2014 This paper reviews problem areas in beam transmission which are frequently encountered during the design, operation and upgrading of electrostatic accelerators. Examples are provided of analytic procedures that clarify accelerator ion optics and lead to more effective beam transport. Suggestions are made for evaluating accelerator design with the goal of improved performance. OPTICS, POLAR...

The theory of spin superradiance, developed earlier for nuclear magnets, is generalized to a wider class of spin systems, such as granular magnets and molecular magnets. The latter may possess strong single-site magnetocrystalline anisotropy, whose role in nonlinear spin dynamics is analysed. Transient as well as pulsing superradiant regimes are described. These coherent regimes may be employed...

In order to understand the composition of planetary nebulae we first need to study the nucleosynthesis occurring in the progenitor star during the thermally-pulsing Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB) phase. I present an overview of single AGB evolution, with an emphasis on the mixing processes that alter the envelope composition, followed by a discussion of the stellar yields available from single A...

We use direct numerical simulations to study control of jets in crossflow by axial pulsing. Our main idea is that pulsing generates vortex rings; the effect of pulsing on jets in crossflow can therefore be explained by studying the behavior of vortex rings in crossflow. A method is proposed that allows optimal values of pulsation frequency, modulation and energy to be estimated a priori. This i...

Recipient IgG immunity against leukoreduced donor platelets is dependent on indirect T-cell allorecognition and is suppressed in vivo by inhibitors (aminoguanidine, AMG) of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS). To examine recipient processing pathways of donor platelet antigens, enriched macrophages (antigen-presenting cells [APC]) from BALB/c (H-2(d)) mice were pulsed with allogeneic C57BL/6...

This study will focus on how the different characteristics of the applied pulse, including voltage, pulse length, frequency and multiple pulsing affect transformation efficiency of Top10 E-coli cells. It will be shown that transformation efficiency will be maximal at optimum settings different from that suggested by electroporator manufacturer. Experimental results will also verify pore formati...