532 research outputs found
Experiment Pointing Subsystems (EPS) requirements for Spacelab missions
The goal of the experiment pointing subsystems (EPS) is to accommodate a broad spectrum of instrument types by providing a number of stability and control functions that greatly exceed the capability of the shuttle. These functions include target acquisition, target tracking through wide gimbal ranges, stabilization, simultaneous pointing to one or more targets, instrument rastering, and on-orbit calibration. The experiments will vary widely in size, weight, geometry, and instrument types, and many have not been completely defined. This great diversity of requirements reflects the long term plans of the user community and establishes challenging performance requirements for the EPS
An assessment of the Instrument Pointing Subsystems (IPS) requirements for spacelab missions
Instrument Pointing Subsystem requirements for Spacelab missions in solar physics, stellar astronomy, and earth observation are analyzed and design guidelines for fine pointing instrument platforms are presented. The requirements for the platforms are time-phased based on NASA projections of flight mission models and payload scheduling. The experiments used for these projections are to be viewed as representative payloads. Other experiments or experiment groupings within any one discipline may be accommodated by an Instrument Pointing Subsystem that meets these requirements
Simulation of an experiment pointing system for the space shuttle
The pointing and control of experiments during sortie missions are examined from the standpoint of accuracy and performance. The effect of gimbal characteristics, pallet stiffness, and variation in the servo control loop are described. Simulation results are shown for a number of pointing options under the disturbing influences of man motion, thruster firings, and experiment operations. One option of particular interest is the suspended pallet which offers the possibility of high accuracy pointing of very large payloads without using conventional gimbals. The pallet is suspended within the payload bay by nonrigid attachments such as springs, thereby isolating experiments from most shuttle disturbances. Control moment gyros apply torques directly to the pallet to maintain pointing accuracy within the arc second range. Spring torques constrain shuttle attitude so thruster operation is not required. The suspended pallet approach will meet the base stability requirements of any sortie experiment and offers the possibility of a standardized low weight, low cost alternative to gimbaled mounts
Localization effects in a periodic quantum graph with magnetic field and spin-orbit interaction
A general technique for the study of embedded quantum graphs with magnetic
fields and spin-orbit interaction is presented. The analysis is used to
understand the contribution of Rashba constant to the extreme localization
induced by magnetic field in the T3 shaped quantum graph. We show that this
effect is destroyed at generic values of the Rashba constant. On the other
hand, for certain combinations of the Rashba constant and the magnetic
parameters another series of infinitely degenerate eigenvalues appears.Comment: 25 pages, typos corrected, references extende
Exponential stability of the wave equation with memory and time delay
We study the asymptotic behaviour of the wave equation with viscoelastic
damping in presence of a time-delayed damping. We prove exponential stability
if the amplitude of the time delay term is small enough
Motivic Serre invariants, ramification, and the analytic Milnor fiber
We show how formal and rigid geometry can be used in the theory of complex
singularities, and in particular in the study of the Milnor fibration and the
motivic zeta function. We introduce the so-called analytic Milnor fiber
associated to the germ of a morphism f from a smooth complex algebraic variety
X to the affine line. This analytic Milnor fiber is a smooth rigid variety over
the field of Laurent series C((t)). Its etale cohomology coincides with the
singular cohomology of the classical topological Milnor fiber of f; the
monodromy transformation is given by the Galois action. Moreover, the points on
the analytic Milnor fiber are closely related to the motivic zeta function of
f, and the arc space of X.
We show how the motivic zeta function can be recovered as some kind of Weil
zeta function of the formal completion of X along the special fiber of f, and
we establish a corresponding Grothendieck trace formula, which relates, in
particular, the rational points on the analytic Milnor fiber over finite
extensions of C((t)), to the Galois action on its etale cohomology.
The general observation is that the arithmetic properties of the analytic
Milnor fiber reflect the structure of the singularity of the germ f.Comment: Some minor errors corrected. The original publication is available at
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Pathophysiological changes occurring during Escherichia coli endotoxin and Pasteurella multocida challenge in piglets: relationship with cough and temperature and predicitive value for intensity of lesions.
The aims of this study were (1) to correlate cough and body temperature (BT) with the severity of bronchopneumonia in pigs, (2) to determine whether these clinical signs can be used to early diagnose bronchopneumonia and (3) to assess the predictive values of cough and BT regarding lung lesions. Bronchopneumonia was induced by administering E. coli endotoxin (LPS) combined with Pasteurella multocida type A (PmA) in the trachea of 13 piglets. Saline-instilled negative controls (n = 8), PmA inoculated (n = 6) and LPS instilled (n = 5) groups were also constituted. Cough and BT were recorded daily while the bronchopneumonia severity was assessed using bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) cytology, cytokines and measurement of lung lesion volume. Changes in expiratory breathing pattern were also measured (Penh). The combination of LPS and PmA induced a subacute bronchopneumonia characterised by macrophage, neutrophil, and lymphocyte infiltration, changes in Penh and an increase in the mRNA level of IFN-gamma while IL8, IL-18 and TNF-alpha mRNA levels remained unchanged. The daily body weight gain of infected animals was significantly reduced. Cough and BT changes were proportional to the intensity of the lung inflammatory process, functional respiratory changes and to the extent of macroscopic lesions. When comparing the individual values of cough and BT to thresholds defined for both parameters, an early diagnosis of pneumonia was possible. Considering the pooled data of each group, it was possible to define thresholds allowing an early segregation between the groups of diseased and healthy piglets. The daily values of cough and BT were predictive for the volume of lung lesions recorded at the end of the trial. In conclusion, cough and BT appear as potential indicators for the intensity and the evolution of the respiratory disease. They also seem to be good predictors for the magnitude of lung lesions and weight gain recorded at the study endpoint
Well-Posedness and Symmetries of Strongly Coupled Network Equations
We consider a diffusion process on the edges of a finite network and allow
for feedback effects between different, possibly non-adjacent edges. This
generalizes the setting that is common in the literature, where the only
considered interactions take place at the boundary, i. e., in the nodes of the
network. We discuss well-posedness of the associated initial value problem as
well as contractivity and positivity properties of its solutions. Finally, we
discuss qualitative properties that can be formulated in terms of invariance of
linear subspaces of the state space, i. e., of symmetries of the associated
physical system. Applications to a neurobiological model as well as to a system
of linear Schroedinger equations on a quantum graph are discussed.Comment: 25 pages. Corrected typos and minor change
Quantum ergodicity for graphs related to interval maps
We prove quantum ergodicity for a family of graphs that are obtained from
ergodic one-dimensional maps of an interval using a procedure introduced by
Pakonski et al (J. Phys. A, v. 34, 9303-9317 (2001)). As observables we take
the L^2 functions on the interval. The proof is based on the periodic orbit
expansion of a majorant of the quantum variance. Specifically, given a
one-dimensional, Lebesgue-measure-preserving map of an interval, we consider an
increasingly refined sequence of partitions of the interval. To this sequence
we associate a sequence of graphs, whose directed edges correspond to elements
of the partitions and on which the classical dynamics approximates the
Perron-Frobenius operator corresponding to the map. We show that, except
possibly for subsequences of density 0, the eigenstates of the quantum graphs
equidistribute in the limit of large graphs. For a smaller class of observables
we also show that the Egorov property, a correspondence between classical and
quantum evolution in the semiclassical limit, holds for the quantum graphs in
question.Comment: 20 pages, 1 figur
Constructible motivic functions and motivic integration
We introduce a direct image formalism for constructible motivic functions.
One deduces a very general version of motivic integration for which a change of
variables theorem is proved. These constructions are generalized to the
relative framework, in which we develop a relative version of motivic
integration. These results have been announced in math.AG/0403349 and
math.AG/0403350.
Main results and statements unchanged. Many minor slips corrected and some
details added.Comment: Final versio
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