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Hydrazine electrolysis cell safety limits tests
Hydrazine electrolysis cell safety limits test
Development of a hydrogen-oxygen internal combustion engine space power system
Hydrogen-oxygen internal combustion engine space power syste
Dual Mode Hydrazine Propulsion System
Dual mode hydrazine propulsion system for attitude control and maneuvering of interplanetary spacecraf
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Crystallization of calcite from amorphous calcium carbonate: earthworms show the way
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Gypsy moths and American dog ticks: Space partners
An experiment intended for the space shuttle and designed to investigate the effects of weightlessness and total darkness on gypsy moth eggs and engorged American dog ticks is described. The objectives are: (1) to reevaluate the effects of zero gravity on the termination of diapause/hibernation of embryonated gypsy moth eggs, (2) to determine the effect of zero gravity on the ovipositions and subsequent hatch from engorged female American dog ticks that have been induced to diapause in the laboratory, and (3) to determine whether morphological or biochemical changes occur in the insects under examination. Results will be compared with those from a similar experiment conducted on Skylab 4
Microlensing of the Lensed Quasar SDSS0924+0219
We analyze V, I and H band HST images and two seasons of R-band monitoring
data for the gravitationally lensed quasar SDSS0924+0219. We clearly see that
image D is a point-source image of the quasar at the center of its host galaxy.
We can easily track the host galaxy of the quasar close to image D because
microlensing has provided a natural coronograph that suppresses the flux of the
quasar image by roughly an order of magnitude. We observe low amplitude,
uncorrelated variability between the four quasar images due to microlensing,
but no correlated variations that could be used to measure a time delay. Monte
Carlo models of the microlensing variability provide estimates of the mean
stellar mass in the lens galaxy (0.02 Msun < M < 1.0 Msun), the accretion disk
size (the disk temperature is 5 x 10^4 K at 3.0 x 10^14 cm < rs < 1.4 x 10^15
cm), and the black hole mass (2.0 x 10^7 Msun < MBH \eta_{0.1}^{-1/2}
(L/LE)^{1/2} < 3.3 x 10^8 Msun), all at 68% confidence. The black hole mass
estimate based on microlensing is consistent with an estimate of MBH = 7.3 +-
2.4 x 10^7 Msun from the MgII emission line width. If we extrapolate the
best-fitting light curve models into the future, we expect the the flux of
images A and B to remain relatively stable and images C and D to brighten. In
particular, we estimate that image D has a roughly 12% probability of
brightening by a factor of two during the next year and a 45% probability of
brightening by an order of magnitude over the next decade.Comment: v.2 incorporates referee's comments and corrects two errors in the
original manuscript. 28 pages, 10 figures, published in Ap
Weighing Neutrinos with Galaxy Cluster Surveys
Large future galaxy cluster surveys, combined with cosmic microwave
background observations, can achieve a high sensitivity to the masses of
cosmologically important neutrinos. We show that a weak lensing selected sample
of ~100,000 clusters could tighten the current upper bound on the sum of masses
of neutrino species by an order of magnitude, to a level of 0.03 eV. Since this
statistical sensitivity is below the best existing lower limit on the mass of
at least one neutrino species, a future detection is likely, provided that
systematic errors can be controlled to a similar level.Comment: 4 pages, 1 figure, version accepted for publication in PR
Computer-aided communication satellite system analysis and optimization
The capabilities and limitations of the various published computer programs for fixed/broadcast communication satellite system synthesis and optimization are discussed. A satellite Telecommunication analysis and Modeling Program (STAMP) for costing and sensitivity analysis work in application of communication satellites to educational development is given. The modifications made to STAMP include: extension of the six beam capability to eight; addition of generation of multiple beams from a single reflector system with an array of feeds; an improved system costing to reflect the time value of money, growth in earth terminal population with time, and to account for various measures of system reliability; inclusion of a model for scintillation at microwave frequencies in the communication link loss model; and, an updated technological environment
Hydrazine electrolysis for spacecraft propulsion. Analysis and test of a dual-mode gas and liquid system Final report
Dual-mode hydrazine electrolysis for spacecraft propulsion syste
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