Excitability threshold

The question now is, what role do the K, L, M,. . . electrons play in generating the K, L, M,. . . series The answer is not obviously predictable from a knowledge of visible or ultraviolet spectra. Neither hydrogen nor helium has a K series, although each has K electrons. Why Because the K series is generated only when the K shell contains a hole that is filled by an electron that leaves one of the outer (L, M,. . . ) shells or the generation of the K series requires (1) the absence of a K electron, (2) the presence of an outer-shell electron whose transition to the K shell is permitted by the selection rules. This picture explains why—no matter what the method of excitation—all K lines have the same excitation threshold so that all K lines appear together if they appear at all. 

Local surface structure and coordination numbers of neighbouring atoms can be extracted from the analysis of extended X-ray absorption fine structures (EXAFS). The essential feature of the method22 is the excitation of a core-hole by monoenergetic photons modulation of the absorption cross-section with energy above the excitation threshold provides information on the distances between neighbouring atoms. A more surface-sensitive version (SEXAFS) monitors the photoemitted or Auger electrons, where the electron escape depth is small ( 1 nm) and discriminates in favour of surface atoms over those within the bulk solid. Model compounds, where bond distances and atomic environments are known, are required as standards. 

For over three decades, laboratory research has shown caffeine to be effective at mobilizing calcium in skeletal muscle. In vitro experiments have amply demonstrated that caffeine lowers the excitability threshold and extends the length of muscular contractions via calcium release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum.1012 Caffeine also inhibits calcium reuptake by the sarcoplasmic reticulum, perpetuating calcium availability for muscle work.1318 Also, caffeine promotes increased twitch tension development in muscles.1718... 

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Automaticity can be defined as the ability of a cell to alter its resting membrane potential toward the excitation threshold without the influence of an external stimulus. The characteristic feature of cells with automaticity is a slow decrease in the membrane potential during diastole (phase 4) such that the membrane potential reaches threshold (Figure 16.2). During phase 4 in these pacemaker cells, the background potassium leak current decreases and an inward depolarizing current (h) is... 

In healthy volunteers, tocainide produced a slight depression in His-Purkinje conduction as well as a slightly delayed enhancement of A-V node conduction during atrial pacing. No significant alterations in heart rate, right ventricular ERP or the excitation thresholds of atrial or ventricular muscle were observed in these subjects. 

As the fluorescence is dependent on the particle sizes (58), a shift of the excitation threshold with the emission wavelength indicates the presence of particles of different sizes in the solution which shows size distribution of the aggregates (41,43). In the case where this excitation spectrum is analogous to the absorption spectrum, the threshold is a measure of the average size of the emitting particles. 

Consider a molecule prepared in the absolute ground state in the absence of the field and subjected to microwave field of frequency . If collided with a structureless atom in the absence of the field and at collision energies below the first excitation threshold, the molecule can undergo only elastic scattering. In the presence of the field, the ground state of the molecule becomes a field-dressed state X). And for every field-dressed state X), there is an infinite number of replica states 2 - A ), lower in energy. The states 2 - A ) and X) are coupled by the anisotropy of the atom-molecule interaction potential, so collisions can induce... 

Calcium chloride Skeletal muscle spasms Calcium stabilizes excitable membranes appears to decrease excitability threshold in peripheral nerves and skeletal muscle 2°/o aqueous solution from positive pole ... 

Positrons exhibit resonance phenomena in collisions with some atomic and molecular targets and, as with electrons, an infinite series of resonances is expected to be associated with each degenerate excitation threshold (Mittleman, 1966). For electrons, such thresholds can only arise with hydrogenic targets, but for positrons there are also degenerate thresholds in the excitation of positronium. Several of these resonances have been identified theoretically for a few simple target systems, but they are too narrow to be observed experimentally with the presently available energy resolution of positron beams. 

Campeanu et al. (1987) also discussed the behaviour of the ionization cross sections for positrons and electrons near to the ionization threshold, but our treatment of this topic is deferred until subsection 5.4.5. Furthermore, in subtracting positronium formation threshold and the first excitation threshold of the helium atom. Their derived cross section appeared to contain a cusp or threshold anomaly around EPs, but more recent experimentation and theoretical analysis has cast some doubt on the existence of a feature of this size in helium. Further discussion of these interesting phenomena is given in Chapters 3 and 4. 

Figure 4.3 S-matrix eigenphases for e -H (nS) scattering below the H(n = 3) excitation threshold. Figure from Ref. [43] (see also Ref. [44]).

Figure 4.4 S-matrix eigenphases for e - He (2S, P) scattering near the He(n = 2) excitation thresholds. The energy is measured from the He (23S) threshold. Taken from Ref. [43].

Electrons are detected at given angles after being photoemitted by polarized synchrotron radiation. The interference in the detected photoemission intensity as a function of electron energy 100 -500 eV above the excitation threshold gives structural information. 

Similar to ARXPS and ARPEFS. The angular variation in the photoemission intensity is measured at a fixed energy above the excitation threshold to provide structural information. 

Monoenergetic photons excite a core hole. The modulation of the absorption cross section with energy at 100 - 500 eV above the excitation threshold yields information on the radial distances to the neighbouring atoms. The cross section can be measured by fluorescence as the core holes decay or by attenuation of the transmitted photon beam. EXAFS is one of the many fine -structure techniques. 

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