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Beyond the Born-Oppenheimer approximation: high-resolution overtone spectroscopy of H2D+ and D2H+
Transitions to overtone 2v2 and 2v3, and combination v2 + v3 vibrations in jet-cooled H2D+ and D2H+ molecular ions have been measured for the first time by high-resolution IR spectroscopy. The source of these ions is a pulsed slit jet supersonic discharge, which allows for efficient generation, rotational cooling, and high frequency (100 KHz) concentration modulation for detection via sensitive lock-in detection methods. Isotopic substitution and high-resolution overtone spectroscopy in this fundamental molecular ion permit a systematic, first principles investigation of Born–Oppenheimer "breakdown" effects due to large amplitude vibrational motion as well as provide rigorous tests of approximate theoretical methods beyond the Born–Oppenheimer level. The observed overtone transitions are in remarkably good agreement (<0.1 cm–1) with non-Born–Oppenheimer ab initio theoretical predictions, with small but systematic deviations for 2v2, 2v + 3v, and 2v3 excited states indicating directions for further improvement in such treatments. Spectroscopic assignment and analysis of the isotopomeric transitions reveals strong Coriolis mixing between near resonant 2v3 and 2v + 3v vibrations in D2H+. Population-independent line intensity ratios for transitions from common lower states indicate excellent overall agreement with theoretical predictions for D2H+, but with statistically significant discrepancies noted for H2D+. Finally, H2D+ versus D2H+ isotopomer populations are analyzed as a function of D2/H2 mixing ratio and can be well described by steady state kinetics in the slit discharge expansion
Methods for estimating the optical constants of atmospheric hazes based on complex optical measurements
The methods of multifrequency laser sounding (MLS) are the most effective remote methods for investigating the atmospheric aerosols, since it is possible to obtain complete information on aerosol microstructure and the effective methods for estimating the aerosol optical constants can be developed. The MLS data interpretation consists in the solution of the set of equations containing those of laser sounding and equations for polydispersed optical characteristics. As a rule, the laser sounding equation is written in the approximation of single scattering and the equations for optical characteristics are written assuming that the atmospheric aerosol is formed by spherical and homogeneous particles. To remove the indeterminacy of equations, the method of optical sounding of atmospheric aerosol, consisting in a joint use of a mutifrequency lidar and a spectral photometer in common geometrical scheme of the optical experiment was suggested. The method is used for investigating aerosols in the cases when absorption by particles is small and indicates the minimum necessary for interpretation of a series of measurements
Dynamic distortion at the exit of a subsonic diffuser of a mixed compression inlet
Measuring distortion characteristics at engine face station of axisymmetric inle
Cole-Hopf Like Transformation for Schr\"odinger Equations Containing Complex Nonlinearities
We consider systems, which conserve the particle number and are described by
Schr\"odinger equations containing complex nonlinearities. In the case of
canonical systems, we study their main symmetries and conservation laws. We
introduce a Cole-Hopf like transformation both for canonical and noncanonical
systems, which changes the evolution equation into another one containing
purely real nonlinearities, and reduces the continuity equation to the standard
form of the linear theory. This approach allows us to treat, in a unifying
scheme, a wide variety of canonical and noncanonical nonlinear systems, some of
them already known in the literature. pacs{PACS number(s): 02.30.Jr, 03.50.-z,
03.65.-w, 05.45.-a, 11.30.Na, 11.40.DwComment: 26 pages, no figures, to be appear in J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. (2002
The NuMI Neutrino Beam and Potential for an Off-Axis Experiment
The Neutrinos at the Main Injector (NuMI) facility at Fermilab is under
construction and due to begin operations in late 2004. NuMI will deliver an
intense beam of variable energy 2-20 GeV directed into the Earth at
58 mrad. Several aspects of the design are reviewed, and potential limitations
to the ultimate neutrino flux are described. In addition, potential
measurements of neutrino mixing properties are described.Comment: talk given at NuFact '02, Imperial College London, proceedings to
appear in J. Phys. G, revised to add a referenc
Nonlinear magnetoinductive waves and domain walls in composite metamaterials
We describe novel physics of nonlinear magnetoinductive waves in left-handed
composite metamaterials. We derive the coupled equations for describing the
propagation of magnetoinductive waves, and show that in the nonlinear regime
the magnetic response of a metamaterial may become bistable. We analyze
modulational instability of different nonlinear states, and also demonstrate
that nonlinear metamaterials may support the propagation of domain walls
(kinks) connecting the regions with the positive and negative magnetization.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figure
Comment on ``the Klein-Gordon Oscillator''
The different ways of description of the particle with oscillator-like
interaction are considered. The results are in conformity with the previous
paper of S. Bruce and P. Minning.Comment: LaTeX file, 5p
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