Electron captures on nuclei play an essential role for the dynamics of several astrophysical objects. The capture rate can be derived in perturbation theory where allowed nuclear transitions (Gamow-Teller transitions) dominate, except at higher temperatures achieved core-collapse supernovae also forbidden contribute significantly to rates. There has been decisive progress recent years measuring...

The detection of a mixture of nine explosive compounds, including nitrate esters, nitroaromatics, and a nitramine in less than 140 sec is described. The new method employs a commercially available pulsed-discharge electron capture detector (PDECD) coupled with a microbore capillary gas chromatography (GC) column in a standard GC oven to achieve on-column detection limits between 5 and 72 fg for...

We are presenting a set of applications that have been realized with the MO modular wireless motion capture device and a set of software components integrated into Max/MSP. These applications, created in the context of artistic projects, music pedagogy, and research, allow for the gestural reembodiment of recorded sound and music. They demonstrate a large variety of different ”playing technique...