Explicit group USSOR method for solving elliptic partial differential equations

This paper presents a new 4-points Explicit Group Unsymmetric Successive Overrelaxation (USSOR) iterative method to approximate the solution of the linear systems derived from the discretisation of self-adjoint elliptic partial equations. Several studies have been carried out by many researchers on the USSOR iterative method, for example, the analysis of its convergence [1], an upper bound for its error [2] and recently a special case of the USSOR, namely the SSOR method has been used to approximate the solution of augmented systems [4] and [8]. The computational behaviour of this new method and a comparison with its point version is presented

Theory and experiment of the ESR of Co2+^{2+} in Zn2_2 % (OH)PO4_4 and Mg2_2(OH)AsO4_4

Experiments of Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) were performed on Co$$ substituting Zn$^{2+}$ or Mg$^{2+}$ in powder samples of Zn$_2$(OH)PO$_4$ and Mg$_2$(OH)AsO$_4$. The observed resonances are described with a theoretical model that considers the departures from the two perfect structures. It is shown that the resonance in the penta-coordinated complex is allowed, and the crystal fields that would describe the resonance of the Co$^{2+}$ in the two environments are calculated. The small intensity of the resonance in the penta-coordinated complex is explained assuming that this site is much less populated than the octahedral one; this assumption was verified by a molecular calculation of the energies of the two environments, with both Co and Zn as central ions in Zn$_2$(OH)PO$_4$.Comment: 43 pages, LaTex file, 6 figures, EPS. submitted to Journal of Physics Condens

A variant of the AOR method for augmented systems

A variant of the AOR method for augmented system

The explicit group TOR method

The numerical methods for solving partial differential equations have been one of the significant achievements made possible by the digital computers. With the advent of parallel computers, many studies have been performed and a number of new techniques have been investigated in order to develop new methods that are suitable for these computers. One of these techniques is the explicit group iterative methods which have been extensively studied and analysed in the last two decades. The explicit group iterative methods for the numerical solution of self-adjoint elliptic partial differential equations have been introduced (Evans & Biggins, 1982; Yousif & Evans, 1986) and has been shown to be computationally superior in comparison with other iterative methods. These methods were found to be suitable for parallel computers as they possess independent tasks (Evans & Yousif, 1990). Martins, Yousif & Evans (2002) introduced a new explicit 4-points group accelerated overrelaxation (EGAOR) iterative method, a comparison with the point AOR method has shown its computational advantages. The point TOR method was developed and a number of papers related to the TOR method and its convergence have been presented (Kuang & Ji, 1988; Chang, 1996; Chang, 2001; Martins, Trigo & Evans 2003). In this paper, we formulate a new group method from the TOR family, the explicit 4-points group overrrelaxation (EGTOR) iterative method, the derivation of the new method is presented. Numerical experiments have been carried out and the results obtained confirm the superiority of the new method when compared to the point TOR method

Data acquisition electronics and reconstruction software for directional detection of Dark Matter with MIMAC

Directional detection of galactic Dark Matter requires 3D reconstruction of low energy nuclear recoils tracks. A dedicated acquisition electronics with auto triggering feature and a real time track reconstruction software have been developed within the framework of the MIMAC project of detector. This auto-triggered acquisition electronic uses embedded processing to reduce data transfer to its useful part only, i.e. decoded coordinates of hit tracks and corresponding energy measurements. An acquisition software with on-line monitoring and 3D track reconstruction is also presented.Comment: 17 pages, 12 figure