181 research outputs found
Time dependent correlations in marine stratocumulus cloud base height records
The scaling ranges of time correlations in the cloud base height records of
marine boundary layer stratocumulus are studied applying the Detrended
Fluctuation Analysis statistical method. We have found that time dependent
variations in the evolution of the exponent reflect the diurnal
dynamics of cloud base height fluctuations in the marine boundary layer. In
general, a more stable structure of the boundary layer corresponds to a lower
value of the - indicator, i.e. larger anti-persistence, thus a set of
fluctuations tending to induce a greater stability of the stratocumulus. In
contrast, during periods of higher instability in the marine boundary, less
anti-persistent (more persistent like) behavior of the system drags it out of
equilibrium, corresponding to larger values. From an analysis of the
frequency spectrum, the stratocumulus base height evolution is found to be a
non-stationary process with stationary increments. The occurrence of these
statistics in cloud base height fluctuations suggests the usefulness of similar
studies for the radiation transfer dynamics modeling.Comment: 12 pages, 6 figures; to appear in Int. J. Mod. Phys. C, Vol. 13, No.
2 (2002
Spin Susceptibility of Ga-Stabilized delta-Pu Probed by {69}^Ga NMR
Spin susceptibility of stabilized \delta phase in the Pu-Ga alloy is studied
by measuring {69,71}^Ga NMR spectra and nuclear spin-lattice relaxation rate
{69}T_{1}^{-1} in the temperature range 5 - 350 K. The shift ({69}^K) of the
{69,71}^Ga NMR line and {69}^T_{1}^{-1} are controlled correspondingly by the
static and the fluctuating in time parts of local magnetic field arisen at
nonmagnetic gallium due to transferred hyperfine coupling with the nearest f
electron environment of the more magnetic Pu. The nonmonotonic with a maximum
around 150 K behavior of {69}^K(T) \chi_{s,5f}(T) is attributed to the
peculiarities in temperature dependence of the f electron spin susceptibility
\chi_{s,5f}(T) in \delta phase of plutonium. The temperature reversibility
being observed in {69}^K(T) data provides strong evidence for an electronic
instability developed with T in f electron bands near the Fermi energy and
accompanied with a pseudogap-like decrease of \chi_{s,5f}(T) at T<150 K. The
NMR data at high temperature are in favor of the mainly localized character of
5f electrons in \delta phase of the alloy with characteristic spin-fluctuation
energy \Gamma(T) T^{0.35(5)}, which is close to $\Gamma(T) T^{0.5} predicted by
Cox et al. [J. Appl. Phys. 57, 3166 (1985)] for 3D Kondo-system above T_Kondo}.
The dynamic spin correlations of 5f electrons become essential to consider for
{69}^T_{1}^{-1}(T) only at T<100 K. However, no NMR evidences favoring
formation of the static magnetic order in \delta-Pu were revealed down to 5K .Comment: 6 pages, 4 figure
Efficacy of parenteral rabeprazole at acute ulcer gastroduodenal bleeding in patients with high risk of relapse after endoscopic hemostasis
Aim of investigation. To determine efficacy of ulcer bleeding treatment at high risk of relapse after endoscopic hemostasis: the baseline intensive therapy including antisecretory treatment including parenteral form of rabeloc (rabeprazole) was applied.Material and methods. Original study included overall 25 patients with acute ulcer gastroduodenal bleeding. Past history was complicated for peptic ulcer in 14 patients. Ongoing ulcer bleeding (Forrest Ia, b) was found in 5 patients. Hemostasis has been effectively carried out by combined approach (injection of epinephrine solution and argon plasma coagulation). In the other 20 patients with stopped bleeding by the time of examination preventive endoscopic hemostasis was implemented.Results. Patients received rabeloc (rabeprazole 20 mg) bolus intravenous injections every 6 hs for 3 days until high risk of bleeding relapse disappeared, followed by single-dose 20 mg intravenously for 10 days. Dynamic endoscopy on the 2, 4, 7, 14 day have been carried out in 25 patients, of them 4 patients required additional endoscopic hemostasis and continued of parenteral injection of rabeloc 20 mg every 6 hs for three days more. In all studied patients it was possible to avoid bleeding relapse. By the 4-th day of treatment in 21 (84%) patient signs of high risk of a bleeding were absent. For relatively short 2-week treatment term stomach ulcer size reduced by 54%, duodenal ulcers — by 47%, and in 24% complete healing was achieved.Conclusions. Parenteral form of second generation proton pump inhibitor rabeloc (rabeprazole) meets requirements for treatment active gastric or duodenal ulcers complicated by acute bleeding
NMR study of magnetic nanoparticles Ni@C
The 61Ni, 13C NMR spectra of carbon encapsulated nickel nanoparticles have been obtained. It has been shown that the cores of the particles consist of metallic nickel with face-centered cubic structure, nickel carbide Ni3C and carbon-nickel solid solution. The carbon shell of nanoparticles is a highly defective structure and close to an amorphous glassy-like carbon. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, UB RAS: 18-10-2-37.The study was performed within the state assignments of the Mikheev Institute of Metal Physics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences: state program «Function» No АААА-А19-119012990095-0; state program «Magnit» No АААА-А18-118020290129-5 and state program «Alloys». The research also was supported by the project of the complex program of Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences № 18-10-2-37
Centrality Dependence of Neutral Pion Production in 158 A GeV Pb + Pb Collisions
The production of neutral pions in 158AGeV Pb+Pb collisions has been studied
in the WA98 experiment at the CERN SPS. Transverse momentum spectra are studied
for the range 0.3 GeV/c < mT-m0 < 4.0 GeV/c. The results for central collisions
are compared to various models. The centrality dependence of the neutral pion
spectral shape and yield is investigated. An invariance of the spectral shape
and a simple scaling of the yield with the number of participating nucleons is
observed for centralities with greater than about 30 participating nucleons
which is most naturally explained by assuming an equilibrated system.Comment: 5 pages, Latex, including 3 eps figures, submitted to Phys.Rev.Lett;
updated pQCD comparison due to new input from the author, updated references,
corrected plotting error in figure
Systematics of Inclusive Photon Production in 158 AGeV Pb Induced Reactions on Ni, Nb, and Pb Targets
The multiplicity of inclusive photons has been measured on an event-by-event
basis for 158 AGeV Pb induced reactions on Ni, Nb, and Pb targets. The
systematics of the pseudorapidity densities at midrapidity (rho_max) and the
width of the pseudorapidity distributions have been studied for varying
centralities for these collisions. A power law fit to the photon yield as a
function of the number of participating nucleons gives a value of 1.13+-0.03
for the exponent. The mean transverse momentum, , of photons determined
from the ratio of the measured electromagnetic transverse energy and photon
multiplicity, remains almost constant with increasing rho_max. Results are
compared with model predictions.Comment: 16 pages including 4 figure
Scaling of Particle and Transverse Energy Production in 208Pb+208Pb collisions at 158 A GeV
Transverse energy, charged particle pseudorapidity distributions and photon
transverse momentum spectra have been studied as a function of the number of
participants (N_{part}) and the number of binary nucleon-nucleon collisions
(N_{coll}) in 158 A GeV Pb+Pb collisions over a wide impact parameter range. A
scaling of the transverse energy pseudorapidity density at midrapidity as
N_{part}^{1.08 \pm 0.06} and N_{coll}^{0.83 \pm 0.05} is observed. For the
charged particle pseudorapidity density at midrapidity we find a scaling as
N_{part}^{1.07 \pm 0.04} and N_{coll}^{0.82 \pm 0.03}. This faster than linear
scaling with N_{part} indicates a violation of the naive Wounded Nucleon Model.Comment: 13 pages, 16 figures, submitted to European Physical Journal C
(revised results for scaling exponents
Search for DCC in 158A GeV Pb+Pb Collisions
A detailed analysis of the phase space distributions of charged particles and
photons have been carried out using two independent methods. The results
indicate the presence of nonstatistical fluctuations in localized regions of
phase space.Comment: Talk at the PANIC99 Conference, June 9-16, 199
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