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ON THE OSCILLATION SPECTRA OF ULTRA COMPACT STARS
Quasinormal modes of ultra compact stars with uniform energy density have
been calculated. For less compact stars, there is only one very slowly damped
polar mode (corresponding to the Kelvin f-mode) for each spherical harmonic
index . Further long-lived modes become possible for a sufficiently compact
star (roughly when ). We compare the characteristic frequencies of
these resonant polar modes to the axial modes first found by Chandrasekhar and
Ferrari [{\em Proc. Roy. Soc. London A} {\bf 434} 449 (1991)]. We find that the
two spectra approach each other as the star is made more compact. The
oscillation frequencies of the corresponding polar and axial modes agree to
within a percent for stars more compact than . At the same time,
the damping times are slightly different. The results illustrate that there is
no real difference between the origin of these axial and polar modes: They are
essentially spacetime modes.Comment: 13 pages, LATEX format, 25Kb, 2 postscript figures, Proc. Roy. Soc.
London in pres
Resonant growth of stellar oscillations by incident gravitational waves
Stellar oscillation under the combined influences of incident gravitational
wave and radiation loss is studied in a simple toy model. The star is
approximated as a uniform density ellipsoid in the Newtonian gravity including
radiation damping through quadrupole formula. The time evolution of the
oscillation is significantly controlled by the incident wave amplitude ,
frequency and damping time . If a combination
exceeds a threshold value, which depends on the resonance mode, the resonant
growth is realized.Comment: 11 pages, 6 figures, Accepted for the publication in Classical and
Quantum Gravit
The Riemann-Hilbert problem associated with the quantum Nonlinear Schrodinger equation
We consider the dynamical correlation functions of the quantum Nonlinear
Schrodinger equation. In a previous paper we found that the dynamical
correlation functions can be described by the vacuum expectation value of an
operator-valued Fredholm determinant. In this paper we show that a
Riemann-Hilbert problem can be associated with this Fredholm determinant. This
Riemann-Hilbert problem formulation permits us to write down completely
integrable equations for the Fredholm determinant and to perform an asymptotic
analysis for the correlation function.Comment: 21 pages, Latex, no figure
Data dependent energy modelling for worst case energy consumption analysis
Safely meeting Worst Case Energy Consumption (WCEC) criteria requires
accurate energy modeling of software. We investigate the impact of instruction
operand values upon energy consumption in cacheless embedded processors.
Existing instruction-level energy models typically use measurements from random
input data, providing estimates unsuitable for safe WCEC analysis.
We examine probabilistic energy distributions of instructions and propose a
model for composing instruction sequences using distributions, enabling WCEC
analysis on program basic blocks. The worst case is predicted with statistical
analysis. Further, we verify that the energy of embedded benchmarks can be
characterised as a distribution, and compare our proposed technique with other
methods of estimating energy consumption
A study of 15N14N isotopic exchange over cobalt molybdenum nitrides
The 14N/15N isotopic exchange pathways over Co3Mo3N, a material of interest as an ammonia synthesis catalyst and for the development of nitrogen transfer reactions, have been investigated. Both the homomolecular and heterolytic exchange processes have been studied, and it has been shown that lattice nitrogen species are exchangeable. The exchange behavior was found to be a strong function of pretreatment with ca. 25% of lattice N atoms being exchanged after 40 min at 600 °C after N2 pretreatment at 700 °C compared to only 6% following similar Ar pretreatment. This observation, for which the potential contribution of adsorbed N species can be discounted, is significant in terms of the application of this material. In the case of the Co6Mo6N phase, regeneration to Co3Mo3N under 15N2 at 600 °C occurs concurrently with 14N15N formation. These observations demonstrate the reactivity of nitrogen in the CoâMoâN system to be a strong function of pretreatment and worthy of further consideration
Flavor-oscillation clocks, continuous quantum measurements and a violation of Einstein equivalence principle
The relation between Einstein equivalence principle and a continuous quantum
measurement is analyzed in the context of the recently proposed
flavor-oscillation clocks, an idea pioneered by Ahluwalia and Burgard (Gen. Rel
Grav. Errata 29, 681 (1997)). We will calculate the measurement outputs if a
flavor-oscillation clock, which is immersed in a gravitational field, is
subject to a continuous quantum measurement. Afterwards, resorting to the weak
equivalence principle, we obtain the corresponding quantities in a freely
falling reference frame. Finally, comparing this last result with the
measurement outputs that would appear in a Minkowskian spacetime it will be
found that they do not coincide, in other words, we have a violation of
Einstein equivalence principle. This violation appears in two different forms,
namely: (i) the oscillation frequency in a freely falling reference frame does
not match with the case predicted by general relativity, a feature previously
obtained by Ahluwalia; (ii) the probability distribution of the measurement
outputs, obtained by an observer in a freely falling reference frame, does not
coincide with the results that would appear in the case of a Minkowskian
spacetime.Comment: 16 pages, accepted in Mod. Phys. Letts.
Magnetic Phase Transitions in the double spin-chains compound
We report high-resolution x-ray diffraction, muon-spin-rotation spectroscopic
and specific heat measurements in the double spin-chains compound . The x-ray diffraction results show that the crystal structure of
~is orthorhombic down to T=10K. Anisotropic line-broadening of
the diffraction peaks is observed, indicating disorder along the spin chains.
Muon spin relaxation and specific heat measurements show that
\~undergoes a phase transition to a magnetic ordered state at .
The specific heat data exhibits a second -like peak at , which increases with increasing magnetic field similarly way to
that found in spin-ladder compounds.Comment: 6 pages, 6 fifures, to appear in Physica
Gravitational Radiation from the radial infall of highly relativistic point particles into Kerr black holes
In this paper, we consider the gravitational radiation generated by the
collision of highly relativistic particles with rotating Kerr black holes. We
use the Sasaki-Nakamura formalism to compute the waveform, energy spectra and
total energy radiated during this process. We show that the gravitational
spectrum for high-energy collisions has definite characteristic universal
features, which are independent of the spin of the colliding objects. We also
discuss possible connections between these results and the black hole-black
hole collision at the speed of light process. With these results at hand, we
predict that during the high speed collision of a non-rotating hole with a
rotating one, about 35% of the total energy can get converted into
gravitational waves. Thus, if one is able to produce black holes at the Large
Hadron Collider, as much as 35% of the partons' energy should be emitted during
the so called balding phase. This energy will be missing, since we don't have
gravitational wave detectors able to measure such amplitudes. The collision at
the speed of light between one rotating black hole and a non-rotating one or
two rotating black holes turns out to be the most efficient gravitational wave
generator in the Universe.Comment: 15 pages, REVTEX4. Some comments and references adde
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