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Evidence for an Io plasma torus influence on high-latitude Jovian radio emission
We report the discovery with the Ulysses unified radio and plasma wave (URAP) instrument of features in the Jovian hectometer (HOM) wavelength radio emission spectrum which recur with a period about 2–4% longer than the Jovian System III rotation period. We conclude that the auroral HOM emissions are periodically blocked from “view” by regions in the torus of higher than average density and that these regions rotate more slowly than System III and persist for considerable intervals of time. We have reexamined the Voyager planetary radio astronomy (PRA) data taken during the flybys in 1979 and have found similar features in the HOM spectrum. Contemporaneous observations by Brown (1994) show an [SII] emission line enhancement in the Io plasma torus that rotates more slowly than System III by the same amount as the HOM feature
Global stability analysis of birhythmicity in a self-sustained oscillator
We analyze global stability properties of birhythmicity in a self-sustained
system with random excitations. The model is a multi-limit cycles variation of
the van der Pol oscillatorintroduced to analyze enzymatic substrate reactions
in brain waves. We show that the two frequencies are strongly influenced by the
nonlinear coefficients and . With a random excitation, such as
a Gaussian white noise, the attractor's global stability is measured by the
mean escape time from one limit-cycle. An effective activation energy
barrier is obtained by the slope of the linear part of the variation of the
escape time versus the inverse noise-intensity 1/D. We find that the
trapping barriers of the two frequencies can be very different, thus leaving
the system on the same attractor for an overwhelming time. However, we also
find that the system is nearly symmetric in a narrow range of the parameters.Comment: 17 pages, 8 figures, to appear on Choas, 201
Violation of the Leggett-Garg Inequality in Neutrino Oscillations
The Leggett-Garg inequality, an analogue of Bell's inequality involving
correlations of measurements on a system at different times, stands as one of
the hallmark tests of quantum mechanics against classical predictions. The
phenomenon of neutrino oscillations should adhere to quantum-mechanical
predictions and provide an observable violation of the Leggett-Garg inequality.
We demonstrate how oscillation phenomena can be used to test for violations of
the classical bound by performing measurements on an ensemble of neutrinos at
distinct energies, as opposed to a single neutrino at distinct times. A study
of the MINOS experiment's data shows a greater than violation over
a distance of 735 km, representing the longest distance over which either the
Leggett-Garg inequality or Bell's inequality has been tested.Comment: Updated to match published version. 6 pages, 2 figure
The source of Saturn electrostatic discharges: Atmospheric storms
Important properties of the recently discovered Saturn electrostatic discharges are entirely consistent with an extended lightning storm system in Saturn's atmosphere. The presently favored B-ring location is ruled out
Saturn's ionosphere: Inferred electron densities
During the two Voyager encounters with Saturn, radio bursts were detected which appear to have originated from atmospheric lightning storms. Although these bursts generally extended over frequencies from as low as 100 kHz to the upper detection limit of the instrument, 40 MHz, they often exhibited a sharp but variable low frequency cutoff below which bursts were not detected. We interpret the variable low-frequency extent of these bursts to be due to the reflection of the radio waves as they propagate through an ionosphere which varies with local time. We obtain estimates of electron densities at a variety of latitude and local time locations. These compare well with the dawn and dusk densitis measured by the Pioneer 11 Voyager Radio Science investigations, and with model predictions for dayside densities. However, we infer a two-order-of-magnitude diurnal variation of electron density, which had not been anticipated by theoretical models of Saturn's ionosphere, and an equally dramatic extinction of ionospheric electron density by Saturn's rings
AN ANALYSIS OF U.S. DAIRY POLICY DEREGULATION USING AN IMPERFECT COMPETITION MODEL
An imperfect competition model of the U.S. milk market is developed for analyzing the impacts of dairy policy deregulation. Estimated degree-of-competition parameters indicate that the U.S. milk market has become more competitive over time. The usefulness of the model is demonstrated by showing the relative differences of dynamic simulation results of the imperfect competition model with the results of a conventional exogenous fluid differential model.Agricultural and Food Policy,
Effective Fokker-Planck Equation for Birhythmic Modified van der Pol Oscillator
We present an explicit solution based on the phase-amplitude approximation of
the Fokker-Planck equation associated with the Langevin equation of the
birhythmic modified van der Pol system. The solution enables us to derive
probability distributions analytically as well as the activation energies
associated to switching between the coexisting different attractors that
characterize the birhythmic system. Comparing analytical and numerical results
we find good agreement when the frequencies of both attractors are equal, while
the predictions of the analytic estimates deteriorate when the two frequencies
depart. Under the effect of noise the two states that characterize the
birhythmic system can merge, inasmuch as the parameter plane of the birhythmic
solutions is found to shrink when the noise intensity increases. The solution
of the Fokker-Planck equation shows that in the birhythmic region, the two
attractors are characterized by very different probabilities of finding the
system in such a state. The probability becomes comparable only for a narrow
range of the control parameters, thus the two limit cycles have properties in
close analogy with the thermodynamic phases
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