Description: This article discusses ₁¹H+ - and ₂⁴He+ -induced M-shell x-ray production cross sections for selected elements in the rare-earth region. Abstract: The measurements of M-shell x-ray-production cross sections induced by ₁¹H+ and ₂⁴He+ ions are compared to the first-Born-approximation and ECPSSR (energy loss, Coulomb-deflection effects; perturbed-stationary-state approximation, with relativistic corrections) theories. Most of the reported experimental data were measured in the authors' laboratory and the other measurements were taken from the literature. The data from the authors' laboratory were for incident H+ and He+ ions in the energy range from 0.25 to 2.5 MeV. The M-shell x-ray-production cross sections were measured for the following thin targets: 59Pr, 60Nd, 63Eu, 64Gd, 66Dy, 67Ho, 68Er, 70Yb, and 72Hf. The data were for the following elements: 54Xe, 59Pr, 60Nd, 62Sm, 63Eu, 64Gd, 65Tb, 66Dy, 67Ho, 68Er, 70Yb, 72Hf, 73Ta, 74W, 78Pt, 79Au, 80Hg, 82Pb, 83Bi, and 92U. The first-born-approximation calculations of the ionization cross section were made using the plane-wave Born approximation for direct ionization and the Oppenheimer-Brinkman-Kramers approximation of Nikolaev for electron capture. The ECPSSR theory of Brandt and Lapicki [Phys. Rev. A 23, 1717 (1981)] goes beyond the first Born approximation and accounts for the energy loss, Coulomb deflection, and relativistic ...

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Description: This article discusses Abraham model correlations for the transfer of neutral molecules and ions to sulfolane. Data have been compiled from the published literature on the partition coefficients of solutes and vapors into anhydrous sulfolane. The logarithms of the water-to-sulfolane partition coefficients, log P, and gas-to-sulfolane partition coefficients, log K, were correlated with the Abraham solvation parameter model. The derived correlations described the observed log P and log K values for solutes dissolved in sulfolane to within average standard deviations of 0.14 log units or less. The log P correlation was extended to include the partition of ions by inclusion of a cation-solvent and an anion-solvent term.

Description: This article discusses an abstract index theorem on non-compact Riemannian manifolds. Abstract: We prove an abstract index theorem for essentially self-adjoint Fredholm supersymmetric first-order elliptic differential operators on Hermitian vector bundles over complete oriented Riemannian manifolds. According to our main result the supersymmetric L2-index of such an operator can be expressed as the sum of a "local contribution" (the familiar Atiyah-Singer index form, suitably restricted to and integrated over a finite region) and a "boundary contribution" (which depends only on the restriction of the operator at large distances). This is done by splicing together local parametrices and Green's operators defined "at infinity". The result yields (in fact is equivalent to) a generalisation of the relative index theorem of Gromov and Lawson.

Description: This article discusses accurate enthalpies of formation of alkali and alkaline earth metal oxides and hydroxides. Abstract: Computing the enthalpies of formation for alkali metal and alkaline earth metal oxides (MₓO) and hydroxides [M(OH)n] using the Gaussian-n (Gn) and Weismann-n (Wn) ab initio model chemistries is difficult due to an improper treatment of core-valence electron correlation effects. Using a new model chemistry called the correlation consistent Composite Approach (ccCA), enthalpies of formation were determined for eight different alkali/alkaline earth metal oxides and hydroxides. Unlike the Gn and Wn model chemistries, which must be modified to properly account for core-valence electron correlation, the standard implementations of the ccCA provide acceptable results, and all enthalpies of formation obtained with the ccCA are within the accepted range of recommended values.