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Gravitomagnetic Jets
We present a family of dynamic rotating cylindrically symmetric Ricci-flat
gravitational fields whose geodesic motions have the structure of
gravitomagnetic jets. These correspond to helical motions of free test
particles up and down parallel to the axis of cylindrical symmetry and are
reminiscent of the motion of test charges in a magnetic field. The speed of a
test particle in a gravitomagnetic jet asymptotically approaches the speed of
light. Moreover, numerical evidence suggests that jets are attractors. The
possible implications of our results for the role of gravitomagnetism in the
formation of astrophysical jets are briefly discussed.Comment: 47 pages, 8 figures; v2: minor improvements; v3: paragraph added at
the end of Sec. V and other minor improvements; v4: reference added, typos
corrected, sentence added on p. 24; v5: a few minor improvement
Some results on homoclinic and heteroclinic connections in planar systems
Consider a family of planar systems depending on two parameters and
having at most one limit cycle. Assume that the limit cycle disappears at some
homoclinic (or heteroclinic) connection when We present a method
that allows to obtain a sequence of explicit algebraic lower and upper bounds
for the bifurcation set The method is applied to two quadratic
families, one of them is the well-known Bogdanov-Takens system. One of the
results that we obtain for this system is the bifurcation curve for small
values of , given by . We obtain
the new three terms from purely algebraic calculations, without evaluating
Melnikov functions
Effects of a localized beam on the dynamics of excitable cavity solitons
We study the dynamical behavior of dissipative solitons in an optical cavity
filled with a Kerr medium when a localized beam is applied on top of the
homogeneous pumping. In particular, we report on the excitability regime that
cavity solitons exhibits which is emergent property since the system is not
locally excitable. The resulting scenario differs in an important way from the
case of a purely homogeneous pump and now two different excitable regimes, both
Class I, are shown. The whole scenario is presented and discussed, showing that
it is organized by three codimension-2 points. Moreover, the localized beam can
be used to control important features, such as the excitable threshold,
improving the possibilities for the experimental observation of this
phenomenon.Comment: 9 Pages, 12 figure
A geometric classification of traveling front propagation in the Nagumo equation with cut-off
The project ENDORSE: exploiting EO data to develop pre-market services in renewable energy
International audienceThe ENDORSE project is co-funded by the FP7 programme of the European Commission, from 2011 to 2013. It exploits the atmosphere service MACC of the European GMES programme (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security) together with other Earth Observation (EO) data and modelling. It aims at providing public authorities and private investors with accurate evaluation and forecasts of renewable resources. The focus is on the devel-opment of downstream services that create added-value information. We present here the achievements of the first period. A very accurate though fast algorithm describing the position of the sun in the sky has been developed. A series of recommendations for quality control of meteorological data have been issued. All algorithms are available as code sources and are being implemented as Web processing services (WPS). Support vector machine techniques prove successful to map the air temperature at 2-m height from satellite images and a few measurements at ground level. The next development of ENDORSE is a portfolio of pre-market downstream services, serving as precursors and examples of best practices for similar services. The resulting services will be described using the INSPIRE metadata and declared in an existing Catalog Service for the Web (CSW) dedicated to energy. Finally, we discuss the mutual benefits between GEOSS (Global Earth Observation System of Systems) and ENDORSE
Interactions between Magnetic Nanowires and Living Cells : Uptake, Toxicity and Degradation
We report on the uptake, toxicity and degradation of magnetic nanowires by
NIH/3T3 mouse fibroblasts. Magnetic nanowires of diameters 200 nm and lengths
comprised between 1 {\mu}m and 40 {\mu}m are fabricated by controlled assembly
of iron oxide ({\gamma}-Fe2O3) nanoparticles. Using optical and electron
microscopy, we show that after 24 h incubation the wires are internalized by
the cells and located either in membrane-bound compartments or dispersed in the
cytosol. Using fluorescence microscopy, the membrane-bound compartments were
identified as late endosomal/lysosomal endosomes labeled with lysosomal
associated membrane protein (Lamp1). Toxicity assays evaluating the
mitochondrial activity, cell proliferation and production of reactive oxygen
species show that the wires do not display acute short-term (< 100 h) toxicity
towards the cells. Interestingly, the cells are able to degrade the wires and
to transform them into smaller aggregates, even in short time periods (days).
This degradation is likely to occur as a consequence of the internal structure
of the wires, which is that of a non-covalently bound aggregate. We anticipate
that this degradation should prevent long-term asbestos-like toxicity effects
related to high aspect ratio morphologies and that these wires represent a
promising class of nanomaterials for cell manipulation and microrheology.Comment: 21 pages 12 figure
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