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Experimental f-value and isotopic structure for the Ni I line blended with [OI] at 6300A
We have measured the oscillator strength of the Ni I line at 6300.34 \AA,
which is known to be blended with the forbidden [O I] 6300 line, used
for determination of the oxygen abundance in cool stars. We give also
wavelengths of the two isotopic line components of Ni and Ni
derived from the asymmetric laboratory line profile. These two line components
of Ni I have to be considered when calculating a line profile of the 6300 \AA\
feature observed in stellar and solar spectra. We also discuss the labelling of
the energy levels involved in the Ni I line, as level mixing makes the
theoretical predictions uncertain.Comment: Accepted for publication in ApJLetter
Heavy metal removal from aqueous solutions by sorption using natural clays from Burkina Faso
The acid-base properties of two raw and purified mixed clays from Burkina Faso were studied, as well as their potential to remove copper(II), lead(II) and chromium(III), and thereby their ability to be used to purify water from heavy metals. The purification procedure of the clays involved removal of carbonates, iron oxides and organic matter. A determination of the elemental composition of the mixed clays revealed the presence of aluminum, iron and silicon as main constituents. The high alkaline pH in one of the samples is attributable to the presence of carbonate in the raw clay. The point of zero charge (pHpzc) values of the clays, as determined by potentiometric titrations, were 6.79 and 9.52 for the raw clays, while after purification they were 6.87 and 6.76, respectively. Metal adsorption to the clay surfaces started at pH values below pHpzc, strongly indicating formation of inner-sphere complexes. With contact time of 48 h, complete removal of copper(II) was achieved at pH 8 for all samples. More than 90% of the lead(II) removal was attributed to adsorption while for chromium(III), it was 85%. Adsorption to organic matter and iron oxides, and precipitation of metal hydroxides gave significant contributions to the removal of metal ions in aqueous systems.Key words: Mixed clays, potentiometric titration, heavy metals, pHpzc
Laplacian Growth, Elliptic Growth, and Singularities of the Schwarz Potential
The Schwarz function has played an elegant role in understanding and in
generating new examples of exact solutions to the Laplacian growth (or "Hele-
Shaw") problem in the plane. The guiding principle in this connection is the
fact that "non-physical" singularities in the "oil domain" of the Schwarz
function are stationary, and the "physical" singularities obey simple dynamics.
We give an elementary proof that the same holds in any number of dimensions for
the Schwarz potential, introduced by D. Khavinson and H. S. Shapiro [17]
(1989). A generalization is also given for the so-called "elliptic growth"
problem by defining a generalized Schwarz potential. New exact solutions are
constructed, and we solve inverse problems of describing the driving
singularities of a given flow. We demonstrate, by example, how \mathbb{C}^n -
techniques can be used to locate the singularity set of the Schwarz potential.
One of our methods is to prolong available local extension theorems by
constructing "globalizing families". We make three conjectures in potential
theory relating to our investigation
Erratum: Distinct HLA Associations with Rheumatoid Arthritis Subsets Defined by Serological Subphenotype (The American Journal of Human Genetics (2019) 105(3) (616â624), (S0002929719303052), (10.1016/j.ajhg.2019.08.002))
© 2019 The Author(s) (The American Journal of Human Genetics 105, 616â624; September 5, 2019) In the originally published version of this article, the first author, Chikashi Tereo, had footnotes indicating affiliations with the first seven institutions. The correct affiliations are the first six plus footnote 17, indicating equal contribution. This error has been corrected here and online, and the authors and copyeditor express their regret for the mistake
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Solution softening in molybdenum-rhenium alloys
This study has clearly demonstrated the solution softening phenomenon in Mo-Re alloys that contain 5.8 to 8.2 at. % Re. The intrinsic nature of the phenomenon tends to be supported by this work; however, the addition of rhenium to molybdenum appears to cause a redistribution of interstitials that affects the fracture behavior in worked alloys. Much more fundamental research is needed to clearly establish the mechanisms that cause this phenomenon. The fabrication of these alloys seems to be no more difficult than any molybdenum alloys produced commercially today. Even the control of rhenium content in the maximum solution softening range does not appear to be difficult
A first measurement of the interaction cross section of the tau neutrino
The DONuT experiment collected data in 1997 and published first results in
2000 based on four observed charged-current (CC) interactions. The
final analysis of the data collected in the experiment is presented in this
paper, based on protons on target using the 800 GeV
Tevatron beam at Fermilab. The number of observed CC interactions is
9, from a total of 578 observed neutrino interactions. We calculated the
energy-independent part of the tau-neutrino CC cross section (), relative to the well-known and cross sections. The
ratio / was found to be
. The CC cross section was found to be cm. Both results are in
agreement the Standard Model.Comment: 37 pages, 15 figure
Scattering theory for Klein-Gordon equations with non-positive energy
We study the scattering theory for charged Klein-Gordon equations:
\{{array}{l} (\p_{t}- \i v(x))^{2}\phi(t,x) \epsilon^{2}(x,
D_{x})\phi(t,x)=0,[2mm] \phi(0, x)= f_{0}, [2mm] \i^{-1} \p_{t}\phi(0, x)=
f_{1}, {array}. where: \epsilon^{2}(x, D_{x})= \sum_{1\leq j, k\leq
n}(\p_{x_{j}} \i b_{j}(x))A^{jk}(x)(\p_{x_{k}} \i b_{k}(x))+ m^{2}(x),
describing a Klein-Gordon field minimally coupled to an external
electromagnetic field described by the electric potential and magnetic
potential . The flow of the Klein-Gordon equation preserves the
energy: h[f, f]:= \int_{\rr^{n}}\bar{f}_{1}(x) f_{1}(x)+
\bar{f}_{0}(x)\epsilon^{2}(x, D_{x})f_{0}(x) - \bar{f}_{0}(x) v^{2}(x) f_{0}(x)
\d x. We consider the situation when the energy is not positive. In this
case the flow cannot be written as a unitary group on a Hilbert space, and the
Klein-Gordon equation may have complex eigenfrequencies. Using the theory of
definitizable operators on Krein spaces and time-dependent methods, we prove
the existence and completeness of wave operators, both in the short- and
long-range cases. The range of the wave operators are characterized in terms of
the spectral theory of the generator, as in the usual Hilbert space case
Search for the Flavor-Changing Neutral-Current Decays and
We report the results of a search for the flavor-changing neutral-current
decays and in
data from Fermilab charm hadroproduction experiment E791. No signal above
background is found, and we obtain upper limits on branching fractions,
and
, at the 90\% confidence
level.Comment: nine pages with figures; compressed, uuencoded postscrip
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