Configurational temperatures and interactions in charge-stabilized colloid

We demonstrate that the configurational temperature formalism can be derived from the classical hypervirial theorem, and introduce a hierarchy of hyperconfigurational temperature definitions, which are particularly well suited for experimental studies. We then use these analytical tools to probe the electrostatic interactions in monolayers of charge-stabilized colloidal spheres confined by parallel glass surfaces. The configurational and hyperconfigurational temperatures, together with a novel thermodynamic sum rule, provide previously lacking self-consistency tests for interaction measurements based on digital video microscopy, and thereby cast new light on controversial reports of confinement-induced like-charge attractions. We further introduce a new method for measuring the pair potential directly that uses consistency of the configurational and hyperconfigurational temperatures as a set of constraints for a model-free search.Comment: 15 pages, 12 figures, submitted to J. Chem. Phy

Brownian Dynamics of a Sphere Between Parallel Walls

We describe direct imaging measurements of a colloidal sphere's diffusion between two parallel surfaces. The dynamics of this deceptively simple hydrodynamically coupled system have proved difficult to analyze. Comparison with approximate formulations of a confined sphere's hydrodynamic mobility reveals good agreement with both a leading-order superposition approximation as well as a more general all-images stokeslet analysis.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, REVTeX with PostScript figure

Guidance, flight mechanics and trajectory optimization. Volume 11 - Guidance equations for orbital operations

Mathematical formulation of guidance equations and solutions for orbital space mission

Anomalous interactions in confined charge-stabilized colloid

Charge-stabilized colloidal spheres dispersed in weak 1:1 electrolytes are supposed to repel each other. Consequently, experimental evidence for anomalous long-ranged like-charged attractions induced by geometric confinement inspired a burst of activity. This has largely subsided because of nagging doubts regarding the experiments' reliability and interpretation. We describe a new class of thermodynamically self-consistent colloidal interaction measurements that confirm the appearance of pairwise attractions among colloidal spheres confined by one or two bounding walls. In addition to supporting previous claims for this as-yet unexplained effect, these measurements also cast new light on its mechanism.Comment: 8 pages, 5 figures, RevTeX4. Conference proceedings for CODEF-04, Colloidal Dispersions in External Fields, March 29 - April 1, 200

Weak Long-Ranged Casimir Attraction in Colloidal Crystals

We investigate the influence of geometric confinement on the free energy of an idealized model for charge-stabilized colloidal suspensions. The mean-field Poisson-Boltzmann formulation for this system predicts pure repulsion among macroionic colloidal spheres. Fluctuations in the simple ions' distribution provide a mechanism for the macroions to attract each other at large separations. Although this Casimir interaction is long-ranged, it is too weak to influence colloidal crystals' dynamics.Comment: 5 pages 2 figures ReVTe

Guidance, Flight Mechanics and Trajectory Optimization. Volume 5 - State Determination And/or Estimation

Guidance, flight mechanics, and trajectory optimizatio

Anomalous tumbling of colloidal ellipsoids in Poiseuille flows

Shear flows cause aspherical colloidal particles to tumble so that their orientations trace out complex trajectories known as Jeffery orbits. The Jeffery orbit of a prolate ellipsoid is predicted to align the particle's principal axis preferentially in the plane transverse to the axis of shear. Holographic microscopy measurements reveal instead that colloidal ellipsoids' trajectories in Poiseuille flows strongly favor an orientation inclined by roughly $\pi/8$ relative to this plane. This anomalous observation is consistent with at least two previous reports of colloidal rods and dimers of colloidal spheres in Poiseuille flow and therefore appears to be a generic, yet unexplained feature of colloidal transport at low Reynolds numbers.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure

The PS 80 MHz cavities

As part of the preparation of the PS as injector for LHC, two new 80 MHz cavities have been designed and built at CERN. Bunches spaced by 25 ns and less than 4 ns long are required at injection into t he SPS. The bunch spacing is obtained with a 40 MHz system installed in the PS in 1996, but the nominal small bunch length will only be obtained with the 80 MHz systems producing a total of 600 kV. Th ese systems also have the capability to accelerate leptons in the PS, providing a total of 400 kV with high duty cycle (25 %). The mechanical design is similar to that of the 40 MHz cavity with many c ommon parts, but cooling water circuits had to be added. The cavity is equipped with an efficient, pneumatically operated, coaxial short-circuit. The power coupling loop has the form of a wide strip t o minimize the ratio of self to mutual inductance. It has a DC insulation permitting multipactor suppression by a bias voltage. The final amplifier is mounted directly onto the cavity. A fast RF feedb ack with a loop gain of 44 dB reduces the Q to about 100. Higher-order-mode dampers designed and built at TRIUMF have been installed

Colloidal hydrodynamic coupling in concentric optical vortices

Optical vortex traps created from helical modes of light can drive fluid-borne colloidal particles in circular trajectories. Concentric circulating rings of particles formed by coaxial optical vortices form a microscopic Couette cell, in which the amount of hydrodynamic drag experienced by the spheres depends on the relative sense of the rings' circulation. Tracking the particles' motions makes possible measurements of the hydrodynamic coupling between the circular particle trains and addresses recently proposed hydrodynamic instabilities for collective colloidal motions on optical vortices.Comment: 7 pages, 2 figures, submitted to Europhysics Letter

The PS 40 MHz bunching cavity

A 40 MHz cavity has been designed and built at CERN as part of the preparation of the PS as injector for LHC. The cavity will provide the necessary bunch spacing of 25 ns prior to injection into SPS and subsequently LHC. The mechanical design of the copper coated steel cavity was dominated by space constraints in the PS tunnel and by vacuum requirements. The salient design features described are i) tight, multipactor-free, capacitive coupling from the power amplifier, ii) fast RF feedback, iii) inductively coupled tuners, iv) an efficient, pneumatically operated gap short-circuit. The operation cycle consists of an adiabatic capture up to 100 kV gap voltage, a non-adiabatic jump to 300 kV, and subsequent bunch rotation. The multipactor voltage level at the gap lies below the operating voltage range and is easily passed through. A fast RF feedback system with a total group delay of 220 ns copes with heavy beam loading (1011 protons/bunch) and prevents unwanted interaction with other beams in the PS. The cavity has recently been installed, the nominal gap voltage of 300 kV has been attained, and bunch lengths below 8 ns have been achieved in first tests at nominal intensity. Experimental results are reported