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A psychoanalytic concept illustrated: Will, must, may, can — revisiting the survival function of primitive omnipotence
The author explores the linear thread connecting the theory of Freud and Klein, in terms of the central significance of the duality of the life and death instinct and the capacity of the ego to tolerate contact with internal and external reality. Theoretical questions raised by later authors, informed by clinical work with children who have suffered deprivation and trauma in infancy, are then considered. Theoretical ideas are illustrated with reference to observational material of a little boy who suffered deprivation and trauma in infancy. He was first observed in the middle of his first year of life while he was living in foster care, and then later at the age of two years and three months, when he had been living with his adoptive parents for more than a year
Large-Scale Radio Structure in the Universe: Giant Radio Galaxies
Giant radio galaxies (GRGs), with linear sizes larger than 1 Mpc (H0=50
km/s/Mpc), represent the biggest single objects in the Universe. GRGs are rare
among the entire population of radio galaxies (RGs) and their physical
evolution is not well understood though for many years they have been of
special interest for several reasons. The lobes of radio sources can compress
cold gas clumps and trigger star or even dwarf galaxy formation, they can also
transport gas from a host galaxy to large distances and seed the IGM with
magnetic fields. Since GRGs have about 10 to 100 times larger sizes than normal
RGs, their influence on the ambient medium is correspondingly wider and is
pronounced on scales comparable to those of clusters of galaxies or larger.
Therefore `giants' could play an important role in the process of large-scale
structure formation in the Universe. Recently, thanks to the new all sky radio
surveys, significant progress in searching for new GRGs has been made.Comment: To appear in Multiwavelength AGN Surveys, ed. R. Maiolino and R.
Mujica, Singapore: World Scientific, 2004, 2 page
Validity of the Taylor Hypothesis for Linear Kinetic Waves in the Weakly Collisional Solar Wind
The interpretation of single-point spacecraft measurements of solar wind
turbulence is complicated by the fact that the measurements are made in a frame
of reference in relative motion with respect to the turbulent plasma. The
Taylor hypothesis---that temporal fluctuations measured by a stationary probe
in a rapidly flowing fluid are dominated by the advection of spatial structures
in the fluid rest frame---is often assumed to simplify the analysis. But
measurements of turbulence in upcoming missions, such as Solar Probe Plus,
threaten to violate the Taylor hypothesis, either due to slow flow of the
plasma with respect to the spacecraft or to the dispersive nature of the plasma
fluctuations at small scales. Assuming that the frequency of the turbulent
fluctuations is characterized by the frequency of the linear waves supported by
the plasma, we evaluate the validity of the Taylor hypothesis for the linear
kinetic wave modes in the weakly collisional solar wind. The analysis predicts
that a dissipation range of solar wind turbulence supported by whistler waves
is likely to violate the Taylor hypothesis, while one supported by kinetic
Alfven waves is not.Comment: 10 pages, 3 figures, Accepted for publication in The Astrophysical
Journa
Principal-Agent Relationships in Agricultural Cooperatives: An Empirical Analysis from Rural Alberta
Cooperatives throughout North America are consolidating at an increasing rate and for a variety of reasons. While many cooperatives merge with others or are acquired to achieve greater economies of scale, several fail due to changes in the external economy, which make them redundant. Often, such redundancy is reflected in a heightened sense of member dissatisfaction. Many argue that such dissatisfaction is likely to arise in cooperatives as a result of principal-agent problems. In order to determine whether or not cooperative managers maintain the same goals as their owners, this study uses data from a member-survey to compare Alberta cooperative members' objectives with those they believe to be held by their cooperatives' managers. An econometric model of the difference between members' expectations and perceptions shows how various socioeconomic variables affect the extent to which these objectives are aligned. The results of this analysis can help cooperative boards design managerial incentive programs to better align their goals with those of the cooperative membership.Agribusiness,
Voltage and temperature dependence of the grain boundary tunneling magnetoresistance in manganites
We have performed a systematic analysis of the voltage and temperature
dependence of the tunneling magnetoresistance (TMR) of grain boundaries (GB) in
the manganites. We find a strong decrease of the TMR with increasing voltage
and temperature. The decrease of the TMR with increasing voltage scales with an
increase of the inelastic tunneling current due to multi-step inelastic
tunneling via localized defect states in the tunneling barrier. This behavior
can be described within a three-current model for magnetic tunnel junctions
that extends the two-current Julliere model by adding an inelastic,
spin-independent tunneling contribution. Our analysis gives strong evidence
that the observed drastic decrease of the GB-TMR in manganites is caused by an
imperfect tunneling barrier.Comment: to be published in Europhys. Lett., 8 pages, 4 figures (included
High energy cosmic-ray interactions with particles from the Sun
Cosmic-ray protons with energies above eV passing near the Sun may
interact with photons emitted by the Sun and be excited to a
resonance. When the decays, it produces pions which further decay to
muons and photons which may be detected with terrestrial detectors. A flux of
muons, photon pairs (from decay), or individual high-energy photons
coming from near the Sun would be a rather striking signature, and the flux of
these particles is a fairly direct measure of the flux of cosmic-ray nucleons,
independent of the cosmic-ray composition. In a solid angle within
around the Sun the flux of photon pairs is about \SI{1.3e-3}{}
particles/(kmyr), while the flux of muons is about \SI{0.33e-3}{}
particles/(kmyr). This is beyond the reach of current detectors like
the Telescope Array, Auger, KASCADE-Grande or IceCube. However, the muon flux
might be detectable by next-generation air shower arrays or neutrino detectors
such as ARIANNA or ARA. We discuss the experimental prospects in some detail.
Other cosmic-ray interactions occuring close to the Sun are also briefly
discussed.Comment: 8 pages, 11 figure
Measurement of Synchrotron x-ray energies and line shapes using diffraction markers
Standard reference markers for accurate, reproducible synchrotron x-ray energies are obtained using a three Si crystal spectrometer. The first two crystals are in the monochromator and the third is used to obtain diffraction markers which monitor the energy. Then for any value of the glancing angle on the reference Si crystal the energy for the (333) diffraction must occur at 3/4 that of the (444) and 3/5 of that for the (555). This establishes for the first time an absolute synchrotron energy scale. Higher-order diffractions are used to determine excitation line profiles. We conclude that the use of reference diffractions is necessary to measure reproducible x-ray energies and to analyze the incident photons\u27 line profile. The detection of diffractions near the edge of measurement and near the Cu edge will provide a fast secondary standard which will allow comparison of edge data between different laboratories. The diffraction profiles will allow the proper analysis of spectral line widths
Clusters and Fluctuations at Mean-Field Critical Points and Spinodals
We show that the structure of the fluctuations close to spinodals and
mean-field critical points is qualitatively different than the structure close
to non-mean-field critical points. This difference has important implications
for many areas including the formation of glasses in supercooled liquids. In
particular, the divergence of the measured static structure function in
near-mean-field systems close to the glass transition is suppressed relative to
the mean-field prediction in systems for which a spatial symmetry is broken.Comment: 5 pages, 1 figur
25 kHz narrow spectral bandwidth of a wavelength tunable diode laser with a short waveguide-based external cavity
We report on the spectral properties of a diode laser with a tunable external
cavity in integrated optics. Even though the external cavity is short compared
to other small-bandwidth external cavity lasers, the spectral bandwidth of this
tunable laser is as small as 25 kHz (FWHM), at a side-mode suppression ratio
(SMSR) of 50 dB. Our laser is also able to access preset wavelengths in as
little as 200 us and able to tune over the full telecom C-band (1530 nm - 1565
nm).Comment: 8 pages, 7 figure
Evolution of the Kondo resonance feature and its relationship to spin-orbit coupling across the quantum critical point in Ce2Rh{1-x}CoxSi3
We investigate the evolution of the electronic structure of Ce2Rh{1-x}CoxSi3
as a function of x employing high resolution photoemission spectroscopy. Co
substitution at the Rh sites in antiferromagnetic Ce2RhSi3 leads to a
transition from an antiferromagnetic system to a Kondo system, Ce2CoSi3 via the
Quantum Critical Point (QCP). High resolution photoemission spectra reveal
distinct signature of the Kondo resonance feature (KRF) and its spin orbit
split component (SOC) in the whole composition range indicating finite Kondo
temperature scale at the quantum critical point. We observe that the intensity
ratio of the Kondo resonance feature and its spin orbit split component,
KRF/SOC gradually increases with the decrease in temperature in the strong
hybridization limit. The scenario gets reversed if the Kondo temperature
becomes lower than the magnetic ordering temperature. While finite Kondo
temperature within the magnetically ordered phase indicates applicability of
the spin density wave picture at the approach to QCP, the dominant temperature
dependence of the spin-orbit coupled feature suggests importance of spin-orbit
interactions in this regime.Comment: 6 figure
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