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Shuttle program. Solar activity prediction of sunspot numbers, predicted solar radio flux
A solar activity prediction technique for monthly mean sunspot numbers over a period of approximately ten years from February 1979 to January 1989 is presented. This includes the predicted maximum epoch of solar cycle 21, approximately January 1980, and the predicted minimum epoch of solar cycle 22, approximately March 1987. Additionally, the solar radio flux 10.7 centimeter smooth values are included for the same time frame using a smooth 13 month empirical relationship. The incentive for predicting solar activity values is the requirement of solar flux data as input to upper atmosphere density models utilized in mission planning satellite orbital lifetime studies
Error estimation in the histogram Monte Carlo method
We examine the sources of error in the histogram reweighting method for Monte
Carlo data analysis. We demonstrate that, in addition to the standard
statistical error which has been studied elsewhere, there are two other sources
of error, one arising through correlations in the reweighted samples, and one
arising from the finite range of energies sampled by a simulation of finite
length. We demonstrate that while the former correction is usually negligible
by comparison with statistical fluctuations, the latter may not be, and give
criteria for judging the range of validity of histogram extrapolations based on
the size of this latter correction.Comment: 7 pages including 3 postscript figures, typeset in LaTeX using the
RevTeX macro packag
Diffusion constant for the repton model of gel electrophoresis
The repton model is a simple model of the "reptation" motion by which DNA
diffuses through a gel during electrophoresis. In this paper we show that the
model can be mapped onto a system consisting of two types of particles with
hard-sphere interactions diffusing on a one-dimensional lattice. Using this
mapping we formulate an efficient Monte Carlo algorithm for the model which
allows us to simulate systems more than twice the size of those studied before.
Our results confirm scaling hypotheses which have previously been put forward
for the model. We also show how the particle version of the model can be used
to construct a transfer matrix which allows us to solve exactly for the
diffusion constant of small repton systems. We give results for systems of up
to 20 reptons.Comment: 19 pages including five PostScript figures, typeset in LaTeX using
RevTeX 3.
Investigation of integrating sphere measurement parameters
Directional and bidirectional reflectance of MgO sphere wall coatings, and directional characteristics of photomultiplier tub
Large-scale structure of time evolving citation networks
In this paper we examine a number of methods for probing and understanding
the large-scale structure of networks that evolve over time. We focus in
particular on citation networks, networks of references between documents such
as papers, patents, or court cases. We describe three different methods of
analysis, one based on an expectation-maximization algorithm, one based on
modularity optimization, and one based on eigenvector centrality. Using the
network of citations between opinions of the United States Supreme Court as an
example, we demonstrate how each of these methods can reveal significant
structural divisions in the network, and how, ultimately, the combination of
all three can help us develop a coherent overall picture of the network's
shape.Comment: 10 pages, 6 figures; journal names for 4 references fixe
Response of strongly-interacting matter to magnetic field: some exact results
We derive some exact results concerning the response of strongly-interacting
matter to external magnetic fields. Our results come from consideration of
triangle anomalies in medium. First, we define an "axial magnetic
susceptibility," then we examine its beahvior in two flavor QCD via response
theory. In the chirally restored phase, this quantity is proportional to the
fermion chemical potential, while in the phase of broken chiral symmetry it can
be related, through triangle anomalies, to an in-medium amplitude for the
neutral pion to decay to two photons. We confirm the latter result by
calculation in a linear sigma model, where this amplitude is already known in
the literature.Comment: 13 pages, no figures, To be submitted to Physical Review D, fixed an
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