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Modeling the Pulse Profiles of Millisecond Pulsars in the Second LAT Catalog of gamma-ray Pulsars
Significant gamma-ray pulsations have been detected from ~40 millisecond
pulsars (MSPs) using 3 years of sky-survey data from the Fermi LAT and radio
timing solutions from across the globe. We have fit the radio and gamma-ray
pulse profiles of these MSPs using geometric versions of slot gap and outer gap
gamma-ray emission models and radio cone and core models. For MSPs with radio
and gamma-ray peaks aligned in phase we also explore low-altitude slot gap
gamma-ray models and caustic radio models. The best-fit parameters provide
constraints on the viewing geometries and emission sites. While the exact
pulsar magnetospheric geometry is unknown, we can use the increased number of
known gamma-ray MSPs to look for significant trends in the population which
average over these uncertainties.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures, to appear in the proceedings of the 5th
International Symposium on High-Energy Astronom
Orientation and symmetries of Alexandrov spaces with applications in positive curvature
We develop two new tools for use in Alexandrov geometry: a theory of ramified
orientable double covers and a particularly useful version of the Slice Theorem
for actions of compact Lie groups. These tools are applied to the
classification of compact, positively curved Alexandrov spaces with maximal
symmetry rank.Comment: 34 pages. Simplified proofs throughout and a new proof of the Slice
Theorem, correcting omissions in the previous versio
The effect of farming system on dairy cow cleanliness in the UK and implications to udder health
The cleanliness of dairy cows was assessed using a 20 point hygiene score system at different times in the year on 14 organic and 14 conventional farms in the UK. Overall, cows were dirtier during winter housing compared to summer grazing. Farming system had no effect on cow cleanliness when cows were at grass, but when housed in the winter, organic cows were more likely to be cleaner. There was a link between cow hygiene scores and milk hygiene, with herds having lower bulk tank somatic cell counts (BTSCC) tending to have cleaner cows. This relationship was strongest for the organic herds. There was no significant link between hygiene score and Bactoscan (BS) count or mastitis incidence
Domain wall dynamics in expanding spaces
We study the effects on the dynamics of kinks due to expansions and
contractions of the space. We show that the propagation velocity of the kink
can be adiabatically tuned through slow expansions/contractions, while its
width is given as a function of the velocity. We also analyze the case of fast
expansions/contractions, where we are no longer on the adiabatic regime. In
this case the kink moves more slowly after an expansion-contraction cycle as a
consequence of loss of energy through radiation. All these effects are
numerically studied in the nonlinear Klein-Gordon equations (both for the
sine-Gordon and for the phi^4 potential), and they are also studied within the
framework of the collective coordinate evolution equations for the width and
the center of mass of the kink. These collective coordinate evolution equations
are obtained with a procedure that allows us to consider even the case of large
expansions/contractions.Comment: LaTeX, 18 pages, 2 figures, improved version to appear in Phys Rev
Phase correlation of laser waves with arbitrary frequency spacing
The theoretically predicted correlation of laser phase fluctuations in
Lambda-type interaction schemes is experimentally demonstrated. We show, that
the mechanism of correlation in a Lambda scheme is restricted to high frequency
noise components, whereas in a double- scheme, due to the laser phase
locking in closed-loop interaction, it extends to all noise frequencies. In
this case the correlation is weakly sensitive to coherence losses. Thus the
double-Lambda scheme can be used to correlate e.m. fields with carrier
frequency differences beyond the GHz regime.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Initial results from the Caltech/DRSI balloon-borne isotope experiment
The Caltech/DSRI balloonborne High Energy Isotope Spectrometer Telescope (HEIST) was flown successfully from Palestine, Texas on 14 May, 1984. The experiment was designed to measure cosmic ray isotopic abundances from neon through iron, with incident particle energies from approx. 1.5 to 2.2 GeV/nucleon depending on the element. During approximately 38 hours at float altitude, 100,000 events were recorded with Z or = 6 and incident energies approx. 1.5 GeV/nucleon. We present results from the ongoing data analysis associated with both the preflight Bevalac calibration and the flight data
Thermodynamic basis of the concept of "recombination resistances"
The concept of "recombination resistance" introduced by Shockley and Read
(Phys. Rev. 87, 835 (1952)) is discussed within the framework of the
thermodynamics of irreversible processes ruled by the principle of the minimum
rate of entropy production. It is shown that the affinities of recombination
processes represent "voltages" in a thermodynamic Ohm-like law where the net
rates of recombinations represent the "currents". The quantities thus found
allow for the definition of the "dissipated power" which is to be related to
the rate of entropy production of the recombination processes dealt with.Comment: Submitted to Phys. Rev.
Thermally Activated Magnetization and Resistance Decay during Near Ambient Temperature Aging of Co Nanoflakes in a Confining Semi-metallic Environment
We report the observation of magnetic and resistive aging in a self assembled
nanoparticle system produced in a multilayer Co/Sb sandwich. The aging decays
are characterized by an initial slow decay followed by a more rapid decay in
both the magnetization and resistance. The decays are large accounting for
almost 70% of the magnetization and almost 40% of the resistance for samples
deposited at 35 . For samples deposited at 50 the magnetization
decay accounts for of the magnetization and 50% of the resistance.
During the more rapid part of the decay, the concavity of the slope of the
decay changes sign and this inflection point can be used to provide a
characteristic time. The characteristic time is strongly and systematically
temperature dependent, ranging from x at 400K to x at 320K in samples deposited at . Samples deposited at 50
displayed a 7-8 fold increase in the characteristic time (compared to the samples) for a given aging temperature, indicating that this timescale may
be tunable. Both the temperature scale and time scales are in potentially
useful regimes. Pre-Aging, Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM) reveals that the
Co forms in nanoscale flakes. During aging the nanoflakes melt and migrate into
each other in an anisotropic fashion forming elongated Co nanowires. This aging
behavior occurs within a confined environment of the enveloping Sb layers. The
relationship between the characteristic time and aging temperature fits an
Arrhenius law indicating activated dynamics
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