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LOCALIZED LASER VAPORIZATION OF FILMS WITH COMPLEX TOPOLOGIES FOR SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE MICROGYROSCOPE SENSOR
We have developed a method for localized laser vaporization of a sensitive element film for a solid microgyroscope based on surface acoustic waves. A double-conversion scheme was chosen as a microgyroscope sensitive element configuration. It was shown that at least three technological operations are excluded at laser vaporization as compared with photolithography method. Research results on the formation of topologies with the usage of laser processing are presented. We have determined the parameters of laser processing for sensor topology configuring by means of thin-film coating evaporation with a thickness of 400 nm, which comprises 350 nm of aluminum and 50 nm of vanadium adhesive coating applied on a substrate made of quartz. The amplitude-frequency characteristic of the manufactured sample is obtained. It is revealed that the experimental sample has a high loss value caused by inaccuracies in its manufacturing technology. Recommendations were worked out for minimization of error sources in the manufacturing technology of microgyroscope sensitive element on surface acoustic waves with the use of the laser configuration method
An evolution equation as the WKB correction in long-time asymptotics of Schrodinger dynamics
We consider 3d Schrodinger operator with long-range potential that has
short-range radial derivative. The long-time asymptotics of non-stationary
problem is studied and existence of modified wave operators is proved. It turns
out, the standard WKB correction should be replaced by the solution to certain
evolution equation.Comment: This is a preprint of an article whose final and definitive form has
been published in Comm. Partial Differential Equations, available online at
http://www.informaworld.co
Dust Size Growth and Settling in a Protoplanetary Disk
We have studied dust evolution in a quiescent or turbulent protoplanetary
disk by numerically solving coagulation equation for settling dust particles,
using the minimum mass solar nebular model. As a result, if we assume an
ideally quiescent disk, the dust particles settle toward the disk midplane to
form a gravitationally unstable layer within 2x10^3 - 4x10^4 yr at 1 - 30 AU,
which is in good agreement with an analytic calculation by Nakagawa, Sekiya, &
Hayashi (1986) although they did not take into account the particle size
distribution explicitly. In an opposite extreme case of a globally turbulent
disk, on the other hand, the dust particles fluctuate owing to turbulent motion
of the gas and most particles become large enough to move inward very rapidly
within 70 - 3x10^4 yr at 1 - 30 AU, depending on the strength of turbulence.
Our result suggests that global turbulent motion should cease for the
planetesimal formation in protoplanetary disks.Comment: 27 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication in the Ap
Derived coisotropic structures II: stacks and quantization
We extend results about -shifted coisotropic structures from part I of
this work to the setting of derived Artin stacks. We show that an intersection
of coisotropic morphisms carries a Poisson structure of shift one less. We also
compare non-degenerate shifted coisotropic structures and shifted Lagrangian
structures and show that there is a natural equivalence between the two spaces
in agreement with the classical result. Finally, we define quantizations of
-shifted coisotropic structures and show that they exist for .Comment: 45 pages. Contains the second half of arXiv:1608.01482v1 with new
material adde
Derived coisotropic structures I: affine case
We define and study coisotropic structures on morphisms of commutative dg
algebras in the context of shifted Poisson geometry, i.e. -algebras.
Roughly speaking, a coisotropic morphism is given by a -algebra acting
on a -algebra. One of our main results is an identification of the space
of such coisotropic structures with the space of Maurer--Cartan elements in a
certain dg Lie algebra of relative polyvector fields. To achieve this goal, we
construct a cofibrant replacement of the operad controlling coisotropic
morphisms by analogy with the Swiss-cheese operad which can be of independent
interest. Finally, we show that morphisms of shifted Poisson algebras are
identified with coisotropic structures on their graph.Comment: 49 pages. v2: many proofs rewritten and the paper is split into two
part
Hot plasma target interaction and quantification of erosion of the ITER slot divertor during disruptions and ELMs
Charges on Strange Quark Nuggets in Space
Since Witten's seminal 1984 paper on the subject, searches for evidence of
strange quark nuggets (SQNs) have proven unsuccessful. In the absence of
experimental evidence ruling out SQNs, the validity of theories introducing
mechanisms that increase their stability should continue to be tested. To
stimulate electromagnetic SQN searches, particularly space searches, we
estimate the net charge that would develop on an SQN in space exposed to
various radiation baths (and showers) capable of liberating their less strongly
bound electrons, taking into account recombination with ambient electrons. We
consider, in particular, the cosmic background radiation, radiation from the
sun, and diffuse galactic and extragalactic -ray backgrounds. A
possible dramatic signal of SQNs in explosive astrophysical events is noted.Comment: CitationS added, new subsection added, more discussion, same
numerical result
Star Formation in Isolated Disk Galaxies. I. Models and Characteristics of Nonlinear Gravitational Collapse
We model gravitational collapse leading to star formation in a wide range of
isolated disk galaxies using a three-dimensional, smoothed particle
hydrodynamics code. The model galaxies include a dark matter halo and a disk of
stars and isothermal gas. Absorbing sink particles are used to directly measure
the mass of gravitationally collapsing gas. They reach masses characteristic of
stellar clusters. In this paper, we describe our galaxy models and numerical
methods, followed by an investigation of the gravitational instability in these
galaxies. Gravitational collapse forms star clusters with correlated positions
and ages, as observed, for example, in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
Gravitational instability alone acting in unperturbed galaxies appears
sufficient to produce flocculent spiral arms, though not more organized
patterns. Unstable galaxies show collapse in thin layers in the galactic plane;
associated dust will form thin dust lanes in those galaxies, in agreement with
observations. (abridged)Comment: 49 pages, 22 figures, to appear in ApJ (July, 2005), version with
high quality color images can be fond in
http://research.amnh.org/~yuexing/astro-ph/0501022.pd
Bar-driven Transport of Molecular Gas to Galactic Centers and Its Consequences
We study the characteristics of molecular gas in the central regions of
spiral galaxies on the basis of our CO(J=1-0) imaging survey of 20 nearby
spiral galaxies using the NRO and OVRO millimeter arrays. Condensations of
molecular gas at galactic centers with sizescales < 1 kpc and CO-derived masses
M_gas(R<500pc) = 10^8 - 10^9 M_sun are found to be prevalent in the gas-rich
L^* galaxies. Moreover, the degree of gas concentration to the central kpc is
found to be higher in barred systems than in unbarred galaxies. This is the
first statistical evidence for the higher central concentration of molecular
gas in barred galaxies, and it strongly supports the theory of bar-driven gas
transport. It is most likely that more than half of molecular gas within the
central kpc of a barred galaxy was transported there from outside by the bar.
The supply of gas has exceeded the consumption of gas by star formation in the
central kpc, resulting in the excess gas in the centers of barred systems. The
mean rate of gas inflow is statistically estimated to be larger than 0.1 - 1
M_sun/yr.
The correlation between gas properties in the central kpc and the type of
nuclear spectrum (HII, LINER, or Seyfert) is investigated. A correlation is
found in which galaxies with larger gas-to-dynamical mass ratios tend to have
HII nuclear spectra, while galaxies with smaller ratios show spectra indicating
AGN.
Also, the theoretical prediction of bar-dissolution by condensation of gas to
galactic centers is observationally tested. It is suggested that the timescale
for bar dissolution is larger than 10^8 - 10^10 yr, or a bar in a L^* galaxy is
not destroyed by a condensation of 10^8 - 10^9 M_sun gas in the central kpc.Comment: AASTeX, 20 pages, 8 eps figs, ApJ in press (10 Nov. 1999 issue
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