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Handling qualities aspects of NASA YF-12 flight experience
The handling qualities of the YF-12 airplane as observed during NASA research flights over the past five years were reviewed. Aircraft behavior during takeoff, acceleration, climb, cruise, descent, and landing are discussed. Pilot comments on the various flight phases and tasks are presented. Handling qualities parameters such as period, damping, amplitude ratios, roll-yaw coupling, and flight path response sensitivity are compared to existing and proposed handling qualities criteria. The influence of the propulsion systems, stability augmentation, autopilot systems, atmospheric gusts, and temperature changes are also discussed. YF-12 experience correlates well with flying qualities criteria, except for longitudinal short period damping, where existing and proposed criteria appear to be more stringent than necessary
Morphogen-induced platelet activation and cell signalling
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The conversion of Neutron star to Strange star : A two step process
The conversion of neutron matter to strange matter in a neutron star have
been studied as a two step process. In the first step, the nuclear matter gets
converted to two flavour quark matter. The conversion of two flavour to three
flavour strange matter takes place in the second step. The first process is
analysed with the help of equations of state and hydrodynamical equations,
whereas, in the second process, non-leptonic weak interaction plays the main
role. Velocities and the time of travel through the star of these two
conversion fronts have been analysed and compared.Comment: 18 pages including 9 figure
W40 region in the Gould Belt : An embedded cluster and H II region at the junction of filaments
We present a multiwavelength study of W40 star-forming region using IR
observations in UKIRT JHK bands, Spitzer IRAC bands & Herschel PACS bands; 2.12
micron H2 narrow-band imaging; & radio observations from GMRT (610 & 1280 MHz),
in a FoV of ~34'x40'. Spitzer observations along with NIR observations are used
to identify 1162 Class II/III & 40 Class I sources in the FoV. The NN stellar
surface density analysis shows that majority of these YSOs constitute the
embedded cluster centered on the source IRS1A South. Some YSOs, predominantly
younger population, are distributed along & trace the filamentary structures at
lower stellar surface density. The cluster radius is obtained as 0.44pc -
matching well with the extent of radio emission - with a peak density of
650pc^-2. The JHK data is used to map the extinction which is subsequently used
to compute the cloud mass. It has resulted in 126 Msun & 71 Msun for the
central cluster & the northern IRS5 region, respectively. H2 narrow-band
imaging displays significant emission, which prominently resembles fluorescent
emission arising at the borders of dense regions. Radio analysis shows this
region as having blister morphology, with the radio peak coinciding with a
protostellar source. Free-free emission SED analysis is used to obtain physical
parameters of the overall region & the IRS5 sub-region. This multiwavelength
scenario is suggestive of star formation having resulted from merging of
multiple filaments to form a hub. Star formation seems to have taken place in
two successive epochs, with the first epoch traced by the central cluster & the
high-mass star(s) - followed by a second epoch which is spreading into the
filaments as uncovered by the Class I sources & even younger protostellar
sources along the filaments. The IRS5 HII region displays indications of
swept-up material which has possibly led to the formation of protostars.Comment: 17 pages, 12 figures, 2 tables. Accepted for publication in The
Astrophysical Journa
Spectral gap of the totally asymmetric exclusion process at arbitrary filling
We calculate the spectral gap of the Markov matrix of the totally asymmetric
simple exclusion process (TASEP) on a ring of L sites with N particles. Our
derivation is simple and self-contained and extends a previous calculation that
was valid only for half-filling. We use a special property of the Bethe
equations for TASEP to reformulate them as a one-body problem. Our method is
closely related to the one used to derive exact large deviation functions of
the TASEP
A multi-wavelength study of star formation activity in the S235 complex
We have carried out an extensive multi-wavelength study to investigate the
star formation process in the S235 complex. The S235 complex has a sphere-like
shell appearance at wavelengths longer than 2 m and harbors an O9.5V type
star approximately at its center. Near-infrared extinction map traces eight
subregions (having A 8 mag), and five of them appear to be
distributed in an almost regularly spaced manner along the sphere-like shell
surrounding the ionized emission. This picture is also supported by the
integrated CO and CO intensity maps and by Bolocam 1.1 mm
continuum emission. The position-velocity analysis of CO reveals an almost
semi-ring like structure, suggesting an expanding H\,{\sc ii} region. We find
that the Bolocam clump masses increase as we move away from the location of the
ionizing star. This correlation is seen only for those clumps which are
distributed near the edges of the shell. Photometric analysis reveals 435 young
stellar objects (YSOs), 59\% of which are found in clusters. Six subregions
(including five located near the edges of the shell) are very well correlated
with the dust clumps, CO gas, and YSOs. The average values of Mach numbers
derived using NH data for three (East~1, East~2, and Central~E) out of
these six subregions are 2.9, 2.3, and 2.9, indicating these subregions are
supersonic. The molecular outflows are detected in these three subregions,
further confirming the on-going star formation activity. Together, all these
results are interpreted as observational evidence of positive feedback of a
massive star.Comment: 28 pages, 15 figures, 3 tables, Accepted for publication in The
Astrophysical Journa
Solving relativistic hydrodynamic equation in presence of magnetic field for phase transition in a neutron star
Hadronic to quark matter phase transition may occur inside neutron stars (NS)
having central densities of the order of 3-10 times normal nuclear matter
saturation density (). The transition is expected to be a two-step
process; transition from hadronic to 2-flavour matter and two-flavour to
equilibrated charge neutral three-flavour matter. In this paper we
concentrate on the first step process and solve the relativistic hydrodynamic
equations for the conversion front in presence of high magnetic field. Lorentz
force due to magnetic field is included in the energy momentum tensor by
averaging over the polar angles. We find that for an initial dipole
configuration of the magnetic field with a sufficiently high value at the
surface, velocity of the front increases considerably.Comment: 16 pages, 4 figures, same as published version of JPG, J. Phys. G:
Nucl. Part. Phys. 39 (2012) 09520
Derivation of a Matrix Product Representation for the Asymmetric Exclusion Process from Algebraic Bethe Ansatz
We derive, using the algebraic Bethe Ansatz, a generalized Matrix Product
Ansatz for the asymmetric exclusion process (ASEP) on a one-dimensional
periodic lattice. In this Matrix Product Ansatz, the components of the
eigenvectors of the ASEP Markov matrix can be expressed as traces of products
of non-commuting operators. We derive the relations between the operators
involved and show that they generate a quadratic algebra. Our construction
provides explicit finite dimensional representations for the generators of this
algebra.Comment: 16 page
Hidden symmetries in the asymmetric exclusion process
We present a spectral study of the evolution matrix of the totally asymmetric
exclusion process on a ring at half filling. The natural symmetries
(translation, charge conjugation combined with reflection) predict only two
fold degeneracies. However, we have found that degeneracies of higher order
also exist and, as the system size increases, higher and higher orders appear.
These degeneracies become generic in the limit of very large systems. This
behaviour can be explained by the Bethe Ansatz and suggests the presence of
hidden symmetries in the model.
Keywords: ASEP, Markov matrix, symmetries, spectral degeneracies, Bethe
Ansatz.Comment: 16 page
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