22 research outputs found
A novel experimental method for the measurement of the caloric curves of clusters
A novel experimental scheme has been developed in order to measure the heat
capacity of mass selected clusters. It is based on controlled sticking of atoms
on clusters. This allows one to construct the caloric curve, thus determining
the melting temperature and the latent heat of fusion in the case of
first-order phase transitions. This method is model-free. It is transferable to
many systems since the energy is brought to clusters through sticking
collisions. As an example, it has been applied to Na\_90\^+ and Na\_140\^+. Our
results are in good agreement with previous measurements
Experimental Determination of Nucleation Scaling Law for Small Charged Particles
We investigated the nucleation process at the molecular level. Controlled
sticking of individual atoms onto mass selected clusters over a wide mass range
has been carried out for the first time. We measured the absolute unimolecular
nucleation cross sections of cationic sodium clusters Na_{n}^{+} in the range
n=25-200 at several collision energies. The widely used hard sphere
approximation clearly fails for small sizes: not only should vapor-to-liquid
nucleation theories be modified, but also, through the microreversibility
principle, cluster decay rate statistical models
Fizeau et l’entraÎnement partiel de l’éther
Entre 1849 et 1851, Hippolyte Fizeau a réalisé successivement trois expériences fondamentales relatives à la vitesse de la lumière. Ce sont toutes trois de véritables tours de force expérimentaux qui ont eu des conséquences majeures dans l’évolution de nos conceptions de la lumière et, comme l’a attesté Albert Einstein lui-même, dans l’avènement de la relativité restreinte. Nous présentons à la fois le contexte et les conséquences historiques ainsi que la réplique moderne que nous avons réalisée de l’expérience de 1851 dite « d’entraînement partiel de l’éther »
Processus élémentaires de nucléation (un outil pour l'étude des transitions de phases dans les agrégats)
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