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The contribution of services and other sectors to Australian productivity growth 1980-2004
Radiative transfer of synchrotron radiation through a compressed random magnetic field
The generally low polarization levels present in extragalactic radio sources suggest magnetic fields that are largely turbulent, presumably maintained by turbulence motion of the underlying plasma. The polarization of radio emission is often generated as the plasma is compressed by shock waves, and this type of configuration has been widely applied, from the cores of AGN to the lobes of classical double radio sources. Here we note that, in the absence of Faraday rotation, the synchrotron radiative transfer equations for such a configuration, separate, leading to relatively simple solutions for opaque or partially opaque sources. Expressions for the emission and absorption coefficients are derived, and, although in general, these must be evaluated numerically, the process is much simpler than a full numerical solution of the transfer equations
Directed Random Walk on the Lattices of Genus Two
The object of the present investigation is an ensemble of self-avoiding and
directed graphs belonging to eight-branching Cayley tree (Bethe lattice)
generated by the Fucsian group of a Riemann surface of genus two and embedded
in the Pincar\'e unit disk. We consider two-parametric lattices and calculate
the multifractal scaling exponents for the moments of the graph lengths
distribution as functions of these parameters. We show the results of numerical
and statistical computations, where the latter are based on a random walk
model.Comment: 17 pages, 8 figure
The limits of spatial resolution achievable using a 30kHz multibeam sonar: model predictions and field results
A Simrad EM300 multibeam sonar was used to attempt to resolve small (-5m high) targets in 450m of water. The targets had previously been surveyed using a deeply towed 59 kHz sidescan sonar. Using multisector active yaw, pitch and roll compensation, together with dynamically altering angular sectors, the sonar is capable of maintaining sounding densities of as tight as 10m spacing in these water depths. This is significantly smaller than the largest dimension of the projected beam footprints (1 6-64m). The observed data suggest that the targets are intermittently resolved. The field results compare well to the output of a numerical model which reproduces the imaging geometry. Possible variations in the imaging geometry are implemented in the model, comparing equiangular and equidistant beam spacings, differing angular sectors and all the different combinations of transmit and receive beam widths that are available for this model of sonar. While amplitude detection is significantly aliased by targets smaller than the across track beam footprint, under conditions where the signal to noise ratio is favorable, phase detection can be used to reduce the minimum size of target observed to about the scale of the across track beam width. Thus having the beam spacing at the scale is justifiable. The phase distortion due to smaller targets, however, is generally averaged out
Gravitational-wave confusion background from cosmological compact binaries: Implications for future terrestrial detectors
Increasing the sensitivity of a gravitational-wave (GW) detector improves our
ability to measure the characteristics of detected sources. It also increases
the number of weak signals that contribute to the data. Because GW detectors
have nearly all-sky sensitivity, they can be subject to a confusion limit: Many
sources which cannot be distinguished may be measured simultaneously, defining
a stochastic noise floor to the sensitivity. For GW detectors operating at
present and for their planned upgrades, the projected event rate is
sufficiently low that we are far from the confusion-limited regime. However,
some detectors currently under discussion may have large enough reach to binary
inspiral that they enter the confusion-limited regime. In this paper, we
examine the binary inspiral confusion limit for terrestrial detectors. We
consider a broad range of inspiral rates in the literature, several planned
advanced gravitational-wave detectors, and the highly advanced "Einstein
Telescope" design. Though most advanced detectors will not be impacted by this
limit, the Einstein Telescope with a very low frequency "seismic wall" may be
subject to confusion noise. At a minimum, careful data analysis will be require
to separate signals which will appear confused. This result should be borne in
mind when designing highly advanced future instruments.Comment: 19 pages, 6 figures and 3 tables; accepted for publication in Phys.
Rev.
Mapping a Continental Shelf and Slope in the 1990s: A Tale of Three Multibeams
Increasing societal pressures on the U.S. continental shelves adjacent to dense population centers have brought to light the lack of accurate base maps in these areas. Existing bathymetric maps and random sidescan sonar surveys are either not accurate enough or do not provide the coverage necessary to make policy decisions. Until the mid 1990s, it was not financially prudent nor technically efficient to map the shallow shelves. However, the availability of high-resolution multibeam mapping systems now allow efficient and accurate mapping of the continental margins. In 1996 the U.S. Geological Survey began a large-scale seafloor mapping campaign on the continental shelf and slope adjacent to Los Angeles, CA. The first survey used a Kongsberg Simrad EM1000 (95 kHz). The survey continued in 1998 by mapping the slope and proximal basins from Newport to Long Beach, CA, using a Kongsberg Simrad EM300 (30 kHz). The area was completed in May 1999 by mapping the entire shelf adjacent to Long Beach, CA using an EM3000D (a dual-headed 300-kHz system). The mapping used both INS from the vehicle motion sensor and DGPS to provide position accuracies of ~1 m. All the data were processed in the field in near realtime using software developed at the Univ. of New Brunswick. Because of the different systems used and the range of water depths, the spatial resolution of the processed data varies from \u3c0.5 m on the inner shelf to 8 m on the basin floors.
Perspective overviews of backscatter draped over bathymetry reveals a host of geological features unknown to exist in this area. These features include shallow, linear gullys, barchan dunes, small-scale bedforms in shallow troughs, major canyon system complexes, large- and smallscale mass movements, faults, and large areas of outcrop. The effects on sediment transport of man-made features, such as sewer outfall pipes and dredge-disposal fields, are clearly delineated on the new maps. The maps provide the fundamental base maps for studies as varied as those involving benthic habitats, marine disposal sites, sediment transport, and tectonic ma
Residual mean first-passage time for jump processes: theory and applications to L\'evy flights and fractional Brownian motion
We derive a functional equation for the mean first-passage time (MFPT) of a
generic self-similar Markovian continuous process to a target in a
one-dimensional domain and obtain its exact solution. We show that the obtained
expression of the MFPT for continuous processes is actually different from the
large system size limit of the MFPT for discrete jump processes allowing
leapovers. In the case considered here, the asymptotic MFPT admits
non-vanishing corrections, which we call residual MFPT. The case of L/'evy
flights with diverging variance of jump lengths is investigated in detail, in
particular, with respect to the associated leapover behaviour. We also show
numerically that our results apply with good accuracy to fractional Brownian
motion, despite its non-Markovian nature.Comment: 13 pages, 8 figure
New Goldstone multiplet for partially broken supersymmetry
The partial spontaneous breaking of rigid N=2 supersymmetry implies the
existence of a massless N=1 Goldstone multiplet. In this paper we show that the
spin-(1/2,1) Maxwell multiplet can play this role. We construct its full
nonlinear transformation law and find the invariant Goldstone action. The
spin-1 piece of the action turns out to be of Born-Infeld type, and the full
superfield action is duality invariant. This leads us to conclude that the
Goldstone multiplet can be associated with a D-brane solution of superstring
theory for p=3. In addition, we find that N=1 chirality is preserved in the
presence of the Goldstone-Maxwell multiplet. This allows us to couple it to N=1
chiral and gauge field multiplets. We find that arbitrary Kahler and
superpotentials are consistent with partially broken N=2 supersymmetry.Comment: Latex, 13 pages. Version to appear in Phys. Rev.
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