439 research outputs found
Palynofacies classification of the depositional elements of confined turbidite systems : Examples from the Gres d'Annot, SE France
Acknowledgements We thank BG Brasil for financial support for this project and permission to publish. BG Group is a wholly owned subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell. McArthur is grateful to the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) for the scholarship 049/2012. The Agência Nacional do Petróleo (ANP) are thanked for supporting this project. Massimo Zecchin is thanked for handling this paper and Roberto Tinterri is thanked for his constructive review, in addition to an anonymous reviewer.Peer reviewedPostprin
Crustal distribution in the central Gulf of Mexico from an integrated geophysical analysis
This study addresses the question of the crustal composition in the central part of the northern Gulf of Mexico (GOM) – the region of the major disagreement between published tectonic models. The location of the Ocean-Continental Boundary (OCB) for different tectonic models varies within 140 km (87 mi) in the study area. I have developed a 2D model integrating the seismic reflection and refraction data with potential fields (gravity and magnetics) along the profile through the debated region. Two alternative OCB locations were tested. The preferred model suggests the OCB position near the Sigsbee Escarpment, which is in agreement with the result of Eddy, 2014 and with the findings of the LithoSPAN experiment (Makris et al, 2015). However, the model with an alternative OCB location (further to the north of the Sigsbee Escarpment) may also satisfy the observed gravity and magnetic fields, although the crust in the oceanic domain is thicker than normal. Since the potential fields do not offer the unique answer, the other geophysical data should be examined, such as the Vp/Vs ratio. This parameter was analyzed for the LithoSPAN (Makris et al., 2015) and allowed distinguishing between continental and oceanic domains; it was also examined for GUMBO 3 and 4 (Duncan, 2013). However, the values of Vs derived during retraction experiment for GUMBO 2 are not publically available at this time
Diffusion and jump-length distribution in liquid and amorphous CuZr
Using molecular dynamics simulation, we calculate the distribution of atomic
jum ps in CuZr in the liquid and glassy states. In both states
the distribution of jump lengths can be described by a temperature independent
exponential of the length and an effective activation energy plus a
contribution of elastic displacements at short distances. Upon cooling the
contribution of shorter jumps dominates. No indication of an enhanced
probability to jump over a nearest neighbor distance was found. We find a
smooth transition from flow in the liquid to jumps in the g lass. The
correlation factor of the diffusion constant decreases with decreasing
temperature, causing a drop of diffusion below the Arrhenius value, despite an
apparent Arrhenius law for the jump probability
Dirac neutrino magnetic moment and a possible time evolution of the neutrino signal from a supernova
We analyze the influence of neutrino helicity conversion, ,
on the neutrino flux from a supernova caused by the interaction of the Dirac
neutrino magnetic moment with a magnetic field. We show that if the neutrino
has a magnetic moment in the interval and provided that a magnetic field of G exists in the supernova envelope, a peculiar kind of time evolution
of the neutrino signal from the supernova caused by the resonance transition
in the magnetic field of the envelope can appear. If a
magnetar with a poloidal magnetic field is formed in a supernova explosion,
then the neutrino signal could have a pulsating behavior, i.e., a kind of a
neutrino pulsar could be observed, when it rotates around an axis that does not
coincide with its magnetic moment and when the orientation of its rotation axis
is favourable for our observation.Comment: 9 pages, LaTeX, 2 EPS figures, based on the talk presented by A.V.
Kuznetsov at the XVI International Seminar Quarks'2010, Kolomna, Moscow
Region, June 6-12, 2010, to appear in the Proceeding
Analytical and computational study of magnetization switching in kinetic Ising systems with demagnetizing fields
An important aspect of real ferromagnetic particles is the demagnetizing
field resulting from magnetostatic dipole-dipole interaction, which causes
large particles to break up into domains. Sufficiently small particles,
however, remain single-domain in equilibrium. This makes such small particles
of particular interest as materials for high-density magnetic recording media.
In this paper we use analytic arguments and Monte Carlo simulations to study
the effect of the demagnetizing field on the dynamics of magnetization
switching in two-dimensional, single-domain, kinetic Ising systems. For systems
in the ``Stochastic Region,'' where magnetization switching is on average
effected by the nucleation and growth of fewer than two well-defined critical
droplets, the simulation results can be explained by the dynamics of a simple
model in which the free energy is a function only of magnetization. In the
``Multi-Droplet Region,'' a generalization of Avrami's Law involving a
magnetization-dependent effective magnetic field gives good agreement with our
simulations.Comment: 29 pages, REVTeX 3.0, 10 figures, 2 more figures by request.
Submitted Phys. Rev.
Neutrino Scattering, Absorption and Annihilation above the accretion disks of Gamma Ray Bursts
The central engine that drives gamma ray burst (GRB) explosions may derive
from the ability of electrons/positrons and nucleons to tap into the momentum
and energy from the large neutrino luminosity emitted by an accretion disk
surrounding a black hole. This transfer of momentum and energy occurs due to
neutrino absorption, scattering, and annihilation and the non-spherical
geometry of the source both increases the annihilation efficiency and, close to
the black hole, directs the momentum transfer towards the disk axis. We present
annihilation efficiencies and the momentum/energy transfers for a number of
accretion disk models and compute the critical densities of infalling material
below which the transfer of neutrino momentum/energy will lead to an explosion.
Models in which the neutrinos and antineutrinos become trapped within the disk
have noticeably different momentum and energy deposition structure compared to
thin disk models that may lead to significant differences in the explosion
dynamics
Approaching the Problem of Time with a Combined Semiclassical-Records-Histories Scheme
I approach the Problem of Time and other foundations of Quantum Cosmology
using a combined histories, timeless and semiclassical approach. This approach
is along the lines pursued by Halliwell. It involves the timeless probabilities
for dynamical trajectories entering regions of configuration space, which are
computed within the semiclassical regime. Moreover, the objects that Halliwell
uses in this approach commute with the Hamiltonian constraint, H. This approach
has not hitherto been considered for models that also possess nontrivial linear
constraints, Lin. This paper carries this out for some concrete relational
particle models (RPM's). If there is also commutation with Lin - the Kuchar
observables condition - the constructed objects are Dirac observables.
Moreover, this paper shows that the problem of Kuchar observables is explicitly
resolved for 1- and 2-d RPM's. Then as a first route to Halliwell's approach
for nontrivial linear constraints that is also a construction of Dirac
observables, I consider theories for which Kuchar observables are formally
known, giving the relational triangle as an example. As a second route, I apply
an indirect method that generalizes both group-averaging and Barbour's best
matching. For conceptual clarity, my study involves the simpler case of
Halliwell 2003 sharp-edged window function. I leave the elsewise-improved
softened case of Halliwell 2009 for a subsequent Paper II. Finally, I provide
comments on Halliwell's approach and how well it fares as regards the various
facets of the Problem of Time and as an implementation of QM propositions.Comment: An improved version of the text, and with various further references.
25 pages, 4 figure
Collective neutrino flavor transitions in supernovae and the role of trajectory averaging
Non-linear effects on supernova neutrino oscillations, associated with
neutrino self-interactions, are known to induce collective flavor transitions
near the supernova core for theta_13 \neq 0. In scenarios with very shallow
electron density profiles, these transformations have been shown to couple with
ordinary matter effects, jointly producing spectral distortions both in normal
and inverted hierarchy. In this work we consider a complementary scenario,
characterized by higher electron density, as indicated by post-bounce
shock-wave simulations. In this case, early collective flavor transitions are
decoupled from later, ordinary matter effects. Moreover, such transitions
become more amenable to both numerical computations and analytical
interpretations in inverted hierarchy, while they basically vanish in normal
hierarchy. We numerically evolve the neutrino density matrix in the region
relevant for self-interaction effects. In the approximation of averaged
intersection angle between neutrino trajectories, our simulations neatly show
the collective phenomena of synchronization, bipolar oscillations, and spectral
split, recently discussed in the literature. In the more realistic (but
computationally demanding) case of non-averaged neutrino trajectories, our
simulations do not show new significant features, apart from the smearing of
``fine structures'' such as bipolar nutations. Our results seem to suggest
that, at least for non-shallow matter density profiles, averaging over neutrino
trajectories plays a minor role in the final outcome. In this case, the swap of
nu_e and nu_{\mu,\tau} spectra above a critical energy may represent an
unmistakable signature of the inverted hierarchy, especially for theta_{13}
small enough to render further matter effects irrelevant.Comment: v2 (27 pages, including 9 eps figures). Typos removed, references
updated. Minor comments added. Corrected numerical errors in Eq.(6). Matches
the published versio
Topical Review on "Beta-beams"
Neutrino physics is traversing an exciting period, after the important
discovery that neutrinos are massive particles, that has implications from
high-energy physics to cosmology. A new method for the production of intense
and pure neutrino beams has been proposed recently: the ``beta-beam''. It
exploits boosted radioactive ions decaying through beta-decay. This novel
concept has been the starting point for a new possible future facility. Its
main goal is to address the crucial issue of the existence of CP violation in
the lepton sector. Here we review the status and the recent developments with
beta-beams. We discuss the original, the medium and high-energy scenarios as
well as mono-chromatic neutrino beams produced through ion electron-capture.
The issue of the degeneracies is mentioned. An overview of low energy
beta-beams is also presented. These beams can be used to perform experiments of
interest for nuclear structure, for the study of fundamental interactions and
for nuclear astrophysics.Comment: Topical Review for Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle
Physics, published version, minor corrections, references adde
The Effect of Bound Dineutrons upon BBN
We have examined the effects of a bound dineutron, n2, upon big bang
nucleosynthesis (BBN) as a function of its binding energy B_n2. We find a
weakly bound dineutron has little impact but as B_n2 increases its presence
begins to alter the flow of free nucleons to helium-4. Due to this disruption,
and in the absence of changes to other binding energies or fundamental
constants, BBN sets a reliable upper limit of B_n2 <~ 2.5 MeV in order to
maintain the agreement with the observations of the primordial helium-4 mass
fraction and D/H abundance
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