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The Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation from Charges Accelerated by Gravitational Waves and its Astrophysical Implications
We provide calculations and theoretical arguments supporting the emission of
electromagnetic radiation from charged particles accelerated by gravitational
waves (GWs). These waves have significant indirect evidence to support their
existence, yet they interact weakly with ordinary matter. We show that the
induced oscillations of charged particles interacting with a GW, which lead to
the emission of electromagnetic radiation, will also result in wave
attenuation. These ideas are supported by a small body of literature, as well
as additional arguments for particle acceleration based on GW memory effects.
We derive order of magnitude power calculations for various initial charge
distributions accelerated by GWs. The resulting power emission is extremely
small for all but very strong GWs interacting with large quantities of charge.
If the results here are confirmed and supplemented, significant consequences
such as attenuation of early universe GWs could result. Additionally, this
effect could extend GW detection techniques into the electromagnetic regime.
These explorations are worthy of study to determine the presence of such
radiation, as it is extremely important to refine our theoretical framework in
an era of active GW astrophysics.Comment: Appears in Gravitational Wave Astrophysics, Editor C.F. Sopuerta,
Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings, Volume 40. ISBN
978-3-319-10487-4. Springer International Publishing Switzerland, 2015, p.
30
Repulsive Casimir Force from Fractional Neumann Boundary Conditions
This paper studies the finite temperature Casimir force acting on a
rectangular piston associated with a massless fractional Klein-Gordon field at
finite temperature. Dirichlet boundary conditions are imposed on the walls of a
-dimensional rectangular cavity, and a fractional Neumann condition is
imposed on the piston that moves freely inside the cavity. The fractional
Neumann condition gives an interpolation between the Dirichlet and Neumann
conditions, where the Casimir force is known to be always attractive and always
repulsive respectively. For the fractional Neumann boundary condition, the
attractive or repulsive nature of the Casimir force is governed by the
fractional order which takes values from zero (Dirichlet) to one (Neumann).
When the fractional order is larger than 1/2, the Casimir force is always
repulsive. For some fractional orders that are less than but close to 1/2, it
is shown that the Casimir force can be either attractive or repulsive depending
on the aspect ratio of the cavity and the temperature.Comment: 9 pages, 3 figure
Measurements of the Mass and Full-Width of the Meson
In a sample of 58 million events collected with the BES II detector,
the process J/ is observed in five different decay
channels: , , (with ), (with
) and . From a combined fit of all five
channels, we determine the mass and full-width of to be
MeV/ and
MeV/.Comment: 9 pages, 2 figures and 4 table. Submitted to Phys. Lett.
A Measurement of Psi(2S) Resonance Parameters
Cross sections for e+e- to hadons, pi+pi- J/Psi, and mu+mu- have been
measured in the vicinity of the Psi(2S) resonance using the BESII detector
operated at the BEPC. The Psi(2S) total width; partial widths to hadrons,
pi+pi- J/Psi, muons; and corresponding branching fractions have been determined
to be Gamma(total)= (264+-27) keV; Gamma(hadron)= (258+-26) keV, Gamma(mu)=
(2.44+-0.21) keV, and Gamma(pi+pi- J/Psi)= (85+-8.7) keV; and Br(hadron)=
(97.79+-0.15)%, Br(pi+pi- J/Psi)= (32+-1.4)%, Br(mu)= (0.93+-0.08)%,
respectively.Comment: 8 pages, 6 figure
Physical Frailty: ICFSR International Clinical Practice Guidelines for Identification and Management
Objective: The task force of the International Conference of Frailty and Sarcopenia Research (ICFSR) developed these clinical practice guidelines to overview the current evidence-base and to provide recommendations for the identification and management of frailty in older adults. Methods: These recommendations were formed using the GRADE approach, which ranked the strength and certainty (quality) of the supporting evidence behind each recommendation. Where the evidence-base was limited or of low quality, Consensus Based Recommendations (CBRs) were formulated. The recommendations focus on the clinical and practical aspects of care for older people with frailty, and promote person-centred care. Recommendations for Screening and Assessment: The task force recommends that health practitioners case identify/screen all older adults for frailty using a validated instrument suitable for the specific setting or context (strong recommendation). Ideally, the screening instrument should exclude disability as part of the screening process. For individuals screened as positive for frailty, a more comprehensive clinical assessment should be performed to identify signs and underlying mechanisms of frailty (strong recommendation). Recommendations for Management: A comprehensive care plan for frailty should address polypharmacy (whether rational or nonrational), the management of sarcopenia, the treatable causes of weight loss, and the causes of exhaustion (depression, anaemia, hypotension, hypothyroidism, and B12 deficiency) (strong recommendation). All persons with frailty should receive social support as needed to address unmet needs and encourage adherence to a comprehensive care plan (strong recommendation). First-line therapy for the management of frailty should include a multicomponent physical activity programme with a resistance-based training component (strong recommendation). Protein/caloric supplementation is recommended when weight loss or undernutrition are present (conditional recommendation). No recommendation was given for systematic additional therapies such as cognitive therapy, problem-solving therapy, vitamin D supplementation, and hormone-based treatment. Pharmacological treatment as presently available is not recommended therapy for the treatment of frailty.E. Dent ... J. Beilby ... John E. Morley ... et al
Mapping of quantitative trait loci for thermosensitive genic male sterility in indica rice
Measurement of Branching Ratios for Hadronic Decays
In a sample of 58 million events collected with the BES II detector,
the process J/ is observed in five decay channels: , , (with
), (with ) and . From
these signals, we determine ,
, ,
and .Comment: 8 pages, 1 figures and 4 table. Submitted to Phys. Lett.
Evidence of psi(3770) non-DD-bar Decay to J/psi pi+pi-
Evidence of decays to a non- final state is
observed. A total of \psi(3770) \to \PPJP events are
obtained from a data sample of 27.7 taken at center-of-mass
energies around 3.773 GeV using the BES-II detector at the BEPC. The branching
fraction is determined to be BF(\psi(3770) \to \PPJP)=(0.34\pm 0.14 \pm
0.09)%, corresponding to the partial width of \Gamma(\psi(3770) \to \PPJP) =
(80 \pm 33 \pm 23) keV.Comment: 8 pages, 7 figures, Submitted to Physics Letters
Measurements of J/psi --> p \bar{p}
The process J/\psi --> p \bar{p} is studied using 57.7 X 10^6 J/\psi events
collected with the BESII detector at the Beijing Electron Positron Collider.
The branching ratio is determined to be Br(J/\psi --> p \bar{p})=(2.26 +- 0.01
+- 0.14) X 10^{-3}, and the angular distribution is well described by
\frac{dN}{d cos\theta_p}=1+\alpha\cos^2\theta_p with \alpha = 0.676 +- 0.036 +-
0.042, where \theta_p is the angle between the proton and beam directions. The
value of \alpha obtained is in good agreement with the predictions of
first-order QCD.Comment: 6 pages, 2 figures, RevTex4, Submitted to Phys.Lett.
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