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Effects of stellar outflows on interstellar sulfur oxide chemistry
Interferometer Maps with 2" to 6" resolution of a number of regions with active star formation (Orion A, W49, W51, SGRB2) show that the distribution of the molecule SO is very compact around stellar outflow sources. Both SO and SO2 were studied near three outflows, OrionA/IRc2 and two sources in W49. The two molecules have similar distributions and abundances. More than 95% of the emission comes from regions whose extents are only .05 to .2 pc., being larger around the more energetic sources. Their spectra are broad, 30 km/sec or more, suggesting that the oxide production is associated with the flows. The outflows are identified by water masers and by extended bipolar flows in SiO. Maps in other molecules, such as HCO+ and CS, which have similar collisional excitation requirements, have much greater spatial extent. Thus it appears that the SO and SO2 abundances are truly compact and are closely associated with the outflows
Electrical Detection of Coherent Nuclear Spin Oscillations in Phosphorus-Doped Silicon Using Pulsed ENDOR
We demonstrate the electrical detection of pulsed X-band Electron Nuclear
Double Resonance (ENDOR) in phosphorus-doped silicon at 5\,K. A pulse sequence
analogous to Davies ENDOR in conventional electron spin resonance is used to
measure the nuclear spin transition frequencies of the P nuclear spins,
where the P electron spins are detected electrically via spin-dependent
transitions through Si/SiO interface states, thus not relying on a
polarization of the electron spin system. In addition, the electrical detection
of coherent nuclear spin oscillations is shown, demonstrating the feasibility
to electrically read out the spin states of possible nuclear spin qubits.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figure
Dynamics of aircraft antiskid braking systems
A computer study was performed to assess the accuracy of three brake pressure-torque mathematical models. The investigation utilized one main gear wheel, brake, and tire assembly of a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 series 10 airplane. The investigation indicates that the performance of aircraft antiskid braking systems is strongly influenced by tire characteristics, dynamic response of the antiskid control valve, and pressure-torque response of the brake. The computer study employed an average torque error criterion to assess the accuracy of the models. The results indicate that a variable nonlinear spring with hysteresis memory function models the pressure-torque response of the brake more accurately than currently used models
Acoustically driven ferromagnetic resonance
Surface acoustic waves (SAW) in the GHz frequency range are exploited for the
all-elastic excitation and detection of ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) in a
ferromagnetic/ferroelectric (nickel/lithium niobate) hybrid device. We measure
the SAW magneto-transmission at room temperature as a function of frequency,
external magnetic field magnitude, and orientation. Our data are well described
by a modified Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert approach, in which a virtual,
strain-induced tickle field drives the magnetization precession. This causes a
distinct magnetic field orientation dependence of elastically driven FMR that
we observe in both model and experiment.Comment: 4 page
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