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Rolling Friction in Loose Media and its Role in Mechanics Problems
Rolling friction between particles is to be set in problems of granular material mechanics alongside with sliding friction. A classical problem of material passive lateral pressure on the retaining wall is submitted as a case in point. 3D method of discrete elements was employed for numerical analysis. Material is a universe of spherical particles with specified size distribution. Viscose-elastic properties of the material and surface friction are included, when choosing contact forces. Particles' resistance to rolling relative to other particles and to the boundary is set into the model. Kinetic patterns of medium deformations are given. It has been proved that rolling friction can significantly affect magnitude and nature of passive lateral pressure on the retaining wall
Bichromatic Slowing of Metastable Helium
We examine two approaches for significantly extending the velocity range of
the optical bichromatic force (BCF), to make it useful for laser deceleration
of atomic and molecular beams. First, we present experimental results and
calculations for BCF deceleration of metastable helium using very large BCF
detunings, and discuss the limitations of this approach. We consider in detail
the constraints, both inherent and practical, that set the usable upper limit
of the BCF. We then show that a more promising approach is to utilize a BCF
profile with a relatively small velocity range in conjunction with chirped
Doppler shifts, to keep the force resonant with the atoms as they are slowed.
In an initial experimental test of this chirped BCF method, helium atoms are
slowed by m/s using a BCF profile with a velocity width of m/s. Straightforward scaling of the present results indicates that a
decelerator for He* capable of loading a magneto-optical trap (MOT) can yield a
brightness comparable to a much larger Zeeman slower.Comment: 11 pages, 9 figures. Published in Phys. Rev.
Features of martensitic transformation and fine structure of intermetallic compound Ni50Mn50
Transmission and scanning electron microscopy and Xray and electron diffraction are used to investigate the martensitic transformation and martensitic phase structure of the Ni50Mn50 alloy. Its resistivity and coefficient of thermal expansion are measured over a wide temperature range. © 2013 Pleiades Publishing, Ltd
Non-language factors and language evolution
This paper is devoted to the description of the functioning and development of the language system seen in correlation with the influence of non-language factor
Optical Stern Gerlach Effect beyond the rotating wave approximation
We show that the inclusion of counter rotating terms, usually dropped, in the
interaction Hamiltonian of the electric dipole of a two level atom with an
electromagnetic field leads to significant modification of the splitting of an
atomic beam known as Optical Stern Gerlach Effect which now acquires a fine
structure.Comment: 9 pages, 1 figur
Small-scale-field Dynamo
Generation of magnetic field energy, without mean field generation, is
studied. Isotropic mirror-symmetric turbulence of a conducting fluid amplifies
the energy of small-scale magnetic perturbations if the magnetic Reynolds
number is high, and the dimensionality of space d satisfies 2.103 < d <8.765.
The result does not depend on the model of turbulence, incompressibility and
isotropy being the only requirements.Comment: 11 pages Plain TeX, no figures, Accepted by Phys. Rev. Let
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