10,479 research outputs found
Vibrational relaxation in expanding N2 and air
New N2 vibrational temperature data, obtained in expanding N2 and air using the electron beam technique, are analyzed permitting the vibrational relaxation times to be determined as a function of temperature. In addition, the effects on N2 vibrational relaxation times of direct vibrational energy transfer between N2 and H2O, between N2 and O2, and between N2 and free electrons introduced from arc contaminants are analyzed. The vibrational relaxation times determined from the present measurements agree with those measured in the expanding flows of shock tunnels and impact tubes. These expanding data also agree with relaxation times observed in acoustical resonant cavities where alternating compressions and expansions take place. The relaxation times in expanding flows (vib-tran exchange process) are found to be approximately 50 times faster than those measured in the compressing flow of shock tubes (tran-vib exchange process). This evidence strongly supports the concept that one relaxation time distribution cannot be applied to both exchange processes
Next-to-Leading Order Shear Viscosity in lambda phi^4 Theory
We show that the shear viscosity of lambda phi^4 theory is sensitive at
next-to-leading order to soft physics, which gives rise to subleading
corrections suppressed by only a half power of the coupling, eta = [3033.54 +
1548.3 m_{th}/T] N T^3]/[ (N+2)/3 lambda^2], with m^2_th=(N+2)/72 lambda T^2.
The series appears to converge about as well (or badly) as the series for the
pressure.Comment: 4 pages, 1 figure. Typos fixed, tiny change in discussio
Localized shear generates three-dimensional transport
Understanding the mechanisms that control three-dimensional (3D) fluid
transport is central to many processes including mixing, chemical reaction and
biological activity. Here a novel mechanism for 3D transport is uncovered where
fluid particles are kicked between streamlines near a localized shear, which
occurs in many flows and materials. This results in 3D transport similar to
Resonance Induced Dispersion (RID); however, this new mechanism is more rapid
and mutually incompatible with RID. We explore its governing impact with both
an abstract 2-action flow and a model fluid flow. We show that transitions from
one-dimensional (1D) to two-dimensional (2D) and 2D to 3D transport occur based
on the relative magnitudes of streamline jumps in two transverse directions.Comment: Copyright 2017 AIP Publishing. This article may be downloaded for
personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and
AIP Publishin
Thin waveguides with Robin boundary conditions
We consider the Laplace operator in a thin three dimensional tube with a
Robin type condition on its boundary and study, asymptotically, the spectrum of
such operator as the diameter of the tube's cross section becomes
infinitesimal. In contrast with the Dirichlet condition case, we evidence
different behaviors depending on a symmetry criterium for the fundamental mode
in the cross section. If that symmetry condition fails, then we prove the
localization of lower energy levels in the vicinity of the minimum point of a
suitable function on the tube's axis depending on the curvature and the
rotation angle. In the symmetric case, the behavior of lower energy modes is
shown to be ruled by a one dimensional Sturm-Liouville problem involving an
effective potential given in explicit form
Marine Benthic Habitat Mapping of Muir Inlet, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska With an Evaluation of the Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard III
Seafloor geology and potential benthic habitats were mapped in Muir Inlet, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Alaska, using multibeam sonar, ground-truth information, and geological interpretations. Muir Inlet is a recently deglaciated fjord that is under the influence of glacial and paraglacial marine processes. High glacially derived sediment and meltwater fluxes, slope instabilities, and variable bathymetry result in a highly dynamic estuarine environment and benthic ecosystem. We characterize the fjord seafloor and potential benthic habitats using the Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS) recently developed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and NatureServe. Substrates within Muir Inlet are dominated by mud, derived from the high glacial debris flux. Water-column characteristics are derived from a combination of conductivity temperature depth (CTD) measurements and circulation-model results. We also present modern glaciomarine sediment accumulation data from quantitative differential bathymetry. These data show Muir Inlet is divided into two contrasting environments: a dynamic upper fjord and a relatively static lower fjord. The accompanying maps represent the first publicly available high-resolution bathymetric surveys of Muir Inlet. The results of these analyses serve as a test of the CMECS and as a baseline for continued mapping and correlations among seafloor substrate, benthic habitats, and glaciomarine processes
Determination of the critical current density in the d-wave superconductor YBCO under applied magnetic fields by nodal tunneling
We have studied nodal tunneling into YBa2Cu3O7-x (YBCO) films under magnetic
fields. The films' orientation was such that the CuO2 planes were perpendicular
to the surface with the a and b axis at 450 form the normal. The magnetic field
was applied parallel to the surface and perpendicular to the CuO2 planes. The
Zero Bias Conductance Peak (ZBCP) characteristic of nodal tunneling splits
under the effect of surface currents produced by the applied fields. Measuring
this splitting under different field conditions, zero field cooled and field
cooled, reveals that these currents have different origins. By comparing the
field cooled ZBCP splitting to that taken in decreasing fields we deduce a
value of the Bean critical current superfluid velocity, and calculate a Bean
critical current density of up to 3*10^7 A/cm2 at low temperatures. This
tunneling method for the determination of critical currents under magnetic
fields has serious advantages over the conventional one, as it avoids having to
make high current contacts to the sample.Comment: 8 pages, 2 figure
- …