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Errors in hybrid computers
Method is described for reduction of error components in numerical integration, sampling with zero hold order, and execution time delay
Variable sweep wing configuration Patent
Variable sweep wing configuration for supersonic aircraf
Illuminating Dense Quark Matter
We imagine shining light on a lump of cold dense quark matter, in the CFL
phase and therefore a transparent insulator. We calculate the angles of
reflection and refraction, and the intensity of the reflected and refracted
light. Although the only potentially observable context for this phenomenon
(reflection of light from and refraction of light through an illuminated quark
star) is unlikely to be realized, our calculation casts new light on the old
idea that confinement makes the QCD vacuum behave as if filled with a
condensate of color-magnetic monopoles.Comment: 4 pages, 1 figur
LANDSAT-4 and LANDSAT-5 Multispectral Scanner Coherent Noise Characterization and Removal
A technique is described for characterizing the coherent noise found in LANDSAT-4 and LANDSAT-5 MSS data and a companion technique for filtering out the coherent noise. The techniques are demonstrated on LANDSAT-4 and LANDSAT-5 MSS data sets, and explanations of the noise pattern are suggested in Appendix C. A cookbook procedure for characterizing and filtering the coherent noise using special NASA/Goddard IDIMS functions is included. Also presented are analysis results from the retrofitted LANDSAT-5 MSS sensor, which shows that the coherent noise has been substantially reduced
Colour superconductivity in finite systems
In this paper we study the effect of finite size on the two-flavour colour
superconducting state. As well as restricting the quarks to a box, we project
onto states of good baryon number and onto colour singlets, these being
necessary restrictions on any observable ``quark nuggets''. We find that
whereas finite size alone has a significant effect for very small boxes, with
the superconducting state often being destroyed, the effect of projection is to
restore it again. The infinite-volume limit is a good approximation even for
quite small systems.Comment: 14 pages RevTeX4, 12 eps figure
Illuminating interfaces between phases of a U(1) x U(1) gauge theory
We study reflection and transmission of light at the interface between
different phases of a U(1) x U(1) gauge theory. On each side of the interface,
one can choose a basis so that one generator is free (allowing propagation of
light), and the orthogonal one may be free, Higgsed, or confined. However, the
basis on one side will in general be rotated relative to the basis on the other
by some angle alpha. We calculate reflection and transmission coefficients for
both polarizations of light and all 8 types of boundary, for arbitrary alpha.
We find that an observer measuring the behavior of light beams at the boundary
would be able to distinguish 4 different types of boundary, and we show how the
remaining ambiguity arises from the principle of complementarity
(indistinguishability of confined and Higgs phases) which leaves observables
invariant under a global electric/magnetic duality transformation. We also
explain the seemingly paradoxical behavior of Higgs/Higgs and confined/confined
boundaries, and clarify some previous arguments that confinement must involve
magnetic monopole condensation.Comment: RevTeX, 12 page
Constraining crystalline color superconducting quark matter with gravitational-wave data
We estimate the maximum equatorial ellipticity sustainable by compact stars
composed of crystalline color-superconducting quark matter. For the
theoretically allowed range of the gap parameter , the maximum
ellipticity could be as large as , which is about 4 orders of
magnitude larger than the tightest upper limit obtained by the recent science
runs of the LIGO and GEO600 gravitational wave detectors based on the data from
78 radio pulsars. We point out that the current gravitational-wave strain upper
limit already has some implications for the gap parameter. In particular, the
upper limit for the Crab pulsar implies that is less than O(20) MeV
for a range of quark chemical potential accessible in compact stars, assuming
that the pulsar has a mass , radius 10 km, breaking strain
, and that it has the maximum quadrupole deformation it can sustain
without fracturing.Comment: Minor changes to match the published versio
Global tax planning issues and their impact on managerial decision making
http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/96880/1/MBA_Alord_Christopher_Winter_1997Final.pd
Institutions and New Business Startups in the Former Socialist States
This paper examines the impact of institutional quality on the level of new business formation in 26 of the former socialist states from 2006-2018. Using cross-sectional and panel data, I find that the quality of a nation’s institutions, as measured by the rule of law and control of corruption, has a statistically and economically significant effect on the number of newly registered LLCs. Economies willing to improve their institutional quality can expect more businesses start-ups to register in the formal economy. Specifically, improving the control of corruption by one standard deviation is associated with between 1.5 and 2.4 new businesses registered per 1,000 working age people. Furthermore, I propose that institutional quality also influences an individual’s decision whether to operate a new business start-up in the informal or formal sector
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