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AGN feedback in an isolated elliptical galaxy: the effect of strong radiative feedback in the kinetic mode
Based on two-dimensional high resolution hydrodynamic numerical simulation,
we study the mechanical and radiative feedback effects from the central AGN on
the cosmological evolution of an isolated elliptical galaxy. Physical processes
such as star formation and supernovae are considered. The inner boundary of the
simulation domain is carefully chosen so that the fiducial Bondi radius is
resolved and the accretion rate of the black hole is determined
self-consistently. In analogy to previous works, we assume that the specific
angular momentum of the galaxy is low. It is well-known that when the accretion
rates are high and low, the central AGNs will be in cold and hot accretion
modes, which correspond to the radiative and kinetic feedback modes,
respectively. The emitted spectrum from the hot accretion flows is harder than
that from the cold accretion flows, which could result in a higher Compton
temperature accompanied by a more efficient radiative heating, according to
previous theoretical works. Such a difference of the Compton temperature
between the two feedback modes, the focus of this study, has been neglected in
previous works. Significant differences in the kinetic feedback mode are found
as a result of the stronger Compton heating and accretion becomes more chaotic.
More importantly, if we constrain models to correctly predict black hole growth
and AGN duty cycle after cosmological evolution, we find that the favored model
parameters are constrained: mechanical feedback efficiency diminishes with
decreasing luminosity (the maximum efficiency being ) and
X-ray Compton temperature increases with decreasing luminosity, although models
with fixed mechanical efficiency and Compton temperature can be found that are
satisfactory as well. We conclude that radiative feedback in the kinetic mode
is much more important than previously thought.Comment: 35 pages, 7 figures, accepted by the Ap
Investigation on the Effect of Shapes on the Drying Kinetics and Sensory Evaluation Study of Dried Jackfruit
Jackfruits are seasonal and highly nutritional fruits indigenous to the Southwestern rainforests of India. However much of the produce are spoilt annually due to poor preservation techniques. Minimal studies have been conducted on the drying kinetics of jackfruit and the effect of shapes on the drying kinetics. In this research, drying curves of three different shaped jackfruit slices were obtained using a convective oven at 40oC, 50oC, 60oC and 70oC. Modified Midilli-Kucuk Model was found to be the best kinetic model for drying of jackfruits. At all temperatures, effective moisture diffusivity values and activation energy varied from 2.66 x 10-10 - 4.85 x 10-10 m2/s and 16.08 - 20.07 kJ/mol respectively. Drying was found to be most efficient at 50oC using the square shaped slices with a R2, RMSE and SSE value of 0.9984, 0.01127 and 0.002668 respectively. Sensory evaluation of untreated and additive-added dried jackfruit slices was conducted by 40 untrained sensory panelists. Jackfruit with ascorbic acid and sugar coating had highest aesthetics value due to better retention of colour by ascorbic acid. However sugar coated jackfruit had the most favorable taste and smell. Further optimization must be done to satisfy consumers collectively to enable a highly marketable product
Extracting Three-Dimensional Orientation and Tractography of Myofibers Using Optical Coherence Tomography
Abnormal changes in orientation of myofibers are associated with various cardiac diseases such as arrhythmia, irregular contraction, and cardiomyopathy. To extract fiber information, we present a method of quantifying fiber orientation and reconstructing three-dimensional tractography of myofibers using optical coherence tomography (OCT). A gradient based algorithm was developed to quantify fiber orientation in three dimensions and particle filtering technique was employed to track myofibers. Prior to image processing, three-dimensional image data set were acquired from all cardiac chambers and ventricular septum of swine hearts using OCT system without optical clearing. The algorithm was validated through rotation test and comparison with manual measurements. The experimental results demonstrate that we are able to visualize three-dimensional fiber tractography in myocardium tissues
Atomic Model of Susy Hubbard Operators
We apply the recently proposed susy Hubbard operators to an atomic model. In
the limiting case of free spins, we derive exact results for the entropy which
are compared with a mean field + gaussian corrections description. We show how
these results can be extended to the case of charge fluctuations and calculate
exact results for the partition function, free energy and heat capacity of an
atomic model for some simple examples. Wavefunctions of possible states are
listed. We compare the accuracy of large N expansions of the susy spin
operators with those obtained using `Schwinger bosons' and `Abrikosov
pseudo-fermions'. For the atomic model, we compare results of slave boson,
slave fermion, and susy Hubbard operator approximations in the physically
interesting but uncontrolled limiting case of N->2. For a mixed representation
of spins we estimate the accuracy of large N expansions of the atomic model. In
the single box limit, we find that the lowest energy saddle-point solution
reduces to simply either slave bosons or slave fermions, while for higher boxes
this is not the case. The highest energy saddle-point solution has the
interesting feature that it admits a small region of a mixed representation,
which bears a superficial resemblance to that seen experimentally close to an
antiferromagnetic quantum critical point.Comment: 17 pages + 7 pages Appendices, 14 figures. Substantial revision
The new radiation-hard optical links for the ATLAS pixel detector
The ATLAS detector is currently being upgraded with a new layer of pixel
based charged particle tracking and a new arrangement of the services for the
pixel detector. These upgrades require the replacement of the opto-boards
previously used by the pixel detector. In this report we give details on the
design and production of the new opto-boards.Comment: Presentation at the DPF 2013 Meeting of the American Physical Society
Division of Particles and Fields, Santa Cruz, California, August 13-17, 201
Theory for Gossamer and Resonating Valence Bond Superconductivity
We use an effective Hamiltonian for two-dimensional Hubbard model including
an antiferromagnetic spin-spin coupling term to study recently proposed
gossamer superconductivity. We formulate a renormalized mean field theory to
approximately take into account the strong correlation effect in the partially
projected Gutzwiller wavefucntions. At the half filled, there is a first order
phase transition to separate a Mott insulator at large Coulomb repulsion U from
a gossamer superconductor at small U. Away from the half filled,the Mott
insulator is evolved into an resonating valence bond state, which is
adiabatically connected to the gossamer superconductor.Comment: 10 pages, 13 figure
Instability of the Fermi-liquid fixed point in an extended Kondo model
We study an extended SU(N) single-impurity Kondo model in which the impurity
spin is described by a combination of Abrikosov fermions and Schwinger bosons.
Our aim is to describe both the quasiparticle-like excitations and the locally
critical modes observed in various physical situations, including non-Fermi
liquid (NFL) behavior in heavy fermions in the vicinity of a quantum critical
point and anomalous transport properties in quantum wires. In contrast with
models with either pure bosonic or pure fermionic impurities, the strong
coupling fixed point is unstable against the conduction electron kinetic term
under certain conditions. The stability region of the strong coupling fixed
point coincides with the region where the partially screened, effective
impurity repels the electrons on adjacent sites. In the instability region, the
impurity tends to attract electrons to the neighboring sites, giving
rise to a double-stage Kondo effect with additional screening of the impurity.Comment: 10 pages, 2 figures, Proceedings of the NATO Workshop on "Concepts in
Electron Correlations", Hvar,October 200
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