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A recent experiment [Deng et al., Nature 398, 218 (1999)] demonstrated the four-wave mixing of matter wavepackets created from a Bose-Einstein condensate. The
E Trabert, A G. Calamai, John D. Gillaspy, G Gwinner, X Tordoir, A Wolf
Rates of an intercombination transition and of several electric-dipole forbidden transitions between the levels of the ground state in C-like ions of O and F
L Nugent-Glandorf, M Scheer, M Krishnamurthy, J W. Odom, S R. Leone
The energy bandwidths of high-order harmonics of a Ti:sapphire ultrafast laser are extracted from electron kinetic-energy measurements of the photoionization of
S L. Cornish, N R. Claussen, J L. Roberts, Eric A. Cornell, C E. Wieman
Bose-Einstein condensation has been achieved in a magnetically trapped sample of 85Rb atoms. Long-lived condensates of up to 10 4 atoms have been produced by
Krzysztof Dzierzega, U Volz, Gillian Nave, Ulf Griesmann
Branching fractions were measured for electric dipole transitions for the 5p upper levels to the 5s levels in neutral Krypton atoms. The measurements were made
Signal transduction in vertebrate photoreceptor cells begins with absorption of light by the visual pigment rhodopsin and culminates in the closure of ion
The interaction potential for elastic scattering of electrons by atoms influences the magnitudes of calculated elastic-scattering cross sections. We have
J H. Scott, E Landree, Terrence J. Jach, Eric S. Windsor
The ability to accurately and precisely measure the thickness of ultrathin (∝ 3nm) dielectric films, used as gate dielectrics in integrated circuits, is
Design of a new artifact begins with incomplete knowledge about the final product and the design evolves as it progresses from the conceptual design stage to a
Vytautas Reipa, Marcia J. Holden, M P. Mayhew, V L. Vilker
Putidaredoxin (Pdx), a [2Fe-2S] redox protein of size M r transfers two electrons in two separate steps from the flavin containing putidaredoxin reductase to
Jeffrey W. Gilman, C L. Jackson, A B. Morgan, Richard H. Harris Jr., E Manias, E P. Giannelis, M Wuthenow, David Hilton, S H. Phillips
Our continuing study of the mechanism of flammability reduction of polymer-layered-silicate nanocomposites has yielded results for polypropylene-graft-maleic
The availability of certified or reference particle size distributions has become increasingly important for the testing and certification of equipment used in
T Petralli-Mallow, Anne L. Plant, M Lewis, J Hicks
The novel nonlinear optical method second harmonic generation-circular dichroism (SHG-CD) has been used to follow the adsorption and redox properties of a
X-ray absorption equipment and concurrent mass measurements are used in quantifying water movement in 4 to 5 mm thick cement paste specimens with their top
Based on a set of multi-scale computer models, an equation is developed for predicting the chloride ion diffusivity of concrete as a function of water-to-cement
M P. Mayhew, Vytautas Reipa, Marcia J. Holden, V L. Vilker
Cytochrome P450 enzymes catalyze a vast array of oxidative and reductive biotransformations that are potentially useful for industrial and pharmaceutical
We utilize scanning confocal fluorescence microscopy to interrogate single fluorescent lipid molecules in unsupported planar bilayers. At high photon flux, an
Paul R. Becker, M.M. Krahn, Elizabeth A. Mackey, Rabia Oflaz, Michele M. Schantz, Michael Epstein, M.K. Donais, Barbara J. Porter, D.C.G. Muir, Stephen A. Wise
Standard test data for x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS-STD) have been developed for determining bias and random error in peak parameters derived from
On July 17, 1995, NIST established the Cryptographic Module Validation Program (CMVP) which validates cryptographic modules to Federal Information Processing
D S. Pallett, John S. Garofolo, Jonathan G. Fiscus
This paper reviews the role provided by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the development of measurements in support of broadcast
The TREC-8 Question Answering (QA) Track was the first large-scale evaluation of domain-independent question answering systems. In addition to fostering
Hai C. Tang, Tinh Nguyen, Tze J. Chuang, Joannie W. Chin, Hanchang F. Wu, J Lesko
Fiber-reinforced polymeric composites provide lightweight, high strength, and corrosive resistance to severe environmental exposures. These composites have been
Geoffrey B. McFadden, Sam R. Coriell, R F. Sekerka
In previous work, we found approximate solutions for paraboloids having perturbations with four-fold axial symmetry in order to model dendritic growth in cubic