Direct J/psi and psi' hadroproduction via fragmentation in the collinear parton model and k_T-factorization approach

The p_T-spectra for direct J/psi and psi' in hadroproduction at Tevatron energy have been calculated based on NRQCD formalism and fragmentation approximation in the collinear parton model and k_T-factorization approach. We have described the CDF data and obtained a good agreement between the predictions obtained in the parton model and k_T-factorization approach. We performed the calculations using the relevant leading order in alpha_s hard amplitudes and the equal values of the color-octet long-distance matrix elements for the both models.Comment: 10 pages, Latex, 4 eps figures, epsfig.sty, graphics.st

Multiband light emission and nanoscale chemical analyses of carbonized fumed silica

Fumed silica with a specific area of 295 m(2)/g was carbonized by successive phenyltrimethoxysilane treatments followed by annealing in inert atmosphere up to 650 degrees C. Emission, excitation, kinetics, and photo-induced bleaching effects were investigated by steady state and time-resolved photoluminescence spectroscopies. The local chemistry was also studied by infrared transmission spectroscopy. Strong ultraviolet and visible photoluminescence was observed in the samples after the chemical treatments/modifications and thermal annealing. It has been shown that ultraviolet photoluminescence in chemically modified fumed silica is associated with phenyl groups, while near ultraviolet and visible emission in annealed samples originated from inorganic pyrolytic carbon precipitates dispersed in the silica host matrix. Two types of emission bands were identified as a function of the annealing temperature: one is in the near UV and the other is in the visible range. Based on the emission/excitation analysis of these two bands, as well as on correlations with the synthesis conditions, a structural-energy concept of light-emitting centers has been proposed. According to this model, the light-emitting centers are associated with carbon clusters that can be bonded or adsorbed on the silica surface. This has been validated by a detailed (S)TEM-electron energy-loss spectroscopy study, confirming the inhomogeneous distribution of nanoscale carbon precipitates at the surface of the silica nanoparticles. These carbon precipitates are mostly amorphous although they possess some degree of graphitization and local order. Finally, the fraction of sp(2) carbon in these nanoclusters has been estimated to be close to 80%. Published by AIP Publishing

Production of B(c) mesons via fragmentation in the kT-factorization approach

In the framework of the kT-factorization approach we have calculated in the fragmentation model the pT-spectra of B(c) mesons at the energies of the Tevatron and the LHC Colliders and at the large pT domain. We compare the obtained results with the existing experimental data and with the predictions obtained in the collinear parton model.Comment: 10 pages, 2 figure

On charmonia and charmed mesons photoproduction at high energy

We compare the predictions of the collinear parton model and the k_T-factorization approach in J\Psi and D^\star meson photoproduction at HERA energies. It is shown that obtained in the both approaches D^\star meson spectra over p_T and \eta as well as J\Psi meson p_T- and z-spectra are very different. The predictions obtained in the k_T-factorization approach are agree with the experimental data well. We also predict the nontrivial p_T-dependence of the the spin parameter $\alpha(p_T) in the J\Psi photoproduction.Comment: Talk was presented at International Seminar "Heavy quark - 2002", JINR, Dubna, Russia, May-June, 2002. In version 2 we have corrected numerical results for the D^star meson spectr

Reduced graphene oxide obtained by spray pyrolis technique for gas sensing

Graphene oxide films were formed using the ultrasonic spray coating method and studied with micro-Raman spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy, and electrical dynamic response of resistance measurements. Effect of different gases (water vapor, ethanol, acetone, ammonia, and isopropyl) on the dynamic response of resistance of the Au / graphene oxide / Au structure has been studied. The dynamic response shows that adsorption of all mentioned gases results in increase of the resistance. For ethanol, acetone and isopropyl adsorption and desorption cycles are almost identical. At the same time, in the case of water vapor and ammonia the cycle of desorption is very week, especially for the former, which attests different mechanisms of adsorption/desorption processes regarding to ethanol, acetone and isopropyl. The mechanisms of studied vapors adsorption/desorption are proposed

Expanding the Reactivity of Donor-Acceptor Cyclopropanes: Synthesis of Benzannulated Five-Membered Heterocycles via Intramolecular Attack of a Pendant Nucleophilic Group

Lewis-acid-induced domino transformations of donor-acceptor cyclopropanes, possessing a nucleophilic center embedded in a donor group, into functionalized 2,3-dihydrobenzo[b]furans and 2,3-dihydrobenzo[b]thiophenes are reported herein. An unusual switch of the electrophilic center in the three-membered ring, from the atom bearing a donor substituent to an unsubstituted carbon atom, was achieved by a judicious choice of Lewis acid, which induces the isomerization of a cyclopropane to an electrophilic alkene, and the length of linker, connecting a nucleophilic moiety and the small ring. © 2018 American Chemical Society