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Reversion phenomena of Cu-Cr alloys
Cu-Cr alloys which were given various aging and reversion treatments were investigated in terms of electrical resistivity and hardness. Transmission electron microscopy was one technique employed. Some results obtained are as follows: the increment of electrical resistivity after the reversion at a constant temperature decreases as the aging temperature rises. In a constant aging condition, the increment of electrical resistivity after the reversion increases, and the time required for a maximum reversion becomes shorter as the reversion temperature rises. The reversion phenomena can be repeated, but its amount decreases rapidly by repetition. At first, the amount of reversion increases with aging time and reaches its maximum, and then tends to decrease again. Hardness changes by the reversion are very small, but the hardness tends to soften slightly. Any changes in transmission electron micrographs by the reversion treatment cannot be detected
Generalized Cheeger-Gromoll Metrics and the Hopf map
We show, using two different approaches, that there exists a family of
Riemannian metrics on the tangent bundle of a two-sphere, which induces metrics
of constant curvature on its unit tangent bundle. In other words, given such a
metric on the tangent bundle of a two-sphere, the Hopf map is identified with a
Riemannian submersion from the universal covering space of the unit tangent
bundle onto the two-sphere. A hyperbolic counterpart dealing with the tangent
bundle of a hyperbolic plane is also presented.Comment: 17 pages, Dedicated to Professor Udo Simon on his seventieth birthda
Systematic description and key to streptomyces isolants from Chile-Atacama Desert, Hawaii, and Oregon soils
Systematic description and key to Streptomycetes isolants from Chile-Atacama Desert, Hawaii, and Oregon soil
Systematic description and key to Streptomyces isolants from Chile, Mexico and Arizona desert soils Progress report
Streptomycetes isolants from Chile, Mexico, and Arizona desert soil
Flavor Mass and Mixing and S_3 Symmetry -- An S_3 Invariant Model Reasonable to All --
We assume that weak bases of flavors (u, c)_{L,R}, (d,s)_{L,R}, (e, \mu)
_{L,R}, (\nu_e, \nu_\mu)_{L,R} are the S_3 doublet and t_{L,R}, b_{L,R},
\tau_{L,R}, {\nu_\tau}_{L,R} are the S_3 singlet and further there are S_3
doublet Higgs (H_D^1, H_D^2) and S_3 singlet Higgs H_S. We suggest an S_3
invariant Yukawa interaction, in which masses caused from the interaction of
S_3 singlet flavors and Higgs is very large and masses caused from interactions
of S_3 doublet flavors and Higgs are very small, and the vacuum expectation
value _0 is rather small compared to the _0. In this model,
we can explain the quark sector mass hierarchy, flavor mixing V_{CKM} and
measure of CP violation naturally. The leptonic sector mass hierarchy and
flavor mixing described by V_{MNS} having one-maximal and one-large mixing
character can also be explained naturally with no other symmetry restriction.
In our model, an origin of Cabibbo angle is the ratio \lambda=_0
/_0 and an origin of CP violation is the phase of H_D^1.Comment: 16 page
3-D General Relativistic MHD Simulations of Generating Jets
We have performed a first fully 3-D GRMHD simulation with Schwarzschild black
hole with a free falling corona. The initial simulation results show that a jet
is created as in previous axisymmetric simulations. However, the time to
generate the jet is longer than in the 2-D simulations. We expect that due to
the additional azimuthal dimension the dynamics of jet formation can be
modified.Comment: 4 pages Proc. Oxford Radio Galaxy Workshop ed. R. Laing & K. Blundell
(San Francisco: PASP) in press (revised
Development of Nitrided Selective Wave Soldering Tool with Enhanced Lifetime for the Automotive Industry
Determining physical properties of the cell cortex
Actin and myosin assemble into a thin layer of a highly dynamic network
underneath the membrane of eukaryotic cells. This network generates the forces
that drive cell and tissue-scale morphogenetic processes. The effective
material properties of this active network determine large-scale deformations
and other morphogenetic events. For example,the characteristic time of stress
relaxation (the Maxwell time)in the actomyosin sets the time scale of
large-scale deformation of the cortex. Similarly, the characteristic length of
stress propagation (the hydrodynamic length) sets the length scale of slow
deformations, and a large hydrodynamic length is a prerequisite for long-ranged
cortical flows. Here we introduce a method to determine physical parameters of
the actomyosin cortical layer (in vivo). For this we investigate the relaxation
dynamics of the cortex in response to laser ablation in the one-cell-stage {\it
C. elegans} embryo and in the gastrulating zebrafish embryo. These responses
can be interpreted using a coarse grained physical description of the cortex in
terms of a two dimensional thin film of an active viscoelastic gel. To
determine the Maxwell time, the hydrodynamic length and the ratio of active
stress and per-area friction, we evaluated the response to laser ablation in
two different ways: by quantifying flow and density fields as a function of
space and time, and by determining the time evolution of the shape of the
ablated region. Importantly, both methods provide best fit physical parameters
that are in close agreement with each other and that are similar to previous
estimates in the two systems. We provide an accurate and robust means for
measuring physical parameters of the actomyosin cortical layer.It can be useful
for investigations of actomyosin mechanics at the cellular-scale, but also for
providing insights in the active mechanics processes that govern tissue-scale
morphogenesis.Comment: 17 pages, 4 figure
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