Thermal decomposition of 21 kinds of binary mixtures between typical medical compositions was investigated under nitrogen conditions by dynamic thermogravimetric analysis(TGA) at 25–800 °C. The weighed sum metho...Thermal decomposition of 21 kinds of binary mixtures between typical medical compositions was investigated under nitrogen conditions by dynamic thermogravimetric analysis(TGA) at 25–800 °C. The weighed sum method(WSM) coupled with thermal analysis was applied to study the interaction between components. Then, co-pyrolysis kinetic model of the binary mixtures(tube for transfusion(TFT) and gauze) was established to verify the reliability of conclusions. The results show the follows. 1) Strong or weak interactions are shown between binary mixtures containing polyvinyl chloride(PVC), the main ingredient of TFT. The addition of other medical waste could enhance first stage decomposition of TFT. While, the secondary stage pyrolysis may be suppressed or enhanced or not affected by the addition. 2) There exists no interaction between catheter and other component, the DTG peak temperature representing Ca CO3 decomposition in catheter fraction is obviously lower than that of pure catheter; while,the shape of DTG peak keeps unchanged. 3) No evident reaction occurs between the other mix-samples, it is considered that their co-pyrolysis characteristics are linear superposition of mono-component pyrolysis characteristics.展开更多
Ports operating in the same geographical range face significant competition among them. In such setting, less competitive ports may continually lose patronage of shippers (indigenous to them) to adjacent ones with b...Ports operating in the same geographical range face significant competition among them. In such setting, less competitive ports may continually lose patronage of shippers (indigenous to them) to adjacent ones with better attributes. The extent of and determinants of inter-port competition in the West Africa's coast are of interest to port administrators/operators who risk losing significant portion of their domestic generated cargo traffic to competing neighbouring ports. In this paper, we explore the question of what port specific attributes serve as competitive basis for West Africa's coastal ports operating in proximity to the other. Through a survey, users of these ports were asked to identify port specific attributes which they consider when deciding which port to use for shipments making. To enrich our empirical model, data collected from the survey were augmented with secondary data (on the identified attributes) obtained from the respective ports. Statistical evidence from data analysis suggests that ports operating in proximity in the West Africa's coast compete on the basis of attributes that minimise costs for port users, viz: ships' pre-berthiig time, ship turnround time, crane efficiency and availability of cargo spaces (proxied by frequency of ship calls). Policy implications of the findings were discussed.展开更多
A computational mass transfer model is proposed for predicting the concentration profile and Murphree efficiency of sieve tray distillation column. The proposed model is based on using modified c'2 -εc' two equatio...A computational mass transfer model is proposed for predicting the concentration profile and Murphree efficiency of sieve tray distillation column. The proposed model is based on using modified c'2 -εc' two equations formulation for closing the differential turbulent mass transfer equation with improvement by considering the vapor injected from the sieve hole to be three dimensional. The predicted concentration distributions by using proposed model were checked by experimental work conducted on a sieve tray simulator of 1.2 meters in diameter for desorbing the dissolved oxygen in the feed water by blowing air. The model predictions were confirmed by the experimental measurement. The validation of the proposed model was further tested by comparing the simulated result with the performance of an industrial scale sieve tray distillation column reported by Kunesh et al. for the stripping of toluene from its water solution. The predicted outlet concentration of each tray and the Murphree tray efficiencies under different operating conditions were in agreement with the published data. The simulated turbulent mass transfer diffusivity on each tray was within the range of the experimental result in the same sieve column reported by Cai et al. In addition, the prediction of the influence of sieve tray structure on the tray efficiency by using the proposed model was demonstrated.展开更多
For practical engineering purpose, a new flat shell element baptized (ACM_Q4SBE1) is presented in this paper. The formulated element can be used for the analysis of thin shell structures; no matter how the geometric...For practical engineering purpose, a new flat shell element baptized (ACM_Q4SBE1) is presented in this paper. The formulated element can be used for the analysis of thin shell structures; no matter how the geometrical shape might be. Tests on standard problems have been examined. Since, the analysis of thin shell structures has generally been purely carried out on a theoretical basis; it is of importance to present some experimental results of an elliptical paraboloid under uniformly distributed load pressure. The results obtained from both numerical and experimental work are presented.展开更多
OBJECTIVE:To investigate the neuroprotective effects of Fructus Chebulae extract using both in vivo and invitromodels of cerebral ischemia.METHODS:As an in vitro model,oxygen glucose deprivation followed by reoxygenat...OBJECTIVE:To investigate the neuroprotective effects of Fructus Chebulae extract using both in vivo and invitromodels of cerebral ischemia.METHODS:As an in vitro model,oxygen glucose deprivation followed by reoxygenation(OGD-R)and hydrogen peroxide(H2O2)induced cellular damage in rat pheochromocytoma(PC12)cells was used to investigate the neuroprotective effects of extract of Fructus Chebulae.3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide assay was used to calculate cell survival.For in vivo,occlusion of left middle cerebral artery on rats was carried out as a focal cerebral ischemic model.RESULTS:Fructus Chebulae extract increases the PC12 cell survival against OGD-R and H2O2by 68%and 91.4%respectively.Fructus Chebulae also de-creases the cerebral infarct volume by 39%and extent of hemisphere swelling from 17%in control group to 10%in FructusChebulaetreated group.CONCLUSION:Fructus Chebulae,as a traditional medicine,can rescue the neuronal cell death against ischemia related damage.The possible mechanism for the neuroprotection might be the inhibition of oxidative damages occurring after acute phase of cerebral ischemia.展开更多
In order to deal with the problems of laying and assembly planning of slender flexible parts in electromechanical products,a novel approach to operate the physically-based slender flexible parts in an augmented realit...In order to deal with the problems of laying and assembly planning of slender flexible parts in electromechanical products,a novel approach to operate the physically-based slender flexible parts in an augmented reality environment is presented in this paper.A discrete dynamic method is used to efficiently build the physical model of slender flexible parts,which is very well suited for interactive operation in the augmented reality environment.In this model,bending penalty force can be calculated by the bending energy function to improve dynamic bending behavior,and a penalty method is used to simplify the calculation of geometric torsion.With a reasonable construction of augmented reality environment,a real-time interactive algorithm based on the operating panel is proposed to enable users to interact with the virtual slender flexible parts in the mixed reality-based scene.A case study in the augmented reality environment shows that the proposed approach is efficient and feasible.展开更多
The properties of the low-lying energy states for the l00 Mo isotope is investigated within the framework of the proton-neutron interacting model IBM2. By considering the relative energy of the d proton boson to be di...The properties of the low-lying energy states for the l00 Mo isotope is investigated within the framework of the proton-neutron interacting model IBM2. By considering the relative energy of the d proton boson to be different from that of the neutron boson and taking into account the dipole interacting among like-boson Lπ·Lπ and Lπ·Lπ, the low-lying energy spectrum is reproduced well. Particularly, the relative position of the energies for 2+1, 0+2, 2+2 and 4+1 states shifted correctly fit the experimental data. The electromagnetic properties, including the key observable B(E2) reduced transition branching ratios and the E2 reduced matrix elements of the experimental data, are well described. Our calculations show possible shape coexistence in the l00Mo nucleus.展开更多
By the mathematic models of flexible hinge,the accurate relationship between the phase-shifting and pressure acting on the hinge is deduced and verified by experimental results.Through the optimization of the geometri...By the mathematic models of flexible hinge,the accurate relationship between the phase-shifting and pressure acting on the hinge is deduced and verified by experimental results.Through the optimization of the geometric parameter of flexible hinge,a phase-shifting generator is developed to determine the length of an object precisely by interferometry.The experiments show that the triple phase-shifting produced using this generator is up to 1 m.With this generator,an example for the application in length measurement is introduced.The result shows the length uncertainty is 0.5 nm when the temperature uncertainty is limited in 2 mK.This paper provides a novel technique to measure the dimension of an object,especially to the diameter of a silicon sphere for Avogadro constant project.展开更多
We have investigated the structure evolution of the ^124-134Xe isotopic chain in the framework of the proton-neutron interacting model IBM2. The positive parity spectra of the ground state, quasi-β and quasi-γ bands...We have investigated the structure evolution of the ^124-134Xe isotopic chain in the framework of the proton-neutron interacting model IBM2. The positive parity spectra of the ground state, quasi-β and quasi-γ bands are reproduced well. The staggering in ^124-130Xe are almost completely removed and the ? band agree well with the experiment data, even for the high-spin quasi-3 states. The key quantities of the collective structure evolution, including level energies, the B(E2) transition branching ratios, and the M1 excitations to 11^+ mixer-symmetry states are analyzed by comparing with the experimental data. The parameters for representation of the Oπν(6) and SUπν^*(3) features in isotopes are examined. Both experimental data and theoretical results show that the shape phase transition of ^124-134Xe isotopic chain is from the SUπν^* (3) (triaxial rotation) to the Uπν(5) (vibration motion) with a considerable constituent of the Oπν(6) symmetry (γ-unstable rotation), where the shape phase transition rapidly takes place between the neutron number N = 76 and N = 78.展开更多
The effects of electron correlations and spin-orbit coupling on the magnetic anisotropy in the antiferromagnetically ordered 5 d perovskite iridates Sr_2IrO_4 is investigated theoretically using a microscopic model in...The effects of electron correlations and spin-orbit coupling on the magnetic anisotropy in the antiferromagnetically ordered 5 d perovskite iridates Sr_2IrO_4 is investigated theoretically using a microscopic model includes a realistic five-orbital tight-binding Hamiltonian, atomic spin-orbit coupling, and multi-orbital Hubbard interactions. Hartree-Fock approximation is applied to obtain the ground state properties with varying spin-orbit coupling and electron correlations.We demonstrate that the interplay between the atomic intraorbital Coulomb repulsion and the Hund's rule coupling leads to a remarkable variability of the resulting magnetic anisotropy at a constant nonzero spin-orbit coupling. At the same time, the preferred direction of the ordered antiferromagnetical moment remains unaltered upon changes in the strength of spin-orbit coupling.展开更多
We explore the possibility to generate new parity symmetry in the quantum Rabi model after a bias is introduced. In contrast to a mathematical treatment in a previous publication [J. Phys. A 46(2013) 265302], we consi...We explore the possibility to generate new parity symmetry in the quantum Rabi model after a bias is introduced. In contrast to a mathematical treatment in a previous publication [J. Phys. A 46(2013) 265302], we consider a physically realistic method by involving an additional spin into the quantum Rabi model to couple with the original spin by an Ising interaction, and then the parity symmetry is broken as well as the scaling behavior of the ground state by introducing a bias. The rule can be found that the parity symmetry is broken by introducing a bias and then restored by adding new degrees of freedom. Experimental feasibility of realizing the models under discussion is investigated.展开更多
We derive the basic canonical brackets amongst the creation and annihilation operators for a two(1 + 1)-dimensional(2D) gauge field theoretic model of an interacting Hodge theory where a U(1) gauge field(Aμ) is coupl...We derive the basic canonical brackets amongst the creation and annihilation operators for a two(1 + 1)-dimensional(2D) gauge field theoretic model of an interacting Hodge theory where a U(1) gauge field(Aμ) is coupled with the fermionic Dirac fields(ψ andˉψ). In this derivation, we exploit the spin-statistics theorem, normal ordering and the strength of the underlying six infinitesimal continuous symmetries(and the concept of their generators) that are present in the theory. We do not use the definition of the canonical conjugate momenta(corresponding to the basic fields of the theory) anywhere in our whole discussion. Thus, we conjecture that our present approach provides an alternative to the canonical method of quantization for a class of gauge field theories that are physical examples of Hodge theory where the continuous symmetries(and corresponding generators) provide the physical realizations of the de Rham cohomological operators of differential geometry at the algebraic level.展开更多
In a recent measurement LHCb reported pronounced structures in the J/ψJ/ψspectrum.One of the various possible explanations of those is that they emerge from non-perturbative interactions of vector charmonia.It is th...In a recent measurement LHCb reported pronounced structures in the J/ψJ/ψspectrum.One of the various possible explanations of those is that they emerge from non-perturbative interactions of vector charmonia.It is thus important to understand whether it is possible to form a bound state of two charmonia interacting through the exchange of gluons,which hadronise into two pions at the longest distance.In this paper,we demonstrate that,given our current understanding of hadron-hadron interactions,the exchange of correlated light mesons(pions and kaons)is able to provide sizeable attraction to the di-J/ψsystem,and it is possible for two J/ψmesons to form a bound state.As a side result we find from an analysis of the data for theψ/(2 S)J/ψππtransition including bothππand KK final state interactions an improved value for theψ(2 S)→J/ψtransition chromo-electric polarisability:|αψ(2 S)J/ψ|=(1.8±0.1)GeV-3,where the uncertainty also includes the one induced by the final state interactions.展开更多
基金Projects(51105269,51406133)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject supported by the ScientificResearch Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars,Ministry of Education,ChinaProject supported by the Ministry ofEducation Key Laboratory Program,China
文摘Thermal decomposition of 21 kinds of binary mixtures between typical medical compositions was investigated under nitrogen conditions by dynamic thermogravimetric analysis(TGA) at 25–800 °C. The weighed sum method(WSM) coupled with thermal analysis was applied to study the interaction between components. Then, co-pyrolysis kinetic model of the binary mixtures(tube for transfusion(TFT) and gauze) was established to verify the reliability of conclusions. The results show the follows. 1) Strong or weak interactions are shown between binary mixtures containing polyvinyl chloride(PVC), the main ingredient of TFT. The addition of other medical waste could enhance first stage decomposition of TFT. While, the secondary stage pyrolysis may be suppressed or enhanced or not affected by the addition. 2) There exists no interaction between catheter and other component, the DTG peak temperature representing Ca CO3 decomposition in catheter fraction is obviously lower than that of pure catheter; while,the shape of DTG peak keeps unchanged. 3) No evident reaction occurs between the other mix-samples, it is considered that their co-pyrolysis characteristics are linear superposition of mono-component pyrolysis characteristics.
文摘Ports operating in the same geographical range face significant competition among them. In such setting, less competitive ports may continually lose patronage of shippers (indigenous to them) to adjacent ones with better attributes. The extent of and determinants of inter-port competition in the West Africa's coast are of interest to port administrators/operators who risk losing significant portion of their domestic generated cargo traffic to competing neighbouring ports. In this paper, we explore the question of what port specific attributes serve as competitive basis for West Africa's coastal ports operating in proximity to the other. Through a survey, users of these ports were asked to identify port specific attributes which they consider when deciding which port to use for shipments making. To enrich our empirical model, data collected from the survey were augmented with secondary data (on the identified attributes) obtained from the respective ports. Statistical evidence from data analysis suggests that ports operating in proximity in the West Africa's coast compete on the basis of attributes that minimise costs for port users, viz: ships' pre-berthiig time, ship turnround time, crane efficiency and availability of cargo spaces (proxied by frequency of ship calls). Policy implications of the findings were discussed.
基金Supported by the National lqatural Science Foundation of China (20736005).
文摘A computational mass transfer model is proposed for predicting the concentration profile and Murphree efficiency of sieve tray distillation column. The proposed model is based on using modified c'2 -εc' two equations formulation for closing the differential turbulent mass transfer equation with improvement by considering the vapor injected from the sieve hole to be three dimensional. The predicted concentration distributions by using proposed model were checked by experimental work conducted on a sieve tray simulator of 1.2 meters in diameter for desorbing the dissolved oxygen in the feed water by blowing air. The model predictions were confirmed by the experimental measurement. The validation of the proposed model was further tested by comparing the simulated result with the performance of an industrial scale sieve tray distillation column reported by Kunesh et al. for the stripping of toluene from its water solution. The predicted outlet concentration of each tray and the Murphree tray efficiencies under different operating conditions were in agreement with the published data. The simulated turbulent mass transfer diffusivity on each tray was within the range of the experimental result in the same sieve column reported by Cai et al. In addition, the prediction of the influence of sieve tray structure on the tray efficiency by using the proposed model was demonstrated.
文摘For practical engineering purpose, a new flat shell element baptized (ACM_Q4SBE1) is presented in this paper. The formulated element can be used for the analysis of thin shell structures; no matter how the geometrical shape might be. Tests on standard problems have been examined. Since, the analysis of thin shell structures has generally been purely carried out on a theoretical basis; it is of importance to present some experimental results of an elliptical paraboloid under uniformly distributed load pressure. The results obtained from both numerical and experimental work are presented.
基金Supported by a Grant of the Korean Health Technology Re-search and Development Project,Ministry of Health&Wel-fare(B110072)National Research Foundation of Korea Funded by the Ministry of Science,Information and Commu-nication Technology&Future Planning,Republic of Korea(2012M3A9C4048795)
文摘OBJECTIVE:To investigate the neuroprotective effects of Fructus Chebulae extract using both in vivo and invitromodels of cerebral ischemia.METHODS:As an in vitro model,oxygen glucose deprivation followed by reoxygenation(OGD-R)and hydrogen peroxide(H2O2)induced cellular damage in rat pheochromocytoma(PC12)cells was used to investigate the neuroprotective effects of extract of Fructus Chebulae.3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide assay was used to calculate cell survival.For in vivo,occlusion of left middle cerebral artery on rats was carried out as a focal cerebral ischemic model.RESULTS:Fructus Chebulae extract increases the PC12 cell survival against OGD-R and H2O2by 68%and 91.4%respectively.Fructus Chebulae also de-creases the cerebral infarct volume by 39%and extent of hemisphere swelling from 17%in control group to 10%in FructusChebulaetreated group.CONCLUSION:Fructus Chebulae,as a traditional medicine,can rescue the neuronal cell death against ischemia related damage.The possible mechanism for the neuroprotection might be the inhibition of oxidative damages occurring after acute phase of cerebral ischemia.
基金supported by the Basic Research Project of China National 12th Five-year Plan
文摘In order to deal with the problems of laying and assembly planning of slender flexible parts in electromechanical products,a novel approach to operate the physically-based slender flexible parts in an augmented reality environment is presented in this paper.A discrete dynamic method is used to efficiently build the physical model of slender flexible parts,which is very well suited for interactive operation in the augmented reality environment.In this model,bending penalty force can be calculated by the bending energy function to improve dynamic bending behavior,and a penalty method is used to simplify the calculation of geometric torsion.With a reasonable construction of augmented reality environment,a real-time interactive algorithm based on the operating panel is proposed to enable users to interact with the virtual slender flexible parts in the mixed reality-based scene.A case study in the augmented reality environment shows that the proposed approach is efficient and feasible.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11075052)the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province(Grant No.KY6100135)
文摘The properties of the low-lying energy states for the l00 Mo isotope is investigated within the framework of the proton-neutron interacting model IBM2. By considering the relative energy of the d proton boson to be different from that of the neutron boson and taking into account the dipole interacting among like-boson Lπ·Lπ and Lπ·Lπ, the low-lying energy spectrum is reproduced well. Particularly, the relative position of the energies for 2+1, 0+2, 2+2 and 4+1 states shifted correctly fit the experimental data. The electromagnetic properties, including the key observable B(E2) reduced transition branching ratios and the E2 reduced matrix elements of the experimental data, are well described. Our calculations show possible shape coexistence in the l00Mo nucleus.
基金supported by the National Key Technology R&D Program of China (Grant No. 2006BAF06B06)
文摘By the mathematic models of flexible hinge,the accurate relationship between the phase-shifting and pressure acting on the hinge is deduced and verified by experimental results.Through the optimization of the geometric parameter of flexible hinge,a phase-shifting generator is developed to determine the length of an object precisely by interferometry.The experiments show that the triple phase-shifting produced using this generator is up to 1 m.With this generator,an example for the application in length measurement is introduced.The result shows the length uncertainty is 0.5 nm when the temperature uncertainty is limited in 2 mK.This paper provides a novel technique to measure the dimension of an object,especially to the diameter of a silicon sphere for Avogadro constant project.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.11075052the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province under Grant No.KY6100135
文摘We have investigated the structure evolution of the ^124-134Xe isotopic chain in the framework of the proton-neutron interacting model IBM2. The positive parity spectra of the ground state, quasi-β and quasi-γ bands are reproduced well. The staggering in ^124-130Xe are almost completely removed and the ? band agree well with the experiment data, even for the high-spin quasi-3 states. The key quantities of the collective structure evolution, including level energies, the B(E2) transition branching ratios, and the M1 excitations to 11^+ mixer-symmetry states are analyzed by comparing with the experimental data. The parameters for representation of the Oπν(6) and SUπν^*(3) features in isotopes are examined. Both experimental data and theoretical results show that the shape phase transition of ^124-134Xe isotopic chain is from the SUπν^* (3) (triaxial rotation) to the Uπν(5) (vibration motion) with a considerable constituent of the Oπν(6) symmetry (γ-unstable rotation), where the shape phase transition rapidly takes place between the neutron number N = 76 and N = 78.
基金Supported by the Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences,Chinese Academy of Sciences under Grant No.QYZDB-SSW-SYS012National Natural Science Foundation of China(Project 11747601)Numerical Calculations were Performed on the HPC Cluster of ITP-CAS
文摘The effects of electron correlations and spin-orbit coupling on the magnetic anisotropy in the antiferromagnetically ordered 5 d perovskite iridates Sr_2IrO_4 is investigated theoretically using a microscopic model includes a realistic five-orbital tight-binding Hamiltonian, atomic spin-orbit coupling, and multi-orbital Hubbard interactions. Hartree-Fock approximation is applied to obtain the ground state properties with varying spin-orbit coupling and electron correlations.We demonstrate that the interplay between the atomic intraorbital Coulomb repulsion and the Hund's rule coupling leads to a remarkable variability of the resulting magnetic anisotropy at a constant nonzero spin-orbit coupling. At the same time, the preferred direction of the ordered antiferromagnetical moment remains unaltered upon changes in the strength of spin-orbit coupling.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos.61475045 and 11347142the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province,China under Grant No.2015JJ3092
文摘We explore the possibility to generate new parity symmetry in the quantum Rabi model after a bias is introduced. In contrast to a mathematical treatment in a previous publication [J. Phys. A 46(2013) 265302], we consider a physically realistic method by involving an additional spin into the quantum Rabi model to couple with the original spin by an Ising interaction, and then the parity symmetry is broken as well as the scaling behavior of the ground state by introducing a bias. The rule can be found that the parity symmetry is broken by introducing a bias and then restored by adding new degrees of freedom. Experimental feasibility of realizing the models under discussion is investigated.
基金the financial support from CSIR and UGC, New Delhi, Government of India, respectively
文摘We derive the basic canonical brackets amongst the creation and annihilation operators for a two(1 + 1)-dimensional(2D) gauge field theoretic model of an interacting Hodge theory where a U(1) gauge field(Aμ) is coupled with the fermionic Dirac fields(ψ andˉψ). In this derivation, we exploit the spin-statistics theorem, normal ordering and the strength of the underlying six infinitesimal continuous symmetries(and the concept of their generators) that are present in the theory. We do not use the definition of the canonical conjugate momenta(corresponding to the basic fields of the theory) anywhere in our whole discussion. Thus, we conjecture that our present approach provides an alternative to the canonical method of quantization for a class of gauge field theories that are physical examples of Hodge theory where the continuous symmetries(and corresponding generators) provide the physical realizations of the de Rham cohomological operators of differential geometry at the algebraic level.
基金supported in part by the Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS)under Grants No.XDPB15,No.XDB34030000,and No.QYZDB-SSW-SYS013the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)under Grants No.11835015,No.12047503 and No.11961141012+1 种基金the NSFC and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft(DFG)through the funds provided to the Sino-German Collaborative Research Center‘‘Symmetries and the Emergence of Structure in QCD”(NSFC Grant No.12070131001,DFG Project-ID 196253076–TRR110)supported by Ministry of Science and Education of Russian Federation under Grant 14.W03.31.0026。
文摘In a recent measurement LHCb reported pronounced structures in the J/ψJ/ψspectrum.One of the various possible explanations of those is that they emerge from non-perturbative interactions of vector charmonia.It is thus important to understand whether it is possible to form a bound state of two charmonia interacting through the exchange of gluons,which hadronise into two pions at the longest distance.In this paper,we demonstrate that,given our current understanding of hadron-hadron interactions,the exchange of correlated light mesons(pions and kaons)is able to provide sizeable attraction to the di-J/ψsystem,and it is possible for two J/ψmesons to form a bound state.As a side result we find from an analysis of the data for theψ/(2 S)J/ψππtransition including bothππand KK final state interactions an improved value for theψ(2 S)→J/ψtransition chromo-electric polarisability:|αψ(2 S)J/ψ|=(1.8±0.1)GeV-3,where the uncertainty also includes the one induced by the final state interactions.