X-rays and dynamics

Ultrafast electron dynamics excited and probed with X-rays

The Grüneisen parameter determines the magnitude of the system dimensional change in response to its thermal energy variation. Differentiating the various contributions to the Grüneisen parameter is of great importance to clearly understand the thermal expansion mechanism of solids. In particular, the electronic Grüneisen parameter (γe) characterizes the electronic contribution to the thermal e...

Triboluminescence and X-Rays

Triboluminescence is shown to produce X-rays from the nanoparticles (NPs) that form as the sticky acrylic adhesive of Scotch tape is peeled from the polyethylene (PE) roll in a vacuum. Prior to peeling, atoms in the adhesive are not under electromagnetic (EM) confinement and have full thermal kT energy. But upon peeling, the atoms in NPs that form in the gap between adhesive and PE are under EM...

Laser-Assisted Dynamics on Metallic Surfaces using Ultrafast X-Rays

Subject headings: galaxies: general—galaxies: spiral—X-rays: general—X-rays: galaxies—X-rays: ISM

We present results from the analysis of deep ROSAT HRI and PSPC observations of the spiral galaxy M81. The inferred total (0.5–2 keV band) luminosity of M81 is ∼ 3×10 ergs s, excluding the contribution from identified interlopers found within the D25 ellipse. The nucleus of the galaxy alone accounts for about 65% of this luminosity. The rest is due to 26 other X-ray sources (contributing ∼ 10%)...

On the Dynamics of the Family axd(x − 1) + x

In this paper we consider the dynamics of the real polynomials of degree d + 1 with a fixed point of multiplicity d ≥ 2. Such polynomials are conjugate to fa,d(x) = axd(x−1)+x, a ∈ R{0}, d ∈ N. Our aim is to study the dynamics fa,d in some special cases.