Inductive inference is the process of extracting general rules from specific observations. This problem also arises in the analysis of biological networks, such as genetic regulatory networks, where the interactions are complex and the observations are incomplete. A typical task in these problems is to extract general interaction rules as combinations of Boolean covariates, that explain a measu...

We consider one problem that was largely left open by Rudolf Carnap in his work on inductive logic, the problem of analogical inference. After discussing some previous attempts to solve this problem, we propose a new solution that is based on the ideas of Bruno de Finetti on probabilistic symmetries. We explain how our new inductive logic can be developed within the Carnapian paradigm of induct...

Using a combination of semiclassical and recently developed wave packet propagation techniques we find the quantum self-ionization process of highly excited ions moving in magnetic fields which has its origin in the energy transfer from the center of mass to the electronic motion. It obeys a time scale orders of magnitude larger than the corresponding classical process. Importantly a quantum co...

The paper presents the results of studying catalytic properties “metal-carbon” systems using method surface ionization CsCl molecules. Using Ir-C system as an example, it was shown that poisoning effect same poison (carbon) strongly depends on structure layer formed catalyst. In metals do not form bulk carbides, carbon monolayer completely poisons these metals. It is individual atoms and cluste...

In this paper we formulate a theory for the analysis of resonant enhanced multi photon ionization processes in molecules. Our approach consists of viewing the (n + m) photon ionization process from an isotropic initial state as m -photon ionization out of an oriented, excited state. The orientation in this resonant state, which is reached by n -photon excitation from the initial state, is nonis...

To clarify the ionization mechanism of large molecules under multi-photon ionization conditions, photo-electron spectroscopic studies on anthracene have been performed with electron imaging technique. Electron kinetic energy distributions below a few eV reveal that three kinds of ionization channels coexist, viz., vertical ionization, ionization from Rydberg states, and thermionic hot electron ...

Neutral atoms and clusters desorbed from a solid germanium surface by ion bombardment are detected by laser postionization and time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Two different photoionization schemes are compared which are generally believed to be candidates for the 'soft' ionization of polyatomic species without significant photon induced fragmentation. First, a single photon ionization process...