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Explosion-generated infrasound recorded on ground and airborne microbarometers at regional distances
Recent work in deploying infrasound (low-frequency sound) sensors on aerostats and free-flying balloons has shown them to be viable alternatives to ground stations. However, no study to date has compared the performance of surface and freefloating infrasound microbarometers with respect to acoustic events at regional (100s of kilometers) range. The prospect of enhanced detection of aerial explosions at similar ranges, such as those from bolides, has not been investigated either. We examined infrasound signals from three 1-ton trinitrotoluene (TNT) equivalent chemical explosions using microbarometers on two separate balloons at 280- to 400-km ranges and ground stations at 6.3- to 350-km ranges. Signal celerities were consistent with acoustic waves traveling in the stratospheric duct. However, significant differences were noted between the observed arrival patterns and those predicted by an acoustic propagation model. Very low-background noise levels on the balloons were consistent with previous studies that suggest wind interference is minimal on freely drifting sensors. Simulated propagation patterns and observed noise levels also confirm that balloon-borne microbarometers should be very effective at detecting explosions in the middle and upper atmosphere as well as those on the surface
Chaotic Inflationary Universe on Brane
The chaotic inflationary model of the early universe, proposed by Linde is
explored in the brane world considering matter described by a minimally coupled
self interacting scalar field. We obtain cosmological solutions which admit
evolution of a universe either from a singularity or without a singularity. It
is found that a very weakly coupled self-interacting scalar field is necessary
for a quartic type potential in the brane world model compared to that
necessary in general relativity. In the brane world sufficient inflation may be
obtained even with an initial scalar field having value less than the Planck
scale. It is found that if the universe is kinetic energy dominated to begin
with, it transits to an inflationary stage subsequently.Comment: 13 pages, no fig., accepted in Physical Review
Charged pion form factor between Q^2=0.60 and 2.45 GeV^2. II. Determination of, and results for, the pion form factor
The charged pion form factor, Fpi(Q^2), is an important quantity which can be
used to advance our knowledge of hadronic structure. However, the extraction of
Fpi from data requires a model of the 1H(e,e'pi+)n reaction, and thus is
inherently model dependent. Therefore, a detailed description of the extraction
of the charged pion form factor from electroproduction data obtained recently
at Jefferson Lab is presented, with particular focus given to the dominant
uncertainties in this procedure. Results for Fpi are presented for
Q^2=0.60-2.45 GeV^2. Above Q^2=1.5 GeV^2, the Fpi values are systematically
below the monopole parameterization that describes the low Q^2 data used to
determine the pion charge radius. The pion form factor can be calculated in a
wide variety of theoretical approaches, and the experimental results are
compared to a number of calculations. This comparison is helpful in
understanding the role of soft versus hard contributions to hadronic structure
in the intermediate Q^2 regime.Comment: 18 pages, 11 figure
Excitonic Transitions and Off-resonant Optical Limiting in CdS Quantum Dots Stabilized in a Synthetic Glue Matrix
Stable films containing CdS quantum dots of mean size 3.4 nm embedded in a solid host matrix are prepared using a room temperature chemical route of synthesis. CdS/synthetic glue nanocomposites are characterized using high resolution transmission electron microscopy, infrared spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry and thermogravimetric analysis. Significant blue shift from the bulk absorption edge is observed in optical absorption as well as photoacoustic spectra indicating strong quantum confinement. The exciton transitions are better resolved in photoacoustic spectroscopy compared to optical absorption spectroscopy. We assign the first four bands observed in photoacoustic spectroscopy to 1se–1sh, 1pe–1ph, 1de–1dhand 2pe–2phtransitions using a non interacting particle model. Nonlinear absorption studies are done using z-scan technique with nanosecond pulses in the off resonant regime. The origin of optical limiting is predominantly two photon absorption mechanism
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Quasi-free photoproduction of eta-mesons off the deuteron
Precise data for quasi-free photoproduction of mesons off the deuteron
have been measured at the Bonn ELSA accelerator with the combined Crystal
Barrel/TAPS detector for incident photon energies up to 2.5 GeV. The
-mesons have been detected in coincidence with recoil protons and
neutrons. Possible nuclear effects like Fermi motion and re-scattering can be
studied via a comparison of the quasi-free reaction off the bound proton to
-production off the free proton. No significant effects beyond the
folding of the free cross section with the momentum distribution of the bound
protons have been found. These Fermi motion effects can be removed by an
analysis using the invariant mass of the -nucleon pairs reconstructed
from the final state four-momenta of the particles. The total cross section for
quasi-free -photoproduction off the neutron reveals even without
correction for Fermi motion a pronounced bump-like structure around 1 GeV of
incident photon energy, which is not observed for the proton. This structure is
even narrower in the invariant mass spectrum of the -neutron pairs.
Position and width of the peak in the invariant mass spectrum are MeV and FWHM MeV. The data are compared to the results
of different models.Comment: accepted for publication in Eur. Phys. J.
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