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Investigation of the concentration and isotopic composition of inputs and outputs of Pb in waters at an upland catchment in NE Scotland
Time Domain Simulations of Arm Locking in LISA
Arm locking is a technique that has been proposed for reducing laser
frequency fluctuations in the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA), a
gravitational-wave observatory sensitive in the milliHertz frequency band. Arm
locking takes advantage of the geometric stability of the triangular
constellation of three spacecraft that comprise LISA to provide a frequency
reference with a stability in the LISA measurement band that exceeds that
available from a standard reference such as an optical cavity or molecular
absorption line. We have implemented a time-domain simulation of arm locking
including the expected limiting noise sources (shot noise, clock noise,
spacecraft jitter noise, and residual laser frequency noise). The effect of
imperfect a priori knowledge of the LISA heterodyne frequencies and the
associated 'pulling' of an arm locked laser is included. We find that our
implementation meets requirements both on the noise and dynamic range of the
laser frequency.Comment: Revised to address reviewer comments. Accepted by Phys. Rev.
The history of the CATH structural classification of protein domains
This article presents a historical review of the protein structure classification database CATH. Together with the SCOP database, CATH remains comprehensive and reasonably up-to-date with the now more than 100,000 protein structures in the PDB. We review the expansion of the CATH and SCOP resources to capture predicted domain structures in the genome sequence data and to provide information on the likely functions of proteins mediated by their constituent domains. The establishment of comprehensive function annotation resources has also meant that domain families can be functionally annotated allowing insights into functional divergence and evolution within protein families
Characterisation of the L-mode Scrape Off Layer in MAST: decay lengths
This work presents a detailed characterisation of the MAST Scrape Off Layer
in L-mode. Scans in line averaged density, plasma current and toroidal magnetic
field were performed. A comprehensive and integrated study of the SOL was
allowed by the use of a wide range of diagnostics. In agreement with previous
results, an increase of the line averaged density induced a broadening of the
midplane density profile.Comment: 30 pages, 11 figure
Microgravity Geyser and Flow Field Prediction
Modeling and prediction of flow fields and geyser formation in microgravity cryogenic propellant tanks was investigated. A computational simulation was used to reproduce the test matrix of experimental results performed by other investigators, as well as to model the flows in a larger tank. An underprediction of geyser height by the model led to a sensitivity study to determine if variations in surface tension coefficient, contact angle, or jet pipe turbulence significantly influence the simulations. It was determined that computational geyser height is not sensitive to slight variations in any of these items. An existing empirical correlation based on dimensionless parameters was re-examined in an effort to improve the accuracy of geyser prediction. This resulted in the proposal for a re-formulation of two dimensionless parameters used in the correlation; the non-dimensional geyser height and the Bond number. It was concluded that the new non-dimensional geyser height shows little promise. Although further data will be required to make a definite judgement, the reformulation of the Bond number provided correlations that are more accurate and appear to be more general than the previously established correlation
THE PSOCOPTERA OF THE KRAKATAU ISLANDS, INDONESIA
At least 80 species of Psocoptera are represented in recent collections from the Krakatau Islands, Sunda Strait. They represent 15 families, and 29 species are described tu new. Twenty four species are known only from the Krahataus but. others are widespread in nearby regions of Sumatra and Java and a few are known to be more broadly distributed. Numbers of species recorded from each of the Krahatau Islands are : Rakata 58, Panjang 48, Sertung 27, Anak Krakatau 27
Achromatizing a liquid-crystal spectropolarimeter: Retardance vs Stokes-based calibration of HiVIS
Astronomical spectropolarimeters can be subject to many sources of systematic
error which limit the precision and accuracy of the instrument. We present a
calibration method for observing high-resolution polarized spectra using
chromatic liquid-crystal variable retarders (LCVRs). These LCVRs allow for
polarimetric modulation of the incident light without any moving optics at
frequencies >10Hz. We demonstrate a calibration method using pure Stokes input
states that enables an achromatization of the system. This Stokes-based
deprojection method reproduces input polarization even though highly chromatic
instrument effects exist. This process is first demonstrated in a laboratory
spectropolarimeter where we characterize the LCVRs and show example
deprojections. The process is then implemented the a newly upgraded HiVIS
spectropolarimeter on the 3.67m AEOS telescope. The HiVIS spectropolarimeter
has also been expanded to include broad-band full-Stokes spectropolarimetry
using achromatic wave-plates in addition to the tunable full-Stokes
polarimetric mode using LCVRs. These two new polarimetric modes in combination
with a new polarimetric calibration unit provide a much more sensitive
polarimetric package with greatly reduced systematic error.Comment: Accepted in PAS
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