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The progenitor of the 'born-again' core V605 Aql and the relation to its younger twin V4334 Sgr
We derived the properties of V605 Aql before the final helium flash pulse by
studying its surrounding PN A58. Photoionizing models of our spectral data
together with a new distance estimate and a closer look at the recombination
timescales lead to a consistent model. Comparing our findings with the only
hydrogen-poor twin, namely Sakurai's Object, we conclude that these born-again
objects have normal PNe core masses. We are able to prove V605 Aql indeed to
be, similar to V4332 Sgr, a very late thermal pulse object and to put
constraints for the evolutionary time scales for the transition back to the
AGB.Comment: LaTeX, 5 pages, 3 figures, Accepted in Astron. & Astrophy
New challenges for business actors and positive heuristics
Purpose: The purpose of this guest editorial is to present an overview of the contributions in this special issue and proposes a positive approach to heuristics deriving from the growing interest in the decision-making topic with respect to the new challenges emerging in uncertain environments in management and marketing research. Design/methodology/approach: The authors explore the reasons for a positive view of business actors' judgments and choices based on heuristics, not only in terms of effectiveness in practice, but their fit with human cognition and behavior, and the potential distinctiveness in contexts where technological devices and algorithms are more widespread, but not necessarily more appropriate. Findings: The authors present and discuss the emergence and evolution of heuristics as a topic in the management literature, and the themes and insights proposed in the papers published in this special issue contributing to research aimed at systemizing a managerial perspective of the concepts and tools that may be useful for practitioners and researchers in this field. Originality/value: The paper discusses the positive role that heuristics can play, offering some propositions for future research by framing heuristics as a set of tools (toolbox) for business actors in uncertain contexts, without constituting a cognitive limitation for effective solutions
Energy deposition studies for the High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider inner triplet magnets
A detailed model of the High Luminosity LHC inner triplet region with new
large-aperture Nb3Sn magnets, field maps, corrector packages, and segmented
tungsten inner absorbers was built and implemented into the FLUKA and MARS15
codes. In the optimized configuration, the peak power density averaged over the
magnet inner cable width is safely below the quench limit. For the integrated
luminosity of 3000 fb-1, the peak dose in the innermost magnet insulator ranges
from 20 to 35 MGy. Dynamic heat loads to the triplet magnet cold mass are
calculated to evaluate the cryogenic capability. In general, FLUKA and MARS
results are in a very good agreement.Comment: 24 p
Test Results on the Silicon Pixel Detector for the TTF-FEL Beam Trajectory Monitor
Test measurements on the silicon pixel detector for the beam trajectory
monitor at the free electron laser of the TESLA test facility are presented. To
determine the electronic noise of detector and read-out and to calibrate the
signal amplitude of different pixels the 6 keV photons of the manganese K line
are used. Two different methods determine the spatial accuracy of the detector:
In one setup a laser beam is focused to a straight line and moved across the
pixel structure. In the other the detector is scanned using a low-intensity
electron beam of an electron microscope. Both methods show that the symmetry
axis of the detector defines a straight line within 0.4 microns. The
sensitivity of the detector to low energy X-rays is measured using a vacuum
ultraviolet beam at the synchrotron light source HASYLAB. Additionally, the
electron microscope is used to study the radiation hardness of the detector.Comment: 14 pages (Latex), 13 figures (Postscript), submitted to Nuclear
Instruments and Methods
Energy Deposition Studies for the Hi-Lumi LHC Inner Triplet Magnets
A detailed model of the High Luminosity LHC inner triplet region with new
large-aperture Nb3Sn magnets, field maps, corrector packages, and segmented
tungsten inner absorbers was built and implemented into the FLUKA and MARS15
codes. In the optimized configuration, the peak power density averaged over the
magnet inner cable width is safely below the quench limit. For the integrated
luminosity of 3000 fb -1, the peak dose in the innermost magnet insulator
ranges from 20 to 35 MGy. Dynamic heat loads to the triplet magnet cold mass
are calculated to evaluate the cryogenic capability. In general, FLUKA and MARS
results are in a very good agreement.Comment: 4 pp. Presented paper at the 5th International Particle Accelerator
Conference, June 15 -20, 2014, Dresden, German
Tuning of structure inversion asymmetry by the -doping position in (001)-grown GaAs quantum wells
Structure and bulk inversion asymmetry in doped (001)-grown GaAs quantum
wells is investigated by applying the magnetic field induced photogalvanic
effect. We demonstrate that the structure inversion asymmetry (SIA) can be
tailored by variation of the delta-doping layer position. Symmetrically-doped
structures exhibit a substantial SIA due to impurity segregation during the
growth process. Tuning the SIA by the delta-doping position we grow samples
with almost equal degrees of structure and bulk inversion asymmetry.Comment: 4 pages 2 figure
An operator expansion for integrable quantum field theories
A large class of quantum field theories on 1+1 dimensional Minkowski space,
namely, certain integrable models, has recently been constructed rigorously by
Lechner. However, the construction is very abstract and the concrete form of
local observables in these models remains largely unknown. Aiming for more
insight into their structure, we establish a series expansion for observables,
similar but not identical to the well-known form factor expansion. This
expansion will be the basis for a characterization and explicit construction of
local observables, to be discussed elsewhere. Here, we establish the expansion
independent of the localization aspect, and analyze its behavior under
space-time symmetries. We also clarify relations with deformation methods in
quantum field theory, specifically, with the warped convolution in the sense of
Buchholz and Summers.Comment: minor corrections and clarifications, as published in J. Phys A; 24
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Drought severity–duration–frequency curves: a foundation for risk assessment and planning tool for ecosystem establishment in post-mining landscapes
Eastern Australia has considerable mineral and energy resources, with areas of high biodiversity value co-occurring over a broad range of agro-climatic environments. Lack of water is the primary abiotic stressor for (agro)ecosystems in many parts of eastern Australia. In the context of mined land rehabilitation quantifying the severity–duration–frequency (SDF) of droughts is crucial for successful ecosystem rehabilitation to overcome challenges of early vegetation establishment and long-term ecosystem resilience.
The objective of this study was to quantify the SDF of short-term and long-term drought events of 11 selected locations across a broad range of agro-climatic environments in eastern Australia by using three drought indices at different timescales: the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI), the Reconnaissance Drought Index (RDI), and the Standardized Precipitation-Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI). Based on the indices we derived bivariate distribution functions of drought severity and duration, and estimated the recurrence intervals of drought events at different timescales. The correlation between the simple SPI and the more complex SPEI or RDI was stronger for the tropical and temperate locations than for the arid locations, indicating that SPEI or RDI can be replaced by SPI if evaporation plays a minor role for plant available water (tropics). Both short-term and long-term droughts were most severe and prolonged, and recurred most frequently in arid regions, but were relatively rare in tropical and temperate regions.
Our approach is similar to intensity–duration–frequency (IDF) analyses of rainfall, which are crucial for the design of hydraulic infrastructure. In this regard, we propose to apply SDF analyses of droughts to design ecosystem components in post-mining landscapes. Together with design rainfalls, design droughts should be used to assess rehabilitation strategies and ecological management using drought recurrence intervals, thereby minimising the risk of failure of initial ecosystem establishment due to ignorance of fundamental abiotic and site-specific environmental barriers, such as flood and drought events
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