16 research outputs found
Bulk viscosity of Mixed nucleon-hyperon-quark Matter in Neutron stars
We calculate the coefficient of bulk viscosity by considering the
non-leptonic weak interactions in the cores of hybrid stars with both hyperons
and quarks. We first determine the dependence of the production rate of
neutrons on the reaction rate of quarks in the non-leptonic processes, that is
. The
conversion rate, in our scenario is a complicated function of baryon
number density. We also consider medium effect of quark matter on bulk
viscosity. Using these results, we estimate the limiting rotation of the hybrid
stars, which may suppress the r-mode instability more effectively. Hybrid stars
should be the candidates for the extremely rapid rotators .Comment: This paper contains 17 pages,8 figures and 1 table and is accepted by
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Societ
Facebook's Mobile Career
At the end of its first decade, Facebookâs identity, popularity, and characteristics are shaped in important ways by its becoming a form of mobile media, as much as it as platform associated with Internet and social media. This paper seeks to explore and understand Facebook as the important force in mobile media and communication it now is. It draws upon and combines perspectives from technology production, design, and economy, as well as user adoption, consumption, practices, affect, emotion, and resistance. The paper discusses the beginnings of mobile Facebook, and the early adoption of mobile Facebook associated with the rise of smartphones. The second part of the paper explores Facebookâs integration with photography (with Instagram) and social games (such as Zyngaâs Farmville). The paper argues that Facebookâs mobile career is an accomplishment that has distinctively melded evolving affordances, everyday use across a wide range of settings, as well as political economies, corporate strategy, and design.Australian Research Counci
The Big Meaning of Small Messages : The Use of WhatsApp in Intergenerational Family Communication
This study explores the use of WhatsApp instant messenger in extended families in two countries, Finland and Italy, that represent different family and communication cultures. Qualitative research material was collected in 2014/2015 from families consisting of three or more generations and living either in the same or different households. A directed approach to qualitative content analysis was applied in the analysis of the research data. The results of the study show that WhatsApp is considered to facilitate family interaction across generations. The success of WhatsApp in the family context accounts for two main factors: first, for the possibility to reach the whole family at once; and secondly, for its capacity to promote âphatic communionâ via small messages. While utilizing various communicative modalities of WhatsApp (text and voice messages, photos, videos), family members take into account othersâ preferences and communication skills.peerReviewe