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CLEO-c hot topics
Selected recent results and future prospects for the CLEO-c experiment at CESR are reviewed. The topics covered include measurements of leptonic and semileptonic charm decays made with data collected at the Ï(3770) resonance and results from a scan of the center-of-mass energy range from 3970 to 4260 MeV addressing the details of open-charm production and properties of the Y (4260) state observed last year by BaBar
Non-Leptonic B Decays into K-Resonances
We estimate the non-leptonic B decays , where are various K-meson resonances. We use the model
of Isgur, Wise, Scora and Grinstein in the context of heavy quark effective
theory, to calculate the hadronic matrix elements. Our estimates show that a
substantial fraction of results in higher resonances
of K-meson and besides , a considerable fraction of
goes to .Comment: 9 pages, late
Synthesis and Characterization of Amorphous Hydrated Alkali Thio-Hydroxogermanates
The synthesis, structure, and nonhumidified proton conductivity of the hydrated alkali thio-hydroxogermanates, denoted as MxGeSx(OH)4-x·yH2O (1 †x †4, 0 \u3c y \u3c 8) for M = Na, K, Rb, and Cs, are reported. These materials are generally X-ray amorphous when produced by a low-temperature (75 °C) aqueous solution evaporationâprecipitation route. Raman and IR spectroscopies indicate mixed chalcogenide germanium central anions with distinct asymmetric GeâO and symmetric GeâS stretching modes observable around 820â754 and 500â325 cm-1, respectively. These thio-oxoanions possess a combination of thermally stable hydroxyl groups and hydrophilic alkali associated with the nonbridging sulfurs. Alternating current impendence measurements performed under anhydrous conditions on low-pressure sealed pellets reveal fast ionic conductivity, 10-3â10-2 S/cm, for typical temperatures between 100 and 275 °C. The observed falloff in conductivity at higher temperatures is consistent with the appearance of endothermic transitions in differential scanning calorimetry measurements of hermetically sealed samples, presumably from the âboilingâ or sublimation of a crystalline water sublattice. Corresponding onset temperatures were observed between 150 and 275 °C and dependent on the alkali and composition. Under dry atmosphere conditions, thermogravimetric analysis mass loss measurements indicate continuous mass loss above the preparation temperature of 75 °C
Analytical approximation for the sphere-sphere Coulomb potential
A simple analytical expression, which closely approximates the Coulomb
potential between two uniformly charged spheres, is presented. This expression
can be used in the optical potential semiclassical analyses which require that
the interaction be analytic on and near the real r-axis.Comment: 4 pages including 3 figures and 1 tabl
Reliability Testing of AlGaN/GaN HEMTs Under Multiple Stressors
We performed an experiment on AlGaN/GaN HEMTs with high voltage and high power as stressors. We found that devices tested under high power generally degraded more than those tested under high voltage. In particular, the high-voltage-tested devices did not degrade significantly as suggested by some papers in the literature. The same papers in the literature also suggest that high voltages cause cracks and pits. However, the high-voltage-tested devices in this study do not exhibit cracks or pits in TEM images, while the high-power-tested devices exhibit pits
Real-Gas Effects and Phase Separation in Underexpanded Jets at Engine-Relevant Conditions
A numerical framework implemented in the open-source tool OpenFOAM is
presented in this work combining a hybrid, pressure-based solver with a
vapor-liquid equilibrium model based on the cubic equation of state. This
framework is used in the present work to investigate underexpanded jets at
engine-relevant conditions where real-gas effects and mixture induced phase
separation are probable to occur. A thorough validation and discussion of the
applied vapor-liquid equilibrium model is conducted by means of general
thermodynamic relations and measurement data available in the literature.
Engine-relevant simulation cases for two different fuels were defined. Analyses
of the flow field show that the used fuel has a first order effect on the
occurrence of phase separation. In the case of phase separation two different
effects could be revealed causing the single-phase instability, namely the
strong expansion and the mixing of the fuel with the chamber gas. A comparison
of single-phase and two-phase jets disclosed that the phase separation leads to
a completely different penetration depth in contrast to single-phase injection
and therefore commonly used analytical approaches fail to predict the
penetration depth.Comment: Preprint submitted to AIAA Scitech 2018, Kissimmee, Florid
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