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EVALUATION OF THE AEROSOL TYPE EFFECT ON THE SURFACE REFLECTANCE RETRIEVAL USING CHRIS/PROBA IMAGES OVER LAND
Surface reflectance has a central role in the analysis of land surface for a broad variety of agricultural, geological and urban studies. An accurate atmospheric correction, obtained by an appropriate selection of aerosol type and loading, is the first requirement for a reliable surface reflectance estimation. The aerosol type is defined by its micro-physical properties, while the aerosol loading is described by optical thickness at 550 nm. The aim of this work is to evaluate the radiative impact of the aerosol model on the surface reflectance obtained from CHRIS (Compact High Resolution Imaging Spectrometer) hyperspectral data over land by using the specifically developed algorithm CHRIS@CRI (CHRIS Atmospherically Corrected Reflectance Imagery) based on the 6SV radiative transfer model. Five different aerosol models have been used: one provided by the AERONET inversion products (used as reference), three standard aerosol models in 6SV, and one obtained from the output of the GEOS-Chem global chemistry-transport model (CTM). As test case the urban site of Bruxelles and the suburban area of Rome Tor Vergata have been considered. The results obtained encourages the use of CTM in operational retrieval and provides an evaluation of the role of the aerosol model in the atmospheric correction process, considering the different microphysical properties impact
N=1 Super Yang-Mills on the Lattice in the Strong Coupling Limit
We study the N=1 supersymmetric SU(N) Yang-Mills theory on the lattice at
strong coupling. We analyse and discuss the recent results obtained at strong
coupling and large N for the mesonic and fermionic propagators and spectrum.Comment: Latex 3 pages. Contribution to the Lattice99 Proceeding
A kinetic and theoretical study of the borate catalysed reactions of hydrogen peroxide: the role of dioxaborirane as the catalytic intermediate for a wide range of substrates
Our recent work has provided new insights into the equilibria and species that exist in aqueous solution at different pHs for the boric acid – hydrogen peroxide system, and the role of these species in oxidation reactions. Most recently, (M. C. Durrant, D. M. Davies and M. E. Deary, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2011, 9,7249–7254), we have produced strong theoretical and experimental evidence for the existence of a previously unreported monocyclic three membered peroxide species, dioxaborirane, that is the likely catalytic species in borate mediated electrophilic reactions of hydrogen peroxide in alkaline solution. In the present paper, we extend our study of the borate–peroxide system to look at a wide range of substrates that include substituted dimethyl anilines, methyl-p-tolyl sulfoxide, halides, hydrogen sulfide anion, thiosulfate ,thiocyanate, and hydrazine. The unusual selectivity–reactivity pattern of borate catalysed reactions compared with hydrogen peroxide and inorganic or organic peracids previously observed for theorganic sulfides (D. M. Davies, M. E. Deary, K. Quill and R. A. Smith, Chem.–Eur. J., 2005, 11, 3552–3558) is also seen with substituted dimethyl aniline nucleophiles. This provides evidence that the pattern is not due to any latent electrophilic tendency of the organic sulfides and further supports dioxaborirane being the likely reactive intermediate, thus broadening the applicability of this catalytic system. Moreover, density functional theory calculations on our proposed mechanism involving dioxaborirane are consistent with the experimental results for these substrates. Results obtained at high concentrations of both borate and hydrogen peroxide require the inclusion the diperoxodiborate dianion in the kinetic analysis .A scheme detailing our current understanding of the borate–peroxide system is presented
Two loop effective potential for < A^2_\mu > in the Landau gauge in quantum chromodynamics
We construct the effective potential for the dimension two composite operator
1/2 A^{a 2}_\mu in QCD with massless quarks in the Landau gauge for an
arbitrary colour group at two loops. For SU(3) we show that an estimate for the
effective gluon mass decreases as N_f increases.Comment: 17 latex page
Limits on Lorentz Violation from the Highest Energy Cosmic Rays
We place several new limits on Lorentz violating effects, which can modify
particles' dispersion relations, by considering the highest energy cosmic rays
observed. Since these are hadrons, this involves considering the partonic
content of such cosmic rays. We get a number of bounds on differences in
maximum propagation speeds, which are typically bounded at the 10^{-21} level,
and on momentum dependent dispersion corrections of the form v = 1 +-
p^2/Lambda^2, which typically bound Lambda > 10^{21} GeV, well above the Planck
scale. For (CPT violating) dispersion correction of the form v = 1 + p/Lambda,
the bounds are up to 15 orders of magnitude beyond the Planck scale.Comment: 24 pages, no figures. Added references, very slight changes. Version
published in Physical Review
Setting the scale for the Luescher-Weisz action
We study the quark-antiquark potential of quenched SU(3) lattice gauge theory
with the Luescher-Weisz action. After blocking the gauge fields with the
recently proposed hypercubic transformation we compute the Sommer parameter,
extract the lattice spacing a and set the scale at 6 different values of the
gauge coupling in a range from a = 0.084 fm to 0.136 fm.Comment: Remarks and references added, to appear in Phys. Rev.
Field dependent nilpotent symmetry for gauge theories
We construct the field dependent mixed BRST (combination of BRST and
anti-BRST) transformations for pure gauge theories. These are shown to be an
exact nilpotent symmetry of both the effective action as well as the generating
functional for certain choices of the field dependent parameters. We show that
the Jacobian contributions for path integral measure in the definition of
generating functional arising from BRST and anti-BRST part compensate each
other. The field dependent mixed BRST transformations are also considered in
field/antifield formulation to show that the solutions of quantum master
equation remain invariant under these. Our results are supported by several
explicit examples.Comment: 25 pages, No figures, Revte
Testing the self-duality of topological lumps in SU(3) lattice gauge theory
We discuss a simple formula which connects the field-strength tensor to a
spectral sum over certain quadratic forms of the eigenvectors of the lattice
Dirac operator. We analyze these terms for the near zero-modes and find that
they give rise to contributions which are essentially either self-dual or anti
self-dual. Modes with larger eigenvalues in the bulk of the spectrum are more
dominated by quantum fluctuations and are less (anti) self-dual. In the high
temperature phase of QCD we find considerably reduced (anti) self-duality for
the modes near the edge of the spectral gap.Comment: Remarks added, to appear in Phys. Rev. Let
Chiral symmetry restoration and the Z3 sectors of QCD
Quenched SU(3) lattice gauge theory shows three phase transitions, namely the
chiral, the deconfinement and the Z3 phase transition. Knowing whether or not
the chiral and the deconfinement phase transition occur at the same temperature
for all Z3 sectors could be crucial to understand the underlying microscopic
dynamics. We use the existence of a gap in the Dirac spectrum as an order
parameter for the restoration of chiral symmetry. We find that the spectral gap
opens up at the same critical temperature in all Z3 sectors in contrast to
earlier claims in the literature.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
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