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Piatecki, Swann. "The Bose gas at large scattering lengths." Paris, Ecole normale supérieure, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014ENSUBS24.
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Baker, Troy. "Measurement of scattering lengths using K¦pi¦3 decay." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/NQ63837.pdf.
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Langmack, Christian Bishop. "Universal Loss Processes in Bosonic Atoms with Positive Scattering Lengths." The Ohio State University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1385483878.
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Guttridge, Alexander. "Photoassociation of ultracold CsYb molecules and determination of interspecies scattering lengths." Thesis, Durham University, 2018. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/12817/.
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This thesis reports the first measurements of the ground state binding energies of CsYb molecules and the scattering lengths of the Cs+Yb system. The knowledge gained from these measurements will be essential for devising the most efficient route for the creation of rovibrational ground state CsYb molecules. CsYb molecules in the rovibrational ground state possess both electric and magnetic dipole moments which opens up a wealth of applications in many areas of physics and chemistry. In addition, we present the setup of a crossed beam optical dipole trap and the investigation of precooling and loading of Yb into the dipole trap. Evaporative cooling in the dipole trap results in the reliable production of Bose-Einstein condensates with $4 x 10^{5}$ $^{174}$Yb atoms. We also describe the necessary changes required to cool fermionic $^{173}$Yb atoms and report the production of a six-component degenerate Fermi gas of $8 x 10^{4}$ $^{173}$Yb atoms with a temperature of 0.3~$T_{\rm F}$. As well as the ability to cool Yb to degeneracy, we present the production of Bose-Einstein condensates containing $5 x 10^{4}$ $^{133}$Cs atoms. Effective cooling of Cs is achieved using Degenerate Raman sideband cooling, which enables $6 x 10^{7}$ Cs atoms to be cooled to below $2 \, \mu$K and polarised in the $\ket{F=3, m_{F}=+3}$ state with 90~\% efficiency. Finally, we report the production of ultracold heteronuclear Cs$^*$Yb and CsYb molecules using one-photon and two-photon photoassociation respectively. For the electronically excited Cs$^*$Yb molecules we use trap-loss spectroscopy to detect molecular states below the Cs($^{2}P_{1/2}$) + Yb($^{1}S_{0}$) asymptote. For $^{133}$Cs$^{174}$Yb, we observe 13 rovibrational states with binding energies up to $\sim$500\,GHz. In addition, we produce ultracold fermionic $^{133}$Cs$^{173}$Yb and bosonic $^{133}$Cs$^{172}$Yb and $^{133}$Cs$^{170}$Yb molecules. From mass scaling, we determine the number of vibrational levels supported by the 2(1/2) excited-state potential to be 154 or 155.
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Schröder, Hans-Christian. "Precise determination of the [Pi]N S-wave scattering lengths from pionic hydrogen /." [S.l.] : [s.n.], 1996. http://e-collection.ethbib.ethz.ch/show?type=diss&nr=11760.
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Helmes, Christopher [Verfasser]. "K-K and pi-K Scattering Lengths at Maximal Isospin from Lattice QCD / Christopher Helmes." Bonn : Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Bonn, 2019. http://d-nb.info/1194464831/34.
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Webster, Stephen. "Prospects for Bose-Einstein condensation in caesium : cold collisions and dipole-force trapping." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.325563.
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Wilcox, Eva. "Novel Neutron Detector for n-n Scattering Length Measurement." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2005. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd900.pdf.
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Zhang, Dongqing. "Aspects of cold bosonic atoms with a large scattering length." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1164823171.
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Langrock, Stefanie. "Measurement of the Rayleigh scattering length and background contributions during early data taking phases at SNO+." Thesis, Queen Mary, University of London, 2017. http://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/24647.
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SNO+ is a multipurpose neutrino experiment located at SNOLAB. Its key purpose is investigating the neutrinoless double beta decay of 130Te, amongst other physics goals such as solar and reactor neutrino oscillations. The success of the experiment depends on the understanding of the optical properties of the detection materials, as well as a good understanding of potential background contributions. The calibration system used to study the Rayleigh scattering properties of the detector is presented and methods to model the system in Monte Carlo simulations based on commissioning run data are introduced. Furthermore, the analysis of the scattering length in a water-filled detector is described and demonstrated on a fake water-fill data set with an accuracy of the measured scattering length scaling factor of 1:1 %. The evaluation of the systematic uncertainties is presented. The background contributions originating from the 238U and 232Th decay chains during early SNO+ run phases are constrained using 214Bi214Po and 212Bi212Po delayed coincidences. The methods to identify these coincidences are presented and the challenges to apply them to an intermediate partial water-scintillator phase are discussed. It is shown that for the current target background rates the 238U and 232Th chain contents can be determined with an uncertainty of 4:1% and 27:6%.
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Reeder, D. Benjamin (Davis Benjamin) 1966. "Acoustic scattering by axisymmertic finite-length bodies with application to fish : measurement and modeling." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/29252.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Joint Program in Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Ocean Engineering and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution), 2002.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 140-148).
This thesis investigates the complexities of acoustic scattering by finite bodies in general and by fish in particular through the development of an advanced acoustic scattering model and detailed laboratory acoustic measurements. A general acoustic scattering model is developed that is accurate and numerically efficient for a wide range of frequencies, angles of orientation, irregular axisymmetric shapes and boundary conditions. The model presented is an extension of a two-dimensional conformal mapping approach to scattering by irregular, finite-length bodies of revolution. An extensive series of broadband acoustic backscattering measurements has been conducted involving alewife fish (Alosa pseudoharengus), which are morphologically similar to the Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus). A greater-than-octave bandwidth (40-95 kHz), shaped, linearly swept, frequency modulated signal was used to insonify live, adult alewife that were tethered while being rotated in 1-degree increments over all angles of orientation in two planes of rotation (lateral and dorsal/ventral). Spectral analysis correlates frequency dependencies to morphology and orientation. Pulse compression processing temporally resolves multiple returns from each individual which show good correlation with size and orientation, and demonstrate that there exists more than one significant scattering feature in the animal.
(cont.) Imaging technologies used to exactly measure the morphology of the scattering features of fish include very high-resolution Phase Contrast X-rays (PCX) and Computerized Tomography (CT) scans, which are used for morphological evaluation and incorporation into the scattering model. Studies such as this one, which combine scattering models with high-resolution morphological information and high-quality laboratory data, are crucial to the quantitative use of acoustics in the ocean.
by D. Benjamin Reeder.
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Mo, Haiding. "Neutron and x-ray scattering study of intermediate-length alkane films adsorbed on solid surfaces /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2004. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p3144441.
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Yang, Hongwei. "THE N-P SCATTERING CROSS SECTION FROM 90 KEV TO 1.8 MEV." UKnowledge, 2015. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/physastron_etds/33.
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There have been very few measurements of the total cross section for n-p scattering below 500 keV. In order to differentiate among NN potential models, improved cross section data between 20 and 600 keV are required. We measured the n-p and n-C total cross sections in this energy region by transmission; a collimated neutron beam was passed through CH2 and C samples and transmitted neutrons were detected by a BC-501A deuterated liquid scintillator. Cross sections were obtained by taking the ratios of normalized neutron yields with the samples in the beam and with no sample in the beam. Both better precision and larger range between 90 keV and 1.8 MeV results are presented. The parameters resulting from fitting effective range theory to the data for n-p scattering are in good agreement with parameters determined from previous fits.
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Masetti, Lucia [Verfasser]. "Measurement of the Ke4 form factors and of the pi-pi scattering length alpha00 / Lucia Masetti." Aachen : Shaker, 2007. http://d-nb.info/1170527108/34.
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Saliba, Michael Angelo. "A precision measurement of the neutron-neutron scattering length from the reaction [pi]-d -> [gamma] nn." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape15/PQDD_0015/NQ27236.pdf.
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Jones, Joseph. "The application of scattering techniques at complementary length scales to structural studies of clathrin complexes in vitro." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2016. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/91478/.
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Clathrin is a well-studied molecule yet its assembly properties have been characterised only in fairly simple biochemical terms to date. When clathrin is isolated for study in vitro, certain important aspects of its in vivo functionality are conserved: • purified clathrin units can be induced to assemble, reversibly, into cage-like forms that exhibit an array of polygonal binding motifs, similar to those observed in a vesicle's coat complex; • the artificial clathrin cages so produced are found to be heterogeneous, resulting in particles of different size according to the number of units each incorporates. Laboratory methods that investigate mechanisms of cage disassembly have become integral to the supply of knowledge about clathrin's structural biology. Yet there has been little progress towards a quantitative approach for exploring the assembly mechanisms that might explain clathrin cage dispersity; indeed, for some biophysical techniques the latter is an unfortunate property that might even preclude a meaningful analysis. This thesis shows that when purified clathrin is made to assemble in vitro by an overnight dialysis method (x2.8.3), the distribution of coalescent particle sizes that results can be predicted according to the pH and composition of the buffer solution and the final concentration of the clathrin sample: • Within the confines of a certain parameter space, variation in the distribution of particle sizes is found to be consistent with the predictions of a Becker-D�oring model for reversible coalescence: the empirical evidence suggests that a dynamic population of supramolecular cage structures provides a mechanism for energy minimisation towards achieving thermodynamic equilibrium. • Addition to, or substitution for, the basic compounds that constitute the assembly buffer solution exerts detectable effects upon the clathrin particle size distribution; the nature and magnitude of these effects may be expressed in terms of the state function Gibbs energy. To demonstrate these, a methodology was developed to focus on the preparation of samples suitable for analysis by the dynamic light scattering (DLS) technique, thereby aiming to provide an extensible and far richer analysis than was a afforded previously by the somewhat erroneous, certainly tedious, task of manually counting and classifying particles by size to construct a histogram from electron microscopy images. DLS determines the frequency profile of fluctuations in the electromagnetic field issued by a bulk sample to measure the diffusion processes of its particles. To then derive a number distribution relies upon exploiting prior knowledge of the physical system or else assumptions for the same. So, the research presented here has involved both a theoretical and an experimental component: over the course of the project there has been a process of iteration between developing experimental methods at the bench and interpreting the data recovered, until the physical picture and the theoretical model that have emerged appear to be consistent. And the results described in this thesis do indeed encourage further work. A number of very promising themes have not been advanced further here due only to the limitations of time: • 3. By developing a quantitative approach that relates the physical properties of the clathrin particle in solution to thermodynamic measures, the empirical results that have been collected over the course of this project are expressed in terms that translate more readily to the language of simulation and dynamical systems modelling. • 4. Analysis of DLS makes a valuable contribution to the project that aims to resolve accessory proteins bound to clathrin cages using the SANS contrast variation technique, with auxilin as a model. • Perhaps the most important conclusion to be drawn, however, is that: 5. The additional insight made available by analysis of DLS allows greater control to be exercised over the directed assembly of clathrin in vitro, which in turn provides fresh opportunities for experimental design. Chapter 1: The scientific questions addressed by this thesis; key concepts; review of the academic literature; project aims and objectives. Chapter 2: Details of the practical methods and materials used to conduct experiments in the laboratory with clathrin; software resources. Chapter 3: Description of the theoretical framework that has been developed over the course of the project; mathematical methods. Chapter 4: The empirical results for clathrin that have been recovered over the course of the project; statistical methods and models. Chapter 5: How the main findings of Part II have been used to solve a problem for clathrin studies when using a high resolution application (SANS). Chapter 6: Discussion of the main findings with respect to the project aims and objectives; directions for further work and unresolved questions. Figure 1: The narrative of this thesis. Part IV consists of appendices: statistical diagnostics, examples of programming and supplementary images.
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Boulet, Antoine. "Density functional theory for Fermi systems with large s-wave scattering length : application to atomic and nuclear physics." Thesis, Université Paris-Saclay (ComUE), 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019SACLS212/document.
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Dans ce travail de thèse, des théories de type fonctionnelle de la densité sont développées pour des systèmes en interaction forte possédant une longueur de diffusion en onde s, notée as, anormalement grande. Les gaz atomiques ou la matière neutronique sont des exemples physiques de tels systèmes. La théorie des perturbations à N-corps est tout d'abord utilisée pour décrire les systèmes de fermions dilués. Cette approche conduit par exemple à la fonctionnelle de Lee-Yang qui est valide dans une plage de densité très restreinte lorsque la longueur de diffusion en onde s devient grande. Pour étendre le domaine de validité de l’approche perturbative, des techniques de resommation associées à l’approximation dite en échelle sont utilisée. Cette approche conduit à des expressions compactes pour l'énergie et/ou la self-énergie on-shell dans des systèmes infinis pouvant être appliquées à des systèmes plus ou moins denses. Cela conduit également à une énergie finie du gaz atomique à la limite unitaire, i.e. lorsque |askF|→+∞. Les fonctionnelles ainsi déduites restent assez complexes et manquent en général de pouvoir prédictif. Pour simplifier ces fonctionnelles, des approximations appelées respectivement approximations de “l’espace des phases” ou de “l'espace des phases partiel” sont proposées pour l'énergie ou la self-énergie. Ces approximations simplifient non seulement la forme des fonctionnelles, mais améliorent également leur pouvoir prédictif tout en reproduisant correctement la limite de basse densité. Guidé par les techniques de resommation non-perturbatives développées dans cette thèse, plusieurs nouvelles fonctionnelles sont proposées ainsi que leurs extensions permettant d’inclure des effets de portée effective. Ces fonctionnelles non empiriques, qui ne contiennent aucun paramètre libre, sont testées par rapport aux propriétés des systèmes d'atomes froids et/ou de la matière neutronique. Ces fonctionnelles reproduisent très bien les propriétés obtenues dans les calculs ab-initio ou observées expérimentalement dans les systèmes d'atomes froids. L'équation d'état de la matière neutronique est également reproduite jusqu'à ρ = 0.01 fm⁻³. La réponse statique de la matière neutronique, récemment calculée dans des théories ab-initio, est également mieux reproduite par rapport aux fonctionnelles empiriques utilisées généralement en physique nucléaire. Cette étude a aussi mis en évidence la nécessité de mieux comprendre les propriétés des quasi-particules telle que la masse effective. Pour progresser sur ce point, en partant des expressions resommées de la self-énergie et de l’approximation de l’espace des phases partiel, des expressions compactes du potentiel chimique et de la masse effective ont été obtenues ; ces expressions étant compatibles avec les fonctionnelles proposées dans la première partie de cette thèse. Ces expressions devraient élargir considérablement le domaine de validité des fonctionnelles non-empiriques par rapport aux théories perturbatives. Enfin, il est montré que les développements de ce travail sont également utiles pour réconcilier les paramètres généralement utilisés dans les fonctionnelles empiriques de la physique nucléaire avec les propriétés de l’interaction nucléaire forteIn the present work, a density functional theory (DFT) is developed for systems interacting through an anomalously large s-wave scattering length as. Examples of such systems are atomic gas or neutron matter. The Many-Body Perturbation Theory (MBPT) is first discussed to describe dilute Fermi systems. This approach leads to the well-known Lee-Yang functional valid in a very narrow range of density when the s-wave scattering length is large. To extend the domain of validity of the perturbative approach, resummation techniques with the ladder approximation is used. This leads to compact expressions for both the energy and/or the on-shell self-energy in infinite spin-degenerated systems that can be applied from diluted to dense systems. It also leads to finite energy in atomic gas at the unitary limit, i.e. when |askF|→+∞. The deduced functionals remain rather complex and lacks of predictive power in general. To simplify the functional, approximations called phase-space or partial phase-space approximations respectively for the energy or for the self-energy, are proposed. These approximations not only simplify the form of the functionals, but also improve their predictive power at various density while properly reproducing the low density limit. Guided by the non-perturbative resummation technique developed in this thesis, several novel functionals are proposed as well as extensions of them to include effective range effects. These non-empirical functionals, that essentially contain no free parameters, are tested against cold atom and/or neutron matter properties. A very good reproduction of ab initio and experimental observations in cold atom is obtained. The equation of state obtained for neutron matter is also reproduced up to ρ = 0.01 fm⁻³. The static response of neutron matter, recently obtained from ab initio theory, is also better reproduced compared to standardly used empirical nuclear DFT. This study has also pointed out the necessity to better understand quasi-particle properties like the effective mass. To further progress, starting from resummed expressions of the self-energy together with partial phase-space approximation, compact expressions of the chemical potential and effective masses are obtained that are eventually compatible with the DFTs proposed in the first part of this thesis. These expressions are anticipated to significantly extend the domain of validity compared to the perturbative approach. We finally show that the developments made in this work are also useful to reconcile the parameters generally used in the empirical nuclear DFT with the properties of the strong nuclear interaction
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Aslan, Gokhan. "Cepstral Deconvolution Method For Measurement Of Absorption And Scattering Coefficients Of Materials." Master's thesis, METU, 2007. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/3/12608021/index.pdf.
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Several methods are developed to measure absorption and scattering coefficients of materials. In this study, a new method based on cepstral deconvolution technique is proposed. A reverberation room method standardized recently by ISO (ISO 17497-1) is taken as the reference for measurements. Several measurements were conducted in a physically scaled reverberation room and results are evaluated according to these two methods, namely, the method given
in the standard and cepstral deconvolution method. Two methods differ from each other in the estimation of specular parts of room impulse responses essential for determination of scattering coefficients. In the standard method, specular part
is found by synchronous averaging of impulse responses. However, cepstral deconvolution method utilizes cepstral analysis to obtain the specular part instead of averaging. Results obtained by both of these two approaches are compared for five different test materials. Both of the methods gave almost same values for absorption coefficients. On the other hand, lower scattering coefficient values
have been obtained for cepstral deconvolution with respect to the ISO method.
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Breuer, John. "Cold elastic collisions of sodium and rubidium." Thesis, Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/29690.
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Thesis (M. S.)--Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010.Committee Chair: Kennedy, Brian; Committee Member: Chapman, Michael; Committee Member: Zangwill, Andrew. Part of the SMARTech Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Collection.
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Fazzini, Serena. "One dimensional extended Hubbard model: two-particle bound states and resonances." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2014. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/7614/.
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In questo lavoro di tesi è stato svolto uno studio analitico sul modello di Hubbard esteso unidimensionale al fine di osservare la presenza di eventuali risonanze che possano dare origine alla formazione di stati legati di due particelle. L'esistenza di uno stato legato stabile ha suscitato grande interesse negli ultimi anni, sia in ambito teorico che sperimentale, poichè è alla base di molti fenomeni che vengono osservati nei sistemi a molti corpi a basse temperature, come il BCS-BEC crossover. Pertanto si è ritenuto utile studiare il problema a due corpi nel modello di Hubbard esteso, che in generale non è integrabile. Il modello considerato contiene interazioni a primi e secondi vicini, in aggiunta all'interazione di contatto presente nel modello di Hubbard.
Il problema è stato indagato analiticamente attraverso il Bethe ansatz, che consente di trovare tutti gli autovalori e le autofunzioni dell'Hamiltoniana. L'ansatz di Bethe sulla funzione d'onda è stato generalizzato per poter tener conto dei termini di interazione a più lungo raggio rispetto all'interazione di contatto.
Si trova che, in questo modello, nel limite termodinamico, possono avvenire delle risonanze (o quasi-risonanze) in cui la lunghezza di scattering diverge, contrariamente a quanto avviene nel modello di Hubbard. Tale fenomeno si verifica quando il livello energetico discreto degli stati legati “tocca” la banda di scattering. Inoltre, con l'aggiunta di nuovi termini di interazione emergono nuovi stati legati. Nel caso in esame, si osservano due famiglie di stati legati, se lo spin totale delle due particelle è 1, e tre famiglie di stati legati, se lo spin totale è 0.
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Masetti, Lucia. "Measurement of the K± -> p+p-e±v(-)e [K ± pi + pi - e + - (-) v e] form factors and of the pp [pi pi] scattering length a00." [S.l.] : [s.n.], 2006. http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?idn=981815189.
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Salzwedel, Jai. "Lambda femtoscopy in √sNN = 2.76 TeV Pb-Pb collisions at ALICE." The Ohio State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1483568167792529.
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Majumdar, Madhabi. "Elastic Constants, Viscosities and Fluctuation Modes of Certain Bent-Core Nematic Liquid Crystals Studied by Dynamic Light Scattering and Magnetic Field Induced Orientational Distortion." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1321991835.
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Nguyen, Thi Minh-Ha. "Molecular recognition of ubiquitin and Lysine 63 linked diubiquitin by STAM2 : the effect of the linkers length and flexibility." Thesis, Lyon, 2019. https://n2t.net/ark:/47881/m6668chz.
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Les interactions protéine-proteine sont considérées comme un domaine de recherche important puisqu’elles contrôlent la plupart des processus cellulaires. Chez les cellules eucaryotes, les protéines multi-domaines (MDP), constituées d’au moins deux domaines, représentent plus de 70 % des protéines. Au sein d’une MDP, ces domaines peuvent être identiques ou différents et sont reliés par un segment intrinsèquement désordonné de longueur et de flexibilité variable. Ces protéines peuvent alors adopter de multiples conformations dans l’espace et interagir de manière spécifique avec leurs partenaires biologiques. Malgré de nombreux efforts de recherche dans le domaine, certaines questions restent encore non résolues ou nécessitent une étude approfondie. Mon projet de recherche est d’étudier et de définir le rôle des segments intrinsèquement désordonnés de la protéine STAM2 (Signal transducing adapter molecule 2) impliquée dans la machinerie ESCRT (Endosomal Sorting Complexe Required for Transport) , première étape dans le processus de dégradation lysosomale. Plus précisément, l’étude se focalise sur les effets de la flexibilité et la dynamique de ces segments dans le cas du processus de reconnaissance moléculaire entre STAM2 et l’ubiquitine ou di-ubiquitine. Différents mutants ont alors été conçus : soit avec un domaine totalement ou partiellement supprimé, soit avec un raccourcissement ou une suppression complète du segment ou soit avec de multiples mutations dans la séquence peptidique du segment. Ces différents construits ont été analysés en utilisant une combinaison de techniques biophysiques telles que la relaxation de spin par résonance magnétique nucléaire (RMN), la diffusion des rayons X aux petits angles (SAXS) et le dichroïsme circulaire (CD). Il a alors été démontré qu’une altération du segment désordonné peut entraîner un changement de la dynamique de la protéine et/ou un changement conformationnel. La modification de ce segment influe sur le mouvement inter-domaine et modifie l’affinité entre les construits de STAM2 et la di-ubiquitine sans modifier l’intégrité de chaque domaine et de leur site de liaison. En résumé, les segments intrinsèquement désordonnés procurent une certaine plasticité à la protéine ce qui lui permet de s’adapter et de remplir sa fonction biologique. Il est alors possible d’imaginer dans un futur proche que ces segments soient la nouvelle génération de cibles thérapeutiques pouvant réduire ou supprimer certaines interactions nocivesProtein-protein interaction is considered as an important field of research, as it is the key to control variable cell processes and pathways. In eucaryotic cells, multidomain proteins (MDPs), which consist of more than one domain, take up over 70 % of the pool. Those identical or different domains of a MDP are connected to each other by a linker of variable length and flexibility. For long flexible linker, it allows the protein to sample a wide range of conformation and to adjust interaction in a subtle way. Despite numerous efforts of research on the field, some issues remain unanswered or require further investigation. As part of this thesis, my work aims to define the role taken by the intrinsically disordered linker within MDPs. For that purpose, the STAM2 (Signal transducing adapter molecule 2) protein of the ESCRT (Endosomal Sorting Complexes Required for Transport) machinery was chosen to examine the effect of the flexibility and dynamics of the linker regions on the molecular recognition with ubiquitin and Lysine63-linked di-ubiquitin (K63-Ub2). Such efforts were carried out by designing specific mutants altering the linker regions in different ways. The various truncated versions undergo half or complete deletion of a domain or have their linker either shortened, deleted or modified in the amino acid composition. With a combination of the several biophysical methods namely NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance) spin relaxation, SAXS (Small Angle X-ray Scattering) and CD (Circular Dichroism), the study has demonstrated that the alteration in the linker region modifies the flexibility and the dynamics of the protein, one among them possibly introduces slight change in conformation. Furthermore, the modification of the linker has an impact on the inter-domain motion and alter binding affinities between STAM2 constructs and di-ubiquitin without affecting domains integrity or binding sites. In brief, disordered linkers provide plasticity to the protein, which allow adaptability and specificity to molecular recognition process. As a further application, the linkers included in multidomain proteins could also be the next generation of druggable target as their modification may reduce or completely abolish interactions
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Seipt, Daniel. "Strong-Field QED Processes in Short Laser Pulses." Doctoral thesis, Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2013. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-103705.
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The purpose of this thesis is to advance the understanding of strong-field QED processes in short laser pulses. The processes of non-linear one-photon and two-photon Compton scattering are studied, that is the scattering of photons in the interaction of relativistic electrons with ultra-short high-intensity laser pulses. These investigations are done in view of the present and next generation of ultra-high intensity optical lasers which are supposed to achieve unprecedented intensities of the order of 10^24 W/cm^2 and beyond, with pulse lengths in the order of some femtoseconds.
The ultra-high laser intensity requires a non-perturbative description of the interaction of charged particles with the laser field to allow for multi-photon interactions, which is beyond the usual perturbative expansion of QED organized in powers of the fine structure constant. This is achieved in strong-field QED by employing the Furry picture and non-perturbative solutions of the Dirac equation in the presence of a background laser field as initial and final state wave functions, as well as the laser dressed Dirac-Volkov propagator.
The primary objective is a realistic description of scattering processes with regard to the finite laser pulse duration beyond the common approximation of infinite plane waves, which is made necessary by the ultra-short pulse length of modern high-intensity lasers. Non-linear finite size effects are identified, which are a result of the interplay between the ultra-high intensity and the ultra-short pulse length. In particular, the frequency spectra and azimuthal photon emission spectra are studied emphasizing the differences between pulsed and infinite laser fields. The proper description of the finite temporal duration of the laser pulse leads to a regularization of unphysical infinities (due to the infinite plane-wave description) of the laser-dressed Dirac-Volkov propagator and in the second-order strong-field process of two-photon Compton scattering. An enhancement of the two-photon process is found in strong laser pulses as compared to the corresponding weak-field process in perturbative QED.
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Teles, Rafael Poliseli. "Comportamento de condensados de Bose-Einstein aprisionados, na presença de vórtices e modos coletivos." Universidade de São Paulo, 2015. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/76/76131/tde-16062015-142359/.
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A extensão dos fenômenos quânticos em escala macroscópica é responsável por toda uma classe de efeitos como a supercondutividade, superfluidez, e condensação de Bose-Einstein, as quais desempenham um papel central na física ao longo do século passado. A produção dos primeiros condensados de Bose-Einstein tornou possível a realização de experimentos envolvendo fenômenos quânticos macroscópicos com um nível sem precedentes de controle dos parâmetros externos. As correntes persistentes em condensados estão intimamente relacionados com a nucleação de vórtices quantificados, que são defeitos topológicos como resposta à transferência de quanta de momento angular. Um método convencional para geração de tais defeitos consiste em confinar a nuvem atômica condensada em uma armadilha com rotação. Acontece que, para velocidades angulares acima de um valor crítico, estados de vórtice se tornam energeticamente favoráveis, induzindo assim a criação de vórtices quânticos. Realizações experimentais de condensados de átomos de metais alcalinos confinados por potenciais dependentes do tempo permitiram a observação não só de redes de vórtices, mas também de turbulência quântica. Uma vez que a turbulência quântica é caracterizada pela presença de um emaranhado de vórtices quânticos interagindo entre si, uma correta compreensão da dinâmica, formação e estabilidade de vórtices tem se mostrado de grande importância sendo objeto de muitos trabalhos teóricos. Em particular, o papel das excitações acústicas geradas pelo decaimento de vórtices de multipla carga no desenvolvimento de turbulência ainda é uma questão em aberto. Este trabalho tem como objetivo fornecer um conjunto de ferramentas que ajude a identificar a presença, como também a carga de vórtices em nuvens (não turbulentas) observadas utilizando imagens de tempo-de-voo. Temos feito um estudo detalhado de condensados contendo vórtices carga múltipla colocados no seu centro, onde a dinâmica do tempo-de-voo é apenas de nossos pontos de interesse. Devido ao controle que este sistema fornece experimentalmente, os modos coletivos tornam-se uma descrição importante, uma vez que podem ser excitadas usando métodos experimentais bem estabelecido tal como a modulação do comprimento de espalhamento de ondas-s, e que também pode ser responsável pelo decaimento do vórtice. Para tais fins, temos utilizado o método variacional (semi-analítico), e o cálculo totalmente numérico da equação de Gross-Pitaevskii. Assim, descrevemos os modos coletivos que acoplam a dinâmica do vórtice com as oscilações das componentes externas do condensado, bem como os efeitos em tempo-de-voo. O momento angular atua aumentando a energia cinética em torno do núcleo de vórtice, que implica em um aumento mais rápido da direção perpendicular a este. Esta situação desloca as freqüências de oscilações coletivas de um estado livre de vórtice, e gera modos coletivos mais ricos devido ao acoplamento. Agora, existem quatro modos possíveis, sendo dois tipos de modo monopolar e dois tipos de modos de quadrupolo. A diferença dentre tais modos é a fase de oscilação do vórtice. Quando se considera flutuações sem simetria polar, seus modos coletivos resultam no decaimento do vórtice. A fim de controlar e prevenir estes processos propusemos três mecanismos dinâmicos, tais como a modulação de comprimento de espalhamento, a modulação das frequências da armadilha harmônica e modulação da amplitude do potencial de Laguerre-Gauss. O último tem provado ser mais eficaz.The extension of quantum phenomena into macroscopic scales is responsible for a whole class of effects such as superconductivity, superfluidity, and Bose-Einstein condensation, which played central roles in physics throughout the last century. The production of the first Bose-Einstein condensates made possible the realization of experiments involving macroscopic quantum phenomena with an unprecedented level of control of the external parameters. The persistent currents in condensates are intimately related to the nucleation of quantized vortices, which are topological defects as response to transference of quanta of angular momentum. A conventional method for generation of such defects consists in confining the condensed atomic cloud into a rotating trap. It turns out that, for angular velocities higher than a critical value, vortex states become energetically favorable, thus inducing the creation of quantized vortices. Experimental realizations of condensed alkali-metal atoms confined by more general time-dependent potentials allowed the observation not only of vortex lattices but also of quantum turbulence. Since quantum turbulence is characterized by the presence of a self-interacting tangle of quantized vortices, the correct understanding of dynamics, formation, and stability of vortices has shown to be of paramount importance being the subject of many theoretical works. In particular, the role of acoustic excitations generated by decaying multi-charged vortices in the development of turbulence is still an open question. This work aims to provide a set of tools that helps to identify the presence as well as the charge of vortices in non-turbulent clouds observed using time-of-flight pictures. We have done a detailed study of condensates containing multi-charged vortices placed at its center where time-of-flight dynamics is only one point of our interest. Due to the control that this system provides experimentally, the collective modes become an important description since they can be excited using well stablished experimental methods as such as modulation of the s-wave scattering length, and they can also be responsible to vortex decaying. For such purposes we have used the semi-analytical variational method, and the fully numerical calculation of Gross-Pitaevskii equation. Thus we have describes the collective modes that couples dynamics of vortex with the oscillation of external components of condensed atomic cloud as well as the effects in time-of-flight. The angular momentum acts increasing the kinetic energy around the vortex core, which results in a faster expansion of perpendicular direction to it. This situation shifts the frequencies of collective oscillations of a vortex-free state, and generates richer collective modes due the coupling. Now there are four possible modes, being two types of monopole mode and two types of quadrupole modes. The difference among these types is the phase of vortex oscillation. When one considers fluctuations without polar symmetry, their collective modes result in the vortex decaying. In order to control and prevent these processes we have proposed three dynamical mechanisms such as modulation of s-wave scattering length, modulation of frequencies of harmonic trap, and modulation of the amplitude of Laguerre-Gauss potential. The last one has proven to be more effective.
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Burda, Jan. "Návrh a měření parametrů akustických difúzních prvků." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta elektrotechniky a komunikačních technologií, 2018. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-377009.
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This work focuses on the issue of acoustic diffusers. The introductory chapter describes the necessary theory of the sound distribution through enclosed space. Acoustic fields are also described. A description of the different diffusion element types and theirs design methods follows. It focuses mainly on design, which uses pseudo-random mathematical sequences. The aim of the work is to produce several types of acoustic diffusors and to verify their diffusion properties by means of measurements. The work uses the AFMG Reflex to simulate the diffusion properties of the proposed elements. Further, the thesis contains a description of the diffusion properties measurement process by the boundary plane method and the process of evaluating the measured data using the Matlab program.
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Postnikov, Sergey A. "Topics in the Physics and Astrophysics of Neutron Stars." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1259174094.
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Clement, Pierre. "Solutions aux limites des interrogateurs B-OTDR pour la surveillance d'infrastructures : augmentation de la portée de mesure et décorrélation des paramètres de température et de déformation." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Institut polytechnique de Paris, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020IPPAT042.
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Cette thèse porte sur l’étude des systèmes de mesure répartie de la rétrodiffusion Brillouin dans une fibre optique, que l’on nomme B-OTDR et qui sont sensibles à la température et à la déformation de la fibre. Les solutions d'interrogateurs actuelles permettent l'instrumentation de grandes infrastructures. Cependant, il existe des limites, inhérentes au phénomène physique utilisé, qui ne permettent pas d'adresser certaines applications spécifiques. Ces limites portent sur la distance de mesure maximale accessible par ces interrogateurs mais également sur la décorrélation de la mesure des paramètres de température et de déformation. Nous avons donc cherché, au cours de cette thèse, à adresser des solutions à ces problématiques. Un nouveau système de ré-amplification optique, basé sur les technologies EDFA, a été mis au point. Associé à un système B-OTDR, cette solution nous a permis de réaliser une mesure distribuée de température sur 150 km de fibre avec une répétabilité de 1,5 °C. Cette avancée propose, à notre connaissance, les meilleurs résultats obtenus avec un tel système et nous permet d’envisager son déploiement pour la surveillance d’infrastructures du transport de l’énergie sur de longues distances. Nous avons dans un second temps conçu un nouvel interrogateur, utilisant la rétrodiffusion Brillouin, et permettant la décorrélation des mesures de température et de déformation sur une seule et unique fibre optique. Ce nouvel interrogateur, caractérisé et breveté durant cette thèse, a permis de réaliser une mesure indépendante de température et de déformation sur un câble spécifique inséré dans un puits de forage. Les résultats de ces mesures ont montré à la fois des variations de température et de déformation sur le câble, donnant des informations précieuses à l’opérateur du puits. Le nouvel interrogateur mis au point, permet une séparation de ces deux paramètres avec une répétabilité inférieure à 1 °C et 20 μm/m pour une distance de l’ordre du kilomètre. Pour des distances de l’ordre de la dizaine de kilomètres, la répétabilité de mesure est de 3 °C et 75 μm/m. Ce résultat fait l'état de l'art dans la séparation température/déformation par B-OTDR. Enfin, les différents travaux réalisés pour répondre à ces deux problématiques ont abouti au développement d’un prototype d’interrogateur qui laisse envisager une mesure simultanée de la température, de la déformation, des vibrations acoustiques et de la pression hydrostatique. Ce prototype conduit à des perspectives intéressantes pour une solution complète de surveillance d’infrastructuresThis thesis deals with distributed optical fiber sensors, especially Brillouin sensors called B-OTDR that are sensitive both to temperature and strain. Some actual limitations due to the scattering phenomenon avoid deployment of this technology for some specific applications. These limitations are about the maximum length measured by the sensor but also the double sensitivity to strain and temperature. From our current B-OTDR sensor, we propose solutions to address these issues.A new re-amplification module using EDFA has been developed and characterized associated to a B-OTDR system. A 150 km distributed temperature measurement with 1,5 °C repeatability has been reached. This record performance let us consider a deployment for very long infrastructure monitoring for the energy transport. In another hand, we developed a new sensing device using Brillouin scattering and able to separate temperature and strain. This patented device has been characterized and used on a specific cable inserted in a well drilling. Results have shown a combination of strain and temperature variations on the cable that give very useful information to the well operator. We have reached a temperature repeatability of 1 °C and a strain repeatability of 20 μm/m for 1 km fiber. At 10 km, temperature repeatability has been evaluated to be 3 °C and strain to 75 μm/m. These results are to the state of art for temperature/strain separation using B-OTDR.These works have led to a new distributed measurement prototype that could address simultaneously temperature, strain, acoustic vibrations, and pressure sensing. Some interesting perspectives could result from these works to address a complete infrastructure monitoring using fiber optic sensing
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Hajji, Mohammed Saïd. "Etude comparative de l'association hydrophobe en solution aqueuse de tensioactifs anioniques et cationiques et de divers alcane-diols et alcane-triols par mesures des masses volumiques, de la diffusion élastique et quasi-élastique de la lumière et des." Paris 13, 1987. http://www.theses.fr/1987PA132016.
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Saidi, Mohamed. "Mesure et analyse de l'état de déformation et d'endommagement interne dans les composites à matrice cimentaire utilisés pour le renforcement des structures de génie civil." Thesis, Lyon, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020LYSE1092.
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Les composites à matrice cimentaire et renforts textiles, du fait de leur compatibilité mécanique, environnementale et esthétique, sont utilisés sur une large échelle pour la réhabilitation et le renforcement du patrimoine bâti et des ouvrages du génie civil. Sous l'effet de sollicitations mécaniques ou environnementales, les phénomènes d'interaction et d'endommagement entre le renfort textile et la matrice cimentaire s'avèrent plus complexes que dans le cas des composites à matrice polymères. Celles-ci sont liées principalement au comportement fissurant du composite, à la nature fragile de la matrice et à l'adhérence renfort/matrice à prépondérance mécanique. Plus particulièrement, la connaissance et la compréhension des mécanismes de transfert de charge à l'interface renfort/matrice et l'initiation des fissures restent des verrous scientifiques majeurs.Les techniques de mesure classiques utilisées pour la caractérisation du comportement mécanique des composites à matrice cimentaire (extensomètres mécaniques, corrélation d'image digitale, etc.) sont en mesure de donner des informations sur l'état de déformation et de contrainte de la surface du corps d'épreuve. Les différents mécanismes de sollicitation et de dégradation des composants (renfort, matrice, interface) sont déduits en utilisant les approches de la mécanique des milieux continus et de la rupture.Dans ce contexte, ce travail a pour finalité la mise en place et l'adaptation d'un système de mesure intégrable à l'intérieur des composites : capteurs à base de fibres optiques distribuées. Cette technique de mesure est couplée à la corrélation d'image digitale et des jauges en surface des composites. L'objectif principal est d'analyser plus finement les paramètres mécaniques à l'échelle micro et les mécanismes de transfert de charge, d'initiation et de propagation de fissures, ainsi que les mécanismes d'endommagement. Sur la base d'essai de traction uni-axiale couplé à l'instrumentation choisie, une méthodologie d'identification de lois locales d'interaction renfort/matrice est mise en œuvre. La finalité du travail de thèse sera, grâce à ces lois locales, de déterminer les paramètres matériels du composite (longueur de transfert de charge, contrainte de cisaillement à l'interface renfort/matrice, etc.), et l'établissement des paramètres mécaniques caractéristiques du comportement local (fissuration, endommagement, comportement des interfaces, etc.) et global (lois de comportement, ouverture des fissures). Neuf configurations sont testées et analysées dans ce travail : deux types de matrice, deux types de renfort textile et trois taux de renfort. L'adaptation du protocole expérimental et la fiabilité des résultats obtenus sont validées. Le comportement global et local du composite, de la matrice, du textile et de l'interface sont mesurés et analysés. La longueur de transfert de charge, la contrainte de cisaillement à l'interface textile/matrice, l'endommagement de l'interface et l'ouverture des fissures sont quantifiés et discutés. Les effets du taux de renfort, du type de la matrice et du textile, des paramètres mécaniques et géométriques du composite sur sa réponse mécanique en traction sont identifiés et évalués. Ces résultats sont utilisés pour le perfectionnement et/ou le développement des modèles mécaniques du comportement en rigidité et à la rupture des composites à renfort textile et matrice cimentaireDue to their mechanical, environmental and aesthetic compatibility, textile reinforced cementitious matrix composites are used on a large scale for rehabilitation and reinforcement of the built heritage and civil engineering structures. Under the effect of mechanical or environmental loads, the phenomena of interaction and damage between the textile reinforcement and the cementitious matrix are more complex than in the case of polymer matrix composites. These are mainly related to the cracking behaviour of the composite, the fragile nature of the matrix and the behaviour of the reinforcement/matrix bond. In particular, knowledge and understanding of the load transfer mechanisms at the reinforcement/matrix interface and crack initiation remain a major scientific challenge.Conventional measurement techniques used to characterise the mechanical behaviour of cementitious matrix composites (mechanical extensometers, digital image correlation, etc.) are able to provide information on the strain and stress state at the surface of a tested specimen. The different mechanisms of internal forces and degradation of the components (reinforcement, matrix, interface) are deduced using approaches of continuum and fracture mechanics.In this context, this work aims at implementing and adapting a measurement system that can be integrated into the core of composites: distributed optical fibre sensors. In order to check its reliability, this measurement technique is coupled with classical extensometer technics such as strain gauges implemented on the surface of the composites and digital image correlation. The main objective is to analyse more precisely the mechanical parameters at the micro scale and the load transfer mechanisms, crack initiation and propagation as well as damage mechanisms. On the basis of uni-axial tensile tests, coupled with the chosen instrumentation, a methodology for identifying local laws of reinforcement/matrix interaction is implemented. The aim of the thesis work is, using these local laws, to determine the micro-mechanical parameters of the composite (load transfer length, shear stress at the reinforcement/matrix interface, etc.) and to establish parameters characteristic of the local and global behaviour (cracking pattern and crack opening, damage indicators, constitutive equations, etc.). Nine configurations are tested and analysed in this work: two types of matrix, two types of textile reinforcement and three reinforcement ratios. The adaptation of the experimental protocol and the reliability of the results obtained are validated. The global and local behaviour of the composite, matrix, textile and their interface are measured and analysed. Load transfer length, shear stress at the textile/matrix interface, interface damage and crack opening are quantified and discussed. The effects of reinforcement ratio, matrix and textile type, mechanical and geometrical parameters of the composite on its mechanical tensile response are identified and evaluated. These results are used for the refinement and/or development of mechanical models of the stiffness and fracture behaviour of textile and cement-matrix reinforced composites
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"Precision measurement of the coherent scattering length of gaseous helium-four using neutron interferometry." Tulane University, 2019.
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archives@tulane.eduThis dissertation details a measurement of the n-$^{4}$He coherent scattering length to be $b_{4\rm{He}} = [3.0982 \pm\: 0.00214\; (\rm{stat}) \pm\: 0.00077\; (\rm{sys})]$ fm utilizing a perfect silicon crystal neutron interferometer. This measurement provides over a factor of 10 improvement in precision and differs by $0.162$ fm compared to the most commonly used value. Neutron interferometry provides a tool for precision scattering lengths measurements for a variety of isotopes. Examples include coherent scattering length measurements for $^{1}$H, $^{2}$H, $^{3}$He and the incoherent scattering length of $^{3}$He. Neutron scattering lengths of light nuclei provide useful tests of nuclear potential models and serve as inputs for nuclear effective field theories. A monolithic, perfect silicon neutron interferometer splits the wave function of a single neutron via Bragg diffraction into two coherent paths spatially separated to the extent of a few centimeters. A sample of $^{4}$He gas, contained within an aluminum cell, is introduced into one beam path which produces a phase shift directly proportional to $b_{4\rm{He}}$. Significant effort has been spent quantifying important systematic considerations that include thermal transfer from the gas cell to the interferometer crystal and deformation of the gas cell walls due to gas pressure which ranges from 7 bar to 13 bar which were calculated by an FEA simulation. Thermal transfer between the gas cell and interferometer crystal induces a change of the intrinsic interferometer phase which is dependent on sample position. This additional systematic phase has been named the shadow phase. A glycol cooling system was used to mitigate the shadow phase and a special measurement pattern was devised to account for possible shadow phase drift. This work was performed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Center for Neutron Research (NCNR).
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Geller, David. "Head-on Scattering of a tubular cylinder of finite length for radar target identification purposes." Thesis, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/21360.
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Shumbula, Ndivhuwo Prince. "Surface enhanced raman scattering dependence on chain-length of 1-alkanethiols on gold and silver nanoparticles." Thesis, 2018. https://hdl.handle.net/10539/25874.
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A dissertation submitted for the partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Chemistry
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University of the WitwatersrandSurface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) is a surface sensitive technique through which the Raman signal of molecules adsorbed on a metallic surface is enhanced. It is a molecular vibrational technique which has evolved from the classic Raman spectroscopy in early 1970s. This technique is widely used for identification of solid, liquid and gas analytes. It also enables a sensitive detection of single molecule and also provides its distinguished chemical fingerprints. This technique has the ability to improve the Raman cross section by orders of up to 1015. The enhancement of local magnetic field due to localised surface plasmon resonance (SPR) is greatly dependent on SERS substrates (i.e. metal nanoparticles) used and the molecule (Raman reporter) attached to the substrate. In the current project, we report on the effect that the chain-length of 1-alkanethiol functionalized on gold and silver nanoparticles (AuNPs and AgNPs) has on the Raman scattering enhancement. AuNPs and AgNPs were synthesized by the reduction of chloroauric acid and silver nitrate respectively, using tri-sodium citrate as a reducing agent. Citrate capped nanoparticles were obtained and further functionalized with 1-alkanethiols of different chain-lengths, i.e. pentanethiol (PT), decanethiol (DT), dodecanethiol (DDT), and pentadecanethiol (PDT). The 1-alkanethiols were chosen as Raman reporters because they are able to form self-assembled monolayer (SAM) systems on the surface of metals, thus influencing their stability. The optical properties of both functionalized (SAMs) and unfunctionalized AuNPs and AgNPs were studied using ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) spectroscopy. A red shift of the SPR bands of AuNPs and AgNPs prior to functionalization with 1-alkanethiols was observed from the UV-Vis spectra. AuNPs and AgNPs which were monodispersed and spherical-like morphology with the average diameters of 14 and 25 nm respectively were obtained as was evidenced from the transmission electron microscopic (TEM) analysis. The obtained negative zeta potential indicated negatively charged surfaces for both AuNPs and AgNPs. AuNPs were more stable and well dispersed in the colloidal solution as compared to AgNPs since they possessed a strong negative zeta potential. The effect of chain-length on Raman scattering was evaluated using Raman spectroscopy and the enhancement factor (EF) was calculated from the intensities of symmetric stretch vibrations of C-H observed in the region of about 2900 to 3000 cm-1 in all SERS spectra. SERS spectra for all 1-alkanethiols (Raman reporters) showed more intense characteristic peaks as compared to their classical Raman spectra. Some vibrational modes which were not observed in classical Raman spectra where observed from the SERS spectra. The shorter chain-length PT possessed a higher enhancement factor (EF) of the Raman cross-section as compared to the longer chain-lengths 1-alkanethiols. DFT and Molecular Dynamic studies were done to establish the influence of the chain length on the EF. The geometry of the RR adsorbed on the metal surface as well as the position in which the RR was adsorbed on the metal surface was found to influence the charge density transfer hence the SERS spectra obtained. From the calculations, it was evident that the adsorption of the RRs on both Ag and Au metals resulted on an enhanced Raman spectra however other factors influenced the observed EF trend.
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Baldwin, Jesse. "Improved Models for the Potential Energy Functions of the Ground Singlet and Lowest-Lying Triplet States of the Cesium Dimer." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/6872.
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The Morse/Long Range (MLR) potential has become one of the most reliable and highly
used potential energy functions for diatomic molecules. It includes the theoretical long range
behaviour that diatomic molecules are known to exhibit as they approach the dissociation
limit. Heavy alkali metals with adjacent electronic states often exhibit strong coupling
between the spin and orbital angular momentum. The ground state X¹Σg⁺ and the lowest
lying triplet state aᶟΣᵤ⁺ of Cs₂ exhibit such coupling effects and as a result, modeling the
highest vibrational states of these states is a non-trivial problem. Utilizing scattering length
values obtained from published analysis of 60 Feshbach resonances, the correct form of the
potential energy function was determined. Moreover, the scattering length values were used
to determine the correct leading dispersion coefficient that describes the true form of the
long-range potential energy functions. All previous attempts to determine global potential
energy functions for these states have considered only the optical spectroscopic data. This is
the first ever effort attempting to use scattering lengths determined from cold atom collision
experiments in a combined analysis with conventional spectroscopic data.
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Seipt, Daniel. "Strong-Field QED Processes in Short Laser Pulses: One- and Two-Photon Compton Scattering." Doctoral thesis, 2012. https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A26464.
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The purpose of this thesis is to advance the understanding of strong-field QED processes in short laser pulses. The processes of non-linear one-photon and two-photon Compton scattering are studied, that is the scattering of photons in the interaction of relativistic electrons with ultra-short high-intensity laser pulses. These investigations are done in view of the present and next generation of ultra-high intensity optical lasers which are supposed to achieve unprecedented intensities of the order of 10^24 W/cm^2 and beyond, with pulse lengths in the order of some femtoseconds.
The ultra-high laser intensity requires a non-perturbative description of the interaction of charged particles with the laser field to allow for multi-photon interactions, which is beyond the usual perturbative expansion of QED organized in powers of the fine structure constant. This is achieved in strong-field QED by employing the Furry picture and non-perturbative solutions of the Dirac equation in the presence of a background laser field as initial and final state wave functions, as well as the laser dressed Dirac-Volkov propagator.
The primary objective is a realistic description of scattering processes with regard to the finite laser pulse duration beyond the common approximation of infinite plane waves, which is made necessary by the ultra-short pulse length of modern high-intensity lasers. Non-linear finite size effects are identified, which are a result of the interplay between the ultra-high intensity and the ultra-short pulse length. In particular, the frequency spectra and azimuthal photon emission spectra are studied emphasizing the differences between pulsed and infinite laser fields. The proper description of the finite temporal duration of the laser pulse leads to a regularization of unphysical infinities (due to the infinite plane-wave description) of the laser-dressed Dirac-Volkov propagator and in the second-order strong-field process of two-photon Compton scattering. An enhancement of the two-photon process is found in strong laser pulses as compared to the corresponding weak-field process in perturbative QED.
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Matiwane, Aphiwe. "Neutron tunneling in nanostructured systems: isotopical effect." Diss., 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/25095.
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Tunneling phenomenon has been studied since the time of Sir Isaac Newton. In the case of neutron tunneling phenomenon, it is the quantum mechanics wave-particle duality which manifests itself. In this case, particularly, the neutron wave-packet under total reflection condition suffers the so-called frustrated total reflection as known in standard optics. More accurately, this tunneling phenomenon shows itself via sharp dips in the plateau of total reflection. The prerequisite to observe such quantum mechanics phenomenon lies within a thin film Fabry-Perot resonator configuration. This thin film Fabry-Perot resonator geometry consists of two reflecting mirrors separated by a transparent material from a neutron optics viewpoint. In view of the specific neutron scattering properties related to the spin of the neutron wave-packet. As a direct proof, isotopic nickel based thin films Fabry-Perot resonator have been fabricated by depositing thin film of nickel by ion beam sputtering. The vacuum chamber was pumped down to the pressure of 10-8 mbar and deposition was performed at pressure of 2x10-4 mbar. The deposition rate was kept at 1.5 nm / minute and thickness layers were monitored by a calibrated quartz microbalance. Unpolarized neutron reflectometry measurements were carried out at the ORPHEE reactor using the time-of-flight EROS reflectometer. The incidence neutron wavelength varied between 3 – 25 Å. The grazing angle and angular resolution were of the order of 0.8˚ and 0.05 respectively. The software program, a Matlab routine for the simulation of specular X-ray and neutron reflectivity data with matrix technique, was employed to simulate the phenomenon and thereafter the experimentally obtained data and calculated (theoretical) data were compared. From the analysis of the comparison, a conclusion was drawn about the agreement between experimental data and theoretical data. The tunneling phenomenon has been observed in nanostructured isotopic nickel based thin film Fabry-Perot resonator. It manifested itself by the existence of dips, tunneling resonances, in the total reflection plateau due to quasi-bound states in the isotopic nickel based thin film Fabry-Perot resonator. In total, there were 7 tunneling resonances. The full widths at half maximum of these dips were found to decrease with increasing momentum wave vector transfer (Q) and this correlated to the neutron lifetime in the nanostructured isotopic nickel based thin film Fabry-Perot resonator.Physics
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Masetti, Lucia [Verfasser]. "Measurement of the K± → π+π-e±v(-)e [K ± pi + pi - e + - (-) v e] form factors and of the ππ [pi pi] scattering length a00 / Lucia Masetti." 2006. http://d-nb.info/981815189/34.
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Κατσένου, Νικολίτσα. "Κατασκευή και αξιολόγηση συσκευής μετρήσεων ανακλαστικότητας ακτινών Χ." Thesis, 2008. http://nemertes.lis.upatras.gr/jspui/handle/10889/831.
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Η εργασία αυτή περιγράφει αναλυτικά την κατασκευή και αξιολόγηση πειραματικής διάταξης ανακλαστικότητας ακτίνων-Χ, που πραγματοποιήθηκε στο Εργαστήριο Φυσικής Στερεάς Κατάστασης του τμήματος Φυσικής του Πανεπιστημίου Πατρών. Με τη βοήθεια αυτής της πειραματικής διάταξης θα είναι εύκολος ο καθορισμός των χαρακτηριστικών ιδιοτήτων επιφανειών καθώς επίσης και η μελέτη υμενίων τα οποία έχουν προσροφηθεί σε υποστρώματα.
Στο πρώτο κεφάλαιο της εργασίας παρουσιάζονται οι βασικές σχέσεις υπολογισμού της ανακλαστικότητας καθώς και η μέθοδος ανάλυσης των πειραματικών αποτελεσμάτων. Στο επόμενο κεφάλαιο παρουσιάζονται αναλυτικά όλα τα βήματα που πραγματοποιήθηκαν για την κατασκευή της πειραματικής διάταξης. Στο κεφάλαιο αυτό περιγράφονται όλα τα μηχανικά μέρη του φασματόμετρου καθώς και οι απαιτούμενες ρυθμίσεις που πραγματοποιήθηκαν προκειμένου να εξασφαλιστεί η σωστή λειτουργία του. Με λήψη ενός φάσματος από ένα δείγμα πυριτίου και τον προσδιορισμό των γωνιών Bragg αποδείχθηκε η σωστή λειτουργία του γωνιομέτρου.
Το επόμενο βήμα ήταν ο υπολογισμός της διακριτικής ικανότητας της συσκευής. Με υπολογιστικό πρόγραμμα [Ν. Κάτσενου Διπλωματική Εργασία] το οποίο λαμβάνει υπόψη του όλη την γεωμετρία της διάταξης υπολογίστηκε η διακριτική ικανότητα της συσκευής. Η τιμή της είναι 0.0120 και είναι σταθερή για τις γωνίες από 0.20 έως 1.60. Προκειμένου να βελτιωθεί η τιμή της διακριτικής ικανότητας είναι απαραίτητο να χρησιμοποιηθούν πολύ λεπτές σχισμές τόσο στη λυχνία όσο και στον απαριθμητή. Επιπροσθέτως κατασκευάστηκε ειδική διάταξη, “μαχαίρι”, το οποίο στηρίζεται στην βάση του δείγματος και όπως διαπιστώθηκε βελτιώνει την διακριτική ικανότητα της διάταξης και μειώνει το υπόστρωμα.. Ως τελευταίο βήμα ήταν ο υπολογισμός του υποστρώματος και η διόρθωσή του. Στο δεύτερο κεφάλαιο περιγράφεται αναλυτικά η διαδικασία διόρθωσης του υποστρώματος σε ένα φάσμα ανακλαστικότητας.
Στην συνέχεια παρουσιάζονται πειραματικές μετρήσεις από διάφορα δείγματα. Σε όλα τα δείγματα χρησιμοποιήθηκε ως υπόστρωμα πυρίτιο. Στα περισσότερα από αυτά προσροφήθηκε, με την μέθοδο επίστρωσης με περιστροφή του υποστρώματος, πολυστηρένιο. Χρησιμοποιήθηκαν διάφορες συγκεντρώσεις διαλύματος πολυστηρενίου σε τολουόλιο προκειμένου να δημιουργηθούν δείγματα με διαφορετικά πάχη. Επίσης με την μέθοδο της εξάχνωσης εναποτέθηκε υμένιο αλουμινίου σε υπόστρωμα πυριτίου. Από τις πειραματικές μετρήσεις που προέκυψαν για την ανακλαστικότητα προκύπτει ότι η κρίσιμη γωνία ανάκλασης είναι 0.220 ενώ για γωνίες μεγαλύτερες από αυτή η ανακλαστικότητα αρχίζει και μειώνεται απότομα. Μέχρι την γωνία 2.00 η τιμή της ανακλαστικότητας μειώνεται περίπου έξι τάξεις μεγέθους.
Χρησιμοποιώντας τις πειραματικές μετρήσεις που πήραμε μπορούμε να εξάγουμε πληροφορίες για το πάχος, την πυκνότητα και την τραχύτητα των επιφανειών που μελετάμε. Διαπιστώθηκε λοιπόν ότι η συσκευή λειτουργεί ικανοποιητικά.
Βελτιώσεις που μπορούν να γίνουν αφορούν:
α) Την κατασκευή θαλάμου κενού εντός του οποίου θα ευρίσκεται το δείγμα. Η βελτίωση αυτή θα επιτρέψει να λαμβάνονται φάσματα ανακλαστικότητας με πολύ χαμηλό υπόστρωμα. Με τον τρόπο αυτό θα βελτιωθεί η ποιότητα των φασμάτων για γωνίες ανάκλασης μεγαλύτερες από 1.20 γεγονός που θα δώσει πιο σαφής πληροφορίες για τη δομή πολύ λεπτών υμενίων.
β) Μακροπρόθεσμα θα τοποθετηθεί στη συσκευή σύστημα παραλληλισμού της δέσμης το οποίο θα αυξήσει την ένταση της προσπίπτουσας ακτινοβολίας στο δείγμα. Με τον τρόπο αυτό θα ελαττωθεί ο χρόνος λήψης του συνολικού φάσματος ενώ ταυτόχρονα θα βελτιωθεί η στατιστική ιδιαίτερα στις μεγάλες γωνίες σκέδασης και θα καταστεί έτσι άνετη η μελέτη εξαιρετικά λεπτών υμενίων (μικρότερα των 20Å).-