Fluorine mean-life measurements below 1000 Å using the beam–foil technique

1976 ◽  
Vol 54 (10) ◽  
pp. 1014-1021 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. H. Pinnington ◽  
D. J. G. Irwin ◽  
A. E. Livingston ◽  
J. A. Kernahan

We have used the beam–foil technique to measure mean lives for 16 transitions in F I–F IV in the wavelength region 400 Å–1000 Å. Good agreement is found with the results of recent calculations, particularly those employing correlated wave functions. The f-value trends for 5 isoelectronic sequences are presented in detail (2p5 2P0–2p43s2 D and 2p5 2P0–2p43s 2P in F I; 2p4 3P–2p33s 3D0 in F II; 2p3 2D0–2s2p4 2D and 2p3 4S0–2s2p4 4P in F III). Our f value for the 955 Å multiplet in F I is also used in conjunction with some new satellite data to show that the fluorine abundance is apparently depleted in interstellar clouds by a factor of at least 3 below its solar value.

1979 ◽  
Vol 57 (7) ◽  
pp. 1046-1050 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric H. Pinnington ◽  
Robert N. Gosselin ◽  
David J. G. Irwin ◽  
James A. O'Neill

We have used the beam-foil technique in the wavelength region between 3500 and 4500 Å to measure the lifetimes of 10 terms in F II having the configuration 2p3nl, and also to demonstrate the usefulness of the ANDC method for overcoming the effects of cascade repopulation in these measurements. Our results are in good agreement with theory and with other experimental values.


1978 ◽  
Vol 56 (5) ◽  
pp. 508-516 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric H. Pinnington ◽  
Keith E. Donnelly ◽  
J. Anthony Kernahan ◽  
David J. G. Irwin

We have used the beam-foil technique to study the spectrum of oxygen between 270 and 490 Å. We have measured the mean lives of the 3d2F, 3d4P, 3d4D, 3d′ 2D, 3d′ 2F, 4d4P, and 4d4D terms of O II, the 3s1P0, 3s3P0, 3S5P, 3s′ 3D, 3d3P, 3d3D, 3d3F, and 3d5P terms of O III, and the 3S2S, 3P2P0, and 3s4P0 terms of O IV. All cascade components are adequately explained. Good agreement is found with previous measurements in most cases, but significant discrepancies are found with some earlier results obtained using branches above 2000 Å. Generally satisfactory agreement is also found with theoretical predictions, although disagreement is found for several members of the 2p3–2p23d array in O II f-Values are computed for 18 individual lines, and compared with other experimental and theoretical results. Finally, we discuss briefly the f-value trends along the 2p23P–2p3s3P0 (O III), 2p21D–2p3s1P0 (O III), 2s2p24P–2s2p(3P0)3s4P0 (O IV), and 2p2P0–3s2S (O IV) isoelectronic sequences.


1980 ◽  
Vol 58 (8) ◽  
pp. 1093-1098 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Jacques ◽  
E. J. Knystautas ◽  
R. Drouin ◽  
H. G. Berry

Forty-eight new uv lines have been observed and identified in the singly and doubly excited systems of C IV, and in C V. The beam-foil technique was used to excite the spectra and to measure radiative lifetimes for 16 levels. Good agreement is found with available theoretical predictions.


2009 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 3641-3662 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Chen ◽  
B. Zhou ◽  
S. Beirle ◽  
L. M. Chen ◽  
T. Wagner

Abstract. Zenith-sky scattered sunlight observations using differential optical absorption spectroscopy (DOAS) technique were carried out in Shanghai, China (31.3° N, 121.5° E) since December 2006. At this polluted urban site, the measurements provided NO2 total columns in the daytime. Here, we present a new method to extract time series of tropospheric vertical column densities (VCDs) of NO2 from these observations. The derived tropospheric NO2 VCDs are important quantities for the estimation of emissions and for the validation of satellite observations. Our method makes use of assumptions on the relative NO2 height profiles and the diurnal variation of stratospheric NO2 VCDs. The main error sources arise from the uncertainties in the estimated stratospheric slant column densities (SCDs) and the determination of tropospheric NO2 air mass factor (AMF). For a polluted site like Shanghai, the accuracy of our method is conservatively estimated to be <25% for solar zenith angle (SZA) lower than 70°. From simultaneously performed long-path DOAS measurements, the NO2 surface concentrations at the same site were observed and the corresponding tropospheric NO2 VCDs were estimated using the assumed seasonal NO2 profiles in the planetary boundary layer (PBL). By making a comparison between the tropospheric NO2 VCDs from zenith-sky and long-path DOAS measurements, it is found that the former provides more realistic information about total tropospheric pollution than the latter, so it's more suitable for satellite data validation. A comparison between the tropospheric NO2 VCDs from ground-based zenith-sky measurements and SCIAMACHY was also made. Satellite validation for a strongly polluted area is highly needed, but exhibits also a great challenge. Our comparison shows good agreement, considering in particular the different spatial resolutions between the two measurements. Remaining systematic deviations are most probably related to the uncertainties of satellite data caused by the assumptions on aerosol properties as well as the layer heights of aerosols and NO2.


2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
H. Panahi ◽  
A. Savadi

We study the (2 + 1)-dimensional Dirac oscillator in the noncommutative phase space and the energy eigenvalues and the corresponding wave functions of the system are obtained through the sl(2) algebraization. It is shown that the results are in good agreement with those obtained previously via a different method.


Author(s):  
V. P. Ustinov ◽  
E. L. Baranova ◽  
K. N. Visheratin ◽  
M. I. Grachev ◽  
A. V. Kalsin

The results of systematic (2003–2017) measurements of the total content and the volume mixing ratio of CO at Novolazarevskaya station with a spectrometer with a resolution of 0.2 cm– 1 are presented. The inverse problem of determining the total CO content, as well as interfering gases (H2O and N2O), was solved using the SFIT4 software package. Data analysis showed that over the measurement period the average total CO content at Novolazarevskaya amounted to (8 ± 2) 1017 molec/cm2, and the average volume mixing ratio amounted to (37 ± 8) ppb. The obtained data are compared with variations in the total content of CO in Arrival-Heights station, with MOPITT satellite data, as well as with surface values of CO concentration at Syova station. The maximum values of CO are observed in September, the minimum — in January–February. For all the considered series, the trends are insignificant, while there are periods of increased CO content (2010). In recent years (2014–2017) there is a tendency towards an increase in the minimum values of CO. For  Novolazarevskaya and  Arrival-Heights satellite data are characterized by the excess of over ground data, amounting to 19% and 14%, respectively, while there is a seasonal dependence of the deviation with the minimum in December–January. Surface measurements of the total CO content are in fairly good agreement at Novolazarevskaya and Arrival-Heights, and since 2010 the average deviation is 2.4%. The average value of the concentration of CO on Syova 51 ppb is higher than the average volume mixing ratio at Novolazarevskaya. According to the spectral, wavelet and composite analyzes, in all the considered series there are oscillations in the range of 6–45 months with closely coinciding periods and phases.


2004 ◽  
Vol 19 (31) ◽  
pp. 5435-5442 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. S. KIM ◽  
MARILYN E. NOZ

The energy-momentum relations for massive and massless particles are E=p2/2m and E=pc respectively. According to Einstein, these two different expressions come from the same formula [Formula: see text]. Quarks and partons are believed to be the same particles, but they have quite different properties. Are they two different manifestations of the same covariant entity as in the case of Einstein's energy-momentum relation? The answer to this question is YES. It is possible to construct harmonic oscillator wave functions which can be Lorentz-boosted. They describe quarks bound together inside hadrons. When they are boosted to an infinite-momentum frame, these wave functions exhibit all the peculiar properties of Feynman's parton picture. This formalism leads to a parton distribution corresponding to the valence quarks, with a good agreement with the experimentally observed distribution.


2007 ◽  
Vol 2007 ◽  
pp. 1-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dong Liang ◽  
Qirong Xing ◽  
Zhen Tian ◽  
Changlei Wang ◽  
Weili Zhang ◽  
...  

This paper presents a fully experimental and theoretical study on transmission properties of a deep metallic grating with subwavelength slits in THz frequency region by using THz time domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS). The grating exposed top-polarized incident wave exhibits enhanced nonresonant transmission in the long-wavelength region where the incident wavelength is larger than the grating period. Wood anomalies are observed when the wavelength is comparable to the grating period. Strict theory is given to explain the experimental results and the two are in good agreement. It is proposed that the Wood dips may be considered a criterion and a tool to judge and control the uniformity or fabricating accuracy of the grating period.


1987 ◽  
Vol 65 (6) ◽  
pp. 691-698 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Häusser

We present here recent [Formula: see text] results from TRIUMF that are relevant to the determination of spin-flip isovector strength functions in nuclei. Distortion factors needed for the extraction of nuclear-structure information have been deduced from cross sections and analyzing powers in elastic scattering for several energies and targets. Nonrelativistic optical potentials obtained by folding effective nucleon (N)–nucleus interactions with nuclear densities are found to overpredict both elastic and reaction cross sections, whereas Dirac calculations that include Pauli blocking are in good agreement with the data. Spin observables (Snn and Ay) for the quasi-elastic region in 54Fe[Formula: see text] at 290 MeV provide some evidence for the reduction of the effective proton mass predicted in relativistic mean-field theories as a consequence of the attractive scalar field in the nuclear medium. The energy dependence of the effective N–nucleus interaction at small momentum transfers has been investigated using isoscalar and isovector 1+ states in 28Si as probe states. We find that the cross sections for the isovector transitions are in good agreement with predictions for the dominant Vστ part of the Franey–Love interaction. Gamow–Teller (GT) strength functions have been obtained in 24Mg and 54Fe from measurements of both cross sections and spin–flip probabilities Snn. The spin-flip cross sections σSnn are particularly useful in heavier nuclei to discriminate against a continuous background of ΔS = 0 excitations. In the (s, d) shell where full shell-model wave functions are available, the GT quenching factors [Formula: see text] are in good agreement with those from recent (p, n) and (n, p) experiments. We show that a state-by-state comparison of (p, p′) and (e, e′) results has the potential of identifying pionic current contributions in (e, e′). The GT quenching factors in 54Fe are smaller than in the (s, d) shell probably because of severely truncated shell-model wave functions, particularly those of the nuclear ground state.


2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (05) ◽  
pp. 1750032 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anwer A. Al-Sammarraie ◽  
M. L. Inche Ibrahim ◽  
Muna Ahmed Saeed ◽  
Fadhil I. Sharrad ◽  
Hasan Abu Kassim

The electric and magnetic transitions in the [Formula: see text]Mg nucleus are studied based on the calculations of the longitudinal and the transverse electron scattering form factors. The universal sd-shell model Hamiltonian (USDA) is used for calculations. The wave functions of radial single-particle matrix elements are calculated using the Skyrme potential. For the longitudinal form factors, a good agreement is obtained between the calculations and the experimental data. For the transverse form factors, the effective [Formula: see text] factors are made as adjustable parameters in order to describe the experimental data.


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