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The feasibility study for electronic imaging system with the photoheliograph
The development of the electronic subsystems used for the photoheliograph and its application for a high resolution study of the sun are discussed. Basic considerations are as follows: (1) determination of characteristics of solar activity within the spectral response of the photoheliograph, (2) determination of the space vehicles capable of carrying the photoheliograph, (3) analysis of the capability of the ground based data gathering network to assimilate the generated information, and (4) the characteristics of the photoheliograph and the associated spectral filters
How can private standard accelerate the development of organic production?
It is possible to use private standards to increase the speed in development of organic production in a wide range of areas and to do that on a solid scientific basis. KRAV has recently improved the standard performance in reducing climate impact of the production and the methodology from this work will be possible to use in several areas such as reduction of environmental impact, animal welfare and reduction of health risk for consumers
It is obvious, though, that we need to get more knowledge on how consumers value our extra requirements in the standard and their willingness to pay for these since this is of crucial importance to motivate the producers to accept more stringent standards
Eulerian and modified Lagrangian approaches to multi-dimensional condensation and collection
Turbulence is argued to play a crucial role in cloud droplet growth. The
combined problem of turbulence and cloud droplet growth is numerically
challenging. Here, an Eulerian scheme based on the Smoluchowski equation is
compared with two Lagrangian superparticle (or su- perdroplet) schemes in the
presence of condensation and collection. The growth processes are studied
either separately or in combination using either two-dimensional turbulence, a
steady flow, or just gravitational acceleration without gas flow. Good
agreement between the differ- ent schemes for the time evolution of the size
spectra is observed in the presence of gravity or turbulence. Higher moments of
the size spectra are found to be a useful tool to characterize the growth of
the largest drops through collection. Remarkably, the tails of the size spectra
are reasonably well described by a gamma distribution in cases with gravity or
turbulence. The Lagrangian schemes are generally found to be superior over the
Eulerian one in terms of computational performance. However, it is shown that
the use of interpolation schemes such as the cloud-in-cell algorithm is
detrimental in connection with superparticle or superdroplet approaches.
Furthermore, the use of symmetric over asymmetric collection schemes is shown
to reduce the amount of scatter in the results.Comment: 36 pages, 17 figure
Extending the range of error estimates for radial approximation in Euclidean space and on spheres
We adapt Schaback's error doubling trick [R. Schaback. Improved error bounds
for scattered data interpolation by radial basis functions. Math. Comp.,
68(225):201--216, 1999.] to give error estimates for radial interpolation of
functions with smoothness lying (in some sense) between that of the usual
native space and the subspace with double the smoothness. We do this for both
bounded subsets of R^d and spheres. As a step on the way to our ultimate goal
we also show convergence of pseudoderivatives of the interpolation error.Comment: 10 page
Description of superdeformed bands in light N=Z nuclei using the cranked HFB method
Superdeformed states in light nuclei are studied by means of the
self-consistent cranking calculation (i.e., the P + QQ model based on the
cranked Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov method). Analyses are given for two typical
cases of superdeformed bands in the mass region, that is, bands
where backbending is absent (Ca) and present (Ar). Investigations
are carried out, particularly for the following points: cross-shell excitations
in the sd and pf shells; the role of the g and d orbitals; the
effect of the nuclear pairing; and the interplay between triaxiality and band
termination.Comment: 17 pages, 18 figures, accepted in Phys. Rev.
Radiation Front Sweeping the Ambient Medium of Gamma-Ray Bursts
Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are emitted by relativistic ejecta from powerful
cosmic explosions. Their light curves suggest that the gamma-ray emission
occurs at early stages of the ejecta expansion, well before it decelerates in
the ambient medium. If so, the launched gamma-ray front must overtake the
ejecta and sweep the ambient medium outward. As a result a gap is opened
between the ejecta and the medium that surfs the radiation front ahead.
Effectively, the ejecta moves in a cavity until it reaches a radius
R_{gap}=10^{16}E_{54}^{1/2} cm where E is the isotropic energy of the GRB. At
R=R_{gap} the gap is closed, a blast wave forms and collects the medium swept
by radiation. Further development of the blast wave is strongly affected by the
leading radiation front: the front plays the role of a precursor where the
medium is loaded with e+- pairs and preaccelerated just ahead of the blast. It
impacts the emission from the blast at R < R_{load}=5R_{gap} (the early
afterglow). A spectacular observational effect results: GRB afterglows should
start in optical/UV and evolve fast (< min) to a normal X-ray afterglow. The
early optical emission observed in GRB 990123 may be explained in this way. The
impact of the front is especially strong if the ambient medium is a wind from a
massive progenitor of the GRB. In this case three phenomena are predicted: (1)
The ejecta decelerates at R<R_{load} producing a lot of soft radiation. (2) The
light curve of soft emission peaks at
t_{peak}=40(1+z)E_{54}^{1/2}(Gamma_{ej}/100)^{-2} s where Gamma_{ej} is the
Lorentz factor of the ejecta. Given measured redshift z and t_{peak}, one finds
Gamma_{ej}. (3) The GRB acquires a spectral break at 5 - 50 MeV because harder
photons are absorbed by radiation scattered in the wind.Comment: 20 pages, accepted to Ap
Efficiency of Truthful and Symmetric Mechanisms in One-sided Matching
We study the efficiency (in terms of social welfare) of truthful and
symmetric mechanisms in one-sided matching problems with {\em dichotomous
preferences} and {\em normalized von Neumann-Morgenstern preferences}. We are
particularly interested in the well-known {\em Random Serial Dictatorship}
mechanism. For dichotomous preferences, we first show that truthful, symmetric
and optimal mechanisms exist if intractable mechanisms are allowed. We then
provide a connection to online bipartite matching. Using this connection, it is
possible to design truthful, symmetric and tractable mechanisms that extract
0.69 of the maximum social welfare, which works under assumption that agents
are not adversarial. Without this assumption, we show that Random Serial
Dictatorship always returns an assignment in which the expected social welfare
is at least a third of the maximum social welfare. For normalized von
Neumann-Morgenstern preferences, we show that Random Serial Dictatorship always
returns an assignment in which the expected social welfare is at least
\frac{1}{e}\frac{\nu(\opt)^2}{n}, where \nu(\opt) is the maximum social
welfare and is the number of both agents and items. On the hardness side,
we show that no truthful mechanism can achieve a social welfare better than
\frac{\nu(\opt)^2}{n}.Comment: 13 pages, 1 figur
Social welfare in one-sided matchings: Random priority and beyond
We study the problem of approximate social welfare maximization (without
money) in one-sided matching problems when agents have unrestricted cardinal
preferences over a finite set of items. Random priority is a very well-known
truthful-in-expectation mechanism for the problem. We prove that the
approximation ratio of random priority is Theta(n^{-1/2}) while no
truthful-in-expectation mechanism can achieve an approximation ratio better
than O(n^{-1/2}), where n is the number of agents and items. Furthermore, we
prove that the approximation ratio of all ordinal (not necessarily
truthful-in-expectation) mechanisms is upper bounded by O(n^{-1/2}), indicating
that random priority is asymptotically the best truthful-in-expectation
mechanism and the best ordinal mechanism for the problem.Comment: 13 page
Acceptor-like deep level defects in ion-implanted ZnO
N-type ZnO samples have been implanted with MeV Zn⁺ ions at room temperature to doses between 1×10⁸ and 2×10¹⁰cm⁻², and the defect evolution has been studied by capacitance-voltage and deep level transient spectroscopy measurements. The results show a dose dependent compensation by acceptor-like defects along the implantation depth profile, and at least four ion-induced deep-level defects arise, where two levels with energy positions of 1.06 and 1.2 eV below the conduction band increase linearly with ion dose and are attributed to intrinsic defects. Moreover, a re-distribution of defects as a function of depth is observed already at temperatures below 400 K.This work was supported by the Norwegian Research
Council through the Frienergi program and the Australian
Research Council through the Discovery projects program
Effect of turbulence on collisional growth of cloud droplets
We investigate the effect of turbulence on the collisional growth of um-sized
droplets through high- resolution numerical simulations with well resolved
Kolmogorov scales, assuming a collision and coalescence efficiency of unity.
The droplet dynamics and collisions are approximated using a superparticle
approach. In the absence of gravity, we show that the time evolution of the
shape of the droplet-size distribution due to turbulence-induced collisions
depends strongly on the turbulent energy-dissipation rate, but only weakly on
the Reynolds number. This can be explained through the energy dissipation rate
dependence of the mean collision rate described by the Saffman-Turner collision
model. Consistent with the Saffman-Turner collision model and its extensions,
the collision rate increases as the square root of the energy dissipation rate
even when coalescence is invoked. The size distribution exhibits power law
behavior with a slope of -3.7 between a maximum at approximately 10 um up to
about 40 um. When gravity is invoked, turbulence is found to dominate the time
evolution of an initially monodisperse droplet distribution at early times. At
later times, however, gravity takes over and dominates the collisional growth.
We find that the formation of large droplets is very sensitive to the turbulent
energy dissipation rate. This is due to the fact that turbulence enhances the
collisional growth between similar sized droplets at the early stage of
raindrop formation. The mean collision rate grows exponentially, which is
consistent with the theoretical prediction of the continuous collisional growth
even when turbulence-generated collisions are invoked. This consistency only
reflects the mean effect of turbulence on collisional growth
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