Advances in high-resolution studies of the chemical effects in the molybdenum L heavy-ion-induced x-ray satellite emission (HIXSE) spectra

High-resolution measurements of the molybdenum L heavy-ion-induced x-ray satellite emission (HIXSE) spectra of a series of Mo alloys and compounds have been obtained with a new, high-efficiency, high-resolution Bragg crystal spectrometer in the von Hamos geometry. The improved resolution (5 eV at 2.3 keV) is sufficient to reveal the L/sup n/M/sup m/ configuration lines in the L..cap alpha.. and L..beta.. hypersatellite bands. Both sets of lines exhibit the same trend in the variation of the relative yield distribution with the chemical environment as was observed for KL/sup n/ lines of lower Z targets. Difference spectra, using elemental molybdenum as a subtrahend, enhance the systematic variation. These results confirm the analysis and conclusions of lower resolution studies. They also indicate a potential for even greater sensitivity to the chemical environment

EUSO-SPB1 mission and science

International audienceThe Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super Pressure Balloon 1 (EUSO-SPB1) was launched in 2017 April from Wanaka, New Zealand. The plan of this mission of opportunity on a NASA super pressure balloon test flight was to circle the southern hemisphere. The primary scientific goal was to make the first observations of ultra-high-energy cosmic-ray extensive air showers (EASs) by looking down on the atmosphere with an ultraviolet (UV) fluorescence telescope from suborbital altitude (33 km). After 12 days and 4 h aloft, the flight was terminated prematurely in the Pacific Ocean. Before the flight, the instrument was tested extensively in the West Desert of Utah, USA, with UV point sources and lasers. The test results indicated that the instrument had sensitivity to EASs of ⪆3 EeV. Simulations of the telescope system, telescope on time, and realized flight trajectory predicted an observation of about 1 event assuming clear sky conditions. The effects of high clouds were estimated to reduce this value by approximately a factor of 2. A manual search and a machine-learning-based search did not find any EAS signals in these data. Here we review the EUSO-SPB1 instrument and flight and the EAS search

Correction to: Is diet partly responsible for differences in COVID-19 death rates between and within countries? (Clinical and Translational Allergy, (2020), 10, 1, (16), 10.1186/s13601-020-00323-0)

Following publication of the original article [1], the authors identified an error in the affiliation list. The affiliation of author G. Walter Canonica should have been split up into two affiliations: • Personalized Medicine, Asthma and Allergy – Humanitas Clinical and Research Center – IRCCS, Rozzano (MI), Italy • Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele (MI), Italy The corrected affiliation list is reflected in this Correction. © 2020, The Author(s)