Elastic Scattering of 200 MeV Polarized Protons from 9-Be and 16-O

This work was supported by the National Science Foundation Grant NSF PHY 78-22774 A02 & A03 and by Indiana Universit

Investigation of the Mechanisms of 6-Li-Induced Reactions Far Above the Coulomb Barrier

This work was supported by National Science Foundation Grants PHY 76-84033A01, PHY 78-22774, and Indiana Universit

Charged Particles from the Bombardment of Complex Nuclei with Medium Energy Protons

Supported by the National Science Foundation and Indiana Universit

A review on bacterial stalk rot disease of maize caused by Dickeya zeae

Bacterial stalk rot of maize caused by Dickeya zeae previously known as E. chrysanthemi pv. zeaehave economic importance of reduced crop yield up to 98.8%. The disease is more prevalent in rainy season in India. The bacterium prefers high temperature and moisture for their growth result is plant toppled down within week. The pathogen has wide host range (maize, rice, tomato, chilli and brinjal etc.) which help to pathogen for long survival in soil. The bacterium characterized by biochemical and molecular tactics. In present, Pel gene and rDNA specific primers are frequently used for D. zeae characterization. The pathogen significantly controls under in vitro and in vivo condition via bleaching powder (drenching of 100 ppm) and antibiotics. The present studies generated data on pathogen nomenclature, etiology, epidemiology, host range, pathogen survival, biochemical, physiological and molecular characterization, germplasm evaluation and disease management

Theoretical Study of Electron-Phonon Interaction in ZrB2 and TaB2

Using full-potential, density-functional-based methods we have studied electron-phonon interaction in ZrB2 and TaB2 in P6/mmm crystal structure. Our results for phonon density of states and Eliashberg function show that the electron-phonon coupling in ZrB2 is much weaker than in TaB2. In particular, we find that the average electron-phonon coupling constant \lambda is equal to 0.14 for ZrB2 and 0.72 for TaB2. The solutions of the isotropic Eliashberg gap equation indicate no superconductivity for ZrB2 but a superconducting transition temperature Tc of around 12 K for TaB2 with \mu* ~0.16.Comment: Increased q points from 12 to 28, added 3 figs and a section on convergence analysi

Influence of Bicurative on Processibility of Composite Propellant

A new series of composite propellant compositions, based on ammonium perchlorate,hydroxy-terminated polybutadiene and having metallic fuel as aluminium powder, have beendeveloped. Pressure cast-cum-cured compositions have also been developed with toluenediisocyanate (TDI), isophorone diisocyanate (IPDI), and a mixture of both curatives, i.e., TDIand IPDI, respectively, to study their effect on processibility, mechanical and ballistic propertiesof the compositions.  The data indicate that the compositions based on bicurative have a potlife of 7 - 8 h, viscosity build up is from 13280 poise to 14080 poise after 4 h, and the smoothprocessibility of the slurry is enhanced. Further, the mechanical properties are in the range12.2 kg/cm2, 40.2 kg/cm2, and 40.2 per cent for tensile strength, E-modulus and elongation,respectively, and burn rate is almost the same, i.e., 16 ±0.5 mm/s