We propose a scheme for parametric amplification and phase conjugation of an atomic Bose-Einstein condensate sBECd via stimulated dissociation of a BEC of molecular dimers consisting of bosonic atoms. This can potentially be realized via coherent Raman transitions or using a magnetic Feshbach resonance. We show that the interaction of a small incoming atomic BEC with a sstationaryd molecular BE...

The capabilities and applicability of the radiotracer technique for methodological studies in hydride generation and electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry are discussed and demonstrated by using several selected examples. It is shown that, for studying chemical and physico-chemical aspects of atomic absorption spectrometric methods, the radiotracer technique is superior to other techniq...

When the atoms of a dimer remain most of the time very far apart, in so-called longrange molecular states, their mutual interaction is ruled by plain atomic properties. The highresolution spectroscopic study of some molecular excited states populated by photoassociation of cold atoms (photoassociative spectroscopy) gives a good illustration of this property. It provides accurate determinations ...

Objective: In this study, we aimed to validate the accuracy of computed tomography-based attenuation correction (CTAC) using the bilinear scaling method.Methods: The measured attenuation coefficient (μm) was compared to a theoretical attenuation coefficient (μt ) using four different CT scanners and an RMI 467 phantom. The effective energy of the CT beam X-rays was calculated, using the aluminu...

The performance of consensus and atomic broadcast algorithms using failure detectors is often affected by a trade-off between the number of communication steps and the number of messages needed to reach a decision. In this paper, we model the performance of three consensus and atomic broadcast algorithms using failure detectors in the oft-neglected setting of wide area networks and validate thi...

∆-Timed Atomic Broadcast is the broadcast ensuring that all correct processes deliver the same messages in the same order, and that delivery latency of any message broadcast by any correct process is some predetermined time ∆ or less. In this paper, we propose a ∆-timed atomic broadcast algorithm in a synchronous system where communication delay is bounded by a known constant d and processes su...

We present an algorithm for generating all derivative superstructures—for arbitrary parent structures and for any number of atom types. This algorithm enumerates superlattices and atomic configurations in a geometry-independent way. The key concept is to use the quotient group associated with each superlattice to determine all unique atomic configurations. The run time of the algorithm scales l...

In this paper we obtain an estimate for the Thomas{Fermi density which plays a role in the analysis of the atomic energy asymptotics. Such estimate has obvious number{theoretic features related to the radial symmetry of a certain Schrr odinger operator, and we use number{theoretic methods in our proof. From the technical viewpoint, we also simplify and improve some of the original estimates in ...

We present an algorithm for generating all derivative superstructures—for arbitrary parent structures and for any number of atom types. This algorithm enumerates superlattices and atomic configurations in a geometryindependent way. The key concept is to use the quotient group associated with each superlattice to determine all unique atomic configurations. The run time of the algorithm scales li...

Backscattered electron (BSE) imaging is considered to be a useful technique for determining relative differences in bone tissue density. However, it is not clear how graylevel variations seen in BSE images of bone tissue, which are primarily dependent on the tissue's average atomic number, correlate to tissue density (g/cm3) and mineral content. Simulated bone tissues, ranging from 32-50% miner...