Universal properties of relaxation and diffusion in condensed matter

By and large the research communities today are not fully aware of the remarkable universality in the dynamic properties of many-body relaxation/diffusion processes manifested in experiments and simulations on condensed matter with diverse chemical compositions and physical structures. I shall demonstrate the universality first from the dynamic processes in glass-forming systems. This is reinforced by strikingly similar properties of different processes in contrasting interacting systems all having nothing to do with glass transition. The examples given here include glass-forming systems of diverse chemical compositions and physical structures, conductivity relaxation of ionic conductors（liquid, glassy, and crystalline）,translation and orientation ordered phase of rigid molecule, and polymer chain dynamics. Universality is also found in the change of dynamics when dimension is reduced to nanometer size in widely different systems. The remarkable universality indicates that many-body relaxation/diffusion is governed by fundamental physics to be unveiled. One candidate is classical chaos on which the coupling model is based, Universal properties predicted by this model are in accord with diverse experiments and simulations.

Tm,Ho：BaY2F8晶体光谱性能与能量传递

采用提拉法,生长钬铥双掺氟化钇钡[分子式:Tm3+,Ho3+∶BaY2F8,简称Tm,Ho∶BYF]激光晶体。工艺参数:拉速0.5 mm.h-1,转速5 r.min-1,冷却速率10℃.h-1。XRD表明:属于单斜晶系,空间群C12/m1。计算出晶格参数:a=0.69973 nm,b=1.05293 nm,c=0.427 84 nm,β=99.71°。测试了晶体的吸收及荧光光谱,同时计算了784 nm处吸收峰的半高宽、吸收系数及吸收截面,分别为3.2 nm,2.23 cm-1,7.44×10-21 cm2。该吸收峰对应于Tm3+离子从基态3H6到激发态3H4的跃迁。Tm,Ho∶BYF晶体在2.06μm附近有很强的荧光发射峰,在该荧光峰的发射截面和荧光寿命分别为4.96×10-21 cm2,10.1 ms。Tm3+→Ho3+的正向、反向能量转换系数之比是10.4。

Broadband Vibrational Cooling of Cold Cesium Molecules： Theory and Experiments

一条宽带的使用，频率塑造了翻译联盟者寒冷铯分子上的第二激光最近表明了是也使自由的震动的度凉下来的一个很有效的方法的飞米。冷分子的一件样品，开始散布了超过几个震动的层次，因此被变成了汗衫 X 1Σ g 扎根了电子状态。我们的方法基于使所有激动的与足够宽广的一个系列的由激光光的重复的光抽占据了震动的层次，但是与一个空间轻调节的人在它的频率带宽限制了。以如此的一个方法，我们能从选择水平，分子在积累消除转变。在这篇论文，我们简短报导主要试验性的结果然后地址，以由计算机模拟的一个详细方法，观点为一“完成”分子冷却，也包括自由的旋转的度。因为抽的过程强烈取决于地面的相对形状，激动的潜力弯，通过不同激动的状态的 ro 震动的冷却理论上被比较。

Experimental infection with Yersinia pseudotuberculosis in European brown hare(Lepus europaeus,Pallas)

Objective:To investigate clinicopathological,bacteriological and pathological aspects of an experimental infection with Yersinia pseudotuberculosis(Y.pseudotuberculosis)in hares in order to verify the efficacy of serology for the in vivo diagnosis.Moreover,the pathogenicity of two Y.pseudotuberculosis strains was investigated in order to detect potential differences.Methods:Twelve European brown hares(Lepus europaeus,Pallas)were experimentally infected per os and via conjunctival mucosae with Y.pseudotuberculosis:six subjects were infected with a strain isolated from a naturally infected hare(YpH)and six subjects with a strain isolated from a naturally infected rabbit(YpR).Two hares were used as negative controls.All animals were subjected to clinical,bacteriological and serological examinations during 9 weeks following the infection and,at the end of the control period,subjects still alive were euthanized and submitted to a complete post mortem examination.Results:All faecal samples collected during the control period were positive for bacteriological examinations and to a PCR for the inv gene of Y.pseudotuberculosis,while only one Yp H-infected hare showed a positive haemocultures.From the 2nd to the 9th week post infection(pi),serological analysis revealed specific antibodies with titers ranging from 1:10 to 1:160 in all YpH-infected and two YpR-infected subjects.All the Yp H-infected and two Yp R-infected hares scored positive for Y.pseudotuberculosis by means of bacteriological investigations.Grossly,suppurative multifocal lesions were detected in liver,spleen,kidney and sub-mandibular lymph nodes in both YpH-and YpR-infected hares and confirmed with histopathology.Pulmonary lesions were observed only in Yp H-infected subjects.Immunohistochemistry confirmed the presence of bacterial antigen in all infected animals.Conclusion:Results of this study revealed that YpH strain is more pathogenic for hares than the YpR strain;moreover the serological test performed in this study could be used for the diagnosis of pseudotuberculosis in hares,whereas post mortem diagnosis should be confirmed by means of bacteriological examination,PCR,histopathology and immunohistochemistry.

Essential Oil of Phyllanthus reticulatus Poiret from Nigeria

The chemical composition of the essential oil obtained by hydrodistillation from the leaves of Phyllanthus reticulatus Poiret (Euphorbiaceae) growing in Nigeria has been studied. The constituents of the oil were analyzed by means of gas chromatography (GC-FID) and gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Monoterpenes (64.9%) were the dominant class of compounds, followed by sesquiterpenes (23.0%). The major constituents were α-pinene (6.0%), sabinene (7.6%), β-pinene (18.1%), linalool (6.9%) and camphor (7.7%), among the monoterpenes, and β-caryophyllene (11.9%) and germacrene D (8.6%) among the sesquiterpenes. This is the first report on the volatile constituents of Phyllanthus reticulatus.

Er：LiGdF4晶体生长及光谱性能

采用提拉法生长出掺铒氟化钆锂(Er3+:LiGdF4,Er:LGF)激光晶体。晶体生长工艺参数为:提拉速率为0.16mm/h,晶体转速为3r/min,冷却速率为10℃/h。X射线粉末衍射分析表明:晶体属于四方晶系,白钨矿结构,空间群为I41/a,计算的晶胞参数:a=0.5196nm,c=1.10286nm。晶体的吸收光谱和荧光光谱表明:晶体在659,980nm和1540nm附近的吸收峰较强,其中在1540nm处的吸收截面为1.09×10-20cm2。在激光二极管的532nm波长泵浦下,发射峰分别位于995nm和1530nm附近,其中1530nm处的半高宽为52nm。

Enhancement and Function of the Piezoelectric Effect in Polymer Nanofibers

CONSPECTUS:The realization of intelligent,self-powered compo-nents and devices exploiting the piezoelectric effect at large scale might greatly contribute to improve our efficiency in using resources,albeit a profound redesign of the materials and architectures used in current electronic systems would be necessary.Piezoelectricity is a property of certain materials to generate an electrical bias in response to a mechanical deformation.This effect enables energy to be harvested from strain and vibration modes,and to sustain the power of actuators,transducers,and sensors in integrated networks,such as those necessary for the Internet of Thing.

Rotational Forms of Large Eddy Simulation Turbulence Models:Modeling and Mathematical Theory

In this paper the authors present a derivation of a back-scatter rotational Large Eddy Simulation model,which is the extension of the Baldwin&Lomax model to nonequilibrium problems.The model is particularly designed to mathematically describe a fluid filling a domain with solid walls and consequently the differential operators appearing in the smoothing terms are degenerate at the boundary.After the derivation of the model,the authors prove some of the mathematical properties coming from the weighted energy estimates,which allow to prove existence and uniqueness of a class of regular weak solutions.

Circularly polarized luminescence of enantiopure carboline-based europium cryptates under visible light excitation

The enantiomers of carboline-based cryptates were successfully resolved by chiral HPLC.These complexes show high configurational stability under harsh conditions and their absolute configuration was determined by comparing theoretical and expe rimental electronic circular dichroism spectra.The e nantiopure cryptates exhibit strong circularly polarized luminescence with a maximum dissymmetry factor glum=0.25 for the f-f transition 5 D0→7 F1(λ=594 nm)under visible light excitation atλgx=400 nm.

Electrical probing of carrier separation in InAs/InP/GaAsSb core-dualshell nanowires

We investigate the tunnel coupling between the outer p-type GaAsSb shell and the n-type InAs core in catalyst-free InAs/lnP/GaAsSb core-dualshell nanowires.We present a device fabrication protocol based on wet-etching processes on selected areas of the nanostructures that enables multiple configurations of measurements in the same nanowire-based device(i.e.shell-shell,core-core and core-shell).Low-temperature(4.2 K)transport in the shell-shell configuration in nanowires with 5 nm-thick InP barrier reveals a weak negative differential resistance.Differently,when the InP barrier thickness is increased to 10 nm,this negative differential resistance is fully quenched.The electrical resistance between the InAs core and the GaAsSb shell,measured in core-shell configuration,is significantly higher with respect to the resistance of the InAs core and of the GaAsSb shell.The field effect,applied via a back-gate,has an opposite impact on the electrical transport in the core and in the shell portions.Our results show that electron and hole free carriers populate the InAs and GaAsSb regions respectively and indicate InAs/InP/GaAsSb core-dualshell nanowires as an ideal system for the investigation of the physics of interacting electrons and holes at the nanoscale.

Electrically controlled white laser emission through liquid crystal/polymer multiphases

White lasers are becoming increasingly relevant in various fields since they exhibit unprecedented properties in terms of beam brightness and intensity modulation.Here we introduce a white laser based on a polymer matrix encompassing liquid crystals and multiple organic chromophores in a multifunctional phase-separation system.The separation of the hydrophilic matrix and the hydrophobic liquid crystals leads to the formation of a complex optically active layer,featuring lasing emission tuneable from blue to red.White laser emission is found with an optical excitation threshold of approximately 12 mJ/cm^(2).Importantly,an external electric field can be used to control the device emission intensity.White lasers with low-voltage(≤10 V)controllable emission might pave the way for a new generation of broadband light sources for analytical,computational,and communication applications.

Domain estimation under informative linkage

A standard assumption when modelling linked sample data is that the stochastic properties of the linking process and process underpinning the population values of the response variable are independent of one another.This is often referred to as non-informative linkage.But what if linkage errors are informative?In this paper,we provide results from two simulation experiments that explore two potential informative linking scenarios.The first is where the choice of sample record to link is dependent on the response;and the second is where the probability of correct linkage is dependent on the response.We focus on the important and widely applicable problem of estimation of domain means given linked data,and provide empirical evidence that while standard domain estimation methods can be substantially biased in the presence of informative linkage errors,an alternative estimation method,based on a Gaussian approximation to a maximum likelihood estimator that allows for non-informative linkage error,performs well.

Evaluating metallic artefact of biodegradable magnesium-based implants in magnetic resonance imaging

Magnesium(Mg)implants have shown to cause image artefacts or distortions in magnetic resonance imaging(MRI).Yet,there is a lack of information on how the degradation of Mg-based implants influences the image quality of MRI examinations.In this study,Mg-based implants are analysed in vitro,ex vivo,and in the clinical setting for various magnetic field strengths with the aim to quantify metallic artefact behaviour.In vitro corroded Mg-based screws and a titanium(Ti)equivalent were imaged according to the ASTM F2119.Mg-based and Ti pins were also implanted into rat femurs for different time points and scanned to provide insights on the influence of soft and hard tissue on metallic artefact.Additionally,MRI data of patients with scaphoid fractures treated with CE-approved Mg-based compression screws(MAGNEZIX®)were analysed at various time points post-surgery.The artefact production of the Mg-based material decreased as implant material degraded in all settings.The worst-case imaging scenario was determined to be when the imaging plane was selected to be perpendicular to the implant axis.Moreover,the Mg-based implant outperformed the Ti equivalent in all experiments by producing lower metallic artefact(p<0.05).This investigation demonstrates that Mg-based implants generate significantly lower metallic distortion in MRI when compared to Ti.Our positive findings suggest and support further research into the application of Mg-based implants including post-operative care facilitated by MRI monitoring of degradation kinetics and bone/tissue healing processes.

Chapter 5 Dark Matter and New Physics Beyond the Standard Model with LHAASO

In order to reveal the nature of dark matter,it is crucial to detect its non-gravitational interactions with the standard model particles.The traditional dark matter searches focused on the so-called weakly interacting massive particles.However,this paradigm is strongly constrained by the null results of current experiments with high precision.Therefore there is a renewed interest of searches for heavy dark matter particles above TeV scale.The Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory(LHAASO)with large effective area and strong background rejection power is very suitable to investigate the gamma-ray signals induced by dark matter annihilation or decay above TeV scale.In this document,we review the theoretical motivations and background of heavy dark matter.We review the prospects of searching for the gamma-ray signals resulted from dark matter in the dwarf spheroidal satellites and Galactic halo for LHAASO,and present the projected sensitivities.We also review the prospects of searching for the axion-like particles,which are a kind of well motivated light pseudo-scalars,through the LHAASO measurement of the very high energy gamma-ray spectra of astrophysical sources.

Study of the production of Λ_b^0 band ~0 hadrons in pp collisions and first measurement of the Λ_b^0→J/ψpK^- branching fraction

The product of the ∧0/b （-B/0） differential production cross-section and the branching fraction of the decay ∧0/b→ J/ψ pK-（-B/0→ J/ψ-K＊（892）0）is measured as a function of the beauty hadron transverse momentum, PT, and rapidity, y. The kinematic region of the measurements is pT〈20 GeV/c and 2.0 〈g〈4.5.The measurements use a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3fb-1 collected by the LHCb detector in pp collisions at centre-of-mass energies √s=7 TeV in 2011 and √s=8 TeV in 2012. Based on previous LHCb results of the fragmentation fraction ratio,f∧0/b/fd,the branching fraction of the decay ∧0/b→ J/ψ pK-is measured to be B（∧0/b→ J/ψ pK-）=（3.17±0.04±0.07±0.34＋0.45/-0.28）×10-4,where the first uncertainty is statistical, the second is systematic, the third is due to the uncertainty on the branching fraction of the decay -B/0 →J/ψ-K＊（892）0,and the fourth is due to the knowledge of f∧0/b/fd.The sum of the asymmetries in the production and decay between ∧0/b and ∧0/bis also measured as a function of PT and y.The previously published branching fraction of ∧0/b→ J/ψ pπ-,relative to that of ∧0/b→ J/ψ pK-,is updated. The branching fractions of ∧0/b→P＋c（→ J/ψp）K-are determined.

Search for the doubly charmed baryon ■

A search for the doubly charmed baryon ■^+cc is performed through its decay to theΛ^+c K^-π^+ final state,using proton-proton collision data collected with the LHCb detector at centre-of-mass energies of 7,8 and 13 TeV.The data correspond to a total integrated luminosity of 9 fb^-1.No significant signal is observed in the mass range from 3.4 to 3.8 GeV/c^2.Upper limits are set at 95%credibility level on the ratio of the ■^+cc production cross-section times the branching fraction to that ofΛ^+c and ■^++cc baryons.The limits are determined as functions of the ■^+cc mass for different lifetime hypotheses,in the rapidity range from 2.0 to 4.5 and the transverse momentum range from 4 to 15 GeV/c.

Search for the rare decay B^(0)→J/ψФ

A search for the rare decay B^(0)→J/ψФis performed using Pp collision data collected with the LHCb dete-ctor at centre-of-mass energies of 7,8 and 13 TeV,corresponding to an integrated luminosity of9 fb.No significant signal of the decay is observed and an upper limitof 1.1x 10^(-7)at 90%confidence level is set on the branching fraction.

Search for the doubly heavy baryons Ω^(0)_(bc) and E^(0)_(bc) decaying to Λ^(+)_(c)π^(-) and E^(+)_(c)π^(-)

The first search for the doubly heavyΩ^(0)_(bc)baryon and a search for the E^(0)_(bc)baryon are performed using pp collision data collected via the LHCb experiment from 2016 to 2018 at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV,corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5.2 fb^(-1).The baryons are reconstructed via their decays to Λ^(+)_(c)π^(-)and E^(+)_(c)π^(-).No significant excess is fbund for invariant masses between 6700 and 7300 MeV/c^(2),in a rapidity range from 2.0 to 4.5 and a transverse momentum range from 2 to 20 MeV/c.Upper limits are set on the ratio of the Ω^(0)_(bc)and E^(0)_(bc)production cross-section times the branching fraction to Λ^(+)_(c)π^(-)(E^(+)_(c)π^(-))relative to that of the Λ^(0)_(b)(E^(0)_(b))baryon,for different lifetime hypotheses,at 95%confidence level.The upper limits range from 0.5 x 10^(-4)to 2.5 x 10^(-4)for theΩ^(0)_(bc)→Λ^(+)_(c)π^(-)(E^(0)_(bc)→Λ^(+)_(c)π^(-))decay,and from 1.4x 10^(-3)to 6.9 x 10^(-3)for theΩ^(0)_(bc)→E^(+)_(c)π^(-)(E^(0)_(bc)→E^(+)_(c)π^(-))decay,depending on the considered mass and lifetime of theΩ^(0)_(bc)(E^(0)_(bc))baryon.