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Evaluation of greenwaste mulch to control runoff quality from landfill sites during frequent storms
This paper describes a preliminary evaluation of two types of greenwaste (fresh and aged) used as a mulch layer to control runoff from disturbed landfill areas. Fresh greenwaste refers to woody and herbaceous garden waste that has been recently collected, chopped and shredded. Aged greenwaste is greenwaste which has been stockpiled for 18 months. We used rainfall simulator tests to investigate two aspects: (1) the performance of greenwaste mulch in reducing runoff during designed storm events with a high frequency of occurrence and (2) the release of pollutants via runoff as total suspended solids (TSS) and total organic carbon (TOC) during rain. Rainfall of <5-year average recurrence interval (ARI) was generally applied, consistent with stormwater compliance requirements for many Australian landfills. TOC released from fresh greenwaste material was higher in concentration than from aged greenwaste. However when used as a 10cm-deep mulch layer, fresh greenwaste was able to completely prevent runoff, even when tested under rainfalls up to 50 year ARI duration. An equivalent mulch layer of aged greenwaste was also effective in reducing runoff volume and TSS concentration compared with the bare soil during a 3.5-year ARI rainfall, but mean TOC concentration was higher. Based on these preliminary results, fresh greenwaste mulching of bare soils is an attractive option to control runoff and erosion from areas subject to intermittent landfill operations and worthy of further investigations
Dynamic Magnetization-Reversal Transition in the Ising Model
We report the results of mean field and the Monte Carlo study of the dynamic
magnetization-reversal transition in the Ising model, brought about by the
application of an external field pulse applied in opposition to the existing
order before the application of the pulse. The transition occurs at a
temperature T below the static critical temperature T_c without any external
field. The transition occurs when the system, perturbed by the external field
pulse competing with the existing order, jumps from one minimum of free energy
to the other after the withdrawal of the pulse. The parameters controlling the
transition are the strength h_p and the duration Delta t of the pulse. In the
mean field case, approximate analytical expression is obtained for the phase
boundary which agrees well with that obtained numerically in the small Delta t
and large T limit. The order parameter of the transition has been identified
and is observed to vary continuously near the transition. The order parameter
exponent beta was estimated both for the mean field (beta =1) and the Monte
Carlo beta = 0.90 \pm 0.02 in two dimension) cases. The transition shows a
"critical slowing-down" type behaviour near the phase boundary with diverging
relaxation time. The divergence was found to be logarithmic in the mean field
case and exponential in the Monte Carlo case. The finite size scaling technique
was employed to estimate the correlation length exponent nu (= 1.5 \pm 0.3 in
two dimension) in the Monte Carlo case.Comment: 13 pages, latex, 8 figure
Length and time scale divergences at the magnetization-reversal transition in the Ising model
The divergences of both the length and time scales, at the magnetization-
reversal transition in Ising model under a pulsed field, have been studied in
the linearized limit of the mean field theory. Both length and time scales are
shown to diverge at the transition point and it has been checked that the
nature of the time scale divergence agrees well with the result obtained from
the numerical solution of the mean field equation of motion. Similar growths in
length and time scales are also observed, as one approaches the transition
point, using Monte Carlo simulations. However, these are not of the same nature
as the mean field case. Nucleation theory provides a qualitative argument which
explains the nature of the time scale growth. To study the nature of growth of
the characteristic length scale, we have looked at the cluster size
distribution of the reversed spin domains and defined a pseudo-correlation
length which has been observed to grow at the phase boundary of the transition.Comment: 9 pages Latex, 3 postscript figure
Mean field and Monte Carlo studies of the magnetization-reversal transition in the Ising model
Detailed mean field and Monte Carlo studies of the dynamic
magnetization-reversal transition in the Ising model in its ordered phase under
a competing external magnetic field of finite duration have been presented
here. Approximate analytical treatment of the mean field equations of motion
shows the existence of diverging length and time scales across this dynamic
transition phase boundary. These are also supported by numerical solutions of
the complete mean field equations of motion and the Monte Carlo study of the
system evolving under Glauber dynamics in both two and three dimensions.
Classical nucleation theory predicts different mechanisms of domain growth in
two regimes marked by the strength of the external field, and the nature of the
Monte Carlo phase boundary can be comprehended satisfactorily using the theory.
The order of the transition changes from a continuous to a discontinuous one as
one crosses over from coalescence regime (stronger field) to nucleation regime
(weaker field). Finite size scaling theory can be applied in the coalescence
regime, where the best fit estimates of the critical exponents are obtained for
two and three dimensions.Comment: 16 pages latex, 13 ps figures, typos corrected, references adde
Generation of wakefields by whistlers in spin quantum magnetoplasmas
The excitation of electrostatic wakefields in a magnetized spin quantum
plasma by the classical as well as the spin-induced ponderomotive force (CPF
and SPF, respectively) due to whistler waves is reported. The nonlinear
dynamics of the whistlers and the wakefields is shown to be governed by a
coupled set of nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger (NLS) and driven Boussinesq-like
equations. It is found that the quantum force associated with the Bohm
potential introduces two characteristic length scales, which lead to the
excitation of multiple wakefields in a strongly magnetized dense plasma (with a
typical magnetic field strength T and particle density
m), where the SPF strongly dominates over the CPF.
In other regimes, namely T and
m, where the SPF is comparable to the CPF, a plasma wakefield can also
be excited self-consistently with one characteristic length scale. Numerical
results reveal that the wakefield amplitude is enhanced by the quantum
tunneling effect, however it is lowered by the external magnetic field. Under
appropriate conditions, the wakefields can maintain high coherence over
multiple plasma wavelengths and thereby accelerate electrons to extremely high
energies. The results could be useful for particle acceleration at short
scales, i.e. at nano- and micrometer scales, in magnetized dense plasmas where
the driver is the whistler wave instead of a laser or a particle beam.Comment: 8 pages, 2 figures; Revised version to appear in Physics of Plasmas
(Dec. 2010 issue
Fluctuation Cumulant Behavior for the Field-Pulse Induced Magnetisation-Reversal Transition in Ising Models
The universality class of the dynamic magnetisation-reversal transition,
induced by a competing field pulse, in an Ising model on a square lattice,
below its static ordering temperature, is studied here using Monte Carlo
simulations. Fourth order cumulant of the order parameter distribution is
studied for different system sizes around the phase boundary region. The
crossing point of the cumulant (for different system sizes) gives the
transition point and the value of the cumulant at the transition point
indicates the universality class of the transition. The cumulant value at the
crossing point for low temperature and pulse width range is observed to be
significantly less than that for the static transition in the same
two-dimensional Ising model. The finite size scaling behaviour in this range
also indicates a higher correlation length exponent value. For higher
temperature and pulse width range, the transition seems to fall in a mean-field
like universality class.Comment: 5 pages, 8 eps figures, thoroughly revised manuscript with new
figures, accepted in Phys. Rev. E (2003
Crystals for Demazure Modules of Classical Affine Lie Algebras
We study, in the path realization, crystals for Demazure modules of affine
Lie algebras of types . We find a special sequence of
affine Weyl group elements for the selected perfect crystal, and show if the
highest weight is l\La_0, the Demazure crystal has a remarkably simple
structure.Comment: Latex, 28 page
LOCAL PROPERTY OF A FACTORED FOURIER SERIES USING ABSOLUTE NORLUND INDEXED-SUMMABILITY
In this paper we have established a theorem on the local property of absolute Norlund indexed-summability of Factored Fourier series
FACTORS INFLUENCING SOUTHERN DAIRY FARMERS' CHOICE OF MILK HANDLERS
Survey data of 2,538 dairy farmers located in 12 southern states were used to analyze the factors influencing farmers' choice of milk handlers. Results from a qualitative response model indicate that a combination of price and non-price factors contribute to dairy farmers' attitudes toward their milk handlers. Specifically, the decision to change milk handlers was significantly influenced by prices paid and deductions charged. However, non-price factors including field services, friendly personnel, and loyalty to a handler contributed to the longer term affiliation of dairy farmers with their milk handlers.Dairy farmers, Milk handlers, Market channels, Qualitative response, Marketing, Agribusiness,
Rates of Short-GRB afterglows in association with Binary Neutron Star mergers
Assuming all binary Neutron Star mergers produce Short Gamma Ray Bursts
(SGRBs), we combine the merger rates of binary Neutron Stars (BNS) from
population synthesis studies, the sensitivities of advanced Gravitational Wave
(GW) interferometer networks, and of the electromagnetic (EM) facilities in
various wave bands, to compute the detection rate of associated afterglows in
these bands. Using the inclination angle measured from GWs as a proxy for the
viewing angle and assuming a uniform distribution of jet opening angle between
3 to 30 degrees, we generate light curves of the counterparts using the open
access afterglow hydrodynamics package BoxFit for X-ray, Optical and Radio
bands. For different EM detectors we obtain the fraction of EM counterparts
detectable in these three bands by imposing appropriate detection thresholds.
In association with BNS mergers detected by five (three) detector network of
advanced GW interferometers, assuming a BNS merger rate of ~\citep{dominik2012double}, we find the afterglow
detection rates (per year) to be (), ()
and () in the X-ray, optical and radio bands respectively.
Our rates represent maximum possible detections for the given BNS rate since we
ignore effects of cadence and field of view in EM follow up observations.Comment: Published in MNRA
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