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Расчет распределения температуры по поверхности низкотемпературного композиционного электрообогревателя для предприятий агропромышленного комплекса
Получены аналитические зависимости и приведены результаты расчета численных значений распределения температур по поверхности низкотемпературного композиционного электрообогревателя, которые могут быть использованы при проектировании аналогичных изделий в различных областях сельского хозяйства и промышленности
Gravitational Lensing by Rotating Naked Singularities
We model massive compact objects in galactic nuclei as stationary,
axially-symmetric naked singularities in the Einstein-massless scalar field
theory and study the resulting gravitational lensing. In the weak deflection
limit we study analytically the position of the two weak field images, the
corresponding signed and absolute magnifications as well as the centroid up to
post-Newtonian order. We show that there are a static post-Newtonian
corrections to the signed magnification and their sum as well as to the
critical curves, which are function of the scalar charge. The shift of the
critical curves as a function of the lens angular momentum is found, and it is
shown that they decrease slightingly for the weakly naked and vastly for the
strongly naked singularities with the increase of the scalar charge. The
point-like caustics drift away from the optical axis and do not depend on the
scalar charge. In the strong deflection limit approximation we compute
numerically the position of the relativistic images and their separability for
weakly naked singularities. All of the lensing quantities are compared to
particular cases as Schwarzschild and Kerr black holes as well as
Janis--Newman--Winicour naked singularities.Comment: 35 pages, 30 figure
Mathematics of Gravitational Lensing: Multiple Imaging and Magnification
The mathematical theory of gravitational lensing has revealed many generic
and global properties. Beginning with multiple imaging, we review
Morse-theoretic image counting formulas and lower bound results, and
complex-algebraic upper bounds in the case of single and multiple lens planes.
We discuss recent advances in the mathematics of stochastic lensing, discussing
a general formula for the global expected number of minimum lensed images as
well as asymptotic formulas for the probability densities of the microlensing
random time delay functions, random lensing maps, and random shear, and an
asymptotic expression for the global expected number of micro-minima. Multiple
imaging in optical geometry and a spacetime setting are treated. We review
global magnification relation results for model-dependent scenarios and cover
recent developments on universal local magnification relations for higher order
caustics.Comment: 25 pages, 4 figures. Invited review submitted for special issue of
General Relativity and Gravitatio
Ice Initiation by Aerosol Particles: Measured and Predicted Ice Nuclei Concentrations versus Measured Ice Crystal Concentrations in an Orographic Wave Cloud
The initiation of ice in an isolated orographic wave cloud was compared with expectations based on ice nucleating aerosol concentrations and with predictions from new ice nucleation parameterizations applied in a cloud parcel model. Measurements of ice crystal number concentrations were found to be in good agreement both with measured number concentrations of ice nuclei feeding the clouds and with ice nuclei number concentrations determined from the residual nuclei of cloud particles collected by a counterflow virtual impactor. Using lognormal distributions fitted to measured aerosol size distributions and measured aerosol chemical compositions, ice nuclei and ice crystal concentrations in the wave cloud were reasonably well predicted in a 1D parcel model framework. Two different empirical parameterizations were used in the parcel model: a parameterization based on aerosol chemical type and surface area and a parameterization that links ice nuclei number concentrations to the number concentrations of particles with diameters larger than 0.5 μm. This study shows that aerosol size distribution and composition measurements can be used to constrain ice initiation by primary nucleation in models. The data and model results also suggest the likelihood that the dust particle mode of the aerosol size distribution controls the number concentrations of the heterogeneous ice nuclei, at least for the lower temperatures examined in this case
Image distortion in non perturbative gravitational lensing
We introduce the idea of {\it shape parameters} to describe the shape of the
pencil of rays connecting an observer with a source lying on his past
lightcone. On the basis of these shape parameters, we discuss a setting of
image distortion in a generic (exact) spacetime, in the form of three {\it
distortion parameters}. The fundamental tool in our discussion is the use of
geodesic deviation fields along a null geodesic to study how source shapes are
propagated and distorted on the path to an observer. We illustrate this
non-perturbative treatment of image distortion in the case of lensing by a
Schwarzschild black hole. We conclude by showing that there is a
non-perturbative generalization of the use of Fermat's principle in lensing in
the thin-lens approximation.Comment: 22 pages, 6 figures, to appear in Phys. Rev. D (January 2001
Gravitational lensing in braneworld gravity: formalism and applications
In this article, we develop a formalism which is different from the standard
lensing scenario and is necessary for understanding lensing by gravitational
fields which arise as solutions of the effective Einstein equations on the
brane. We obtain general expressions for measurable quantities such as time
delay, deflection angle, Einstein ring and magnification. Subsequently, we
estimate the deviations (relative to the standard lensing scenario) in the
abovementioned quantities by considering the line elements for clusters and
spiral galaxies obtained by solving the effective Einstein equations on the
brane. Our analysis reveals that gravitational lensing can be a useful tool for
testing braneworld gravity as well as the existence of extra dimensions.Comment: 20 pages, 1 figure, 2 tables. Accepted for publication in Classical
and Quantum Gravit
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Surface modification of mineral dust particles by sulphuric acid processing: Implications for ice nucleation abilities
The ability of coated mineral dust particles to act as ice nuclei (IN) was investigated at LACIS (Leipzig Aerosol Cloud Interaction Simulator) during the FROST1- and FROST2-campaigns (Freezing of dust). Sulphuric acid was condensed on the particles which afterwards were optionally humidified, treated with ammonia vapour and/or heat. By means of aerosol mass spectrometry we found evidence that processing of mineral dust particles with sulphuric acid leads to surface modifications of the particles. These surface modifications are most likely responsible for the observed reduction of the IN activation of the particles. The observed particle mass spectra suggest that different treatments lead to different chemical reactions on the particle surface. Possible chemical reaction pathways and products are suggested and the implications on the IN efficiency of the treated dust particles are discussed
Corrigendum to "Laboratory investigations of the impact of mineral dust aerosol on cold cloud formation" published in Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 11955–11968, 2010
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Gravitational Lensing and f(R) theories in the Palatini approach
We investigate gravitational lensing in the Palatini approach to the f(R)
extended theories of gravity. Starting from an exact solution of the f(R) field
equations, which corresponds to the Schwarzschild-de Sitter metric and, on the
basis of recent studies on this metric, we focus on some lensing observables,
in order to evaluate the effects of the non linearity of the gravity
Lagrangian. We give estimates for some astrophysical events, and show that
these effects are tiny for galactic lenses, but become interesting for
extragalactic ones.Comment: 7 Pages, RevTex, 1 eps figure; references added; revised to match the
version accepted for publication in General Relativity and Gravitatio
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