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Previously, the generalized luminosity was defined and calculated for all incident channels based on an NLC e⁺e^- design. Alternatives were then considered to improve the differing beam-beam effects in the e^-e^-, eγ and γγ channels. Regardless of the channel, there was a large flux of outgoing, high energy photons that were produced from the beam-beam interaction e.g. beamstrahlung that needs to be disposed of and whose flux depended on . One approach to this problem is to consider it a resource and attempt to take advantage of it by disposing of these straight–ahead photons in more useful ways than simply dumping them. While there are many options for monitoring the luminosity, any method that allows feedback and optimization in real time and in a non-intercepting and non-interfering way during normal data taking is extremely important – especially if it provides other capabilities such as high resolution tuning of spot sizes and can be used for all incident channels without essential modifications to their setup. Our "pin-hole" camera appears to be such a device if it can be made to work with high energy photons in ways that are compatible with the many other constraints and demands on space around the interaction region. The basis for using this method is that it has, in principle, the inherent resolution and bandwidth to monitor the very small spot sizes and their stabilities that are required for very high, integrated luminosity. While there are many possible, simultaneous uses of these outgoing photon beams, we limit our discussion to a single, blind, proof-of-principle experiment that was done on the FFTB line at SLAC to certify the concept of a camera obscura for high energy photons.

The two analytical (“mathematical”) probabilistic predictive models considered in this analysis suggest that (1) the nonrandom time-derivative of the long-term mortality rate at a rather arbitrary initial moment of time for a particular type of species of interest can be viewed as a suitable physical or biological criterion, a sort of a figure of merit (FoM), of its long-term viability/survivorship and that (2) this derivative can be determined as the variance of the random mortality rate for the significantly shorter, of course, lifespan of the individual organisms that the type of species as a whole, addressed by the first model, is comprised of. This suggestion is obtained as a modification and extension of and as an “analogy” to a concept that the author developed earlier in application to microelectronics products. So, it is assumed in our approach that the long-term survivorship of a species comprised of numerous individual organisms is analogous to the long-term performance of an electronic product comprised of numerous mass-produced components. In the original research, it was shown that the time-derivative at the initial moment of time of the nonrandom infant mortality portion (IMP) of the bathtub curve (BTC) for an electronic product is, in effect, the variance of the random failure rate (RFR) of the mass-produced components that this product is comprised of, and it is assumed that such an analogy is applicable also to the long-term survivorship of a species comprised of numerous individual organisms. The larger this variance, the shorter is the expected long-term lifetime (survivorship) of the species as a whole. Future work should be focused, first of all, on the verification of the trustworthiness of our basic assumption for different species, including humans, and on the accumulation of statistical data for long-term survivorship of various species and their existing or future habitats, with consideration of the roles of gravity, temperature, level of radiation, attributes of the atmosphere, if any, etc., as well as on calculating lifespan variances for the organisms that the species of interest are comprised of.

The influence of temperature on the dielectric properties of sol-gel routed spin-coated molybdenum trioxide (MoO${}_3)$ thin film has been investigated. Prepared films were annealed at temperatures 250${}^{\circ }$C, 350${}^{\circ }$C and 400${}^{\circ }$C. The phase transformation from amorphous to $\alpha$-orthorhombic phase with preferential orientation (0 2 2) has been found by XRD for the film annealed above 250${}^{\circ }$C. The vibration modes of $\alpha$-orthorhombic MoO₃ have been examined by Raman spectrum. The predominant Raman’s band of $\alpha$-orthorhombic MoO₃ thin film has been found at the frequency range 1000–600cm${}^{-1}$. Using the UV–Vis spectrum, the band gap of the film is found to be 3.3–3.8eV. The surface morphology of the MoO₃ films has been examined by scanning electron microscope. The AC conductivity measurement of the MoO₃ film has been carried out in the frequency range 10–10⁶ Hz. The frequency dependence of the impedance has been plotted in the complex plane. The variation of the capacitance and dielectric constant of MoO₃ film with respect to temperature and frequency has been analyzed. Tunability of capacitance and figure of merit of the film are also determined.