High quality InAlN single layers lattice-matched to GaN grown by molecular beam epitaxy

We report on properties of high quality ~60 nm thick InAlN layers nearly in-plane lattice-matched to GaN, grown on c-plane GaN-on-sapphire templates by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy. Excellent crystalline quality and low surface roughness are confirmed by X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, and atomic force microscopy. High annular dark field observations reveal a periodic in-plane indium content variation (8 nm period), whereas optical measurements evidence certain residual absorption below the band-gap. The indium fluctuation is estimated to be +/- 1.2% around the nominal 17% indium content via plasmon energy oscillations assessed by electron energy loss spectroscopy with sub-nanometric spatial resolution.

Buque LNG con tanques tipo membrana

TIPO DE BUQUE: LNG con tanques tipo membrana. TRIPULACIÓN: 30 personas PESO MUERTO: 32000 Toneladas VELOCIDAD EN PRUEBAS: 17,5 nudos al 90% de la M.C.R, 21 % de margen de mar. PROPULSIÓN: Turbina marina a vapor. Hélice de palas fijas CAPACIDAD DE ALMACENAMIENTO: 4 bodegas con tanques de tipo membrana de capacidad total de 51000 m3 (100 % y –163ºC). Combustible 3000 m3. D.O 250 m3. Agua dulce 200 m3. Agua destilada 200 m3. Aceite 200 m3. EQUIPO DE MANIPULACIÓN DE CARGA: 8 bombas de descarga de 700 m3/h a 150 mcl, 4 bombas de achique de 25 m3/h a 150 mcl CLASIFICACIÓN Y COTA: Bureau Veritas.+I3/3, Liquified Gas Carrier, deep sea, AUT, AUTPORT. REGLAMENTOS Y LIMITACIONES: B.V, SOLAS código gas. OTROS REQUERIMIENTOS: Gas inerte. Generador de nitrógeno. Detección de gases en espacios vacíos y lastres.

First passages in bounded domains: When is the mean first passage time meaningful?

We study the first passage statistics to adsorbing boundaries of a Brownian motion in bounded two-dimensional domains of different shapes and configurations of the adsorbing and reflecting boundaries. From extensive numerical analysis we obtain the probability P(ω) distribution of the random variable ω=τ1/(τ1+τ2), which is a measure for how similar the first passage times τ1 and τ2 are of two independent realizations of a Brownian walk starting at the same location. We construct a chart for each domain, determining whether P(ω) represents a unimodal, bell-shaped form, or a bimodal, M-shaped behavior. While in the former case the mean first passage time (MFPT) is a valid characteristic of the first passage behavior, in the latter case it is an insufficient measure for the process. Strikingly we find a distinct turnover between the two modes of P(ω), characteristic for the domain shape and the respective location of absorbing and reflective boundaries. Our results demonstrate that large fluctuations of the first passage times may occur frequently in two-dimensional domains, rendering quite vague the general use of the MFPT as a robust measure of the actual behavior even in bounded domains, in which all moments of the first passage distribution exist.

Ion-Ion correlations effect on nonlinear high-frequency plasma conductivity. AT(30-1)-1238-MATT-675

On the basis of the BBGKY hierarchy of equations an expression is derived for the response of a fully ionized plasma to a strong, high-frequency electric field in the limit of infinite ion mass. It is found that even in this limit the ionion correlation function is substantially affected by the field. The corrections to earlier nonlinear results for the current density appear to be quite ssential. The validity of the model introduced by Dawson and Oberman to study the response to a vanishingly small field is confirmed for larger values of the field when the eorrect expression for the ion-ion correlations i s introduced; the model by itself does not yield such an expression. The results have interest for the heating of the plasma and for the propagation of a strong electromagnetic wave through the plasma. The theory seems to be valid for any field intensity for which the plasma is stable.