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Boundary condition at the junction
The quantum graph plays the role of a solvable model for a two-dimensional
network. Here fitting parameters of the quantum graph for modelling the
junction is discussed, using previous results of the second author.Comment: Replaces unpublished draft on related researc
Multi-wavelength Diagnostics of the Precursor and Main phases of an M1.8 Flare on 2011 April 22
We study the temporal, spatial and spectral evolution of the M1.8 flare,
which occurred in NOAA AR 11195 (S17E31) on 22 April 2011, and explore the
underlying physical processes during the precursors and their relation to the
main phase. The study of the source morphology using the composite images in
131 {\deg}A wavelength observed by the SDO/AIA and 6-14 keV revealed a
multiloop system that destabilized systematically during the precursor and main
phases. In contrast, HXR emission (20-50 keV) was absent during the precursor
phase, appearing only from the onset of the impulsive phase in the form of
foot-points of emitting loop/s. This study has also revealed the heated
loop-top prior to the loop emission, although no accompanying foot-point
sources were observed during the precursor phase. We estimate the flare plasma
parameters viz. T, EM, power-law index, and photon turn-over energy by forward
fitting RHESSI spectral observations. The energy released in the precursor
phase was thermal and constituted ~1 per cent of the total energy released
during the flare. The study of morphological evolution of the filament in
conjunction with synthesized T and EM maps has been carried out which reveals
(a) Partial filament eruption prior to the onset of the precursor emission, (b)
Heated dense plasma over the polarity inversion line and in the vicinity of the
slowly rising filament during the precursor phase. Based on the implications
from multi-wavelength observations, we propose a scheme to unify the energy
release during the precursor and main phase emissions in which, the precursor
phase emission has been originated via conduction front formed due to the
partial filament eruption. Next, the heated leftover S-shaped filament has
undergone slow rise and heating due to magnetic reconnection and finally
erupted to produce emission during the impulsive and gradual phases.Comment: 16 Pages, 11 Figures, Accepted for Publication in MNRAS Main Journa
Observations of Solar Energetic Particles from ^3He-rich Events over a Wide Range of Heliographic Longitude
A prevailing model for the origin of ^3He-rich solar energetic particle (SEP) events attributes particle acceleration to processes associated with the reconnection between closed magnetic field lines in an active region and neighboring open field lines. The open field from the small reconnection volume then provides a path along which accelerated particles escape into a relatively narrow range of angles in the heliosphere. The narrow width (standard deviation 60°. We present the observations of the ^3He-rich event of 2010 February 7, which was detected at all three spacecraft when they spanned 136° in heliographic longitude. Measured fluences of ^3He in this event were found to have a strong dependence on longitude which is well fit by a Gaussian with standard deviation ~48° centered at the longitude that is connected to the source region by a nominal Parker spiral magnetic field. We discuss several mechanisms for distributing flare-accelerated particles over a wide range of heliographic longitudes including interplanetary diffusion perpendicular to the magnetic field, spreading of a compact cluster of open field lines between the active region and the source surface where the field becomes radial and opens out into the heliosphere, and distortion of the interplanetary field by a preceding coronal mass ejection. Statistical studies of additional ^3He-rich events detected at multiple spacecraft will be needed to establish the relative importance of the various mechanisms
Stable Core Symmetries and Confined Textures for a Vortex Line in a Spinor Bose-Einstein Condensate
We show how a singly quantized vortex can exhibit energetically stable defect cores with different symmetries in an atomic spin-1 polar Bose-Einstein condensate, and how a stable topologically nontrivial Skyrmion texture of lower dimensionality can be confined inside the core. The core isotropy and the stability of the confined texture are sensitive to Zeeman level shifts. The observed structures have analogies, respectively, in pressure-dependent symmetries of superfluid liquid He3 vortices and in the models of superconducting cosmic strings
Source regions of major solar energetic particle events
Abstract We examine the source regions of the largest prompt solar energetic particle (SEP) events (J proton [>10 MeV] >100 pr/cm 2 /s/sr) occurring between 1992 and 2002. We find that the 25 such events originated in a broad spectrum of solar regions, ranging from large complex active regions with delta sunspot groups (e.g., 30 October 1992) to a very weak active region in which the major feature was a large filament that erupted to produce the SEP event (12 September 2000). Most source regions are less than two rotation old. In terms of recent work to identify two types of large SEP events on the basis of composition, spectra, and charge state, we find that large complex active regions can give rise to both types, whereas simple and magnetically weak regions are preferentially linked to one type
Non-Abelian Walls in Supersymmetric Gauge Theories
The Bogomol'nyi-Prasad-Sommerfield (BPS) multi-wall solutions are constructed
in supersymmetric U(N_C) gauge theories in five dimensions with N_F(>N_C)
hypermultiplets in the fundamental representation. Exact solutions are obtained
with full generic moduli for infinite gauge coupling and with partial moduli
for finite gauge coupling. The generic wall solutions require nontrivial
configurations for either gauge fields or off-diagonal components of adjoint
scalars depending on the gauge. Effective theories of moduli fields are
constructed as world-volume gauge theories. Nambu-Goldstone and
quasi-Nambu-Goldstone scalars are distinguished and worked out. Total moduli
space of the BPS non-Abelian walls including all topological sectors is found
to be the complex Grassmann manifold SU(N_F) / [SU(N_C) x SU(N_F-N_C) x U(1)]
endowed with a deformed metric.Comment: 62 pages, 17 figures, the final version in PR
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