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Development of an orbit determination program to regress for lunar potential constants
Orbit calculation program modified to provide corrected state vectors for lunar potential constants in moon centered coordinate syste
Influence of the electron-phonon interfacial conductance on the thermal transport at metal/dielectric interfaces
Thermal boundary conductance at a metal-dieletric interface is a quantity of
prime importance for heat management at the nanoscale. While the boundary
conductance is usually ascribed to the coupling between metal phonons and
dielectric phonons, in this work we examine the influence of a direct coupling
between the metal electrons and the dielectric phonons. The effect of electron-
phonon processes is generally believed to be resistive, and tends to decrease
the overall thermal boundary conductance as compared to the phonon-phonon
conductance {\sigma}p . Here, we find that the effect of a direct coupling
{\sigma}e is to enhance the effective thermal conductance, between the metal
and the dielectric. Resistive effects turn out to be important only for thin
films of metals having a low electron-phonon coupling strength. Two approaches
are explored to reach these conclusions. First, we present an analytical
solution of the two-temperature model to compute the effective conductance
which account for all the relevant energy channels, as a function of {\sigma}e
, {\sigma}p and the electron-phonon coupling factor G. Second, we use numerical
resolution to examine the influence of {\sigma}e on two realistic cases: gold
film on silicon or silica substrates. We point out the implications for the
interpretation of time-resolved thermoreflectance experiments
The development of an advanced system to cool a man in a pressure suit
Conductive cooling system for cooling man in pressurized space sui
On the conditional distribution of the mean of the two closest among a set of three observations
Chemical analyses of raw materials are often repeated in duplicate or
triplicate. The assay values obtained are then combined using a predetermined
formula to obtain an estimate of the true value of the material of interest.
When duplicate observations are obtained, their average typically serves as an
estimate of the true value. On the other hand, the "best of three" method
involves taking three measurements and using the average of the two closest
ones as estimate of the true value.
In this paper, we consider another method which potentially involves three
measurements. Initially two measurements are obtained and if their difference
is sufficiently small, their average is taken as estimate of the true value.
However, if the difference is too large then a third independent measurement is
obtained. The estimator is then defined as the average between the third
observation and the one among the first two which is closest to it.
Our focus in the paper is the conditional distribution of the estimate in
cases where the initial difference is too large. We find that the conditional
distributions are markedly different under the assumption of a normal
distribution and a Laplace distribution.Comment: 12 pages, 6 figure
On the conditional distribution of the mean of the two closest among a set of three observations
Chemical analyses of raw materials are often repeated in duplicate or triplicate. The assay values obtained are then combined using a predetermined formula to obtain an estimate of the true value of the material of interest. When duplicate observations are obtained, their average typically serves as an estimate of the true value. On the other hand, the "best of three" method involves taking three measurements and using the average of the two closest ones as estimate of the true value.
In this paper, we consider another method which potentially involves three measurements. Initially two measurements are obtained and if their difference is sufficiently small, their average is taken as estimate of the true value. However, if the difference is too large then a third independent measurement is obtained. The estimator is then defined as the average between the third observation and the one among the first two which is closest to it.
Our focus in the paper is the conditional distribution of the estimate in cases where the initial difference is too large. We find that the conditional distributions are markedly different under the assumption of a normal distribution and a Laplace distribution
Development of an internal restraint system for an integrated restraint-pressure suit system Report, 7 Jun. 1965 - 28 Jun. 1966
Internal restraint system, composed of liquid filled garment and separate auxiliary system, for integrated restraint pressure suit for acceleration protection and thermal transpor
The size of two-body weakly bound objects : short versus long range potentials
The variation of the size of two-body objects is investigated, as the
separation energy approaches zero, with both long range potentials and short
range potentials having a repulsive core. It is shown that long range
potentials can also give rise to very extended systems. The asymptotic laws
derived for states with angular momentum l=1,2 differ from the ones obtained
with short range potentials. The sensitivity of the asymptotic laws on the
shape and length of short range potentials defined by two and three parameters
is studied. These ideas as well as the transition from the short to the long
range regime for the l=0 case are illustrated using the Kratzer potential.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures, submitted to Physical Review Letter
Piecewise constant potentials and discrete ambiguities
This work is devoted to the study of discrete ambiguities. For parametrized
potentials, they arise when the parameters are fitted to a finite number of
phase-shifts. It generates phase equivalent potentials. Such equivalence was
suggested to be due to the modulo uncertainty inherent to phase
determinations. We show that a different class of phase-equivalent potentials
exists. To this aim, use is made of piecewise constant potentials, the
intervals of which are defined by the zeros of their regular solutions of the
Schr\"odinger equation. We give a classification of the ambiguities in terms of
indices which include the difference between exact phase modulo and the
numbering of the wave function zeros.Comment: 26 pages Subject: Mathematical Physics math-p
Fungi Associated with Decay in Treated Southern Pine Utility Poles in the Eastern United States
Approximately 1,320 fungi were isolated and studied from 246 creosote- or pentachlorophenol-treated southern pine poles in service in the eastern United States. The fungi identified were Basidiomycete decayers, soft rotters, and microfungi. White rot fungi predominated in the 262 Basidiomycete decayers isolated from 180 poles. The major Basidiomycetes isolated by radial position from poles of varying service ages appeared to develop initially in the outer treated zones and were often associated with seasoning checks. Some decay origins, however, appeared to be cases of preinvasion and escapes of preservative treatment. Five species of soft rot fungi comprised nearly 85% of 211 isolates obtained from 131 poles. They were isolated primarily from creosote-treated poles in outer treated zones at the groundline. Dissection analysis of 92 poles indicated that six developmental decay patterns and certain fungi were associated commonly with a pattern. The pole mycoflora isolated was relatively uniform in distribution in the eastern United States. The soft rotters and white rot group of Basidiomycete decayers appear to be a more important component of the treated southern pine pole mycoflora than has been recognized previously
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