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ICE Second Halley radial: TDA mission support and DSN operations
The article documents the operations encompassing the International Cometary Explorer (ICE) second Halley radial experiment centered around March 28, 1986. The support was provided by the Deep Space Network (DSN) 64-meter subnetwork. Near continuous support was provided the last two weeks of March and the first two weeks of April to insure the collection of adequate background data for the Halley radial experiment. During the last week of March, plasma wave measurements indicate that ICE was within the Halley heavy ion pick-up region
Diffusion in a crowded environment
We analyze a pair of diffusion equations which are derived in the infinite
system--size limit from a microscopic, individual--based, stochastic model.
Deviations from the conventional Fickian picture are found which ultimately
relate to the depletion of resources on which the particles rely. The
macroscopic equations are studied both analytically and numerically, and are
shown to yield anomalous diffusion which does not follow a power law with time,
as is frequently assumed when fitting data for such phenomena. These anomalies
are here understood within a consistent dynamical picture which applies to a
wide range of physical and biological systems, underlining the need for clearly
defined mechanisms which are systematically analyzed to give definite
predictions.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, minor change
Intrinsic noise and two-dimensional maps: Quasicycles, quasiperiodicity, and chaos
We develop a formalism to describe the discrete-time dynamics of systems
containing an arbitrary number of interacting species. The individual-based
model, which forms our starting point, is described by a Markov chain, which in
the limit of large system sizes is shown to be very well-approximated by a
Fokker-Planck-like equation, or equivalently by a set of stochastic difference
equations. This formalism is applied to the specific case of two species: one
predator species and its prey species. Quasi-cycles --- stochastic cycles
sustained and amplified by the demographic noise --- previously found in
continuous-time predator-prey models are shown to exist, and their behavior
predicted from a linear noise analysis is shown to be in very good agreement
with simulations. The effects of the noise on other attractors in the
corresponding deterministic map, such as periodic cycles, quasiperiodicity and
chaos, are also investigated.Comment: 21 pages, 12 figure
A Survey of the Salaries of Auto Mechanics in Southeastern Virginia
To answer the problem of this research study the following questions were used as a guide: 1. What kind of salary can a mechanic expect to make? 2. What method of payment is used to compute the mechanic\u27s salary? 3. Determine how auto mechanics\u27 salaries compared with other trades
Suppressing escape events in maps of the unit interval with demographic noise
We explore the properties of discrete-time stochastic processes with a
bounded state space, whose deterministic limit is given by a map of the unit
interval. We find that, in the mesoscopic description of the system, the large
jumps between successive iterates of the process can result in probability
leaking out of the unit interval, despite the fact that the noise is
multiplicative and vanishes at the boundaries. By including higher-order terms
in the mesoscopic expansion, we are able to capture the non-Gaussian nature of
the noise distribution near the boundaries, but this does not preclude the
possibility of a trajectory leaving the interval. We propose a number of
prescriptions for treating these escape events, and we compare the results with
those obtained for the metastable behavior of the microscopic model, where
escape events are not possible. We find that, rather than truncating the noise
distribution, censoring this distribution to prevent escape events leads to
results which are more consistent with the microscopic model. The addition of
higher moments to the noise distribution does not increase the accuracy of the
final results, and it can be replaced by the simpler Gaussian noise.Comment: 14 pages, 13 figure
Determinants and Consequences of Financial Constraints Facing Firms in Argentina
In the 1990s Argentina implemented an ambitious structural reform program that brought about profound changes in the economy. The monetary and exchange rate regimes and the banking sector were no exception. In fact, during that decade the country displayed a unique combination of characteristics: 1. The exchange rate/monetary regime was a currency board between 1991 and 2001. 2. There were no obstacles to capital flows and tighter prudential regulations were introduced. 3. Private portfolios and banks` balance sheets were highly dollarized.
Statistical theory of quasi stationary states beyond the single water-bag case study
An analytical solution for the out-of-equilibrium quasi-stationary states of
the paradigmatic Hamiltonian Mean Field (HMF) model can be obtained from a
maximum entropy principle. The theory has been so far tested with reference to
a specific class of initial condition, the so called (single-level) water-bag
type. In this paper a step forward is taken by considering an arbitrary number
of overlapping water bags. The theory is benchmarked to direct microcanonical
simulations performed for the case of a two-levels water-bag. The comparison is
shown to return an excellent agreement
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