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    Turbulent energy dissipation rates observed by Doppler MST Radar and by rocket-borne instruments during the MIDAS/MaCWAVE campaign 2002
    (Göttingen : Copernicus GmbH, 2005) Engler, N.; Latteck, R.; Strelnikov, B.; Singer, W.; Rapp, M.
    During the MIDAS/MaCWAVE campaign in summer 2002 we have observed turbulence using Doppler beam steering measurements obtained from the ALWIN VHF radar at Andøya/Northern Norway. This radar was operated in the Doppler beam steering mode for turbulence investigations during the campaign, as well as in spaced antenna mode, for continuously measuring the background wind field. The real-time data analysis of the Doppler radar backscattering provided the launch conditions for the sounding rockets. The spectral width data observed during the occurrence of PMSE were corrected for beam and shear broadening caused by the background wind field to obtain the turbulent part of the spectral width. The turbulent energy dissipation rates determined from the turbulent spectral width vary between 5 and 100 m Wkg-1 in the altitude range of 80-92 km and increase with altitude. These estimations agree well with the in-situ measurements using the CONE sensor which was launched on 3 sounding rockets during the campaign.
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    Optical study of orbital excitations in transition-metal oxides
    (Milton Park : Taylor & Francis, 2005) Rückamp, R.; Benckiser, E.; Haverkort, M.W.; Roth, H.; Lorenz, T.; Freimuth, A.; Jongen, L.; Möller, A.; Meyer, G.; Reutler, P.; Büchner, B.; Revcolevschi, A.; Cheong, S.-W.; Sekar, C.; Krabbes, G.; Grüninger, M.
    The orbital excitations of a series of transition-metal compounds are studied by means of optical spectroscopy. Our aim was to identify signatures of collective orbital excitations by comparison with experimental and theoretical results for predominantly local crystal-field excitations. To this end, we have studied TiOCl, RTiO3 (R = La, Sm and Y), LaMnO3, Y2BaNiO5, CaCu2O3 and K4Cu4OCl10, ranging from early to late transition-metal ions, from t2g to eg systems, and including systems in which the exchange coupling is predominantly three-dimensional, one-dimensional or zero-dimensional. With the exception of LaMnO3, we find orbital excitations in all compounds. We discuss the competition between orbital fluctuations (for dominant exchange coupling) and crystal-field splitting (for dominant coupling to the lattice). Comparison of our experimental results with configuration-interaction cluster calculations in general yields good agreement, demonstrating that the coupling to the lattice is important for a quantitative description of the orbital excitations in these compounds. However, detailed theoretical predictions for the contribution of collective orbital modes to the optical conductivity (e.g. the line shape or the polarization dependence) are required to decide on a possible contribution of orbital fluctuations at low energies, in particular, in case of the orbital excitations at ≈0.25 eV in RTiO3. Further calculations are called for which take into account the exchange interactions between the orbitals and the coupling to the lattice on an equal footing.
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    Kinetic slow mode-type solitons
    (Göttingen : Copernicus GmbH, 2005) Baumgärtel, K.; Sauer, K.; Dubinin, E.
    One-dimensional hybrid code simulations are presented, carried out in order both to study solitary waves of the slow mode branch in an isotropic, collisionless, medium-β plasma (βi=0.25) and to test the fluid based soliton interpretation of Cluster observed strong magnetic depressions (Stasiewicz et al., 200; Stasiewicz, 2004) against kinetic theory. In the simulations, a variety of strongly oblique, large amplitude, solitons are seen, including solitons with Alfvenic polarization, similar to those predicted by the Hall-MHD theory, and robust, almost non-propagating, solitary structures of slow magnetosonic type with strong magnetic field depressions and perpendicular ion heating, which have no counterpart in fluid theory. The results support the soliton-based interpretation of the Cluster observations, but reveal substantial deficiencies of Hall-MHD theory in describing slow mode-type solitons in a plasma of moderate beta.
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    On the two-day oscillations and the day-to-day variability in global 3-D-modeling of the chemical system of the upper mesosphere/mesopause region
    (Göttingen : Copernicus GmbH, 2005) Sonnemann, G.R.; Grygalashvyly, M.
    The integration of the photochemical system of the upper mesosphere/ mesopause region brought evidence that the system is able to respond in a nonlinear manner under certain conditions. Under the action of the diurnallyperiodic insolation, the system creates subharmonic oscillations or chaos if disregarding strong diffusion, and under special conditions it possesses multiple solutions. The models used in the past were simplified and idealized in view of the number of dimensions and the consideration of the full dynamics. On the basis of our global 3-D-model of the dynamics and chemistry of the middle atmosphere (COMMAIAP), we also found a nonlinear response in the photochemistry under realistic conditions. The model under consideration is not yet self-consistent, but the chemical model uses the dynamical fields calculated by the dynamic model. From our calculations we got period-2 oscillations of the photochemical system within confined latitudinal regions around the solstices but not during the equinoxes. The consequence of the period-2 oscillation of the chemical active minor constituents is that a marked two-day variation of the chemical heating rates is an important thermal pumping mechanism. We discuss these findings particularly in terms of the influence of realistic dynamics on the creation of nonlinear effects.
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    Elektronenkorrelation und Dissipationsprozesse in Halbleiterquantenstrukturen, Teilvorhaben: Heteroepitaxie ferromagnetischer Materialien auf III-V Halbleiter für Spininjektion : Schlussbericht
    (Hannover : Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB), 2005) Ploog, Klaus H.; Braun, Wolfgang; Kaganer, Vladimir M.; Jenichen, Bernd; Satapathy, Dillip K.
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    Physik der kleinskaligen Schichten in der oberen Mososphäre: OPOSSUM : Schlussbericht zum Forschungsvorhaben
    (Hannover : Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB), 2005) Lübken, Franz-Josef
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    Einfluss von Grenzflächenphänomenen auf die Funktion organischer Feldeffekttransistoren : Schlussbericht
    (Hannover : Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB), 2005) IFW
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