Development of material specifications and qualifications of polymeric materials for the jpl spacecraft materials guide book. iii- polyfluorocarbon films special report no. 3

Outgassing studies of polyfluorocarbon films - investigation of polymers as spacecraft construction material

Quantum Flux and Reverse Engineering of Quantum Wavefunctions

An interpretation of the probability flux is given, based on a derivation of its eigenstates and relating them to coherent state projections on a quantum wavefunction. An extended definition of the flux operator is obtained using coherent states. We present a "processed Husimi" representation, which makes decisions using many Husimi projections at each location. The processed Husimi representation reverse engineers or deconstructs the wavefunction, yielding the underlying classical ray structure. Our approach makes possible interpreting the dynamics of systems where the probability flux is uniformly zero or strongly misleading. The new technique is demonstrated by the calculation of particle flow maps of the classical dynamics underlying a quantum wavefunction.Comment: Accepted to EP

Space probe/satellite ejection apparatus for spacecraft

An ejection apparatus for spinning and propelling objects for ejection from a spacecraft at a desired velocity and rotational speed is discussed. The apparatus includes a launch cradle on which the space object to be ejected rests. The cradle is rotatably supported by a central hub secured to the upper end of the pneumatic cylinder piston shaft. Release mechanisms consisting of a retractable pin and locking lug is utilized to hold the cradle and object to be ejected. The release mechanism has a fixed barrier member which holds the retractable pin in engagement with the locking lug until release by upward movement of the launch cradle beyond the barrier height

Computer experiments to determine whether over- or under-counting necessarily affects the determination of difference in cell number between experimental groups

Cataloged from PDF version of article.Computer cell counting experiments were performed in order to examine the consequences of over- or under-counting. The three-dimensional reaggregate culture laboratory environment for cell counting was used as a model for computer simulation. The laboratory environment for aggregate and cell sizes, numbers and spatial placement in gelatin blocks was mimicked in the computer setup. However, in the computer, cell counting was set to be either ideally unbiased, or deliberately biased in regard to over- or under-counting so as to compare eventual results when using the various cell counting methods. It was found that there was no effect of the cell counting methods used in determining whether there was a significant difference in cell number between two experimental groups. In addition, it was found that under the conditions of these simulations, the optical disector method behaved similarly, on the average, as the ideal method of counting cell centers and in both of those cases, the average ratio between actual cell number in a flask and estimated number was close to 1.00. © 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved

Phase-space correlations of chaotic eigenstates

It is shown that the Husimi representations of chaotic eigenstates are strongly correlated along classical trajectories. These correlations extend across the whole system size and, unlike the corresponding eigenfunction correlations in configuration space, they persist in the semiclassical limit. A quantitative theory is developed on the basis of Gaussian wavepacket dynamics and random-matrix arguments. The role of symmetries is discussed for the example of time-reversal invariance.Comment: Published version with minor corrections to version

Modelling the quark propagator

The quark propagator is at the core of lattice hadron spectrum calculations as well as studies in other nonperturbative schemes. We investigate the quark propagator with an improved staggered action (Asqtad) and an improved gluon action, which provides good quality data down to small quark masses. This is used to construct ans\"{a}tze suitable for model hadron calculations as well as adding to our intuitive understanding of QCD.Comment: Lattice2002(spectrum

Scarring by homoclinic and heteroclinic orbits

In addition to the well known scarring effect of periodic orbits, we show here that homoclinic and heteroclinic orbits, which are cornerstones in the theory of classical chaos, also scar eigenfunctions of classically chaotic systems when associated closed circuits in phase space are properly quantized, thus introducing strong quantum correlations. The corresponding quantization rules are also established. This opens the door for developing computationally tractable methods to calculate eigenstates of chaotic systems.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure

Observing trajectories with weak measurements in quantum systems in the semiclassical regime

We propose a scheme allowing to observe the evolution of a quantum system in the semiclassical regime along the paths generated by the propagator. The scheme relies on performing consecutive weak measurements of the position. We show how weak trajectories" can be extracted from the pointers of a series of measurement devices having weakly interacted with the system. The properties of these "weak trajectories" are investigated and illustrated in the case of a time-dependent model system.Comment: v2: Several minor corrections were made. Added Appendix (that will appear as Suppl. Material). To be published in Phys Rev Let