A belt of moonlets in Saturn's A ring

The origin and evolution of planetary rings is one of the prominent unsolved problems of planetary sciences, with direct implications for planet-forming processes in pre-planetary disks. The recent detection of four propeller-shaped features in Saturn's A ring proved the presence of large boulder-sized moonlets in the rings. Their existence favours ring creation in a catastrophic disruption of an icy satellite rather than a co-genetic origin with Saturn, because bodies of this size are unlikely to have accreted inside the rings. Here we report the detection of eight new propeller features in an image sequence that covers the complete A ring, indicating embedded moonlets with radii between 30 m and 70 m. We show that the moonlets found are concentrated in a narrow 3,000-km-wide annulus 130,000 km from Saturn. Compared to the main population of ring particles (radius s < 10 m), such embedded moonlets have a short lifetime with respect to meteoroid impacts. Therefore, they are probably the remnants of a shattered ring-moon of Pan size or larger, locally contributing new material to the older ring. This supports the theory of catastrophic ring creation in a collisional cascade.     

Superallowed Gamow-Teller decay of the doubly magic nucleus 100Sn

The shell structure of atomic nuclei is associated with 'magic numbers' and originates in the nearly independent motion of neutrons and protons in a mean potential generated by all nucleons. During β(+)-decay, a proton transforms into a neutron in a previously not fully occupied orbital, emitting a positron-neutrino pair with either parallel or antiparallel spins, in a Gamow-Teller or Fermi transition, respectively. The transition probability, or strength, of a Gamow-Teller transition depends sensitively on the underlying shell structure and is usually distributed among many states in the neighbouring nucleus. Here we report measurements of the half-life and decay energy for the decay of (100)Sn, the heaviest doubly magic nucleus with equal numbers of protons and neutrons. In the β-decay of (100)Sn, a large fraction of the strength is observable because of the large decay energy. We determine the largest Gamow-Teller strength so far measured in allowed nuclear β-decay, establishing the 'superallowed' nature of this Gamow-Teller transition. The large strength and the low-energy states in the daughter nucleus, (100)In, are well reproduced by modern, large-scale shell model calculations.     

基于立体靶标的摄像机标定方法

为获取视觉测量系统中二维图像到三维空间位置的变换关系,提出一种基于立体靶标的摄像机标定方法.针对无畸变小孔成像模型,使用最小二乘法求解初始投影矩阵后通过LM准则对其优化;根据多张图像对应的投影矩阵,求解摄像机内参数及各相应外参数;引入二阶径向畸变模型,建立理想图像坐标和实际图像坐标间的方程求解初始畸变系数;使用LM准则...     

微生物降解多环芳烃的影响因素及机理研究进展

多环芳烃是一类普遍存在的环境污染物,微生物的降解是PAHs去除的主要途径。介绍了多环芳烃性质及目前国内外研究状况,以及降解多环芳烃的微生物,阐述了三大因素：微生物活性、基质和环境因予等对微生物降解多环芳烃的影响,微生物降解多环芳烃的机理;并对今后的几个研究发展方向进行了展望。     

结构基因组学研究中的亲和接头

运用AHP方法和ANP方法确定企业可持续发展评价指标权重,并比较两种方法对排序结果的影响。研究表明,与AHP的结果比较,ANP方法得出的指标权重趋向均衡化,增强了指标权重的可行性和合理性。运用ANP方法评价企业可持续发展更合理。     

重庆南温泉主题公园湿地植物的选择与配置研究

由于自身的特点,非正式组织在企业中发挥着重要的作用。以往对非正式组织的研究大都集中在如何协调其与企业总体目标的差别方面,很少涉及它与企业员工队伍稳定方面的关系。探讨非正式组织对企业员工队伍的影响,分析了非正式组织对稳定员工队伍的积极作用,同时也指出了其消极的影响,给出了相应的管理建议:创建沟通渠道,弥补正式沟通的不足;重视非正式组织中核心人物的影响;加大对非正式员工的人力资本投入,注重非正式员工的培训和发展机会;合理的绩效评价。     

可挥发性有机化合物废气治理技术及其新进展

从经济学的一般均衡理论角度,分析了政府对食品安全进行监管的有效边界和稳定的均衡条件。需求和供给分析表明,食品安全监管的供给和需求存在一个合理的度,也就是说当食品安全监管供给边界曲线的斜率绝对值大于食品安全监管需求边界曲线的斜率绝对值时,食品安全监管便达到动态稳定均衡。