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A study of thermal response of the lunar surface at the landing site during the descent of the Lunar Excursion Module /LEM/
Thermal response of lunar surface at landing site due to radiative and convective heat transfer from LEM exhaust nozzl
Design, fabrication, testing, and delivery of a solar energy collector system for residential heating and cooling
A low cost flat plate solar energy collector was designed for the heating and cooling of residential buildings. The system meets specified performance requirements, at the desired system operating levels, for a useful life of 15 to 20 years, at minimum cost and uses state-of-the-art materials and technology. The rationale for the design method was based on identifying possible material candidates for various collector components and then selecting the components which best meet the solar collector design requirements. The criteria used to eliminate certain materials were: performance and durability test results, cost analysis, and prior solar collector fabrication experience
Development of flat-plate solar collectors for the heating and cooling of buildings
The relevant design parameters in the fabrication of a solar collector for heating liquids were examined. The objective was to design, fabricate, and test a low-cost, flat-plate solar collector with high collection efficiency, high durability, and requiring little maintenance. Computer-aided math models of the heat transfer processes in the collector assisted in the design. The preferred physical design parameters were determined from a heat transfer standpoint and the absorber panel configuration, the surface treatment of the absorber panel, the type and thickness of insulation, and the number, spacing and material of the covers were defined. Variations of this configuration were identified, prototypes built, and performance tests performed using a solar simulator. Simulated operation of the baseline collector configuration was combined with insolation data for a number of locations and compared with a predicted load to determine the degree of solar utilization
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I-Xe analysis of a magnetic separate from Lodranite GRA95209
I-Xe dating of a magnetic mineral separate from lodranite GRA95209 suggests that peak temperatures (and therefore melt migration) occurred early, at least a few million years before closure of the I-Xe system in phosphates from Acapulco
Unraveling quantum dissipation in the frequency domain
We present a quantum Monte Carlo method for solving the evolution of an open
quantum system. In our approach, the density operator evolution is unraveled in
the frequency domain. Significant advantages of this approach arise when the
frequency of each dissipative event conveys information about the state of the
system.Comment: 4 pages, 4 Postscript figures, uses RevTe
Genetic algorithms: a pragmatic, non-parametric approach to exploratory analysis of questionnaires in educational research
Data from a survey to determine student attitudes to their courses are used as an example to show how genetic algorithms can be used in the analysis of questionnaire data. Genetic algorithms provide a means of generating logical rules which predict one variable in a data set by relating it to others. This paper explains the principle underlying genetic algorithms and gives a non-mathematical description of the means by which rules are generated. A commercially available computer program is used to apply genetic algorithms to the survey data. The results are discussed
Thermodynamics of Multi-Component Fermi Vapors
We study the thermodynamical properties of Fermi vapors confined in a
harmonic external potential. In the case of the ideal Fermi gas, we compare
exact density profiles with their semiclassical approximation in the conditions
of recent experiments. Then, we consider the phase-separation of a
multi-component Fermi vapor. In particular, we analyze the phase-separation as
a function of temperature, number of particles and scattering length. Finally,
we discuss the effect of rotation on the stability and thermodynamics of the
trapped vapors.Comment: 15 pages, 5 figures, to be published in J. Phys. B (Atom. Mol.) as a
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Strategy bifurcation and spatial inhomogeneity in a simple model of competing sellers
We present a simple one-parameter model for spatially localised evolving
agents competing for spatially localised resources. The model considers selling
agents able to evolve their pricing strategy in competition for a fixed market.
Despite its simplicity, the model displays extraordinarily rich behavior. In
addition to ``cheap'' sellers pricing to cover their costs, ``expensive''
sellers spontaneously appear to exploit short-term favorable situations. These
expensive sellers ``speciate'' into discrete price bands. As well as variety in
pricing strategy, the ``cheap'' sellers evolve a strongly correlated spatial
structure, which in turn creates niches for their expensive competitors. Thus
an entire ecosystem of coexisting, discrete, symmetry-breaking strategies
arises.Comment: 6 pages, 6 figures, epl2; 1 new figure, include nash equilibrium
analysis, typo fixe
Prospects for a mHz-linewidth laser
We propose a new light source based on having alkaline-earth atoms in an
optical lattice collectively emit photons on an ultra-narrow clock transition
into the mode of a high Q-resonator. The resultant optical radiation has an
extremely narrow linewidth in the mHz range, even smaller than that of the
clock transition itself due to collective effects. A power level of order
is possible, sufficient for phase-locking a slave optical local
oscillator. Realizing this light source has the potential to improve the
stability of the best clocks by two orders of magnitude.Comment: minor revisions + shortening; factor 2 algebra mistake correcte
Optimization by Quantum Annealing: Lessons from hard 3-SAT cases
The Path Integral Monte Carlo simulated Quantum Annealing algorithm is
applied to the optimization of a large hard instance of the Random 3-SAT
Problem (N=10000). The dynamical behavior of the quantum and the classical
annealing are compared, showing important qualitative differences in the way of
exploring the complex energy landscape of the combinatorial optimization
problem. At variance with the results obtained for the Ising spin glass and for
the Traveling Salesman Problem, in the present case the linear-schedule Quantum
Annealing performance is definitely worse than Classical Annealing.
Nevertheless, a quantum cooling protocol based on field-cycling and able to
outperform standard classical simulated annealing over short time scales is
introduced.Comment: 10 pages, 6 figures, submitted to PR
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