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Electron Transfer Reaction Through an Adsorbed Layer
We consider electron transfer from a redox to an electrode through and
adsorbed intermediate. The formalism is developed to cover all regimes of
coverage factor, from lone adsorbate to monolayer regime. The randomness in the
distribution of adsorbates is handled using coherent potential approximation.
We give current-overpotential profile for all coverage regimes. We explictly
analyse the low and high coverage regimes by supplementing with DOS profile for
adsorbate in both weakly coupled and strongly coupled sector. The prominence of
bonding and anti-bonding states in the strongly coupled adsorbates at low
coverage gives rise to saddle point behaviour in current-overpotential profile.
We were able to recover the marcus inverted region at low coverage and the
traditional direct electron transfer behaviour at high coverage
Transversity Distribution and Polarized Fragmentation Function from Semi-inclusive Pion Electroproduction
A method is discussed to determine the hitherto unknown u-quark transversity
distribution from a planned HERMES measurement of a single-spin asymmetry in
semi-inclusive pion electroproduction off a transversely polarized target.
Assuming u-quark dominance, the measurement yields the shapes of the
transversity distribution and of the ratio of a polarized and the unpolarized
u-quark fragmentation functions. The unknown relative normalization can be
obtained by identifying the transversity distribution with the well-known
helicity distribution at large x. The systematic uncertainty of the method is
dominated by the assumption of u-quark dominance.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figures, revised version as will be published in EPJ
Measurement of H2O and other trace gases in the stratosphere using a high resolution far-infrared spectrometer at 28 km
Data analysis results from the 1983 BIC 1 and 2 balloon flights are presented, with emphasis on H2O2, OH, HCL, O3, O2, and H2O. A 2 sigma limit on H2O2 abundance was set, as a function of altitude. This is comparable to or less than the theoretically predicted winter abundances from the 2-D models of Dupont, with a large enough summer maximum to facilitate concentration profile measurements. There is a definite drop in OH concentration from day to night following two model profiles. There was general agreement between HF measurements. The dominant role of the far wings of H2O lines in low altitude spectra was recognized. The strength of these wings exceeds that of many molecular line cores, including O3 and O2, especially near the long wavelength end of the spectra (100 cm (-1)). Newly measured positions for O3 and H2O were obtained
Measurement of H2O and other trace gases in the stratosphere using a high resolution far-infrared spectrometer at 28 KM
The highlights of the stratospheric program were reviewed for the past 2.5 years. The major efforts were analysis of the data from the BIC-2 campaign, and the building or new instrumentation to replace that lost at the end of BIC-2. For clarity, the review will be done by topic, rather than chronologically: construction of the initial far-infrared spectrometer, balloon slight program, laboratory measurement, data analysis, and duplicate stabilized platform
Fusion reactions in molecules via nuclear threshold resonances
It is widely accepted that in molecular systems the nuclear interaction plays
a negligible role, because of the strong Coulomb repulsion of the nuclei at
small distances. We are going to show that this is not always true. The
existence of an extended nuclear resonance may lead to considerably enhanced
nuclear reaction rates in appropriately prepared molecules. Especially we point
out that p+p+ ^{16}O, i.e., the constituents of water, can form a ^{18}Ne(1^-)
threshold resonance which decays under energy release into ^{17}F and a proton.Comment: RevTeX, 9.4 Kb; Published version of the pape
Four-loop verification of algorithm for Feynman diagrams summation in N=1 supersymmetric electrodynamics
A method of Feynman diagrams summation, based on using Schwinger-Dyson
equations and Ward identities, is verified by calculating some four-loop
diagrams in N=1 supersymmetric electrodynamics, regularized by higher
derivatives. In particular, for the considered diagrams correctness of an
additional identity for Green functions, which is not reduced to the gauge Ward
identity, is proved.Comment: 14 pages, 9 figure
Application of hydrogenation to low-temperature cleaning of the Si(001) surface in the processes of molecular-beam epitaxy: Investigation by STM, RHEED and HRTEM
Structural properties of the clean Si(001) surface obtained as a result of
low-temperature (470--650C) pre-growth annealings of silicon wafers in a
molecular-beam epitaxy chamber have been investigated. To decrease the cleaning
temperature, a silicon surface was hydrogenated in the process of a preliminary
chemical treatment in HF and NH_4F aqueous solutions. It has been shown that
smooth surfaces composed by wide terraces separated by monoatomic steps can be
obtained by dehydrogenation at the temperatures > 600C, whereas clean surfaces
obtained at the temperatures < 600C are rough. It has been found that there
exists a dependence of structural properties of clean surfaces on the
temperature of hydrogen thermal desorption and the process of the preliminary
chemical treatment. The frequency of detachment/attachment of Si dimers from/to
the steps and effect of the Ehrlich-Schwoebel barrier on ad-dimer migration
across steps have been found to be the most probable factors determining a
degree of the resultant surface roughness.Comment: 8 pages, 8 figures; version accepted to J. Appl. Phy
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