Observation of the second harmonic in superconducting current-phase relation of Nb/Au/(001)YBa2Cu3Ox heterojunctions

The superconducting current-phase relation (CPR) of Nb/Au/(001)YBa2Cu3Ox heterojunctions prepared on epitaxial c-axis oriented YBa2Cu3Ox thin films has been measured in a single-junction interferometer. For the first time, the second harmonic of the CPR of such junctions has been observed. The appearance of the second harmonic and the relative sign of the first and second harmonics of the CPR can be explained assuming, that the macroscopic pairing symmetry of our YBa2Cu3Ox thin films is of the d+s typeComment: 11 pages, 4 figure

Direct current heating in superconductor-insulator-superconductor tunnel devices for THz mixing applications

DC heating effects in superconductor-insulator-superconductor (SIS) tunnel junctions are studied by comparing junctions sandwiched between niobium or aluminum layers. With niobium a temperature rise of several Kelvin is observed, which is reduced by an order of magnitude by using aluminum. A simple model satisfactorily explains this observation and predicts a 30% increase in the subgap current due to the elevated temperature. At the operating voltage for heterodyne mixing the receiver noise temperature increases by only 2%. (C) 1996 American Institute of Physics

Оцінювання екологічних ризиків при забрудненні атмосфери оксидами азоту

У даній роботі здійснено аналіз екологічних ризиків при забрудненні атмосфери оксидами азоту за результатами вимірювань забруднення атмосфери України.В данной работе проведен анализ экологических рисков при загрязнении атмосферы оксидами азота по результатам измерений загрязнения атмосферы Украине.This paper analyzes environmental risks in air pollution by oxides of nitrogen from measurements of air pollution Ukraine

Контроль та прогнозування забруднення атмосфери оксидами азоту

У багатьох регіонах України досить високий рівень забруднення атмосферного повітря. Теплові електростанції дають до третини усіх шкідливих викидів у атмосферу оксидів азоту. Переважну частину забруднення атмосфери оксидами азоту у великих містах та близько 32 % загальних викидів по країні дає автотранспорт. розвиток виробництва призводить до збільшення рівня викидів у атмосферу. Тому тема контролю та прогнозування забруднення атмосфери оксидами азоту є особливо актуальною, зокрема, для екологічних інспекцій.Во многих регионах Украины достаточно высокий уровень загрязнения атмосферного воздуха. Тепловые электростанции дают до трети всех вредных выбросов в атмосферу оксидов азота. Большую часть загрязнения атмосферы оксидами азота в больших городах и около 32% общих выбросов по стране дает автотранспорт. развитие приводит к увеличению уровня выбросов в атмосферу. Поэтому тема контроля и прогнозирования загрязнения атмосферы оксидами азота является особенно актуальной, в частности, для экологических инспекций.In many regions of Ukraine rather high level of air pollution. Thermal power given to a third of all emissions of nitrogen oxides into the atmosphere. The bulk of nitrogen oxides air pollution in large cities and about 32% of total emissions in the country gives vehicles. development of production leads to an increase of emissions to the atmosphere. Therefore Newest monitoring and forecasting of air pollution nitrogen oxides are particularly relevant in particular for environmental inspections

PREMIUM, a benchmark on the quantification of the uncertainty of the physical models in the system thermal-hydraulic codes: methodologies and data review

The objective of the Post-BEMUSE Reflood Model Input Uncertainty Methods (PREMIUM) benchmark is to progress on the issue of the quantification of the uncertainty of the physical models in system thermalhydraulic codes by considering a concrete case: the physical models involved in the prediction of core reflooding. The present document was initially conceived as a final report for the Phase I “Introduction and Methodology Review” of the PREMIUM benchmark. The objective of Phase I is to refine the definition of the benchmark and publish the available methodologies of model input uncertainty quantification relevant to the objectives of the benchmark. In this initial version the document was approved by WGAMA and has shown its usefulness during the subsequent phases of the project. Once Phase IV was completed, and following the suggestion of WGAMA members, the document was updated adding a few new sections, particularly the description of four new methodologies that were developed during this activity. Such developments were performed by some participants while contributing to PREMIUM progress (which is why this report arrives after those of other phases). After this revision the document title was changed to “PREMIUM methodologies and data review”. The introduction includes first a chapter devoted to contextualization of the benchmark in nuclear safety research and licensing, followed by a description of the PREMIUM objectives. Next, a description of the Phases in which the benchmark is divided and its organization is explained. Chapter two consists of a review of the involvement of the different participants, making a brief explanation of the input uncertainty quantification methodologies used in the activity. The document ends with some conclusions on the development of Phase I, some more general remarks and some statements on the benefits of the benchmark, which can be briefly summarized as it follows: - Contribution to development of tools and experience related to uncertainty calculation and promotion of the use of BEPU approaches for licensing and safety assessment purposes; - Contribution to prioritization of improvements to thermal-hydraulic system codes; - Contribution to a fluent and close interaction between the scientific community and regulatory organizations. Appendices include the complete description of the experimental data FEBA/SEFLEX used in the benchmark and the methodologies CIRCÉ and FFTBM and the general requirements and description specification used for Phase I. Due to the revision of the document, four extra appendixes have been added related to the methods developed during the activity, MCDA DIPE, Tractebel IUQ and PSI methods

Synthesis and properties of the heterospin (S1 = S2 = 1/2) radical-ion salt bis(mesitylene)molybdenum(I) [1,2,5]thiadiazolo[3,4-c][1,2,5]thiadiazolidyl

The authors are grateful to the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Project 8.14), the Royal Society (RS International Joint Project 2010/R3), the Leverhulme Trust (Project IN-2012-094), the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Project 13), the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation (Project of Joint Laboratories of Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences and National Research Universities), and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Projects 13-03-00072 and 15-03-03242) for financial support of various parts of this work. N.A.S. thanks the Council for Grants of the President of Russian Federation for postdoctoral scholarship (grant MK-4411.2015.3). B.E.B. is grateful for an EaStCHEM Hirst Academic Fellowship. A.V.Z. thanks the Foundation named after D. I. Mendeleev, Tomsk State University, for support of his work.Low-temperature interaction of [1,2,5]thiadiazolo[3,4-c][1,2,5]thiadiazole (1) with MoMes2 (Mes = mesitylene / 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene) in tetrahydrofuran gave the heterospin (S1 = S2 = 1/2) radical-ion salt [MoMes2]+[1]– (2) whose structure was confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction (XRD). The structure revealed alternating layers of the cations and anions with the Mes ligands perpendicular, and the anions tilted by 45°, to the layer plane. At 300 K the effective magnetic moment of 2 is equal to 2.40 μB (theoretically expected 2.45 μB) and monotonically decreases with lowering of the temperature. In the temperature range 2−300 K, the molar magnetic susceptibility of 2 is well-described by the Curie-Weiss law with parameters C and θ equal to 0.78 cm3⋅K⋅mol–1 and −31.2 K, respectively. Overall, the magnetic behavior of 2 is similar to that of [CrTol2]+[1]– and [CrCp*2]+[1]–, i.e. changing the cation [MAr2]+ 3d atom M = Cr (Z = 24) with weak spin-orbit coupling (SOC) to a 4d atom M = Mo (Z = 42) with stronger SOC does not affect macroscopic magnetic properties of the salts. For the XRD structure of salt 2, parameters of the Heisenberg spin-Hamiltonian were calculated using the broken-symmetry DFT and CASSCF approaches, and the complex 3D magnetic structure with both the ferromagnetic (FM) and antiferromagnetic (AF) exchange interactions was revealed with the latter as dominating. Salt 2 is thermally unstable and slowly loses the Mes ligands upon storage at ambient temperature. Under the same reaction conditions, interaction of 1 with MoTol2 (Tol = toluene) proceeded with partial loss of the Tol ligands to afford diamagnetic product.PostprintPostprintPeer reviewe