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Measuring velocity ratios with correlation functions
We show how to determine the ratio of the transverse velocity of a source to
the velocity of emitted particles, using split-bin correlation functions. The
technique is to measure and , subtract the contributions from
the single-particle distribution, and take the ratio as the bin size goes to
zero. We demonstrate the technique for two cases: each source decays into two
particles, and each source emits a large number of particles.Comment: 9 pages, LaTeX, 2 PostScript figure
Correlation measurements in high-multiplicity events
Requirements for correlation measurements in high--multiplicity events are
discussed. Attention is focussed on detection of so--called hot spots,
two--particle rapidity correlations, two--particle momentum correlations (for
quantum interferometry) and higher--order correlations. The signal--to--noise
ratio may become large in the high--multiplicity limit, allowing meaningful
single--event measurements, only if the correlations are due to collective
behavior.Comment: MN 55455, 20 pages, KSUCNR-011-92 and TPI-MINN-92/47-T (revised).
Revised to correct typo in equation (30), and to fill in a few steps in
calculations. Now published as Phys. Rev. C 47 (1993) 232
Label Placement in Road Maps
A road map can be interpreted as a graph embedded in the plane, in which each
vertex corresponds to a road junction and each edge to a particular road
section. We consider the cartographic problem to place non-overlapping road
labels along the edges so that as many road sections as possible are identified
by their name, i.e., covered by a label. We show that this is NP-hard in
general, but the problem can be solved in polynomial time if the road map is an
embedded tree.Comment: extended version of a CIAC 2015 pape
Measuring hadron properties at finite temperature
We estimate the numbers and mass spectra of observed lepton and kaon pairs
produced from meson decays in the central rapidity region of an Au+Au
collision at lab energy 11.6 GeV/nucleon. The following effects are considered:
possible mass shifts, thermal broadening due to collisions with hadronic
resonances, and superheating of the resonance gas. Changes in the dilepton mass
spectrum may be seen, but changes in the dikaon spectrum are too small to be
detectable.Comment: 9 pages (revtex), 3 figures (uuencoded postscript
Hadron widths in mixed-phase matter
We derive classically an expression for a hadron width in a two-phase region
of hadron gas and quark-gluon plasma (QGP). The presence of QGP gives hadrons
larger widths than they would have in a pure hadron gas. We find that the
width observed in a central Au+Au collision at
GeV/nucleon is a few MeV greater than the width in a pure hadron gas. The part
of observed hadron widths due to QGP is approximately proportional to
.Comment: 8 pages, latex, no figures, KSUCNR-002-9
Shuttle S-band communications technical concepts
Using the S-band communications system, shuttle orbiter can communicate directly with the Earth via the Ground Spaceflight Tracking and Data Network (GSTDN) or via the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS). The S-band frequencies provide the primary links for direct Earth and TDRSS communications during all launch and entry/landing phases of shuttle missions. On orbit, S-band links are used when TDRSS Ku-band is not available, when conditions require orbiter attitudes unfavorable to Ku-band communications, or when the payload bay doors are closed. the S-band communications functional requirements, the orbiter hardware configuration, and the NASA S-band communications network are described. The requirements and implementation concepts which resulted in techniques for shuttle S-band hardware development discussed include: (1) digital voice delta modulation; (2) convolutional coding/Viterbi decoding; (3) critical modulation index for phase modulation using a Costas loop (phase-shift keying) receiver; (4) optimum digital data modulation parameters for continuous-wave frequency modulation; (5) intermodulation effects of subcarrier ranging and time-division multiplexing data channels; (6) radiofrequency coverage; and (7) despreading techniques under poor signal-to-noise conditions. Channel performance is reviewed
The fate of spiral galaxies in clusters: The star formation history of the anemic Virgo cluster galaxy NGC 4569
We present a new method for studying the star formation history of late-type cluster galaxies undergoing gas starvation or a ram pressure stripping event by combining bidimensional multifrequency observations with multizone models of galactic chemical and spectrophotometric evolution. This method is applied to the Virgo Cluster anemic galaxy NGC 4569. We extract radial profiles from recently obtained UV GALEX images at 1530 and 2310 Å, from visible and near-IR narrow (Hα) and broadband images at different wavelengths (u, B, g, V, r, i, z, J, H, and K), from Spitzer IRAC and MIPS images, and from atomic and molecular gas maps. The model in the absence of interaction (characterized by its rotation velocity and spin parameter) is constrained by the unperturbed H-band light profile and by the Hα rotation curve. We can reconstruct the observed total gas radial density profile and the light surface brightness profiles at all wavelengths in a ram pressure stripping scenario by making simple assumptions about the gas removal process and the orbit of NGC 4569 inside the cluster. The observed profiles cannot be reproduced by simply stopping gas infall, thus mimicking starvation. Gas removal is required, which is more efficient in the outer disk, inducing radial quenching in the star formation activity, as observed and reproduced by the model. This observational result, consistent with theoretical predictions that a galaxy cluster-IGM interaction is able to modify structural disk parameters without gravitational perturbations, is discussed in the framework of the origin of lenticular galaxies in cluster
Integrated energy monitoring and visualization system for Smart Green City development: Designing a spatial information integrated energy monitoring model in the context of massive data management on a web based platform
U-Eco City is a research and development project initiated by the Korean government. The project's objective is the monitoring and visualization of aggregated and real time states of various energy usages represented by location-based sensor data accrued from city to building scale. The platform's middleware will retrieve geospatial data from a GIS database and sensor data from the individual sensory installed over the city and provide the browser-based client with the accommodated information suitable to display geo-location characteristics specific to the respective energy usage. The client will be capable of processing and displaying real time and aggregated data in different dimensions such as time, location, level of detail, mode of visualization, etc. The platform's middleware has been developed into an operative, advanced prototype, providing information to a Web-based client that integrates and interfaces with the Google Earth and Google Maps plug-ins for geospatially referenced energy usage visualization and monitoring
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