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Mathematical modelling of the spread of contamination during fires in forests exposed to radioactive contamination
The paper suggested in the context of the general mathematical model of forest fires [1] gives a new mathematical setting and method of numerical solution of a problem of a radioactive spread above the forest region. Numerical solution of problems of radioactive smoke spread during crown fire in exemplified heat energy release in the forest fire front was found. Heat energy release in the forest fire front was found to cause further radioactive particles spread by the action of wind. In the absence of wind, radioactive smoke particles deposit again on the underlying surface after a time. As a wind velocity increases, these particles are transferred in the ground layer over distances proportional to a wind velocity
Vortex-chain phases in layered superconductors
Layered superconductors in tilted magnetic field have a very rich spectrum of
vortex lattice configurations. In the presence of in-plane magnetic field, a
small c-axis field penetrates in the form of isolated vortex chains. The
structure of a single chain is mainly determined by the ratio of the London
[] and Josephson [] lengths, . At large the chain is composed of tilted
vortices [tilted chains] and at small it consists of a crossing array
of Josephson vortices and pancake stacks [crossing chains]. We studied the
chain structures at intermediate 's and found two types of behavior.
(I) In the range a c-axis field first penetrates in the
form of pancake-stack chains located on Josephson vortices. Due to attractive
coupling between deformed stacks, their density jumps from zero to a finite
value. With further increase of the c-axis field the chain structure smoothly
evolves into modulated tilted vortices and then transforms via a second-order
phase transition, into the tilted straight vortices. (II) In the range a c-axis field first penetrates in the form of kinks creating
kinked tilted vortices. With increasing the c-axis field this structure is
replaced via a first-order phase transition by the strongly deformed crossing
chain. This transition is accompanied by a large jump of pancake density.
Further evolution of the chain structure is similar to the higher anisotropy
scenario: it smoothly transforms back into the tilted straight vortices.Comment: Accepted to Phys. Rev. B, 20 pages 12 figures, animation of chain
structure is available in http://mti.msd.anl.gov/movies/Chains/Nl8al06Im.gif
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Experimental study of the thermal stability of materials in high temperature oxygen-containing media
An experimental study is made of the interaction of several materials with a high temperature medium containing oxygen. The temperature of the surface was measured as a function of time. It is found that the higher the velocity of mass removal from the surface, the more effective is the material from the viewpoint of heat resistance
Collective and fractal properties of pion jets in the four-velocity space at intermediate energies
Experimental results are presented for study of collective and fractal
properties of soft pion jets in the space of relative four-dimensional
velocities. Significant decreasing is obtained for mean square of second
particle distances from jet axis for pion-proton interactions at initial
energies GeV in comparison with hadron-nuclear collisions at close
energies. The decreasing results in power dependence of distance variable on
collision energy for range GeV. The observation allows us to
estimate the low boundary of manifestation of color degree of freedom in pion
jet production. Cluster dimension values were deduced for pion jets in various
reactions. Fractional values of this dimension indicate on the manifestation of
fractal-like properties by pion jets. Changing of mean kinetic energy of jet
particles and fractal dimension with initial energy increasing is consistent
with suggestion for presence of color degrees of freedom in pion jet production
at intermediate energies.Comment: The conference "Physics of fundamental interactions". ITEP, Moscow,
Russia. November 23 - 27, 200
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