Peculiarities of gamma-quanta distribution at 20 TeV energy

The angular distribution of protons from the fragmentational region is analyzed. The gamma-quanta families are generated in a dense target by cosmic ray particles at 20 Tev energy. Families were found which had dense groups (spikes) of gamma-quanta where the rapidity/density is 3 times more than the average value determined for all registered families. The experimental data is compared with the results of artificial families simulation

Characteristics of anomalously high multiplicity cosmic ray interactions

Six events with the number of secondaries ranging from 250 to several thousands were registered by an installation consisting of a thin graphite target, above and under which are placed photolayers followed by the usual lead X-ray film and emulsion chambers. Data concerning the number of secondaries and their angular distribution are given. The variance of the angular distribution is compared with data obtained at accelerator energies

Protective effect of peptide vaccination in murine infection with influenza virus

Vaccination is a major tool to protect people from seasonal infections of different strains of influenza virus that presently infects millions of individuals worldwide. Virus genome is highly polymorphic, and universal vaccine that protects against permanently changing virus is still under development. Despite notable differences between humans and rodents in the disease course, immunobiology and clinical evaluations, murine infectious models remain one of the major tools to test approaches for influenza vaccine development

Protective effect of peptide vaccination in murine infection with influenza virus

Vaccination is a major tool to protect people from seasonal infections of different strains of influenza virus that presently infects millions of individuals worldwide. Virus genome is highly polymorphic, and universal vaccine that protects against permanently changing virus is still under development. Despite notable differences between humans and rodents in the disease course, immunobiology and clinical evaluations, murine infectious models remain one of the major tools to test approaches for influenza vaccine development

Genetic homongeneity and major histocompatibility complex haplotyping of white mice

Inbred murine strains are generated to insure genetic homogeneity and uniqueness and define immune characteristics, like major histocompatibility complex (MHC) haplotype, of the experimental model. Maintaining of the perfect inbred stock leads to increased level of homozygosity and sometimes encounters a problem of inbreeding depression and consequently deviation from strict inbreeding protocol. Our goals are (i) study genetic homogeneity of mice in the colony, and (ii) haplotyping of H-2 complex (MHC in mice) in this strain

The "Horizon-T" Experiment: Extensive Air Showers Detection

Horizon-T is an innovative detector system constructed to study Extensive Air Showers (EAS) in the energy range above 10^16 eV coming from a wide range of zenith angles (0 - 85 degrees). The system is located at Tien Shan high-altitude Science Station of Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences at approximately 3340 meters above the sea level. It consists of eight charged particle detection points separated by the distance up to one kilometer as well as optical detector subsystem to view the Vavilov-Cerenkov light from the EAS. The time resolution of charged particles and Vavilov-Cerenkov light photons passage of the detector system is a few ns. This level of resolution allows conducting research of atmospheric development of individual EAS.Comment: Initial technical note for Horizon-T experiment, updated with recent detector upgrades, 11/2016. Updated 12/2017 with minor edits. Large upgrade will be in another articl

Transparency of a thin absorber in Moessbauer optics: Effect of electron relaxation

A model of Moessbauer absorption taking into account the effects of the electron relaxation and the nuclear levels anticrossing simultaneously has been proposed. The dependence of the absorption deficit (transparency) on the relaxation and mixing parameters has been obtained using the stochastic theory of Moessbauer relaxation spectra. The role of quantum interference in occurrence of a partial transparency on Moessbauer transitions has been explored under these conditions. © 2010 IOP Publishing Ltd

Mössbauer studies of Cu1-xNi xFeMnO4 spinel ferrites

Nickel copper ferromanganites Cu1-xNi xFeMnO4 with the composition (0≤x≤1) have been prepared using a ceramic technique. A single phase of these compounds was confirmed by X-ray powder diffraction measurements. Mössbauer spectra were recorded in 20-628 K temperature range. The spectra of all samples showed two well-resolved Zeeman patterns corresponding to A- and B-sites. At room temperature the hyperfine field increases with decreasing Cu concentration. The cation distribution obtained from analysis of Mössbauer spectra revealed a partially inverse spinel structure. The Curie temperature (TC) increased with the increase of the composition parameters (x). The specific heat Cp for nucleus 57Fe was calculated from Mössbauer data for Cu0.5Ni0.5FeMnO4, and NiFeMnO 4. The temperature dependence of the hyperfine parameters was studied, for these samples. The sublattice magnetization H(T) obeys the one-third power law in the range 0.47<T/TC<0.92. © 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved

Measurement of tensor analyzing powers in deuteron photodisintegration

New accurate measurement of tensor analyzing powers T20, T21 and T22 in deuteron photodisintegration has been performed. Wide-aperture non-magnetic detectors allowed to cover broad kinematic ranges in a single setup: photon energy = 25 to 600 MeV, proton emission angle in CM = 24 to 48 deg. and 70 to 102 deg. New data provide a significant improvement of a few existing measurements. The angular dependency of the tensor asymmetries in deuteron photodisintegration is extracted for the first time.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. Let

Mössbauer study of structurally ordered iron coordination compounds and polyurethanes crosslinked by them

The structure of a metal-complex system based on ferric chloride and monoethanolamine and the products of interaction of this system with ε-caprolactam and a urethane prepolymer was studied by Mössbauer spectroscopy. It was found that iron ions in the coordination compounds of interest are linked with one another in a chain structure via chloride bridges. The columnar structure of metal complexes, the presence of magnetic ordering in these complexes below 70 K, and the feasibility of formation of metal complexes ordered in the same manner in a flexible-chain polymer matrix containing electron-donating groups were revealed. © Pleiades Publishing, Inc., 2006