Resonance Raman spectroscopyResonance Raman spectroscopy (RR spectroscopy or RRS) is a variant of Raman spectroscopy in which the incident photon energy is close in energy to an electronic transition of a compound or material under examination. This similarity in energy (resonance) leads to greatly increased intensity of the Raman scattering of certain vibrational modes, compared to ordinary Raman spectroscopy. Resonance Raman spectroscopy has much greater sensitivity than non-resonance Raman spectroscopy, allowing for the analysis of compounds with inherently weak Raman scattering intensities, or at very low concentrations.
Theoretical ecologyTheoretical ecology is the scientific discipline devoted to the study of ecological systems using theoretical methods such as simple conceptual models, mathematical models, computational simulations, and advanced data analysis. Effective models improve understanding of the natural world by revealing how the dynamics of species populations are often based on fundamental biological conditions and processes. Further, the field aims to unify a diverse range of empirical observations by assuming that common, mechanistic processes generate observable phenomena across species and ecological environments.
Fluorescence induite par laserLa fluorescence induite par laser est une méthode de diagnostic laser utilisée principalement pour la caractérisation d'écoulements fluides. On l'utilise également en chimie analytique pour le dosage des traces. L'avantage principal réside dans le fait qu'il s'agisse d'une méthode non intrusive, ce qui fait qu'elle est souvent employée pour la recherche en combustion pour la mesure de champs de température dans une flamme ou dans des gouttelettes de combustible.
Quantum vortexIn physics, a quantum vortex represents a quantized flux circulation of some physical quantity. In most cases, quantum vortices are a type of topological defect exhibited in superfluids and superconductors. The existence of quantum vortices was first predicted by Lars Onsager in 1949 in connection with superfluid helium. Onsager reasoned that quantisation of vorticity is a direct consequence of the existence of a superfluid order parameter as a spatially continuous wavefunction.
Macroscopic quantum phenomenaMacroscopic quantum phenomena are processes showing quantum behavior at the macroscopic scale, rather than at the atomic scale where quantum effects are prevalent. The best-known examples of macroscopic quantum phenomena are superfluidity and superconductivity; other examples include the quantum Hall effect and topological order. Since 2000 there has been extensive experimental work on quantum gases, particularly Bose–Einstein condensates. Between 1996 and 2016 six Nobel Prizes were given for work related to macroscopic quantum phenomena.
PhotonLe photon est le quantum d'énergie associé aux ondes électromagnétiques (allant des ondes radio aux rayons gamma en passant par la lumière visible), qui présente certaines caractéristiques de particule élémentaire. En théorie quantique des champs, le photon est la particule médiatrice de l’interaction électromagnétique. Autrement dit, lorsque deux particules chargées électriquement interagissent, cette interaction se traduit d’un point de vue quantique comme un échange de photons.
Ecosystem modelAn ecosystem model is an abstract, usually mathematical, representation of an ecological system (ranging in scale from an individual population, to an ecological community, or even an entire biome), which is studied to better understand the real system. Using data gathered from the field, ecological relationships—such as the relation of sunlight and water availability to photosynthetic rate, or that between predator and prey populations—are derived, and these are combined to form ecosystem models.
