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Algal culture studies related to a Closed Ecological Life Support System (CELSS)
Studies with algal cultures which relate to closed ecological life support systems (CELSS) are discussed. A description of a constant cell density apparatus for continuous culture of algae is included. Excretion of algal by-products, and nitrogen utilization and excretion are discussed
Temperature chaos is a non-local effect
Temperature chaos plays a role in important effects, like for example memory
and rejuvenation, in spin glasses, colloids, polymers. We numerically
investigate temperature chaos in spin glasses, exploiting its recent
characterization as a rare-event driven phenomenon. The peculiarities of the
transformation from periodic to anti-periodic boundary conditions in spin
glasses allow us to conclude that temperature chaos is non-local: no bounded
region of the system causes it. We precise the statistical relationship between
temperature chaos and the free-energy changes upon varying boundary conditions.Comment: 15 pages, 8 figures. Version accepted for publication in JSTA
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