Measurements of light background at large depth in the ocean

The mean intensity of Cerenkov emission from the products of K(40) decay and bioluminescence was measured at depths to 5 km. The intensity of ocean light background is found to depend upon depth and at the 5 km level is equal on averaged to 300 + or - 60 quanta/sq cms into spatial angle of 2 pi sterradian in transparency window. The amplitudes, duration and number of BL flashes were measured at various depths. The intensive flashes due to BL are shown to be observed rather seldom at depths over 4 km

Physio-mechanical Materials Testing Using Scanning Contact Potentiometry Method

To study the processes of forming and growing embryonic fatigue cracks in steel EI-847 when tested under a uniaxial tension at constant load; adapting the method of scanning contact potentiometry using the INSTRON-5982 machine. The embryo was detected on the sample surface- in the yield point- and stably tracked by theequipment indications at higher loads up to the fracture point. Keywords: scanning contact potentiometry, electrical non-destructive testing, tension testing, fatigue crack, time-frequency signal analysis

Measurement of hadron cross sections with the SND detector

New results on exclusive hadron production in $e^+e^-$ annihilation obtained in experiments with the SND detector at the VEPP-2M and VEPP-2000 $e^+e^-$ colliders are presented.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures, presented at the 14th International Workshop on Meson Production, Properties and Interaction (MESON 2016), Cracow, Poland, 2nd - 7th June 201