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Small Structures via Thermal Instability of Partially Ionized Plasma. I. Condensation Mode
(Shortened) Thermal instability of partially ionized plasma is investigated
by linear perturbation analysis. According to the previous studies under the
one fluid approach, the thermal instability is suppressed due to the magnetic
pressure. However, the previous studies did not precisely consider the effect
of the ion-neutral friction, since they did not treat the flow as two fluid
which is composed of ions and neutrals. Then, we revisit the effect of the
ion-neutral friction of the two fluid to the growth of the thermal instability.
According to our study, (1) The instability which is characterized by the mean
molecular weight of neutrals is suppressed via the ion-neutral friction only
when the magnetic field and the friction are sufficiently strong. The
suppression owing to the friction occurs even along the field line. If the
magnetic field and the friction are not so strong, the instability is not
stabilized. (2) The effect of the friction and the magnetic field is mainly
reduction of the growth rate of the thermal instability of weakly ionized
plasma. (3) The effect of friction does not affect the critical wavelength
lambdaF for the thermal instability. This yields that lambdaF of the weakly
ionized plasma is not enlarged even when the magnetic field exists. We insist
that the thermal instability of the weakly ionized plasma in the magnetic field
can grow up even at the small length scale where the instability under the
assumption of the one fluid plasma can not grow owing to the stabilization by
the magnetic field. (4) The wavelength of the maximum growth rate of the
instability shifts shortward according to the decrement of the growth rate,
because the friction is effective at rather larger scale. Therefore, smaller
structures are expected to appear than those without the ion-neutral friction.Comment: To appear in Ap
Vacuum State of Lattice Gauge Theory with Fermions in 2+1 Dimensions
We investigate the vacuum state of the lattice gauge theory with fermions in
2+1 dimensions. The vacuum in the Hermite form for the fermion part is
obtained; the vacuum in the unitary form has been proposed by Luo and Chen. It
is shown that the Hermite vacuum has a lower energy than the unitary one
through the variational method.Comment: 16 pages, 5 embedded PS figures, LaTeX with special styl
On the Decelerating Shock Instability of Plane-Parallel Slab with Finite Thickness
Dynamical stability of the shock compressed layer with finite thickness is
investigated. It is characterized by self-gravity, structure, and shock
condition at the surfaces of the compressed layer. At one side of the shocked
layer, its surface condition is determined via the ram pressure, while at the
other side the thermal pressure supports its structure. When the ram pressure
dominates the thermal pressure, we expect deceleration of the shocked layer.
Especially, in this paper, we examine how the stratification of the
decelerating layer has an effect on its dynamical stability. Performing the
linear perturbation analysis, a {\it more general} dispersion relation than the
previous one obtained by one of the authors is derived. It gives us an
interesting information about the stability of the decelerating layer.
Importantly, the DSI (Decelerating Shock Instability) and the gravitational
instability are always incompatible. We also consider the evolution effect of
the shocked layer. In the early stages of its evolution, only DSI occurs. On
the contrary, in the late stages, it is possible for the shocked layer to be
unstable for the DSI (in smaller scale) and the gravitational instability (in
larger scale). Furthermore, we find there is a stable range of wavenumbers
against both the DSI and the gravitational instability between respective
unstable wavenumber ranges. These stable modes suggest the ineffectiveness of
DSI for the fragmentation of the decelerating slab.Comment: 17 pages, 6 figures. The Astrophysical Journal Vol.532 in pres
Scalability of spin FPGA: A Reconfigurable Architecture based on spin MOSFET
Scalability of Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) using spin MOSFET (spin
FPGA) with magnetocurrent (MC) ratio in the range of 100% to 1000% is discussed
for the first time. Area and speed of million-gate spin FPGA are numerically
benchmarked with CMOS FPGA for 22nm, 32nm and 45nm technologies including 20%
transistor size variation. We show that area is reduced and speed is increased
in spin FPGA owing to the nonvolatile memory function of spin MOSFET.Comment: 3 pages, 7 figure
Solar horizontal flow evaluation using neural network and numerical simulation with snapshot data
We suggest a method that evaluates the horizontal velocity in the solar
photosphere with easily observable values using a combination of neural network
and radiative magnetohydrodynamics simulations. All three-component velocities
of thermal convection on the solar surface have important roles in generating
waves in the upper atmosphere. However, the velocity perpendicular to the line
of sight (LoS) is difficult to observe. To deal with this problem, the local
correlation tracking (LCT) method, which employs the difference between two
images, has been widely used, but LCT has several disadvantages. We develop a
method that evaluates the horizontal velocity from a snapshot of the intensity
and the LoS velocity with a neural network. We use data from numerical
simulations for training the neural network. While two consecutive intensity
images are required for LCT, our network needs just one intensity image at only
a specific moment for input. From these input array, our network outputs a
same-size array of two-component velocity field. With only the intensity data,
the network achieves a high correlation coefficient between the simulated and
evaluated velocities of 0.83. In addition, the network performance can be
improved when we add LoS velocity for input, enabling achieving a correlation
coefficient of 0.90. Our method is also applied to observed data.Comment: 13 pages, 20 figures, accepted for publication in pas
Some Cohomotopy Groups of Suspended Projective Planes
In this paper we compute some cohomotopy groups of the
suspended complex and quaternionic projective plane by use of the exact sequence associated with the canonical cofiber sequence and a formula about a multiple of the identity class of the suspended projective plane.</p
Tendency of Adhesive Particles on the Liquid Wall Layer in the Turbulent Flow Channel
The experimental investigation and simulation model approach were carried out to investigate the behavior of the fine particles to adÂhere on the layer of liquid on the wall in gas-solid two-phase flow. Polymethyl methacrylate having two different mean-diameters of 20 mm and of 50mm was used for measurement. By using continuous feeding sysÂtem, the fine particles were entrained and mixed with the air in the duct. Experiment for solid particle gas with two-phase flow in room temperature was carried out to make a clear turbulent effect for particle adhering behavior to wall side having a high-viscosity liquid layer. These phenomena were also investigated by the simulation model which represented the experimental condition for two-phase flow and using k-ε two equation models for turbulent flow. The experimental result showed that adhered particle quantity depends on particle feeding rate. The result of simulation model also showed the same tendency. The relation of the various particles feeding rate and capture rate were also described
Application of the Limit Cycle Model to Star Formation Histories in Spiral Galaxies: Variation among Morphological Types
We propose a limit-cycle scenario of star formation history for any
morphological type of spiral galaxies. It is known observationally that the
early-type spiral sample has a wider range of the present star formation rate
(SFR) than the late-type sample. This tendency is understood in the framework
of the limit-cycle model of the interstellar medium (ISM), in which the SFR
cyclically changes in accordance with the temporal variation of the mass
fraction of the three ISM components. When the limit-cycle model of the ISM is
applied, the amplitude of variation of the SFR is expected to change with the
supernova (SN) rate. Observational evidence indicates that the early-type
spiral galaxies show smaller rates of present SN than late-type ones. Combining
this evidence with the limit-cycle model of the ISM, we predict that the
early-type spiral galaxies show larger amplitudes in their SFR variation than
the late-types. Indeed, this prediction is consistent with the observed wider
range of the SFR in the early-type sample than in the late-type sample. Thus,
in the framework of the limit-cycle model of the ISM, we are able to interpret
the difference in the amplitude of SFR variation among the morphological
classes of spiral galaxies.Comment: 12 pages LaTeX, to appear in A
Oil palm leaf fibre and its suitability for paper-based products
Due to the shortage of wood as origin materials for paper-based production, agro-residue materials have been explored in the quest of finding the best alternative fibre. Oil palm leaf (OPL) is one of agro-residue that has potential due to its comparable characteristics with wood fibre. Studies on chemical compositions, fibre morphology, and mechanical property of OPL have been carried out aiming to evaluate its potential as a substitute raw material for pulp and paper-based production. The chemical compositions were analysed according to the TAPPI standard, Kurscher-Hoffner and chlorite methods accordingly. The mechanical property (tensile, tearing and bursting strengths) were determined as described in TAPPI test methods. Fibre dimensions were determined using Franklin method and analysed under the optical microscope. The content of cellulose in the OPL is determined to be 43.8%. Although, this result is lower than wood fibre (53%), OPL has higher hemicellulose content (36.4%) than the wood fibre (27.5%). In addition, the lignin content (19.7%) of OPL is in the low range of those in wood resources (18 - 25%). These parameters are important components to produce good quality pulp and will provide high mechanical strength of the paper-based products. The measured fibre length of oil palm leaf (1.13 mm) is shorter than the wood fibre (1.90 mm). Meanwhile, the mechanical property of OPL showed lower indexes than wood resources, however, tear (1.80 mN.m2/g) and burst (0.95 kPa.m2/g) indexes of OPL are higher than other published and successful wood resources (Eucalyptus). Based on the analyses, the oil palm leaf is indeed a suitable alternative of raw material for pulp and paper-based industries
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