Traveling interface modulations in the NH 3 + O 2 reaction on a Rh(110) surface

A new type of traveling interface modulation has been observed in the NH 3 + O 2 reaction on a Rh(110) surface. A model is set up which reproduces the effect, which is attributed to diffusional mixing of two spatially separated adsorbates causing an excitability which is strictly localized to the vicinity of the interface of the adsorbate domains. © 2012 the Owner Societies

Traveling interface modulations in the NH₃ + O₂ reaction on a Rh(110) surface

A new type of traveling interface modulation has been observed in the NH₃ + O₂ reaction on a Rh(110) surface. A model is set up which reproduces the effect, which is attributed to diffusional mixing of two spatially separated adsorbates causing an excitability which is strictly localized to the vicinity of the interface of the adsorbate domains.Facultad de Ciencias ExactasInstituto de Investigaciones Fisicoquímicas Teóricas y Aplicada

Resonant nonlinear magneto-optical effects in atoms

In this article, we review the history, current status, physical mechanisms, experimental methods, and applications of nonlinear magneto-optical effects in atomic vapors. We begin by describing the pioneering work of Macaluso and Corbino over a century ago on linear magneto-optical effects (in which the properties of the medium do not depend on the light power) in the vicinity of atomic resonances, and contrast these effects with various nonlinear magneto-optical phenomena that have been studied both theoretically and experimentally since the late 1960s. In recent years, the field of nonlinear magneto-optics has experienced a revival of interest that has led to a number of developments, including the observation of ultra-narrow (1-Hz) magneto-optical resonances, applications in sensitive magnetometry, nonlinear magneto-optical tomography, and the possibility of a search for parity- and time-reversal-invariance violation in atoms.Comment: 51 pages, 23 figures, to appear in Rev. Mod. Phys. in Oct. 2002, Figure added, typos corrected, text edited for clarit

Microscopic investigation of the structure characteristics and wave functions of the five-body hypernucleus He λ

The Parentage Scheme of Summarization to the N-body symmetrized basis construction [1], necessary for the description of the structural characteristics and decay reactions of the hypernuclear and nuclear systems with arbitrary amount of particles, is applied to the solution of five-body problem in hypernuclear physics. Hypernucleus Heλ5 as a system of four nucleons and one hyperon is investigated by the use of the Hyperspherical Function Method in momentum space. The dependence of the structure characteristics and wave functions on the types of nucleon-nucleon and hyperon-nucleon interaction potentials is studied. Mean square λ − H3 and α− λ distances and the binding energies for the He4 and Heλ5 are obtained