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Continental breakup represents the successful process of rifting and thinning of the continental lithosphere, leading to plate rupture and initiation of oceanic crust formation. Magmatism during breakup seems to follow a path of either excessive, transient magmatism (magma-rich margins) or of igneous starvation (magma-poor margins). The latter type is characterized by extreme continental lithospheric extension and mantle exhumation prior to igneous oceanic crust formation. Discovery of magma-poor margins has raised fundamental questions about the onset of ocean-floor type magmatism, and has guided interpretation of seismic data across many rifted margins, including the highly extended northern South China Sea margin. Here we report International Ocean Discovery Program drilling data from the northern South China Sea margin, testing the magma-poor margin model outside the North Atlantic. Contrary to expectations, results show initiation of Mid-Ocean Ridge basalt type magmatism during breakup, with a narrow and rapid transition into igneous oceanic crust. Coring and seismic data suggest that fast lithospheric extension without mantle exhumation generated a margin structure between the two endmembers. Asthenospheric upwelling yielding Mid-Ocean Ridge basalt-type magmatism from normal-temperature mantle during final breakup is interpreted to reflect rapid rifting within thin pre-rift lithosphere.

We investigate the three-body Coulomb breakup reactions of two-neutron halo nuclei and discuss the effect of binary subsystem correlations such as of core-n and n-n. We furthermore calculate the invariant mass spectra. It is found that the final-state interactions of core-n and n-n binary subsystems dominantly determine the observed structures of the breakup cross sections, such as the low-lying enhancements.

For the study of three nucleon force (3NF) effects in the intermediate energy region, the differential cross sections and the vector analyzing power A sub( y) were measured for the super(2)H(p, n) inclusive breakup reaction at 170 MeV. The polarized proton beam of 170 MeV was injected to the deuterated polyethylene (CD sub(2)) target and the energy of scattered neutrons were deduce by TOF method. The data was compared with the results of the Faddeev calculations with and without 3NFs. Concerning about the differential cross sections, we can see large discrepancies between the data and the calculations in the region where the energies of scattered neutrons are low, which are similar to the results of the super(2)H(p, p) inclusive breakup reaction at 250 MeV.

Deuteron breakup differential cross sections and analyzing powers for d + p scattering at E sub(d) = 16 and 130 MeV are examined using the energy-independent quark-model nucleon-nucleon interaction fss2. The Coulomb effect is incorporated by the sharp cut-off Coulomb force, acting between quarks, without the phase-shift renormalization for the breakup amplitudes. Our results are very similar to those by the meson-exchange potentials, including disagreement for some specific kinematical configurations. The accurate and systematic KVI data at E sub(d) = 130 MeV are reasonably reproduced by taking the Coulomb cut-off radius rho greater than or equal to 16 fm.

Low density states near the 3 alpha and 4 alpha breakup thresholds in super(12)C and super(16)O, respectively, are discussed in terms of the alpha -particle condensation. Calculations are performed in Orthogonality Condition Model and Tohsaki-Horiuchi-Schuck-Ropke approaches. The $${0_2 registered }$$ state in super(12)C and the $${0_6 registered }$$ state in super(16)O are shown to have dilute density structures and give strong enhancement of the occupation of the S-state c.o.m. orbital of the alpha -particles. The possibility of the existence of alpha -particle condensed states in heavier n alpha nuclei is also discussed.

The effects of three-nucleon force (3NF) has been actively studied by using the nucleon-deuteron (Nd) scattering states. The differential cross sections of the elastic Nd scattering at the energy below 150 MeV can be well reproduced by incorporating 3NF in the Faddeev calculation based on modern nucleon-nucleon (NN) interactions. On the other hand, the differential cross sections of Nd elastic and inelastic scatterings at 250 MeV show large discrepancies between the data and the Faddeev calculations with 3NF. It indicates the presence of the missing features of the three nucleon system at this energy region. For the systematic study about the energy dependence of this large discrepancies, we measured the differential cross sections and the vector analyzing power A sub(y) for the super(2)H(p, n) inclusive breakup reaction at 170 MeV. The experiment was carried out at RCNP by detecting scattered neutrons by using the neutron detector NPOL3. The data was compared with the results of the Faddeev calculations with and without the 3NF.

Women are often viewed as more romantic than men, and romantic relationships are assumed to be more central to the lives of women than to those of men. Despite the prevalence of these beliefs, some recent research paints a different picture. Using principles and insights based on the interdisciplinary literature on mixed-gender relationships, we advance a set of four propositions relevant to differences between men and women and their romantic relationships. We propose that relative to women: (a) men expect to obtain greater benefits from relationship formation and thus strive more strongly for a romantic partner, (b) men benefit more from romantic relationship involvement in terms of their mental and physical health, (c) men are less likely to initiate breakups, and (d) men suffer more from relationship dissolution. We offer theoretical explanations based on differences between men and women in the availability of social networks that provide intimacy and emotional support. We discuss implications for friendships in general and friendships between men and women in particular.

The breakup of droplets in a high-speed air stream is investigated experimentally and theoretically. This study is based on experiments conducted by exposing pendant droplets to a high-speed air jet, which allowed for imaging of the droplets at high temporal and spatial resolutions while maintaining a large field of view to capture the breakup process. Two factors of primary importance in droplet breakup are the breakup morphology and the resulting child droplet sizes. However, benchmark models have erroneous assumptions that impede the prediction of both morphology and breakup size and give non-physical geometries. The present theoretical work focuses on the ‘internal flow’ hypothesis, which suggests that the droplet's internal flow governs its breakup. The breakup process is subdivided into four stages: droplet deformation, rim formation, rim expansion and rim breakup. The internal flow mechanism is used to mathematically model the first two stages. The rim expansion is related to the growth of bags, while its breakup is shown to be due to Rayleigh–Plateau capillary instability. It is found that the breakup morphology is related to the division of the droplet into a disk that forms on the windward face and the undeformed droplet core. The amount of the droplet volume contained in the undeformed core decides the breakup morphology. Using this framework, it is shown that a three-step calculation can give an improved prediction of child drop sizes and morphology.

We develop a phase-field multiphase lattice Boltzmann model to systematically investigate the dynamic behaviour of a droplet passing through a microfluidic T-junction, especially focusing on the non-breakup of the droplet. Detailed information on the breakup and non-breakup is presented, together with the quantitative evolutions of driving and resistance forces as well as the droplet deformation characteristics involved. Through comparisons between cases of non-breakup and breakup, we find that the appearance of tunnels (the lubricating film between droplet and channel walls) provides a precondition for the final non-breakup of droplets, which slows down the droplet deformation rate and even induces non-breakup. The vortex flow formed inside droplets plays an important role in determining whether they break up or not. In particular, when the strength of vortex flow exceeds a critical value, a droplet can no longer break up. Additionally, more effort has been devoted to investigating the effects of viscosity ratio between disperse and continuous phases and width ratio between branch and main channels on droplet dynamic behaviours. It is found that a large droplet viscosity results in a small velocity gradient in a droplet, which restricts vortex generation and thus produces lower deformation resistance. Consequently, it is easier to break up a droplet with larger viscosity. Our work also reveals that a droplet in small branch channels tends to obstruct the channels and have small vortex flows, which induces easier breakup too. Eventually, several phase diagrams for droplet flow patterns are provided, and the corresponding power-law correlations ( $l_{0}/w=\\unicode[STIX]{x1D6FD}Ca^{b}$ , where $l_{0}/w$ is dimensionless initial droplet length and $Ca$ is capillary number) are fitted to describe the boundaries between different flow patterns.

The size distribution of child droplets resulting from a dual-bag fragmentation of a water drop is investigated using shadowgraphy and digital in-line holography techniques. It is observed that parent drop fragmentation contributes to the atomisation of tiny child droplets, whereas core drop disintegration predominantly results in larger fragments. Despite the complexity associated with dual-bag fragmentation, we demonstrate that it exhibits a bi-modal size distribution. In contrast, the single-bag breakup undergoes a tri-modal size distribution. We employ the analytical model developed by Jackiw & Ashgriz (J. Fluid Mech., vol. 940, 2022, A17) for dual-bag fragmentation that convincingly predicts the experimentally observed droplet volume probability density. We also estimate the temporal evolution of child droplet production in order to quantitatively illustrate the decomposition into initial and core breakups. Furthermore, we confirm that the analytical model adequately predicts the droplet size distribution for a range of Weber numbers.