58 research outputs found
Photoassociation spectra and the validity of the dipole approximation for weakly bound dimers
Photoassociation (PA) of ultracold metastable helium to the 2s2p manifold is
theoretically investigated using a non-perturbative close-coupled treatment in
which the laser coupling is evaluated without assuming the dipole
approximation. The results are compared with our previous study [Cocks and
Whittingham, Phys. Rev. A 80, 023417 (2009)] that makes use of the dipole
approximation. The approximation is found to strongly affect the PA spectra
because the photoassociated levels are weakly bound, and a similar impact is
predicted to occur in other systems of a weakly bound nature. The inclusion or
not of the approximation does not affect the resonance positions or widths,
however significant differences are observed in the background of the spectra
and the maximum laser intensity at which resonances are discernable. Couplings
not satisfying the dipole selection rule |J-1| <= J' <= |J+1| do not lead to
observable resonances.Comment: 5 pages, 2 figures; Minor textual revision
Determining cross sections from transport coefficients using deep neural networks
We present a neural network for the solution of the inverse swarm problem of
deriving cross sections from swarm transport data. To account for the
uncertainty inherent to this somewhat ill-posed inverse problem, we train the
neural network using cross sections from the LXCat project, paired with
associated transport coefficients found by the numerical solution of
Boltzmann's equation. The use of experimentally measured and theoretically
calculated cross sections for training encourages the network to avoid
unphysical solutions, such as those containing spurious energy-dependent
oscillations. We successfully apply this machine learning approach to simulated
swarm data for electron transport in helium, separately determining its elastic
momentum transfer and ionisation cross sections to within an accuracy of
over the range of energies considered. Our attempt to extend our method to
argon was less successful, although the reason for that observation is
well-understood. Finally, we explore the feasibility of simultaneously
determining cross sections of helium using this approach. We have some success
here, determining elastic, total excitation and ionisation cross sections
to , and accuracy, respectively. We are unsuccessful in
properly unfolding the separate singlet and triplet excitation cross
sections of helium, but this is as expected given their similar threshold
energies.Comment: 20 pages, 9 figures, submitted to Plasma Sources Science and
Technolog
`In pursuit of the Nazi mind?' the deployment of psychoanalysis in the allied struggle against Germany
This paper discusses how psychoanalytic ideas were brought to bear in the Allied struggle against the Third Reich and explores some of the claims that were made about this endeavour. It shows how a variety of studies of Fascist psychopathology, centred on the concept of superego, were mobilized in military intelligence, post-war planning and policy recommendations for ‘denazification’. Freud's ideas were sometimes championed by particular army doctors and government planners; at other times they were combined with, or displaced by, competing, psychiatric and psychological forms of treatment and diverse studies of the Fascist ‘personality’. This is illustrated through a discussion of the treatment and interpretation of the deputy leader of the Nazi Party, Rudolf Hess, after his arrival in Britain in 1941
Laser Intensity Dependence of Photoassociation in Ultracold Metastable Helium
Photoassociation of spin-polarized metastable helium to the three lowest
rovibrational levels of the J=1, state asymptoting to 2SP is studied using a second-order perturbative
treatment of the line shifts valid for low laser intensities, and two variants
of a non-perturbative close-coupled treatment, one based upon dressed states of
the matter plus laser system, and the other on a modified radiative coupling
which vanishes asymptotically, thus simulating experimental conditions. These
non-perturbative treatments are valid for arbitrary laser intensities and yield
the complete photoassociation resonance profile. Both variants give nearly
identical results for the line shifts and widths of the resonances and show
that their dependence upon laser intensity is very close to linear and
quadratic respectively for the two lowest levels. The resonance profiles are
superimposed upon a significant background loss, a feature for this metastable
helium system not present in studies of photoassociation in other systems,
which is due to the very shallow nature of the excited state potential.
The results for the line shifts from the close-coupled and perturbative
calculations agree very closely at low laser intensities.Comment: 14 pages, 7 figures, title altered, text reduce
Foundations and interpretations of the pulsed-Townsend experiment
The pulsed-Townsend (PT) experiment is a well known swarm technique used to measure transport properties from a current in an external circuit, the analysis of which is based on the governing equation of continuity. In this paper, the Brambring representation (1964 Z. Phys. 179 532) of the equation of continuity often used to analyse the PT experiment, is shown to be fundamentally flawed when non-conservative processes are operative. The Brambring representation of the continuity equation is not derivable from Boltzmann's equation and consequently transport properties defined within the framework are not clearly representable in terms of the phase-space distribution function. We present a re-analysis of the PT experiment in terms of the standard diffusion equation which has firm kinetic theory foundations, furnishing an expression for the current measured by the PT experiment in terms of the universal bulk transport coefficients (net ionisation rate, bulk drift velocity and bulk longitudinal diffusion coefficient). Furthermore, a relationship between the transport properties previously extracted from the PT experiment using the Brambring representation, and the universal bulk transport coefficients is presented. The validity of the relationship is tested for two gases Ar and SF6, highlighting also estimates of the differences
Simulating the Feasibility of Using Liquid Micro-Jets for Determining Electron–Liquid Scattering Cross-Sections
The extraction of electron–liquid phase cross-sections (surface and bulk) is proposed through the measurement of (differential) energy loss spectra for electrons scattered from a liquid micro-jet. The signature physical elements of the scattering processes on the energy loss spectra are highlighted using a Monte Carlo simulation technique, originally developed for simulating electron transport in liquids. Machine learning techniques are applied to the simulated electron energy loss spectra, to invert the data and extract the cross-sections. The extraction of the elastic cross-section for neon was determined within 9% accuracy over the energy range 1–100 eV. The extension toward the simultaneous determination of elastic and ionisation cross-sections resulted in a decrease in accuracy, now to within 18% accuracy for elastic scattering and 1% for ionisation. Additional methods are explored to enhance the accuracy of the simultaneous extraction of liquid phase cross-sections
Genome sequence of an Australian kangaroo, Macropus eugenii, provides insight into the evolution of mammalian reproduction and development.
BACKGROUND: We present the genome sequence of the tammar wallaby, Macropus eugenii, which is a member of the kangaroo family and the first representative of the iconic hopping mammals that symbolize Australia to be sequenced. The tammar has many unusual biological characteristics, including the longest period of embryonic diapause of any mammal, extremely synchronized seasonal breeding and prolonged and sophisticated lactation within a well-defined pouch. Like other marsupials, it gives birth to highly altricial young, and has a small number of very large chromosomes, making it a valuable model for genomics, reproduction and development. RESULTS: The genome has been sequenced to 2 × coverage using Sanger sequencing, enhanced with additional next generation sequencing and the integration of extensive physical and linkage maps to build the genome assembly. We also sequenced the tammar transcriptome across many tissues and developmental time points. Our analyses of these data shed light on mammalian reproduction, development and genome evolution: there is innovation in reproductive and lactational genes, rapid evolution of germ cell genes, and incomplete, locus-specific X inactivation. We also observe novel retrotransposons and a highly rearranged major histocompatibility complex, with many class I genes located outside the complex. Novel microRNAs in the tammar HOX clusters uncover new potential mammalian HOX regulatory elements. CONCLUSIONS: Analyses of these resources enhance our understanding of marsupial gene evolution, identify marsupial-specific conserved non-coding elements and critical genes across a range of biological systems, including reproduction, development and immunity, and provide new insight into marsupial and mammalian biology and genome evolution
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