamination of ZnWO4 crystal scintillators has been
measured deep underground at the Gran Sasso National Laboratory (LNGS) of the
INFN in Italy with a total exposure 3197 kg x h. Monte Carlo simulation,
time-amplitude and pulse-shape analyses of the data have been applied to
estimate the radioactive contamination of the ZnWO4 samples. One of the ZnWO4
crystals has also been tested by ultra-low background gamma spectrometry. The
radioactive contaminations of the ZnWO4 samples do not exceed 0.002 -- 0.8
mBq/kg (depending on the radionuclide), the total alpha activity is in the
range: 0.2 - 2 mBq/kg. Particular radioactivity, beta active 65Zn and alpha
active 180W, has been detected. The effect of the re-crystallization on the
radiopurity of the ZnWO4 crystal has been studied. The radioactive
contamination of samples of the ceramic details of the set-ups used in the
crystals growth has been checked by low background gamma spectrometry. A
project scheme on further improvement of the radiopurity level of the ZnWO4
crystal scintillators is briefly addressed.Comment: 15 pages, 8 figures, 6 tables, submitted for publicatio
Search for double beta decay of Zinc and Tungsten with the help of low-background ZnWO4 crystal scintillators
Double beta processes in 64-Zn, 70-Zn, 180-W, and 186-W have been searched
for with the help of large volume (0.1-0.7 kg) low background ZnWO4 crystal
scintillators at the Gran Sasso National Laboratories of the INFN. Total time
of measurements exceeds 10 thousands hours. New improved half-life limits on
double electron capture and electron capture with positron emission in 64-Zn
have been set, in particular (all the limits are at 90% C.L.): T1/2(0nu2EC)>
1.1e20 yr, T1/2(2nuECbeta+)>7.0e20 yr, and T1/2(0nuECbeta+)>4.3e20 yr. The
different modes of double beta processes in 70-Zn, 180-W, and 186-W have been
restricted at the level of 1e17-1e20 yr.Comment: 20 p., submitted to Phys. Rev.
Design and construction of new central and forward muon counters for CDF II
New scintillation counters have been designed and constructed for the CDF
upgrade in order to complete the muon coverage of the central CDF detector, and
to extend this coverage to larger pseudorapidity. A novel light collection
technique using wavelength shifting fibers, together with high quality
polystyrene-based scintillator resulted in compact counters with good and
stable light collection efficiency over lengths extending up to 320 cm. Their
design and construction is described and results of their initial performance
are reported.Comment: 20 pages, 15 figure
Simulation method of the low-Re flows in the packed bed technological equipment
The paper shows the semiempirical method of a numerical simulation of the low-Re flows in the packed bed technological apparatus. The proposed method is based on the Navier-Stokes equations modification by the linear momentum sources equations in the packed bed zones. It is found that the simulation error of the proposed method is not more than 6.2% for low-density finite element meshes. The average value of the simulation error is about 3.0% for all shown cases. It was found that the proposed method simulation error almost independents on the mesh density. In the main, the simulation error is determined by the linear momentum sources equations approximation error. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd
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