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Reentry communication by material addition Patent
Reentry communication by injection of water droplets into plasma layer surrounding space vehicl
Ablation sensor
Sensor device with switches for measuring surface recession of charring and noncharring ablator
Periodic response of nonlinear systems
A procedure is developed to determine approximate periodic solutions of autonomous and non-autonomous systems. The trignometric collocation method (TCM) is formalized to allow for the analysis of relatively small order systems directly in physical coordinates. The TCM is extended to large order systems by utilizing modal analysis in a component mode synthesis strategy. The procedure was coded and verified by several check cases. Numerical results for two small order mechanical systems and one large order rotor dynamic system are presented. The method allows for the possibility of approximating periodic responses for large order forced and self-excited nonlinear systems
Iron Emission in the z=6.4 Quasar SDSS J114816.64+525150.3
We present near-infrared J and K-band spectra of the z = 6.4 quasar SDSS
J114816.64+525150.3 obtained with the NIRSPEC spectrograph at the Keck-II
telescope, covering the rest-frame spectral regions surrounding the C IV 1549
and Mg II 2800 emission lines. The iron emission blend at rest wavelength
2900-3000 A is clearly detected and its strength appears nearly
indistinguishable from that of typical quasars at lower redshifts. The Fe II /
Mg II ratio is also similar to values found for lower-redshift quasars,
demonstrating that there is no strong evolution in Fe/alpha broad-line emission
ratios even out to z=6.4. In the context of current models for iron enrichment
from Type Ia supernovae, this implies that the SN Ia progenitor stars formed at
z > 10. We apply the scaling relations of Vestergaard and of McLure & Jarvis to
estimate the black hole mass from the widths of the C IV and Mg II emission
lines and the ultraviolet continuum luminosity. The derived mass is in the
range (2-6)x10^9 solar masses, with an additional uncertainty of a factor of 3
due to the intrinsic scatter in the scaling relations. This result is in
agreement with the previous mass estimate of 3x10^9 solar masses by Willott,
McLure, & Jarvis, and supports their conclusion that the quasar is radiating
close to its Eddington luminosity.Comment: To appear in ApJ Letter
Localization transitions in non-Hermitian quantum mechanics
We study the localization transitions which arise in both one and two
dimensions when quantum mechanical particles described by a random
Schr\"odinger equation are subjected to a constant imaginary vector potential.
A path-integral formulation relates the transition to flux lines depinned from
columnar defects by a transverse magnetic field in superconductors. The theory
predicts that the transverse Meissner effect is accompanied by stretched
exponential relaxation of the field into the bulk and a diverging penetration
depth at the transition.Comment: 4 pages (latex) with 3 figures (epsf) embedded in the text using the
style file epsf.st
Radial honeycomb core
Core alleviates many limitations of conventional nacelle construction methods. Radical core, made of metals or nonmetals, is fabricated either by joining nodes and then expanding, or by performing each layer and then joining nodes. Core may also be produced from ribbons or strips with joined nodes or ribbons oriented in longitudinal planes
The Nuclear Outflow in NGC 2110
We present a HST/STIS spectroscopic and optical/radio imaging study of the
Seyfert NGC 2110 aiming to measure the dynamics and understand the nature of
the nuclear outflow in the galaxy. Previous HST studies have revealed the
presence of a linear structure in the Narrow-Line Region (NLR) aligned with the
radio jet. We show that this structure is strongly accelerated, probably by the
jet, but is unlikely to be entrained in the jet flow. The ionisation properties
of this structure are consistent with photoionisation of dusty, dense gas by
the active nucleus. We present a plausible geometrical model for the NLR,
bringing together various components of the nuclear environment of the galaxy.
We highlight the importance of the circum-nuclear disc in determining the
appearance of the emission line gas and the morphology of the jet. From the
dynamics of the emission line gas, we place constraints on the accelerating
mechanism of the outflow and discuss the relative importance of radio source
synchrotron pressure, radio jet ram pressure and nuclear radiation pressure in
accelerating the gas. While all three mechanisms can account for the energetics
of the emission line gas, gravitational arguments support radio jet ram
pressure as the most likely source of the outflow.Comment: 15 pages, 7 figures; accepted to MNRA
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