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Dropouts in magnetic tape recording and reproduction
Judicious selection and maintenance of tape and tape transports minimizes dropouts
Dark energy, MOND and sub-millimeter tests of gravity
We consider modifications of General Relativity obtained by adding the
logarithm of some curvature invariants to the Einstein-Hilbert action. These
non-linear actions can explain the late-time acceleration of the universe
giving an expansion history that differs from that of a pure cosmological
constant. We show that they also modify the Newtonian potential below a fixed
acceleration scale given by the late-time Hubble constant times the speed of
light. This is exactly what is required in MOND, a phenomenological
modification of the Newtonian potential that is capable of explaining galactic
rotation curves without the need to introduce dark matter. We show that this
kind of modification also predicts short distance deviations of Newton's law at
the sub-mm scale and an anomalous shift in the precession of the Moon's orbit
around the Earth, both effects of a size that is less than an order of
magnitude below current bounds.Comment: 6 pages, to appear in proceedings of the XLIrst Rencontres de Morion
Design and operation of a protection system for transformers with superconducting windings
Power transformers with superconducting windings need a protection system to prevent damage to the low-loss superconducting winding by an abnormally high current. The generally accepted protection technique which uses auxiliary coils has been analysed using a network representation. The current distribution between main and auxiliary coil is expressed in terms of geometrical parameters. Experimental data on current transfer and main coil recovery in a test transformer are presented and a method of obtaining a very low auxiliary coil current is suggested
Long distance modifications of gravity in four dimensions
We discuss some general characteristics of modifications of the 4D
Einstein-Hilbert action that become important for low space-time curvatures. In
particular we focus on the chameleon-like behaviour of the massive
gravitational degrees of freedom. Generically there is at least one extra
scalar that is light on cosmic scales, but for certain models it becomes heavy
close to any mass source.Comment: 4 pages, contribution to the proceedings of the Rencontres de
Moriond: Contents and Structures of the Universe, March 18-25, 2006, La
Thuil
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