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The paper proposes a scheme of numerical experiment to assess the quality of interpretation of logging signals using a digital model of the oil reservoir, including geological, petrophysical, and physical parameters of the environment and interrelated modeling in the ATLAS MPhM system of physical processes occurring in the near-well space. The confidence intervals of oil saturation obtained as a result of interpretation of noisy synthetic logging curves for models with low and high resistivity are estimated.

Introduction. An insufficient level of structuring and systematization of students' subject knowledge requires the improvement of the educational process, increasing its efficiency. In this regard, the relevance of the research is due to the need to develop new principles and approaches to the construction of the educational content of the school course «Fundamentals of Life Safety» and the development of modern teaching aids for its assimilation. In particular, an attempt was made to create a system of concepts for the subject area of life safety based on the use of a sign-symbolic teaching tool. Materials and Methods. The experimental study covered 412 8th grade schoolchildren in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and Sakhalin region. To assess the current state of the level of knowledge of students and the dynamics of their change as a result of experimental teaching, a questionnaire survey of students in control and experimental classes was carried out. The results obtained were subjected to level analysis according to the method of V. P. Bespalko, in order to establish significant differences in the quality of the subject training of students in the study of the school course «Fundamentals of Life Safety» (Grade 8). To determine the degree of reliability of the results of knowledge assimilation, the Student's t-test was used. Results. It was revealed that the formation of a system of concepts about man-made emergencies by means of mental maps contributes to an increase in the level of subject knowledge of students through their structuring and systematization. The results of the final section at the formative stage of the study demonstrated the effectiveness of training using the developed system of concepts about technogenic emergencies and mental maps (temp = 7.48; p

The roughness of the friction surface of antifriction carbons used in sliding friction units lubricated with water affects the tribotechnical characteristics during the running-in process. This article experimentally substantiates the range of optimal surface roughness formed during mechanical cutting of carbon plastics in terms of tribotechnical efficiency. The results of a series of tribotechnical tests using various methods under various conditions (contact pressure, sliding speed, counterbody materials) are presented. The relationship between the initial roughness and the effectiveness of a running-in coating based on FORUM® polytetrafluoroethylene powder is established.

The article provides an overview of the problems of developing professional requirements for candidates for managerial positions in the field of digital business transformation and the introduction of innovative technologies into enterprise processes, currently united under the general name "Industry 4.0", and also developed general requirements that can be taken as a basis when developing professional standards.

The development of radiation-resistant microcontroller technology opened new possibilities for controlling the flywheel engine and, consequently, the whole spacecraft. The lack of import-independent flywheel engine having the advanced capabilities as compared with domestic and foreign analogs made it necessary to develop a new generation of flywheel engines with digital microcontroller-based control at JSC Corporation VNIIEM. Such a flywheel engine is being developed as a fast-acting actuator of the orientation and stabilization system of a high-dynamic spacecraft (the maximum control moment of the new flywheel engine is 1 N·m). Such features of creating digital microcontroller-based control of a new flywheel engine as organizing the flywheel engine rotor rate feedback, consideration of the basic control modes of the flywheel engine and options for reaching the required rotor rate of the flywheel engine, as well as self-diagnostics not only controlling but automatically updating the diagnosed parameters of the flywheel engine are given in this article. Key words: flywheel engine, digital control, microcontroller-based control, JSC Corporation VNIIEM.

The GALILEO γ -ray spectrometer has been constructed at the Legnaro National Laboratory of INFN (LNL-INFN). It can be coupled to advanced ancillary devices which allows nuclear structure studies employing the variety of in-beam γ -ray spectroscopy methods. Such studies benefit from reactions induced by the intense stable beams delivered by the Tandem-ALPI-PIAVE accelerator complex and by the radioactive beams which will be provided by the SPES facility. In this paper we outline two experiments performed within the experimental campaign at GALILEO coupled to the EUCLIDES Si-ball and the Neutron Wall array. The first one was aimed at spectroscopic studies in A=31 mirror nuclei and the second one at measurements of lifetimes of excited states in nuclei in the vicinity of 100 Sn.

Objects of personal devotion originating from archaeological excavations of ancient Russian monuments are of great importance for analyzing the history of the development of artistic thought, understanding Christian images and the ways of their distribution. Serial popular objects that evoke dimitation and served as master models for secondary castings indicate the formation and spread of the all-Russian traditions of honoring certain saints. The earliest and reliably dated icons-pendants with mounted St. George were found in Novgorod, which, perhaps, was the center from where they spread across the territory of North and West Russia, up to Latgale and Eastern Poland.Pendants with the composition “The Dormition of the Virgin Mary” on one side also belong to rather mass types of ancient Russian devotional objects. It was believed that they were associated with the Dormition Cathedral in Vladimir, erected in the middle of the 12th century by Prince Andrei Bogoliubsky. New finds of alarge series of similar medallions on the territory of Ukraine cast doubt on the existence of a single center for their production, which was located in Northeast Russia. The distribution of personal devotional objects in the Old Russian territory clearly reflects the existence of both common traditions that overcame internal and external borders, as well as local cults.

The lifetime of the 2(+) and 9(-), 11(-), 13(-), 15(-) states in the neutron-deficient Te-110 was measured for the first time using the recoil distance Doppler shift technique. The reported value of the reduced transition probability B(E2; 0(g.s)(+) -> 2(+)) = 4.3(8) x 10(3) e(2) f m(4) supports the systematic for even-mass Te isotopes and was interpreted g.s in the framework of the large-scale shell model and cranked shell model calculations. The measured reduced transition probabilities in the negative-parity yrast band revealed the upward trend towards the high spins. The enhanced collectivity is discussed in terms of the tilted axis cranking approach and the symmetry configuration mixing method with the Gogny D1S interaction., DoE [DE-FG02-95ER4093]; Spanish MICINN [PGC2018-094583-B-I00], The authors would like to thank the technical staff of the LNL Legnaro facility for their assistance in providing excellent operation of the XTU-tandem accelerator. The authors wish to acknowledge the support of local engineers P. Cocconi and R. Isocrate. The work was partially supported by the DoE Grant No. DE-FG02-95ER4093 and Spanish MICINN Grant No. PGC2018-094583-B-I00.

The paper presents the results of comparative studies of TiCrNiN and TiCrMoNiN coatings deposited on X20Cr13 steel used in the manufacture of bearings for friction units of ship mechanisms operating in a friction pair with carbon fiber reinforced plastic. Using of the investigated coatings significantly improves the resistance of the product to corrosion in seawater.

The paper presents the results of comparative studies of Ti-Al-N and Ti-Al-N-Ni coatings deposited on 20H13 (DIN 1.4021) steel, used as bearings in shipbuilding and working in a friction pair with UGET (carbon epoxy fabric) carbon plastic. It was found that the addition of nickel into the coatings composition significantly improves the corrosion resistance of the coatings in sea water. The study of tribological characteristics indicates an increased wear of steel and Ti-Al-N coating, determined by the corrosion destruction of the samples, which accompanies the process of friction

Different thermal hysteresis processes associated with macroobjects have been analyzed using heating and cooling thermograms with regard to liquid–solid phase transformations. Two types of thermal hysteresis for equilibrium and nonequilibrium crystallizations have been revealed. The paths of Gibbs energy variation are shown for both cases.

This article is devoted to addressing the relevant problem of designing a hardware-software package to monitor hydraulic installations. The concept of the hardware-software package architecture provides for the integration of mathematical models of structures and structure foundations with data from information-diagnostic systems.

At Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) and Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), we have measured the losses and depolarization probabilities of ultracold neutrons on various materials: (i) nickel-molybdenum alloys with weight percentages of 82/18, 85/15, 88/12, 91/9, and 94/6 and natural nickel Ni100, (ii) nickel-vanadium NiV93/7, (iii) copper, and (iv) deuterated polystyrene (dPS). For the different samples, storage-time constants up to $\ensuremath{\sim}460\phantom{\rule{0.16em}{0ex}}\mathrm{s}$ were obtained at room temperature. The corresponding loss parameters for ultracold neutrons, $\ensuremath{\eta}$, varied between $1.0\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}4}$ and $2.2\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}4}$. All $\ensuremath{\eta}$ values are in agreement with theory except for dPS, where anomalous losses at room temperature were established with four standard deviations. The depolarization probabilities per wall collision $\ensuremath{\beta}$ measured with unprecedented sensitivity varied between $0.7\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}6}$ and $9.0\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}6}$. Our depolarization result for copper differs from other experiments by 4.4 and 15.8 standard deviations. The $\ensuremath{\beta}$ values of the paramagnetic NiMo alloys over molybdenum content show an increase of $\ensuremath{\beta}$ with increasing Mo content. This is in disagreement with expectations from literature. Finally, ferromagnetic behavior of NiMo alloys at room temperature was found for molybdenum contents of 6.5 at.% or less and paramagnetic behavior for more than 8.7 at.%. This may contribute to solving an ambiguity in literature.

Complications, which led to the need of re-operations in the patients with previously correction of congenital septal defects, are analyzed in this paper. Indications for re-operations, their immediate and long term results are considered. Approaches to the problem of the choice of tactics in the case of different complications after initial correction of congenital septal defect of the heart are considered as well. Having diagnosed re-canalization of septal defect requires not always need to re-intervention. The presence of a severe deficiency on the mitral or aortic valve (in particular, the existence of fenestration of the valves of the aortic valve) is almost always an indication for re-operation. Infective endocarditis as one of the significant causes for re-operations is considered in this paper. At the same time, this investigation didn’t reveal a single case of re-operation concerning any severe arhythmias, which required surgical operation. The investigation demonstrates the good immediate and long term results of re-operations in given group of patients. The complications required re-operation after correction of septal defects for more than 15 years didn’t note. This was the result of analysis of mistakes made, and also "the surgeon is an independent" complications.

Using thermal analysis, we have constructed the phase diagram of the crystalline hydrate system Na2CO3 · 10H2O-Na2S2O3 · 5H2O, which has been shown to have eutectic phase relationships. The eutectic composition is 27 wt % Na2CO3 · 10H2O + 73 wt % Na2S2O3 · 5H2O, and the eutectic temperature is Te = −0.92°C. We have determined the enthalpy of fusion of the alloys in this system and evaluated the activities of their components both at the liquidus temperatures and in metastable regions. The composition dependences of the above thermodynamic characteristics are shown to correlate with each other and to have extreme values at the eutectic composition. The results obtained lead us to recommend the eutectic mixture of the crystalline hydrates in this system as a heat storage material.

Coupled geomechanic and fluid flow analysis is applied to develop theoretical and experimental background for geosteering and well logging to diagnose the state of near-wellbore formation and oil reservoir. The suggested methods of processing EM induction (VIKIZ) and Russian laterolog (RLL) resistivity responses account for effects of stress-dependent fluid flow changes. The geomechanic and fluid-flow effects on resistivity well logs are investigated for the case of asymmetric invasion and related irreversible deformation. Ways of taking into account stress-dependent effects on resistivity logs are developed on the basis of 3D modeling of geomechanic and electromagnetic fields.

The paper presents the ophthalmological diagnostic complex based on slit lamp, equipped with equipment for laser pa-nretinal photocoagulation. Pre-existing principle of construction of the ophthalmologic lasers involves a cascade of work of waves of different length, while in the new version of the device the ability to use two waves simultaneously and implementation of adjustment of the intensity of each wavelength. Pattern-scanning laser ophthalmo-coagulator works at two wavelengths 532 nm and 810 nm. Use of multi-waves laser source expands the range of possible applications in the treatment of retinal diseases. Medical-diagnostic complex is intended for stereoscopic observation, investigation of the anterior segment of the eyeball, lens, retina in medical, medical-preventive and research medical institutions and private clinics. This device allows to effectively conduct operations as pattern retinal laser photo-coagulation and laser trabeculoplasty green laser, and transpupilar thermotherapy of choroidal neovascularization, transcleral retinal photocoagulation and ciliary body by means of infrared (IR) laser. In the multi-colored photocoagulator, the technologies of "automatic positioning of the field of coagulation"(PASCAL) are used. The paper discusses the technical features of the instrument and its development prospects.

Polarization of 3He gas by means of optical pumping is well known since the early 1960s with first applications in fundamental physics. Some thirty years later it was discovered, that one can use hyperpolarized 3He as contrast agent for magnetic resonance imaging of the lung. The wide interest in this new method made it necessary to find ways of polarizing 3He in large quantities with high polarization degrees. A high performance polarizing facility has been developed at the University of Mainz, designed for centralized production of hyperpolarized 3He gas. We present the Mainz concept as well as some examples of numerous applications of spin polarized 3He in fundamental research and medical applications.

We discuss the design and performance of a very sensitive low-field magnetometer based on the detection of free spin precession of gaseous, nuclear polarized 3He or 129Xe samples with a SQUID as magnetic flux detector. Characteristic spin precession times $T_2^\ast$ of up to 115 h were measured in low magnetic fields (about 1 μT) and in the regime of motional narrowing. With the detection of the free precession of co-located 3He/129Xe nuclear spins (clock comparison), the device can be used as ultra-sensitive probe for non-magnetic spin interactions, since the magnetic dipole interaction (Zeeman-term) drops out in the weighted frequency difference, i.e., Δω = ω He − γ He /γ Xe ·ω Xe . We report on searches for Lorentz violating signatures by monitoring the Larmor frequencies of co-located 3He/129Xe spin samples as the laboratory reference frame rotates with respect to distant stars (sidereal modulation).

We performed a search for a Lorentz-invariance- and CPT-violating coupling of the $^3$He and $^{129}$Xe nuclear spins to posited background fields. Our experimental approach is to measure the free precession of nuclear spin polarized $^3$He and $^{129}$Xe atoms using SQUID detectors. As the laboratory reference frame rotates with respect to distant stars, we look for a sidereal modulation of the Larmor frequencies of the co-located spin samples. As a result we obtain an upper limit on the equatorial component of the background field $\tilde{b}^n_{\bot}< 8.4 \cdot 10^{-34}$ GeV (68\% C.L.). Furthermore, this technique was modified to search for an electric dipole moment (EDM) of $^{129}$Xe., Presented at the Seventh Meeting on CPT and Lorentz Symmetry, Bloomington, Indiana, June 20-24, 2016

We consider theoretical motivations to search for extra short-range fundamental forces as well as experiments constraining their parameters. The forces could be of two types: 1) spin-independent forces; 2) spin-dependent axion-like forces. Different experimental techniques are sensitive in respective ranges of characteristic distances. The techniques include measurements of gravity at short distances, searches for extra interactions on top of the Casimir force, precision atomic and neutron experiments. We focus on neutron constraints, thus the range of characteristic distances considered here corresponds to the range accessible for neutron experiments.

International audience; We describe the status of the new measurement of the neutron electric dipole moment (nEDM) to be performed at the strong source of ultra-cold neutrons at the Paul Scherrer Institut. The experimental technique is based on Ramsey's method of separated oscillatory fields, applied to UCN stored in vacuum in a chamber at room temperature. Our approach is performed in three phases: in phase one, new components have been developed and tested at the Institut Laue-Langevin. Phase two is being performed at PSI, where the apparatus was moved in 2009. Here, together with the optimization of the magnetic environment, the prospective UCN density of not, vert, similar 100 cm-3 should enable an improvement of the currently best limit by a factor of five within two years of data taking. In the third phase, a new spectrometer will then gain another order of magnitude in sensitivity. The improvements will be mainly due to (1) much higher UCN intensity, (2) improved magnetometry and magnetic field control, and (3) a double chamber configuration with opposite electric field directions.

International audience; The effort towards a new measurement of the neutron electric dipole moment (nEDM) at the Paul Scherrer Institut's (PSI) new high intensity source of ultracold neutrons (UCN) is described. The experimental technique relies on Ramsey's method of separated oscillatory fields, using UCN in vacuum with the apparatus at ambient temperature. In the first phase, R&D towards the upgrade of the RAL/Sussex/ILL apparatus is being performed at the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL). In the second phase the apparatus, moved from ILL to PSI, will allow an improvement in experimental sensitivity by a factor of 5. In the third phase, a new spectrometer should gain another order of magnitude in sensitivity. The improvements will be mainly due to (1) much higher UCN intensity, (2) improved magnetometry and magnetic field control, and (3) a double chamber configuration with opposite electric field directions.

To investigate the structure of two-neutron halo we propose an experimental method of studying neutron-neutron correlations by measuring reactions induced by halo projectile in nuclear photoemulsions. The obtained preliminary data on interaction of halo nucleus 6 He with hydrogen are compared with results of simple kinematical calculations for the reaction of quasi-free scattering of proton by the clusters existing in halo nucleus 6 He .

The neutron decay spectrometera SPECT has been built to perform a precise measurement of the proton spectrum shape in the decay of free neutrons. Such a measurement allows a determination of the neutrino electron angular-correlation coefficienta . The present best experiments have an uncertainty of Δa/a = 5% and since the seventies there is no substantial improvement. Witha SPECT, we aim for an uncertainty which is lower by more than an order of magnitude, thus enabling us to perform several precise tests of the Standard Model. In our first beam time at the particle physics beam MEPHISTO at the Forschungsneutronenquelle Heinz Maier-Leibnitz, we studied the properties of the spectrometer. The most serious problem turned out to be the situation- and time-dependent behavior of the background. From the data sets from this beam time in which a background problem was not obvious, we could extract a value ofa = - 0.1151±0.0040stat , but we could not quantify the background uncertainty. We show ways to deal with the background and other problems for future beam times.

The production rates of ultracold neutrons (UCN) with a solid deuterium converter have been measured at the pulsed reactor TRIGA Mainz. Exposed to a thermal neutron fluence of $\ensuremath \sim 1\cdot 10^{13}$ n·cm^-2·pulse^-1, the number of detected very cold and ultracold neutrons ranges up to 200 000 at 7mol of solid deuterium (sD2) in combination with a pre-moderator (mesitylene). About 50% of the measured neutrons can be assigned to UCN with energies E of $\ensuremath V_{\rm F}({\rm sD}_2)\leq E \leq V_{\rm F}{\rm (guide)}$ where V F(sD 2) = 105 neV and V F(guide) = 190 neV are the Fermi potentials of the sD2 converter and our stainless steel neutron guides, respectively. Thermal cycling of solid deuterium, which was frozen out from the gas phase, considerably improved the UCN yield, in particular at higher amounts of sD2.

The apparatus described here, aSPECT, will be used for a measurement of the neutrino-electron angular correlation coefficient a in the decay of free neutrons. The idea of the aSPECT spectrometer is to measure the integrated proton energy spectrum very accurately using an energy filter by electrostatic retardation and magnetic adiabatic collimation. The main ideas of the spectrometer are presented, followed by an explanation of the adiabatic transmission function. Details of the superconducting coil and of the electrode system are given, as well as a discussion of the most important systematic effects: magnetic field and electrostatic potential inhomogeneities, deviation from adiabatic motion, scattering in the residual gas, background, Doppler effect, edge effect, and detector efficiency. Using this spectrometer, the parameter a is planned to be measured with an absolute experimental uncertainty of δa ≈ 3 . 10-4, from which the axial vector to vector coupling constant ratio λ can be determined with an accuracy of δλ ≈ 0.001.

The Meiothermus ruber alkaline phosphatase gene was cloned, expressed in Escherichia coli cells, and sequenced. The enzyme precursor, including the putative signal peptide, was shown to consist of 503 residues (deduced molecular mass 54,229 Da). The recombinant enzyme showed the maximal activity at 60–65°C, pH 11.0, KM = 0.055 mM with p-nitrophenyl phosphate. The enzyme proved to be moderately thermostable, retaining 50% activity after 6 h incubation at 60°C and being completely inactivated in 2 h at 80°C. In substrate specificity assays, the highest activity was observed with p-nitrophenyl phosphate and dATP. Vanadate, inorganic phosphate, and SDS were inhibitory, while thiol-reducing agents had virtually no effect. The enzyme activity strongly depended on exogenous Mg2+ and declined in the presence of EDTA.

First and preliminary results of an experiment aimed at measuring g -factors of isomeric states in neutron-rich nuclei in the vicinity of 68 Ni are reported. Isomers near the predicted N =40 sub-shell closure in 69 Cu, 67 Ni and 66 Co have been populated in the fragmentation of a 76 Ge, 61.4 MeV/u beam onto a 145 mg/cm 2 9 Be target at GANIL. Here we report the results for the 357(2) ns, I π =13/2 + isomer in 69 Cu for which a preliminary gyromagnetic ratio of | g |=0.195(9) was derived. The Larmor precession of the spin-oriented isomeric ensemble was measured by recording γ –ion correlations in a 20 μs time window. This pioneering experiment has indicated interesting nuclear structure information and shows promising possibilities for future studies of this kind.

The performance of the solid deuterium ultra-cold neutron source at the pulsed reactor TRIGA Mainz with a maximum peak energy of 10 MJ is described. The solid deuterium converter with a volume of V=160 cm3 (8 mol), which is exposed to a thermal neutron fluence of 4.5x10^13 n/cm2, delivers up to 550 000 UCN per pulse outside of the biological shield at the experimental area. UCN densities of ~ 10/cm3 are obtained in stainless steel bottles of V ~ 10 L resulting in a storage efficiency of ~20%. The measured UCN yields compare well with the predictions from a Monte Carlo simulation developed to model the source and to optimize its performance for the upcoming upgrade of the TRIGA Mainz into a user facility for UCN physics.

We report on the search for a $CPT$- and Lorentz-invariance-violating coupling of the $^{3}\mathrm{He}$ and $^{129}\mathrm{Xe}$ nuclear spins (each largely determined by a valence neutron) to posited background tensor fields that permeate the Universe. Our experimental approach is to measure the free precession of nuclear spin polarized $^{3}\mathrm{He}$ and $^{129}\mathrm{Xe}$ atoms in a homogeneous magnetic guiding field of about 400 nT using ${\mathrm{LT}}_{C}$ SQUIDs as low-noise magnetic flux detectors. As the laboratory reference frame rotates with respect to distant stars, we look for a sidereal modulation of the Larmor frequencies of the colocated spin samples. As a result we obtain an upper limit on the equatorial component of the background field interacting with the spin of the bound neutron ${\stackrel{\texttildelow{}}{b}}_{\ensuremath{\perp}}^{\mathrm{n}}l8.4\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}34}\text{ }\text{ }\mathrm{GeV}$ (68% C.L.). Our result improves our previous limit (data measured in 2009) by a factor of 30 and the world's best limit by a factor of 4.

The precise knowledge of the neutron polarisation is needed in tests of the electroweak Standard Model using angular correlations in polarised neutron beta decay. We performed an experimental comparison study of two different methods of polarisation analysis of a cold neutron beam which are based on spin-dependent reflection, respectively, transmission. The compared devices are a supermirror analyser used in prior neutron decay studies and an opaque transmission spin filter of either polarised 3 He or polarised protons. The results of the neutron polarisation measured with the supermirror analyser and with the spin filter coincided in three different experiments within 0.1–0.2%.

We report on a 3He-magnetometer capable of detecting tiny magnetic "eld #uctuations of less than 10~14 Ti n experiments for measuring the electric dipole moment (EDM) of the neutron. It is based on the Ramsey technique of separated oscillating "elds and uses nuclear spin-polarized 3He gas which is stored in two vessels of

To estimate the probability of two-neutron configurations in halo nuclei, we propose an experimental method of studying neutron-neutron correlations at periphery of such nuclei by measuring two-neutron transfer reaction. The experimental study of 6He + A ↦ 4He + B for various targets is performed using 6He beam of Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions (JINR, Dubna) at energy of about 15 MeV/u and technique of nuclear photoemulsions. Searching for events of two-nucleon transfer reaction and their processing is performed using the PAVICOM-setup at P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute.

A Coulomb excitation experiment has been performed in order to study the subshell closure atN = 40 for neutron-rich nuclei. This subshell effect is thought to be enhanced when largeN/Z ratios are encountered. Therefore, theZ = 2868Ni is of particular interest in order to test this behaviour. Some experimental information is already available for68Ni at low excitation energy: a 0+ 2 isomer, a 2+ state and a long-lived 5- state. The high energy of the 2+ state suggests the shell closure though its reduced transition probabilityB(E2) has never been mesured. The nuclei68Ni,70,72Zn,76Ge have been produced in the fragmentation of a86Kr beam at 60 MeV/A. The selection of these secondary beams has been performed by LISE3 spectrometer at GANIL. Performances of the detector system “Château de Cristal” and preliminary results on reduced transition probabilitiesB(E2) are presented and discussed.

A method of fast stabilization of the magnetic resonance in a magnetic resonance spectrometer has been developed and tested. The source of the oscillatory field is the synthesizer which frequency follows variations of the average magnetic field in spectrometer. To search for the neutron electric dipole moment in the experimental setup under unfavorable conditions in the reactor experimental hall a stability of the magnetic resonance has been achieved that is equivalent to a magnetic field stability at the level of ≈ 2.5 × 10 −12 T per 6 min in a volume of about 501 with an electric field of 1.5 MV/m.

Expérience GANIL E521aS/SPIRAL; International audience; The unbound nucleus $^{18}$Na, the intermediate nucleus in the two-proton radioactivity of $^{19}$Mg, was studied by the measurement of the resonant elastic scattering reaction $^{17}$Ne(p,$^{17}$Ne)p performed at 4 A.MeV. Spectroscopic properties of the low-lying states were obtained in a R-matrix analysis of the excitation function. Using these new results, we show that the lifetime of the $^{19}$Mg radioactivity can be understood assuming a sequential emission of two protons via low energy tails of $^{18}$Na resonances.