270 research outputs found
Experimental Investigation of Viscosity of Glycerol Based Nanofluids Containing Carbon Nanotubes
The addition of solid nanoparticles to liquids provide significant enhancement of heat transfer and hydrodynamic flow. The viscosity of nanofluids is important for nanofluid transport related to flow dynamics and heat transfer. The aim of the paper is to investigate experimentally the viscosity of nanofluids prepared with glycerol base and nitrogen-doped bamboo shaped multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs). The samples are prepared with 0.1, 0.2, 0.5 and 1.0 wt.% MWCNTs. The viscosity of glycerol and MWCNTs nanofluid suspensions are measured at various temperatures and rotational speeds (shear rates). The influence of nanotubes amount, temperature and rotational speed on the viscosity is investigated
Revealing the pulsational properties of the V777 Her star KUV 05134+2605 by its long-term monitoring
Context: KUV 05134+2605 is one of the 21 pulsating DB white dwarfs (V777 Her
or DBV variables) known so far. The detailed investigation of the short-period
and low-amplitude pulsations of these relatively faint targets requires
considerable observational efforts from the ground, long-term single-site or
multisite observations. The observed amplitudes of excited modes undergo
short-term variations in many cases, which makes the determination of pulsation
modes difficult.
Methods: We re-analysed the data already published, and collected new
measurements. We compared the frequency content of the different datasets from
the different epochs and performed various tests to check the reliability of
the frequency determinations. The mean period spacings were investigated with
linear fits to the observed periods, Kolmogorov-Smirnov and Inverse Variance
significance tests, and Fourier analysis of different period sets, including a
Monte Carlo test simulating the effect of alias ambiguities. We employed fully
evolutionary DB white dwarf models for the asteroseismic investigations.
Results: We identified 22 frequencies between 1280 and 2530 microHz. These
form 12 groups, which suggests at least 12 possible frequencies for the
asteroseismic investigations. Thanks to the extended observations, KUV
05134+2605 joined the group of rich white dwarf pulsators. We identified one
triplet and at least one doublet with a ~9 microHz frequency separation, from
which we derived a stellar rotation period of 0.6 d. We determined the mean
period spacings of ~31 and ~18 s for the modes we propose as dipole and
quadrupole, respectively. We found an excellent agreement between the stellar
mass derived from the l=1 period spacing and the period-to-period fits, all
providing M_* = 0.84-0.85 M_Sun solutions. Our study suggests that KUV
05134+2605 is the most massive amongst the known V777 Her stars.Comment: 15 pages, 11 figures, accepted for publication in Astronomy &
Astrophysic
Coherent states in fermionic Fock-Krein spaces and their amplitudes
We generalize the fermionic coherent states to the case of Fock-Krein spaces,
i.e., Fock spaces with an idefinite inner product of Krein type. This allows
for their application in topological or functorial quantum field theory and
more specifically in general boundary quantum field theory. In this context we
derive a universal formula for the amplitude of a coherent state in linear
field theory on an arbitrary manifold with boundary.Comment: 20 pages, LaTeX + AMS + svmult (included), contribution to the
proceedings of the conference "Coherent States and their Applications: A
Contemporary Panorama" (Marseille, 2016); v2: minor corrections and added
axioms from arXiv:1208.503
More frequencies of KUV 02464+3239
Preliminary results on KUV 02464+3239, a pulsating DA white dwarf are
presented. Located near the red edge of the DAV instability strip, KUV
02464+3239 shows large amplitude and long period pulsation modes. Up to now
only one mode was known from a 50-minute-long light curve. Our more extended
observations allowed the identification of three additional frequencies. The
presence of previously known harmonics were confirmed and weak subharmonics are
also noticeable at some parts of the light curve. This suggests the dominance
of nonlinear pulsation effects from time to time.Comment: 3 pages, 3 eps figures; has been accepted for publication in
Astronomische Nachrichten (Vol. 8, 2007), proceedings of the
British-Hungarian-French N+N+N Workshop for Young Researcher
MOST light-curve analysis of the gamma Dor pulsator HR 8799, showing resonances and amplitude variations
Context The central star of the HR 8799 system is a gamma Doradus-type pulsator. The system harbours four planetary-mass companions detected by direct imaging, and is a good solar system analogue. The masses of the companions are not known accurately, because the estimation depends strongly on the age of the system, which is also not known with sufficient accuracy. Asteroseismic studies of the star might help to better constrain the age of HR\,8799. We organized an extensive photometric and multi-site spectroscopic observing campaign for studying the pulsations of the central star.
Aims The aim of the present study is to investigate the pulsation properties of HR 8799 in detail via the ultra-precise 47-d-long nearly continuous photometry obtained with the MOST space telescope, and to find as many independent pulsation modes as possible, which is the prerequisite of an asteroseismic age determination.
Methods We carried out Fourier analysis of the wide-band photometric time series.
Results e find that resonance and sudden amplitude changes characterize the pulsation of HR 8799. The dominant frequency is always at f_1 = 1.978 d^-1. Many multiples of one ninth of the dominant frequency appear in the Fourier spectrum of the MOST data: n/9 f_1, where n = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 17, 18\}. Our analysis also reveals that many of these peaks show strong amplitude decrease and phase variations even on the 47-d time-scale. The dependencies between the pulsation frequencies of HR 8799 make the planned subsequent asteroseismic analysis rather difficult. We point out some resemblance between the light curve of HR 8799 and the modulated pulsation light curves of Blazhko RR Lyrae stars
Revealing the pulsational properties of the V777 Herculis star KUV 05134+2605 by its long-term monitoring
Context. KUV 05134+2605 is one of the 21 pulsating DB white dwarfs (V777 Her or DBV variables) known so far. The detailed investigation of the short-period and low-amplitude pulsations of these relatively faint targets requires considerable observational efforts from the ground, long-term single-site or multi-site observations. The observed amplitudes of excited modes undergo short-term variations in many cases, which makes determining pulsation modes difficult.
Aims. We aim to determine the pulsation frequencies of KUV 05134+2605, find regularities between the frequency and period components, and perform an asteroseismic investigation for the first time.
Methods. We re-analysed the published data and collected new measurements. We compared the frequency content of the different datasets from the different epochs and performed various tests to check the reliability of the frequency determinations. The mean period spacings were investigated with linear fits to the observed periods, Kolmogorov-Smirnov and inverse variance significance tests, and with a Fourier analysis of different period sets, including a Monte Carlo test that simulated the effect of alias ambiguities. We employed fully evolutionary DB white dwarf models for the asteroseismic investigations.
Results. We identified 22 frequencies between 1280 and 2530 μHz. These form 12 groups, which suggests at least 12 possible frequencies for the asteroseismic investigations. Thanks to the extended observations, KUV 05134+2605 joined the group of rich white dwarf pulsators. We identified one triplet and at least one doublet with a ≈ 9 μHz frequency separation, from which we derived a stellar rotation period of 0.6 d. We determined the mean period spacings of ≈ 31 s and 18 s for the modes we propose as dipole and quadrupole. We found an excellent agreement between the stellar mass derived from the ℓ = 1 period spacing and the period-to-period fits, all providing M∗ = 0.84 − 0.85 M⊙ solutions. Our study suggests that KUV 05134+2605 is the most massive amongst the known V777 Her stars.Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísica
Revealing the pulsational properties of the V777 Herculis star KUV 05134+2605 by its long-term monitoring
Context. KUV 05134+2605 is one of the 21 pulsating DB white dwarfs (V777 Her or DBV variables) known so far. The detailed investigation of the short-period and low-amplitude pulsations of these relatively faint targets requires considerable observational efforts from the ground, long-term single-site or multi-site observations. The observed amplitudes of excited modes undergo short-term variations in many cases, which makes determining pulsation modes difficult.
Aims. We aim to determine the pulsation frequencies of KUV 05134+2605, find regularities between the frequency and period components, and perform an asteroseismic investigation for the first time.
Methods. We re-analysed the published data and collected new measurements. We compared the frequency content of the different datasets from the different epochs and performed various tests to check the reliability of the frequency determinations. The mean period spacings were investigated with linear fits to the observed periods, Kolmogorov-Smirnov and inverse variance significance tests, and with a Fourier analysis of different period sets, including a Monte Carlo test that simulated the effect of alias ambiguities. We employed fully evolutionary DB white dwarf models for the asteroseismic investigations.
Results. We identified 22 frequencies between 1280 and 2530 μHz. These form 12 groups, which suggests at least 12 possible frequencies for the asteroseismic investigations. Thanks to the extended observations, KUV 05134+2605 joined the group of rich white dwarf pulsators. We identified one triplet and at least one doublet with a ≈ 9 μHz frequency separation, from which we derived a stellar rotation period of 0.6 d. We determined the mean period spacings of ≈ 31 s and 18 s for the modes we propose as dipole and quadrupole. We found an excellent agreement between the stellar mass derived from the ℓ = 1 period spacing and the period-to-period fits, all providing M∗ = 0.84 − 0.85 M⊙ solutions. Our study suggests that KUV 05134+2605 is the most massive amongst the known V777 Her stars.Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísica
Computing the first eigenpair of the p-Laplacian via inverse iteration of sublinear supersolutions
We introduce an iterative method for computing the first eigenpair
for the -Laplacian operator with homogeneous Dirichlet
data as the limit of as , where
is the positive solution of the sublinear Lane-Emden equation
with same boundary data. The method is
shown to work for any smooth, bounded domain. Solutions to the Lane-Emden
problem are obtained through inverse iteration of a super-solution which is
derived from the solution to the torsional creep problem. Convergence of
to is in the -norm and the rate of convergence of
to is at least . Numerical evidence is
presented.Comment: Section 5 was rewritten. Jed Brown was added as autho
X-Irradiation-Induced Changes of the Prelysosomal and Lysosomal Compartments and Proteolysis in HT-29 Cells
As a consequence of external and internal ionizing radiation, lysosome-like bodies have been observed to increase both in size and number in some cell types. We investigated this process by morphological methods (electron microscopy, cationized ferritin uptake, acid phosphatase histochemistry, morphometry) in cultured HT-29 cells. In parallel with these studies, we measured the rate of protein degradation on the basis of 14C-valine release from prelabeled cellular proteins. We found that at 2 and 4 Gy doses of X-irradiation the volume of the vacuolar (probably lysosomal) compartment increased without detectable changes of acid phosphatase activity. A 2 Gy irradiation dose did not change protein degradation rate. However, 4 Gy caused a significant inhibition of 14C-valine release from prelabeled proteins. Our results indicate, that the radiation induced expansion of the lysosomal compartment is not necessarily accompanied by increased lytic activity of HT-29 cells
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