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Partial L- and M-x-ray production cross sections for Dy, Er and Lu have been systematically measured over the wide projectile-energy range of 3-40 MeV/amu for proton and ³He-ion impact, and values of partial x-ray production cross sections were compared with those predicted by the ECPSSR theory. As the result, it is confirmed that the ECPSSR theory gives consistent ionization cross sections for each subshell in L- and M-shells. It is also found that values of x-ray transition rate are correct for Mα,β and Lα₁₂ lines which are predominant in M and L x-ray spectra, respectively. However, it is pointed out that some of the values of x-ray transition rates must be revised, and improved values were obtained experimentally for the first time.

In this work, we report the results from our spectroscopic study on AlF and AlCl molecules. We carry out detailed electronic structure calculations in both the molecules, including obtaining the potential energy surfaces of the $X^1\mathrm{\Sigma }$ ground electronic state and some of the low-lying excited electronic states belonging to $\mathrm{\Sigma }$ and $\mathrm{\Pi }$ symmetries. This is followed by evaluating the spectroscopic constants and molecular properties such as electric dipole moments and electric quadrupole moments. Throughout, we employ the multi-reference configuration interaction method and work with high-quality quadruple zeta basis sets. Further, transition dipole moments between the ground electronic state and singlet excited states are also studied. The relevant vibrational parameters are computed by solving the vibrational Schrödinger equation. Subsequently, the vibrational energy spacings and transition dipole moments between the vibrational levels belonging to the same electronic states are used to evaluate the spontaneous and black-body radiation-induced transition rates, followed by computing the lifetimes. Finally, the energy differences between rotational levels belonging to different vibrational levels and within an electronic state as well as the Einstein coefficients are reported.

Brownian motors based on electric dipoles interaction are studied. Directed motion is induced by the transitions of the electric dipoles potentials between two states. The stationary probability current of the Brownian motors is evaluated. The current is sensitive to temperature and the values of the transition rates between two states. There are optimal values of temperature and the transition rates for the current, and for a suitable choice of the transition rates the current can be reversed.

The ground-state energy of polaron was obtained with strong electron-LO-phonon coupling by using a variational method of the Pekar type in a parabolic quantum dot (QD). Quantum transition occurred in the quantum system due to the electron–phonon interaction and the influence of temperature. That is, the polaron transits from the ground state to the first excited state after absorbing a LO-phonon. Numerical calculations are performed and the results illustrate the relations of the transition rate of the polaron on the ground-state energy of polaron, the cyclotron frequency parameter, the Coulomb binding parameter, the temperature, the electron-LO-phonon coupling strength and the confinement length of the quantum dot.