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A single open magnetic flux tube spanning the solar photosphere (solar radius R) and the lower corona (R + 10 Mm) is modelled in magnetohydrostatic equilibrium within a realistic stratified atmosphere subject to solar gravity. Such flux…
Photoluminescence and thermally stimulated luminescence of synthetic and natural (morion and smoky) $\alpha$-quartz crystals doped with aluminum and alkali ions were studied. The photoluminescence spectrum is characterized with the main…
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The phenomenological model with three active and three light sterile neutrinos is considered taking into account terrestrial experimental data, which indicate anomalies at short distances beyond the minimally modified Standard Model with…
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