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Near-surface stellar magneto-convection: simulations for the Sun and a metal-poor solar analog
We present 2D local box simulations of near-surface radiative
magneto-convection with prescribed magnetic flux, carried out with the MHD
version of the CO5BOLD code for the Sun and a solar-like star with a metal-poor
chemical composition (metal abundances reduced by a factor 100, [M/H]=-2). The
resulting magneto-hydrodynamical models can be used to study the influence of
the metallicity on the properties of magnetized stellar atmospheres. A
preliminary analysis indicates that the horizontal magnetic field component
tends to be significantly stronger in the optically thin layers of metal-poor
stellar atmospheres.Comment: Proc. IAU Symposium 259, Cosmic Magnetic Fields: from Planets, to
Stars and Galaxies, K.G. Strassmeier, A.G. Kosovichev and J.E. Beckman, eds.
(2009) p.23
Categorification of persistent homology
We redevelop persistent homology (topological persistence) from a categorical
point of view. The main objects of study are diagrams, indexed by the poset of
real numbers, in some target category. The set of such diagrams has an
interleaving distance, which we show generalizes the previously-studied
bottleneck distance. To illustrate the utility of this approach, we greatly
generalize previous stability results for persistence, extended persistence,
and kernel, image and cokernel persistence. We give a natural construction of a
category of interleavings of these diagrams, and show that if the target
category is abelian, so is this category of interleavings.Comment: 27 pages, v3: minor changes, to appear in Discrete & Computational
Geometr
On The Evolution of Magnetic White Dwarfs
We present the first radiation magnetohydrodynamics simulations of the
atmosphere of white dwarf stars. We demonstrate that convective energy transfer
is seriously impeded by magnetic fields when the plasma-beta parameter, the
thermal to magnetic pressure ratio, becomes smaller than unity. The critical
field strength that inhibits convection in the photosphere of white dwarfs is
in the range B = 1-50 kG, which is much smaller than the typical 1-1000 MG
field strengths observed in magnetic white dwarfs, implying that these objects
have radiative atmospheres. We have then employed evolutionary models to study
the cooling process of high-field magnetic white dwarfs, where convection is
entirely suppressed during the full evolution (B > 10 MG). We find that the
inhibition of convection has no effect on cooling rates until the effective
temperature (Teff) reaches a value of around 5500 K. In this regime, the
standard convective sequences start to deviate from the ones without convection
owing to the convective coupling between the outer layers and the degenerate
reservoir of thermal energy. Since no magnetic white dwarfs are currently known
at the low temperatures where this coupling significantly changes the
evolution, effects of magnetism on cooling rates are not expected to be
observed. This result contrasts with a recent suggestion that magnetic white
dwarfs with Teff < 10,000 K cool significantly slower than non-magnetic
degenerates.Comment: 11 pages, 12 figures, accepted for publication in the Astrophysical
Journa
On the effect of oscillatory phenomena on Stokes inversion results
Stokes inversion codes are crucial in returning properties of the solar
atmosphere, such as temperature and magnetic field strength. However, the
success of such algorithms to return reliable values can be hindered by the
presence of oscillatory phenomena within magnetic wave guides. Returning
accurate parameters is crucial to both magnetohydrodynamics studies and solar
physics in general. Here, we employ a simulation featuring propagating MHD
waves within a flux tube with a known driver and atmospheric parameters. We
invert the Stokes profiles for the 6301 \unicode{0xc5} and 6302
\unicode{0xc5} line pair emergent from the simulations using the well-known
Stokes Inversions from Response functions (SIR) code to see if the atmospheric
parameters can be returned for typical spatial resolutions at ground-based
observatories. The inversions return synthetic spectra comparable to the
original input spectra, even with asymmetries introduced in the spectra from
wave propagation in the atmosphere. The output models from the inversions match
closely to the simulations in temperature, line-of-sight magnetic field and
line-of-sight velocity within typical formation heights of the inverted lines.
Deviations from the simulations are seen away from these height regions. The
inversion results are less accurate during passage of the waves within the line
formation region. The original wave period could be recovered from the
atmosphere output by the inversions, with empirical mode decomposition
performing better than the wavelet approach in this task.Comment: Accepted for publication in Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A, 20 pages, 4
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A three dimensional model of the photosynthetic membranes of Ectothiorhodospira halochloris
The three dimensional organization of the complete photosynthetic apparatus of the extremely halophilic, bacteriochlorophyll b containing Ectothiorhodospira halochloris has been elaborated by several techniques of electron microscopy. Essentially all thylakoidal sacs are disc shaped and connected to the cytoplasmic membrane by small membraneous ldquobridgesrdquo. In sum, the lumina of all thylakoids (intrathylakoidal space) form one common periplasmic space. Thin sections confirm a paracrystalline arrangement of the photosynthetic complexes in situ. The ontogenic development of the photosynthetic apparatus is discussed based on a structural model derived from serial thin sections
Preparation and properties of amorphous MgB/MgO superstructures: A new model disordered superconductor
In this paper we introduce a novel method for fabricating MgB/MgO
multilayers and demonstrate the potential for using them as a new model for
disordered superconductors. In this approach we control the annealing of the
MgB to yield an interesting new class of disordered (amorphous)
superconductors with relatively high transition temperatures. The multilayers
appear to exhibit quasi-two-dimensional superconductivity with controlled
anisotropy. We discuss the properties of the multilayers as the thickness of
the components of the bilayers vary.Comment: 7 pages, 8 figure
Topological characteristics of oil and gas reservoirs and their applications
We demonstrate applications of topological characteristics of oil and gas
reservoirs considered as three-dimensional bodies to geological modeling.Comment: 12 page
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