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Cloud-top meridional momentum transports on Saturn and Jupiter
Cloud-tracked wind measurements reported by Sromovsky et al. were analyzed to determine meridional momentum transports in Saturn's northern middle latitudes. Results are expressed in terms of eastward and northward velocity components (u and v), and eddy components u and v. At most latitudes between 13 and 44 deg N (planetocentric), the transport by the mean flow () is measurably southward, tending to support Saturn's large equatorial jet, and completely dominating the eddy transport. Meridional velocities are near zero at the peak of the relatively weak westward jet; along the flanks of that jet, measurements indicate divergent flow out of the jet. In this region the dominant eddy transport () is northward on the north side of the jet, but not resolvable on the south side. Eddy transports at most other latitudes are not significantly different from measurement error. The conversion of eddy kinetic energy to mean kinetic energy, indicated by the correlation between and d/dy (where y is meridional distance) is clearly smaller than various values reported for Jupiter, and not significantly different from zero. Both Jovian and Saturnian results may be biased by the tendency for cloud tracking to favor high contrast features, and thus may not be entirely representative of the cloud level motions as a whole
Oligomeric reaction products by the polymerization of ethylene with chromium surface compounds
Nach kurzzeitiger Polymerisation von Ăthylen an Cr(II)- bzw. Cr(VI)-OberflĂ€chenverbindungen auf oxydischen TrĂ€gern und anschlieĂender Protolyse lassen sich oligomere Reaktionsprodukte fassen, die zumindest teilweise durch Zersetzung eines löslichen Chrom-organischen Komplexes entstanden sind. Je nach Katalysatortyp entstehen dabei verschiedene homologe Reihen: mit Cr(II)-Kontakten erhĂ€lt man -Olefine (bei Ablösung nach O2-Zutritt die entsprechenden n-Aldehyde), mit Cr(VI)-Kontakten die geradkettigen Methylketone. WĂ€hrend die Aldehyd-Bildung durch eine SekundĂ€r-Reaktion erfolgt, entsteht die CH3CO-Endgruppe offenbar durch primĂ€re Oxydation des C2H4 durch O\u27fl.Cr(VI). Auf Grund der Protolyseprodukte lĂ€Ăt sich ein Polymerisationsverlauf diskutieren, bei dem die Alken- bzw. Acetyl-Endgruppen an den nicht an Cr gebundenen Kettenenden eingebaut werden.Short time polymerization of ethylene with Cr(II) and Cr(VI) surface species on oxide carriers produces oligomeric reaction products, when followed by protonolysis, that originate, at least in part, from the decomposition of a soluble organochromium complex. Different homologous series result according to the type of heterogeneous catalyst employed: with Cr(II) contact -olefines are obtained (in presence of O2 the corresponding n-aldehydes are formed), Cr(VI) contacts give straightchain methylketones. Whereas the aldehyde formation occurs in secondary reactions the CH3CO endgroup is produced evidently through the primary oxidation of C2H4 with surface Cr(VI). A polymerization sequence is then discussed in terms of protonolysis products wherein the alkene and acetyl endgroups are attached at that chain end which is not bound to chromium
Surface compounds of transition metals. - Part XIII : Nature of the polymer to chromium bond in Phillips catalysts
Two independent experiments show that in polymerization catalysts of the Phillips type the growing hydrocarbon chain is attached to the metal via a bond
Hybrid Inflation and Particle Physics
The prototype hybrid SUSY SU(5) inflation models, while well motivated from particle physics, and while allowing an acceptable inflationary phase with little or no fine tuning, are shown to have two fundamental phenomenological problems. (1) They inevitably result in the wrong vacuum after inflation is over; and (2) they do not solve the monopole problem. In order to get around the first problem the level of complexity of these models must be increased. One can also avoid the second problem in this way. We also demonstate another possibility by proposing a new general mechanism to avoid the monopole problem with, or without inflation
The Cosmological Constant is Back
A diverse set of observations now compellingly suggest that Universe
possesses a nonzero cosmological constant. In the context of quantum-field
theory a cosmological constant corresponds to the energy density of the vacuum,
and the wanted value for the cosmological constant corresponds to a very tiny
vacuum energy density. We discuss future observational tests for a cosmological
constant as well as the fundamental theoretical challenges---and
opportunities---that this poses for particle physics and for extending our
understanding of the evolution of the Universe back to the earliest moments.Comment: latex, 8 pages plus one ps figure available as separate compressed
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Hysteresis phenomenon in deterministic traffic flows
We study phase transitions of a system of particles on the one-dimensional
integer lattice moving with constant acceleration, with a collision law
respecting slower particles. This simple deterministic ``particle-hopping''
traffic flow model being a straightforward generalization to the well known
Nagel-Schreckenberg model covers also a more recent slow-to-start model as a
special case. The model has two distinct ergodic (unmixed) phases with two
critical values. When traffic density is below the lowest critical value, the
steady state of the model corresponds to the ``free-flowing'' (or ``gaseous'')
phase. When the density exceeds the second critical value the model produces
large, persistent, well-defined traffic jams, which correspond to the
``jammed'' (or ``liquid'') phase. Between the two critical values each of these
phases may take place, which can be interpreted as an ``overcooled gas'' phase
when a small perturbation can change drastically gas into liquid. Mathematical
analysis is accomplished in part by the exact derivation of the life-time of
individual traffic jams for a given configuration of particles.Comment: 22 pages, 6 figures, corrected and improved version, to appear in the
Journal of Statistical Physic
Probing the equation of state of the early universe with a space laser interferometer
We propose a method to probe the equation of state of the early universe and
its evolution, using the stochastic gravitational wave background from
inflation. A small deviation from purely radiation dominated universe () would be clearly imprinted on the gravitational wave spectrum
due to the nearly scale invariant nature of inflationary
generated waves.Comment: 10 pages, 1 figur
Laudatores Temporis Acti, or Why Cosmology is Alive and Well - A Reply to Disney
A recent criticism of cosmological methodology and achievements by Disney
(2000) is assessed. Some historical and epistemological fallacies in the said
article have been highlighted. It is shown that---both empirically and
epistemologically---modern cosmology lies on sounder foundations than it is
portrayed. A brief historical account demonstrates that this form of
unsatisfaction with cosmology has had a long tradition, and rather meagre
results in the course of the XX century.Comment: 11 pages, no figures; a criticism of astro-ph/0009020; Gen. Rel.
Grav., accepted for publicatio
Contribution of Long Wavelength Gravitational Waves to the CMB Anisotropy
We present an in depth discussion of the production of gravitational waves
from an inflationary phase that could have occurred in the early universe,
giving derivations for the resulting spectrum and energy density. We also
consider the large-scale anisotropy in the cosmic microwave background
radiation coming from these waves. Assuming that the observed quadrupole
anisotropy comes mostly from gravitational waves (consistent with the
predictions of a flat spectrum of scalar density perturbations and the measured
dipole anisotropy) we describe in detail how to derive a value for the scale of
inflation of GeV, which is at a particularly interesting
scale for particle physics. This upper limit corresponds to a 95\% confidence
level upper limit on the scale of inflation assuming only that the quadrupole
anisotropy from gravitational waves is not cancelled by another source. Direct
detection of gravitational waves produced by inflation near this scale will
have to wait for the next generation of detectors.Comment: (LaTeX 16 pages), 2 figures not included, YCTP-P16-9
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