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Use of untreated wastewater in peri-urban agriculture in Pakistan: risks and opportunities
Water reuse / Waste waters / Water quality / Groundwater / Irrigation practices / Soil properties / Environmental effects / Conjunctive use / Pakistan / Haroonabad
A direct method of solution for the Fokas-Lenells derivative nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation: I. Bright soliton solutions
We develop a direct method of solution for finding the bright -soliton
solution of the Fokas-Lenells derivative nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation. The
construction of the solution is performed by means of a purely algebraic
procedure using an elementary theory of determinants and does not rely on the
inverse scattering transform method. We present two different expressions of
the solution both of which are expressed as a ratio of determinants. We then
investigate the properties of the solutions and find several new features.
Specifically, we derive the formula for the phase shift caused by the
collisions of bright solitons.Comment: To appear in J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 45(2012) Ma
Parametric Representation for the Multisoliton Solution of the Camassa-Holm Equation
The parametric representation is given to the multisoliton solution of the
Camassa-Holm equation. It has a simple structure expressed in terms of
determinants. The proof of the solution is carried out by an elementary theory
of determinanats. The large time asymptotic of the solution is derived with the
fomula for the phase shift. The latter reveals a new feature when compared with
the one for the typical soliton solutions. The peakon limit of the phase shift
ia also considered, showing that it reproduces the known result.Comment: 14 page
Charge ordering in the spinels AlVO and LiVO
We develop a microscopic theory for the charge ordering (CO) transitions in
the spinels AlVO and LiVO (under pressure). The high degeneracy
of CO states is lifted by a coupling to the rhombohedral lattice deformations
which favors transition to a CO state with inequivalent V(1) and V(2) sites
forming Kagom\'e and trigonal planes respectively. We construct an extended
Hubbard type model including a deformation potential which is treated in
unrestricted Hartree Fock approximation and describes correctly the observed
first-order CO transition. We also discuss the influence of associated orbital
order. Furthermore we suggest that due to different band fillings AlVO
should remain metallic while LiVO under pressure should become a
semiconductor when charge disproportionation sets in
Hanohano:A Deep Ocean Antineutrino Observatory
This paper presents the science potential of a deep ocean antineutrino
observatory being developed at Hawaii and elsewhere. The observatory design
allows for relocation from one site to another. Positioning the observaory some
60 km distant from a nuclear reactor complex enables preecision measurement of
neutrino mixing parameters, leading to a determination of neutrino mass
hierarchy and theta_13. At a mid-Pacific location, the observatory measures the
flux of uranium and thorium decay series antineutrinos from earth's mantle and
performs a sensitive search for a hypothetical natural fission reactor in
earth's core. A subequent deployment at another mid-ocean location would test
lateral homogeneity of uranium and thorium in earth's mantle. These
measurements have significance for earth energy studies.Comment: Poster presented at ICHEP08, Philadelphia, USA, July 2008. 3 pages.
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Frustrated minority spins in GeNi2O4
Recently, two consecutive phase transitions were observed, upon cooling, in
an antiferromagnetic spinel GeNiO at K and
K, respectively \cite{matsuno, crawford}. Using unpolarized and polarized
elastic neutron scattering we show that the two transitions are due to the
existence of frustrated minority spins in this compound. Upon cooling, at
the spins on the \kagome planes order ferromagnetically in the
plane and antiferromagnetically between the planes (phase I), leaving the spins
on the triangular planes that separate the \kagome planes frustrated
and disordered. At the lower , the triangular spins also order in the
plane (phase II). We also present a scenario involving exchange
interactions that qualitatively explains the origin of the two purely magnetic
phase transitions
Urban wastewater: A valuable resource for agriculture - A case study from Haroonabad, Pakistan
Waste waters / Irrigation water / Water reuse / Economic analysis / Soil properties / Households / Water availability / Water use / Water quality / Groundwater / Public health / Risks / Case studies
Studies of MCP-PMTs in the miniTimeCube neutrino detector
This report highlights two different types of cross-talk in the
photodetectors of the miniTimeCube neutrino experiment. The miniTimeCube
detector has 24 -anode Photonis MCP-PMTs Planacon XP85012,
totalling 1536 individual pixels viewing the 2-liter cube of plastic
scintillator
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