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Applicability of Layered Sine-Gordon Models to Layered Superconductors II: Case of Magnetic Coupling

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

I Nandori, K Vad, S Meszaros

We show that the phase structure of layered two-dimensional (2D) sine-Gordon systems, which interact via an interlayer coupling, depends on the number of layers...

Scaled Born Cross Sections for Excitations of H₂ by Electron Impact

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Yong Sik Kim

This article describes the scaling of plane-wave Born cross sections for the excitation of the H2 molecule to four low-lying electronic states (B singlet Sigma...

Experimental Demonstration of Signal Extration for LISA

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

O Jennrich, R T. Stebbins, P L. Bender

We present a scheme for the signal extraction for LISA. The underlying principle is demonstrated and an experimental setup for testing thescheme is shown. We...

Instrumentation for Old Gravity

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

J E. Faller

Instrumental capabilities for both relative and absolute gravity measurements have evolved over the past 40 years to the point where today measurements can be...

Radioanalytical Emergency Response Exercise

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Kenneth G. Inn, Iisa Outola, S Nour, Hiromu Kurosaki, L Albin, A Berne

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST Radiochemistry Intercomparison Program) and the Environmental Measurements Laboratory (EML Performance...

Electron Magnetic Resonance: Necessity for a Modified Bloch Equation

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

B- -. Segev, Y B. Band

We show that a modified Bloch equation for the electronic magnetic moment is necessary when the magnetic moment explicitly contains a diamagnetic contribution...

uses of Small Particle Growth in Silane Discharges

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

G Bano, K Rozsa, Alan Gallagher

Silicon-based particles that grow in a silane radio frequency (RF) discharge are studied by light scattering. Average particle size and the corresponding...

Searching for the Most Robust Reference Value From Intercomparison Exercise -Seaweed Radionuclide Standard Reference Material (SRM 4359)

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Iisa Outola, James J. Filliben, Kenneth G. Inn

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) seaweed Standard Reference Material (SRM4359) was developed through an intercomparison of 24...

Transport of Atoms in a Quantum Conveyor Belt

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

A Browaeys, H H ffnert, C R. McKenzie, S L. Rolston, Kristian Helmerson, William D. Phillips

We have performed experiments using a 3D-Bose-Einstein condensate of sodium atoms in a 1D optical lattice to explore some unusual properties of band-structure...

Observation of Persistent Flow of a Bose-Einstein Condensate in a Toroidal Trap

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Changhyun Ryu, Mikkel Andersen, Pierre Clade, Vasant Natarajan, Kristian Helmerson, William D. Phillips

We have observed the persistent flow of Bose-condensed atoms in a toroidal trap. The flow persists without decay for up to 10 s, limited only by experimental...

Blueprint for Radioanalytical Metrology CRM's

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Kenneth G. Inn, Hiromu Kurosaki, Carole Frechou, Chris Gilligan, Robert Jones, Stephen LaMont, Jeff Leggitt, Chunsheng Li, Keith McCroan, Ronald Swatski

In 1977, the International Committee on Radionuclide Metrology's (ICRM) Low-Level Working Group (LLWG) workshop, a long-term blueprint for a new series of...

An Orthogonal Design of Experiment / Exploratory Data Analysis for Putonium Contaminatian

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Hiromu Kurosaki, Robert Radford, James J. Filliben, Kenneth G. Inn

This paper describes statistical experimental design approach of identifying sources of Pu contamination throughout analysis of shellfish at the National...

Atomic Data for Dielectronic Recombination Into C-like Oxygen

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

U I. Safronova, I Murakami, T Kato, D Kato, Y Ralchenko

Energy levels, radiative transition probabilities, and autoionization rates for C-like oxygen (O$^2+}$) including $1s^22s^22pnl$, $1s^22s2p^2nl$, and $1s^22p...

Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscopy Imaging: Theory, Simulation and Experiment

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Garnett W. Bryant, A Liu

Near-field scanning optical microscopy (NSOM) is being studied to achieve optical resolution much better than the diffraction limit. Improved resolution is...

SSE- and Noise-Optimized InGaAs Radiation Thermometer

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Howard W. Yoon, Charles E. Gibson, V B. Khromchenko, George P. Eppeldauer

For the measurements of radiance temperatures in the range from 150 ?C to 1000 ?C, low uncertainties in the temperature measurements can be achieved by using...

Orthogonal Functions, Discrete Variable Representation and Generalized Gauss Quadratures

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

B I. Schneider, N Nygaard

The numerical solution of most problems in theoretical chemistry involve either the use of a basis set expansion (spectral method) or a numerical grid. For many...

Local Screening of a Core Hole: a Real-Space Approach Applied to Hafnium Oxide

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Eric L. Shirley

An approach to screening a core hole s potential in solids for purposes such as theoretical near-edge spectrum calculations is developed. In this approach, the...

Perfect Quantum State Transfer With Superconducting Phase Qubits

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Frederick Strauch, Carl J. Williams

Superconducting quantum circuits, fabricated with multiple layers, are proposed to implement perfect quantum state transfer between nodes of a hypercube network...

Distant Entanglement with Nearest Neighbor Interactions

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

G K. Brennen

Preparing many body entangled states efficiently using available interactions is a challenging task. One solution may be to couple a system collectively with a...

Draft Radioanalytical Water and Soil Performance Testing Uncertainty Acceptance Criteria Derived From Historical Mixed-Analyte Performance Evaluation Program Results

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Kenneth G. Inn, James J. Filliben, James Dahlgran

Radioanalytical performance testing programs provide radioassay laboratories, regulators and the public performance-based evidence that measurement capabilities...

An Observable Measure of Multiqubit Entanglement for Pure States

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

G K. Brennen

Recently, Meyer and Wallach [D.A. Meyer and N.R. Wallach (2002), J. of Math. Phys., 43, pp. 4273] proposed a measure of multi-qubit entanglement that is a...

The Superconductive Critical Magnetic Field of Beryllium

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Robert J. Soulen, J H. Colwell, William E. Fogle

We have measured the temperature dependence of the superconductive critical magnetic field of several samples of beryllium from three different sources. The...

Applications of Micro-Ring Resonator Filter Devices

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

S T. Chu, B E. Little, Y Kokubun, W Pan

Recently reported micro-ring resonator filters have demonstrated their compactness and signal processing functions. These features are attractive for large...

Polarization-Locked Temporal Vector Solitons in a Fiber Laser: Theory

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

J M. Soto-Crespo, N N. Akhmediev, B C. Collings, S T. Cundiff, K Bergman, W H. Knox

Stable polarization-locked temporal vector solitons are found in a saturable absorber modelocked fiber laser with weak cavity birefringence. The system is...

Measurement of Wavelengths With Phosphor Storage Image Plates at Grazing-Incidence

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Joseph Reader, Uri Feldman, Charles Brown

Measurements of wavelengths to high accuracy with a 10.7-m grazing-incidence spectrograph using phosphor storage image plates were carried out. The spectra were...

X-Ray and EUV Emission Induced by Variable Pulsewidth Irradiation of Ar and Kr Clusters and Droplets

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

E Parra, I Alexeev, J Fan, K Kim, S J. McNaught, H M. Milchberg

Measurements are presented of X-ray (>1.5 keV) and extreme ultraviolet (EUV, 8 = 2 - 44 nm) emission from Argon and Krypton supersonic gas jets at room (T = 300...

A Critical Compilation of Energy Levels and Spectral Lines of Neutral Boron

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Alexander Kramida, A N. Ryabtsev

Observed spectral lines of neutral boron are critically compiled. Fromselected best measurements, an improved and extended set of energy levels isderived for...

Atomic Oscillator Strengths in the Vacuum Ultraviolet using Fourier Transform and Grating Spectroscopy

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Gillian Nave, Zhigang Li, Craig J. Sansonetti, Ulf Griesmann, Alexander Fried

We describe our program to measure branching fractions of Fe II in the vacuum ultraviolet. Branching ratios above 1400 are measured using Fourier transform...

Experimental Eavesdropping Attack Against Ekert's Protocol Based on Wigner's Inequality

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

F Bovino, A Colla, G Castagnoli, Stefania Castelletto, Ivo P. Degiovanni, M L. Rastello

We experimentally implemented an eavesdropping attack against the Ekert protocol for quantum key distribution based on the Wigner inequality. We demonstrate a...

Quantum Charge Fluctuations and the Polarizability of the Single Electron Box

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Konrad Lehnert, B A. Turek, K Bladh, L F. Spietz, D Gunnarsson, P Delsing

We measure the average charge on a single-electron box, with an accuracy of 10 -3 e as a function of an externally applied potential. At this accuracy, we...

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