Optical Constants of Magnesium Oxide in the Far Ultraviolet

Optical constants of magnesium oxide in far ultraviole

Optical Constants of Lithium Fluoride in the Far Ultraviolet

Optical constants of lithium fluoride in far ultraviole

Biodiversity study of Southern Biscayne Bay and Card Sound 1968-1973

A multi-disciplinary investigation was conducted in southern Biscayne Bay and Card Sound from 1968 to 1973. The purpose of the investigation was to conduct an integrated study of the ecology of southern Biscayne Bay with special emphasis on the effects of the heated effluent from the Turkey Point fossil fuel power plant, and to predict the impact of additional effluent from the planned conversion of the plant to nuclear fuel. The results of this investigation have been discussed in numerous publications. This report contains the unpublished biology data that resulted from the investigation. (PDF contains 44 pages

Seller Beware: Tort Reform Is Missing in Action; \u3cem\u3eSoproni\u3c/em\u3e, \u3cem\u3eFalk\u3c/em\u3e, and the Entrenchment of Strict Products Liability in Washington

This article evaluates Washington’s products liability laws and their application in ways involving strict liability through the lens of Soproni v. Polygon Apartment Partners. Part I will also closely examine the WPLA, beginning with a discussion of the tort reform context in which it was enacted and the underlying economic reasons for its passage in 1981. This section will discuss how the WPLA ostensibly supplanted Washington common law on product liability, as well as what a careful reading of the statute seems to dictate for litigating product liability claims. The article then examines how the Soproni majority construed the statute and how the statute was constructed by Falk a decade earlier. The article finishes with an exploration of the consequences of the Soproni decision for window manufacturers doing business in Washington, particularly the Catch 22 situation produced when manufacturers design to prevent liability to one class of plaintiffs (children) only to create liability to another class (the elderly)

Seller Beware: Tort Reform Is Missing in Action; \u3cem\u3eSoproni\u3c/em\u3e, \u3cem\u3eFalk\u3c/em\u3e, and the Entrenchment of Strict Products Liability in Washington

This article evaluates Washington’s products liability laws and their application in ways involving strict liability through the lens of Soproni v. Polygon Apartment Partners. Part I will also closely examine the WPLA, beginning with a discussion of the tort reform context in which it was enacted and the underlying economic reasons for its passage in 1981. This section will discuss how the WPLA ostensibly supplanted Washington common law on product liability, as well as what a careful reading of the statute seems to dictate for litigating product liability claims. The article then examines how the Soproni majority construed the statute and how the statute was constructed by Falk a decade earlier. The article finishes with an exploration of the consequences of the Soproni decision for window manufacturers doing business in Washington, particularly the Catch 22 situation produced when manufacturers design to prevent liability to one class of plaintiffs (children) only to create liability to another class (the elderly)

Methods of regularization for computing orbits in celestial mechanics

Numerical and analytical methods for orbit computation in celestial mechanics during and beyond collision by introduction of regularized coordinate

Dynamical excitonic effects in metals and semiconductors

The dynamics of an electron--hole pair induced by the time--dependent screened Coulomb interaction is discussed. In contrast to the case where the static electron--hole interaction is considered we demonstrate the occurrence of important dynamical excitonic effects in the solution of the Bethe--Salpeter equation.This is illustrated in the calculated absorption spectra of noble metals (copper and silver) and silicon. Dynamical corrections strongly affect the spectra, partially canceling dynamical self--energy effects and leading to good agreement with experiment.Comment: Accepted for publication on Phys. Rev. Let

Rapid characterisation of large earthquakes by multiple seismic broadband arrays

An automatic procedure is presented to retrieve rupture parameters for large earthquakes along the Sunda arc subduction zone. The method is based on standard array analysis and broadband seismograms registered within 30°–100° epicentral distance. No assumptions on source mechanism are required. By means of semblance the coherency of <i>P</i> waveforms is analysed at separate large-aperture arrays. Waveforms are migrated to a 10°×10° wide source region to study the spatio-temporal evolution of earthquakes at each array. The multiplication of the semblance source maps resulting at each array increases resolution. Start, duration, extent, direction, and propagation velocity are obtained and published within 25 min after the onset of the event. First preliminary results can be obtained even within 16 min. Their rapid determination may improve the mitigation of the earthquake and tsunami hazard. Real-time application will provide rupture parameters to the GITEWS project (German Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning System). The method is applied to the two <i>M</i>8.0 Sumatra earthquakes on 12 September 2007, to the <i>M</i>7.4 Java earthquake on 2 September 2009, and to major subduction earthquakes that have occurred along Sumatra and Java since 2000. Obtained rupture parameters are most robust for the largest earthquakes with magnitudes <i>M</i>≥8. The results indicate that almost the entire seismogenic part of the subduction zone off the coast of Sumatra has been ruptured. Only the great Sumatra event in 2004 and the <i>M</i>7.7 Java event on 17 July 2006 could reach to or close to the surface at the trench. Otherwise, the rupturing was apparently confined to depths below 25 km. Major seismic gaps seem to remain off the coast of Padang and the southern tip of Sumatra