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Flux rope proxies and fan-spine structures in active region NOAA 11897
Employing the high-resolution observations from the Solar Dynamics
Observatory (SDO) and the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS), we
statistically investigate flux rope proxies in NOAA AR 11897 from 14-Nov-2013
to 19-Nov-2013 and display two fan-spine structures in this AR. For the first
time, we detect flux rope proxies of NOAA 11897 for total 30 times in 4
different locations. These flux rope proxies were either tracked in both lower
and higher temperature wavelengths or only detected in hot channels. Specially,
none of these flux rope proxies was observed to erupt, but just faded away
gradually. In addition to these flux rope proxies, we firstly detect a
secondary fan-spine structure. It was covered by dome-shaped magnetic fields
which belong to a larger fan-spine topology. These new observations imply that
considerable amounts of flux ropes can exist in an AR and the complexity of AR
magnetic configuration is far beyond our imagination.Comment: 8 pages, 8 figures, Accepted for publication in A&
Propagating wave in active region-loops, located over the solar disk observed by the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph
We aim to ascertain the physical parameters of a propagating wave over the
solar disk detected by the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS). Using
imaging data from the IRIS and the Solar Dynamic Observatory (SDO), we tracked
bright spots to determine the parameters of a propagating transverse wave in
active region (AR) loops triggered by activation of a filament. Deriving the
Doppler velocity of Si IV line from spectral observations of IRIS, we have
determined the rotating directions of active region loops which are relevant to
the wave. On 2015 December 19, a filament was located on the polarity inversion
line of the NOAA AR 12470. The filament was activated and then caused a C 1.1
two-ribbon flare. Between the flare ribbons, two rotation motions of a set of
bright loops were observed to appear in turn with opposite directions.
Following the end of the second rotation, a propagating wave and an associated
transverse oscillation were detected in these bright loops. In 1400 A channel,
there was bright material flowing along the loops in a wave-like manner, with a
period of ~128 s and a mean amplitude of ~880 km. For the transverse
oscillation, we tracked a given loop and determine the transverse positions of
the tracking loop in a limited longitudinal range. In both of 1400 A and 171 A
channels, approximately four periods are distinguished during the transverse
oscillation. The mean period of the oscillation is estimated as ~143 s and the
displacement amplitude as between ~1370 km and ~690 km. We interpret these
oscillations as a propagating kink wave and obtain its speed of ~1400 km s-1.
Our observations reveal that a flare associated with filament activation could
trigger a kink propagating wave in active region loops over the solar disk.Comment: Accepted for publication in A&
Comparative study of commercial building energy-efficiency retrofit policies in four pilot cities in China
The energy efficiency of existing commercial buildings is more challenging to regulate and improve than the energy efficiency of new constructions. In 2011 and 2012, the Chinese Government selected four cities- Shanghai, Tianjin, Shenzhen, and Chongqing- to implement pilot commercial building energy efficiency retrofit program. Based on site surveys and expert interviews in these pilot cities, this research conducted a comparative analysis on incentive policies of local city level. The analysis results show that policy designs of existing commercial buildings should be further improved. The aspects that influence the implementation effect in the future, such as subsidy level, installments, and business model promotion, should be specified in the policy clauses. Referring to the technical solution and cost-benefit in Chongqing, we found that lighting system is the most common retrofit objects while envelope system is the least common one. And the subsidy incentive is greatest for educational buildings, followed by office buildings. In the end, we further discussed the problems and obstacles in commercial building retrofit market, and provided a series of recommendations
Convergence of a Boundary Integral Method for Water Waves
We prove nonlinear stability and convergence of certain boundary integral methods for time-dependent water waves in a two-dimensional, inviscid, irrotational, incompressible fluid, with or without surface tension. The methods are convergent as long as the underlying solution remains fairly regular (and a sign condition holds in the case without surface tension). Thus, numerical instabilities are ruled out even in a fully nonlinear regime. The analysis is based on delicate energy estimates, following a framework previously developed in the continuous case [Beale, Hou, and Lowengrub, Comm. Pure Appl. Math., 46 (1993), pp. 1269–1301]. No analyticity assumption is made for the physical solution. Our study indicates that the numerical methods must satisfy certain compatibility conditions in order to be stable. Violation of these conditions will lead to numerical instabilities. A breaking wave is calculated as an illustration
q-deformed Supersymmetric t-J Model with a Boundary
The q-deformed supersymmetric t-J model on a semi-infinite lattice is
diagonalized by using the level-one vertex operators of the quantum affine
superalgebra . We give the bosonization of the boundary
states. We give an integral expression of the correlation functions of the
boundary model, and derive the difference equations which they satisfy.Comment: LaTex file 18 page
Necessary and sufficient conditions for local creation of quantum discord
We show that a local channel cannot create quantum discord (QD) for zero QD
states of size if and only if either it is a completely decohering
channel or it is a nontrivial isotropic channel. For the qubit case this
propertiy is additionally characteristic to the completely decohering channel
or the commutativity-preserving unital channel. In particular, the exact forms
of the completely decohering channel and the commutativity-preserving unital
qubit channel are proposed. Consequently, our results confirm and improve the
conjecture proposed by X. Hu et al. for the case of and improve the
result proposed by A. Streltsov et al. for the qubit case. Furthermore, it is
shown that a local channel nullifies QD in any state if and only if it is a
completely decohering channel. Based on our results, some protocols of quantum
information processing issues associated with QD, especially for the qubit
case, would be experimentally accessible.Comment: 8 page
Entanglement detection beyond the CCNR criterion for infinite-dimensions
In this paper, in terms of the relation between the state and the reduced
states of it, we obtain two inequalities which are valid for all separable
states in infinite-dimensional bipartite quantum systems. One of them provides
an entanglement criterion which is strictly stronger than the computable
cross-norm or realignment (CCNR) criterion.Comment: 11 page
Challenges ahead: Currents status and future prospects for Chinese Energy
The Chinese government and power industry face important challenges. in the past three decades, china has been experiencing a rapid growth in its economy, and energy consumption has increased dramatically as well. Although per capita energy consumption is lower than that of most developed countries due to the large population of China, total energy consumption is high. In addition, energy resources, fossil fuels, and renewable energy resources are geographically far from load centers. Furthermore, because China wants to contribute to the global effort to combat climate change, it must implement a carbon reduction target while pursuing economic growth and ensuring energy security for 1.3 billion people. © 2012 IEEE.published_or_final_versio
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