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Figure C 1.5.10. Nonnalized fluorescence intensity correlation function for a single terrylene molecule in p-terjDhenyl at 2 K. The solid line is tire tlieoretical curve. Regions of deviation from tire long-time value of unity due to photon antibunching (the finite lifetime of tire excited singlet state), Rabi oscillations (absorjDtion-stimulated emission cycles driven by tire laser field) and photon bunching (dark periods caused by intersystem crossing to tire triplet state) are indicated. Reproduced witli pennission from Plakhotnik et al [66], adapted from [118].

Because of the long time scale involved in the s-process, unstable nuclides formed by (n.y) reactions have time to decay subsequently by decay (electron emission). The crucial factor in determining the relative abundance of elements... 

Rain in equilibrium with atmospheric C02, but uncontaminated by industrial emissions, should have a pH of 5.7. However, atmospheric pollution from burning fossil fuels has resulted in acid rain of pH as low as 3.5 (24). If this condition continues for a long time, it may lead to a change in groundwater composition, which may considerably change the migration of plutonium in nature. 

In the presence of an alkali salt, strong metal atom emission can be seen both in the emission spectrum and visually. This form of emission is described in detail in Chapter 13. Long-time exposure photographs comparing sonoluminescence and luminol and Na sonochemical luminescence are shown in Fig. 15.5a-c. 

C02 sequestration technology is a viable contender among a set of options to stabilize the atmospheric C02 level over the next few decades (Lackner, 2002). The technical ability to start such a process exists today, but the institutional structures required to reduce C02 emissions are still missing. For hydrogen production, carbon sequestration at the very least will buy time for alternatives to fossil fuels to become competitive. It is, however, equally possible that carbon sequestration removes the major environmental obstacles to the use of fossil fuels in which case it may prove competitive with alternatives for a long time to come. 

The distribution of the annual emissions of PCDD/F in the atmosphere of the F.MFP region in 2001 as compared with their distribution between different environmental compartments by the end of the calculated period is presented in Figure 7. Only 1 % of the annual PCDD/F emissions remains in the atmosphere about 56% are deposited to other media. However, the distribution between media after a long time period is not directly determined by PCDD/Fs depositions in 2001. To a great extent it results from their long-term accumulation in the environment (1970-2001). For example, the annual contribution of PCDD/Fs total emissions to soil is about 47%. However, after a long time period the most part of the total PCDD/Fs content in the environment (about 95%) accumulated in soil due to relatively low degradation rates for this medium. Thus, soil is the main medium-accumulator of PCDD/Fs. 

Investigations on the emission properties of INSs started quite a long time ago, mainly in connection with the X-ray emission from PSRs. In the seventies it was a common wisdom that the radiation emitted by INSs comes directly from their solid crust and is very close to a blackbody. Lenzen and Trumper (1978) and Brinkmann (1980) were the first to address in detail the issue of the spectral distribution of INS surface emission. Their main result was that... 

A distinction should be made between free rotation and hindered rotation. In the case of free rotation, after a (5-pulse excitation the emission anisotropy decays from ro to 0 because the rotational motions of the molecules lead to a random orientation at long times. In the case of hindered rotations, the molecules cannot become randomly oriented at long times, and the emission anisotropy does not decay to zero but to a steady value, r (Figure 5.10). These two cases of free and hindered rotations will now be discussed. 

The actual scope and limitations of chemical analysis of odour show that all problems can be tackled as far as emission is concerned. For immission measurements some progress is necessary, but there is no essential reason why chemical analysis would be unable to attain the desired sensitivity for all types of odorants. There is no doubt that in a few years the last difficulties will be solved. In order to achieve real control of odour nuisance, automatic measurement is necessary on a long time basis. There again some technical development is to be expected. 

However, about this time, a variety of research indicated that even with full implementation of the Montreal Protocol, the atmospheric abundance of chlorine could reach as much as 6-9 ppb between the years 2050 and 2075. This delay is due to the relatively long time between emission of these compounds into the troposphere and when they reach the stratosphere and photolyze to produce an active chlorine atom. Figure 13.1, for example, compares the estimated equivalent effective stratospheric chlorine from 1960 until the year 2100 with no controls and a 3% increase per year in CFC and methylchloroform emissions to those with the controls agreed to in the Montreal Protocol. Equivalent effective stratospheric chlorine loading depends on emissions as well as removal processes, which determine what fraction of the CFCs emitted at the earth s... 

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