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A shock wave approach to the noise of supersonic propellers
To model propeller noise expected for a turboprop aircraft, the pressure ratio across the shock at the propeller tip was calculated and compared with noise data from three propellers. At helical tip Mach numbers over 1.0, using only the tip shock wave, the model gave a fairly good prediction of the noise for a bladed propeller and for a propeller swept for aerodynamic purposes. However for another propeller, which was highly swept and designed to have noise cancellations from the inboard propeller sections, the shock strength from the tip over predicted the noise. In general the good agreement indicates that shock theory is a viable method for predicting the noise from these supersonic propellers but that the shock strengths from all of the blade sections need to be properly included
Noise of fan designed to reduce stator lift fluctuations
An existing fan stage was redesigned to reduce stator lift fluctuations and was acoustically tested at three nozzle sizes for reduced noise generation. The lift fluctuations on the stator were reduced by increasing the stator cord, adjusting incidence angles, and adjusting the rotor velocity diagrams. Broadband noise levels were signficantly reduced in the middle to high frequencies. Blade passage tone sound power was not lessened, but decreases in the harmonics were observed. Aerodynamic improvements in both performance and efficiency were obtained
Effects of long-chord acoustically treated stator vanes on fan noise. 1: Effect of long chord (taped stator)
A set of long-chord stator vanes was designed to replace the vanes in an existing fan stage. The long vanes consisted of a turning section and axial extension pieces, both of which incorporated acoustic damping material. The acoustic damping material was made inactive for these tests by covering with metal tape, and the stator vanes were tested in three length configurations. Compared to the values for the original stage, broadband noise was reduced in the middle to high frequencies with the long stator vanes, but a broadband noise increase was observed at the low frequencies. No change was observed in the blade passage tone, but some aft end reduction in the overtones was observed
Effects of long-chord acoustically treated stator vanes on fan noise. 2: Effect of acoustical treatment
A set of long chord stator vanes was designed to replace the vanes in an existing fan stage. The long chord stator vanes consisted of a turning section and axial extension pieces, all of which incorporated acoustic damping material. The long chord stator vanes were tested in two lengths, with the long version giving more noise reduction than the short, primarily because of the additional lining material. The noise reduction achieved with the acoustically treated long chord stator vanes was compared with the reduction achieved by an acoustically treated exhaust splitter. The long chord stator was at least as good as the splitter as a method for incorporating acoustic lining material. In addition, comparing an acoustic three ring inlet and an acoustic wall-only inlet discloses that the wall-only inlet could be used in an engine where the noise reduction requirements are not too stringent
Searching for an Extra Neutral Gauge Boson from Muon Pair Production at LHC
We search for signatures of the extra neutral gauge boson ,
predicted in some extensions of the Standard Model, from the analysis of some
distributions for , where the only
exotic particle involved is . In addition to the invariant mass and
charge asymmetry distributions, we propose in our search to use the transverse
momentum distribution () as an observable. We do our calculation for two
values of the LHC center of mass energy (7 and 14 TeV), corresponding to 1 and
100 fb of luminosity, in order to compare our findings from some models
with the distributions following from the Standard Model. By applying
convenient cuts in the invariant mass, we show that the final particles
distributions can reveal the presence of an extra neutral gauge boson
contribution. We also claim that it is possible to disentangle the models
considered here and we emphasize that the minimal version of the model, based
on symmetry, presents the more
clear signatures for existence.Comment: 13 pages, 15 figures, 3 tables
The Chandra X-ray Observatory Resolves the X-ray Morphology and Spectra of a Jet in PKS 0637-752
The core-dominated radio-loud quasar PKS 0637-752 (z = 0.654) was the first
celestial object observed with the Chandra X-ray Observatory, offering the
early surprise of the detection of a remarkable X-ray jet. Several observations
with a variety of detector configurations contribute to a total exposure time
with the Chandra Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer (ACIS; Garmire et al. 2000,
in preparation) of about 100ks. A spatial analysis of all the available X-ray
data, making use of Chandra's spatial resolving power of about 0.4 arcsec,
reveals a jet that extends about 10 arcsec to the west of the nucleus. At least
four X-ray knots are resolved along the jet, which contains about 5% of the
overall X-ray luminosity of the source. Previous observations of PKS 0637-752
in the radio band (Tingay et al. 1998) had identified a kpc-scale radio jet
extending to the West of the quasar. The X-ray and radio jets are similar in
shape, intensity distribution, and angular structure out to about 9 arcsec,
after which the X-ray brightness decreases more rapidly and the radio jet turns
abruptly to the north. The X-ray luminosity of the total source is log Lx ~
45.8 erg/s (2 - 10keV), and appears not to have changed since it was observed
with ASCA in November 1996. We present the results of fitting a variety of
emission models to the observed spectral distribution, comment on the
non-existence of emission lines recently reported in the ASCA observations of
PKS 0637-752, and briefly discuss plausible X-ray emission mechanisms.Comment: 24 pages, includes 8 figures, Accepted for publication in Ap
Pathoecology of Chiribaya Parasitism
The excavations of Chiribaya culture sites in the Osmore drainage of southern Peru focused on the recovery of information about prehistoric disease, including parasitism. The archaeologists excavated human, dog, guinea pig, and llama mummies. These mummies were analyzed for internal and external parasites. The results of the analysis and reconstruction of prehistoric life from the excavations allows us to interpret the pathoecology of the Chiribaya culture
Gluon-induced W-boson pair production at the LHC
Pair production of W bosons constitutes an important background to Higgs
boson and new physics searches at the Large Hadron Collider LHC. We have
calculated the loop-induced gluon-fusion process gg -> W*W* -> leptons,
including intermediate light and heavy quarks and allowing for arbitrary
invariant masses of the W bosons. While formally of next-to-next-to-leading
order, the gg -> W*W* -> leptons process is enhanced by the large gluon flux at
the LHC and by experimental Higgs search cuts, and increases the
next-to-leading order WW background estimate for Higgs searches by about 30%.
We have extended our previous calculation to include the contribution from the
intermediate top-bottom massive quark loop and the Higgs signal process. We
provide updated results for cross sections and differential distributions and
study the interference between the different gluon scattering contributions. We
describe important analytical and numerical aspects of our calculation and
present the public GG2WW event generator.Comment: 20 pages, 4 figure
Some constraints on neutral heavy leptons from flavor-conserving decays of the Z boson
Small neutrino masses can arise in some grand unified models or superstring
theories. We consider a model with an enhanced fermion sector containing Dirac
neutral heavy leptons. The dependence on the mass and mixing parameters of
these new fermions is investigated for several measurable quantities. We study
the flavor-conserving leptonic decays of the Z boson and universality breaking
in these decays. We also consider the W boson mass dependence on neutral heavy
lepton parameters.Comment: 20 pages, Revtex 3.0, 6 uuencoded and compressed postscript figures
included. Compressed postscript file of paper, including figures, also
available by anonymous ftp at
ftp://ftp.physics.carleton.ca/pub/theory/gour/ocipc9411.ps.Z . Accepted for
publication in Phys. Rev. D
Higgs and SUSY Searches at LHC
I start with a brief introduction to Higgs mechanism and supersymmetry. Then
I discuss the theoretical expectations, current limits and search strategies
for Higgs boson(s) at LHC --- first in the SM and then in the MSSM. Finally I
discuss the signatures and search strategies for the superparticles.Comment: Typos and figure styles corrected; LaTeX (28 pages) including 13 ps
files containing 11 figures; Invited talk at the 5th Workshop on High Energy
Physics Phenomenology (WHEPP-5), Pune, India, 12 - 25 January 199
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