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Simulating Radiative Magnetohydrodynamical Flows with AstroBEAR: Implementation and Applications of Non-equilibrium Cooling
Radiative cooling plays a crucial role in the dynamics of many astrophysical
flows, and is particularly important in the dense shocked gas within
Herbig-Haro (HH) objects and stellar jets. Simulating cooling processes
accurately is necessary to compare numerical simulations with existing and
planned observations of HH objects, such as those from the Hubble Space
Telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope. In this paper we discuss a new,
non-equilibrium cooling scheme we have implemented into the 3-D
magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) code AstroBEAR. The new cooling function includes
ionization, recombination, and excitation of all the important atomic species
that cool below 10000 K. We tested the routine by comparing its predictions
with those from the well-tested 1-D Cox-Raymond shock code (Raymond 1979). The
results show thatAstroBEAR accurately tracks the ionization fraction,
temperature, and other MHD variables for all low-velocity (.90 km/s) magnetized
radiative shock waves. The new routine allows us to predict synthetic emission
maps in all the bright forbidden and permitted lines observed in stellar jets,
including H{\alpha}, [NII], [OI], and [SII]. We present an example as to how
these synthetic maps facilitate a direct comparison with narrowband images of
HH objects.Comment: 8 figure
Comment on "Long-range electrostatic interactions between like-charged colloids: Steric and confinement effects"
In a recent study [Phys. Rev. E 60, 6530 (1999)], Trizac and Raimbault showed
that the effective pair interaction between like charged colloids immersed in a
cylindrically confined electrolyte remains repulsive even when the size of the
micro-ions or the finite longitudinal extension of the confining cylinder are
taken into account. Contrary to their claim, we argue that the case of finite
longitudinal confinement doesn't always generate repulsive interactions and to
illustrate this point we also provide a simple example.Comment: 3 pages, 1 figure. Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. E 200
Biological activity of glucosinolate derived compounds isolated from seed meal of Brassica crops and evaluated as plant and food protection agents
Glucosinolates are amino acid derived allelochemicals characteristic of plants of the order Capparales. These compounds are present in seeds of agriculturally common Brassica crops in varying quantities depending on the species (ref). The use of the remaining seed cake after oil extraction has traditionally been limited by the concentration of these compounds. However, the extraction of glucosinolates from seed meal is nowadays possible and it further contributes to an increased quality of the seed meal for feed (Sørensen et al., this conference). Glucosinolates are hydrolysed by endogenous enzymes (myrosinases; EC 3.2.1.147) and a number of compounds are produced depending on the parent glucosinolate and the environmental conditions.1 Among these compounds, oxazolidine-2-thiones are known for their antinutritional effects on monogastric animals, whereas isothiocyanates are fungicidal, nematocidal and herbicidal.2,3 The possibility for using glucosinolates as precursors for environmental friendly biocides therefore exists, which could contribute to increase the value of the Brassica seed meal
Shell-structure effects on high-pressure Rankine-Hugoniot shock adiabats
Rankine-Hugoniot shock adiabats are calculated in the pressure range 1
Mbar-10 Gbar with two atomic-structure models: the atom in a spherical cell and
the atom in a jellium of charges. These quantum self-consistent-field models
include shell effects, which have a strong impact on pressure and shock
velocity along the shock adiabat. Comparisons with experimental data are
presented and quantum effects are interpreted in terms of electronic specific
heat. A simple analytical estimate for the maximum compression is proposed,
depending on initial density, atomic weight and atomic number
Bounds on the cosmological abundance of primordial black holes from diffuse sky brightness: single mass spectra
We constrain the mass abundance of unclustered primordial black holes (PBHs),
formed with a simple mass distribution and subject to the Hawking evaporation
and particle absorption from the environment. Since the radiative flux is
proportional to the numerical density, an upper bound is obtained by comparing
the calculated and observed diffuse background values, (similarly to the Olbers
paradox in which point sources are considered) for finite bandwidths. For a
significative range of formation redshifts the bounds are better than several
values obtained by other arguments ; and they apply
to PBHs which are evaporating today.Comment: 20 pages, 5 figures, to appear in PR
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