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Least Squares Adjustment of Satellite Observations for Simultaneous Directions or Ranges. Part 1 - Formulation of Equations
Least squares adjustment of satellite observations for simultaneous directions or range
Gamma-ray emission associated with Cluster-scale AGN Outbursts
Recent observations have revealed the existence of enormously energetic
~10^61 erg AGN outbursts in three relatively distant galaxy clusters. These
outbursts have produced bubbles in the intra-cluster medium, apparently
supported by pressure from relativistic particles and/or magnetic fields. Here
we argue that if > GeV particles are responsible then these particles are very
likely protons and nuclei, rather than electrons, and that the gamma-ray
emission from these objects, arising from the interactions of these hadrons in
the intra-cluster medium, may be marginally detectable with instruments such as
GLAST and HESS.Comment: 8 pages, 4 figures, accepted by MNRA
Yang-Mills-Chern-Simons Supergravity
N=(1,0) supergravity in six dimensions admits AdS_3\times S^3 as a vacuum
solution. We extend our recent results presented in hep-th/0212323, by
obtaining the complete N=4 Yang-Mills-Chern-Simons supergravity in D=3, up to
quartic fermion terms, by S^3 group manifold reduction of the six dimensional
theory. The SU(2) gauge fields have Yang-Mills kinetic terms as well as
topological Chern-Simons mass terms. There is in addition a triplet of matter
vectors. After diagonalisation, these fields describe two triplets of
topologically-massive vector fields of opposite helicities. The model also
contains six scalars, described by a GL(3,R)/SO(3) sigma model. It provides the
first example of a three-dimensional gauged supergravity that can obtained by a
consistent reduction of string-theory or M-theory and that admits AdS_3 as a
vacuum solution. There are unusual features in the reduction from
six-dimensional supergravity, owing to the self-duality condition on the 3-form
field. The structure of the full equations of motion in N=(1,0) supergravity in
D=6 is also elucidated, and the role of the self-dual field strength as torsion
is exhibited.Comment: Latex, 22 pages, hep-th number correcte
Shock transmission in coupled beams and rib stiffened structures
Shock transmission in a simple coupled beam structure and in a ring-stringer stiffened cylinder is investigated experimentally and analytically using wave transmission and statistical energy analysis concepts. The use of the response spectrum to characterize the excitation provided to a simple beam by a force pulse is studied. Analysis of the transmission of a dilatation wave in a periodically stiffened plate indicates that the stiffeners are fairly transparent to the wave, but some of the dilatational energy is scattered into bending at each support
Propeller aircraft interior noise model
An analytical model was developed to predict the interior noise of propeller-driven aircraft. The fuselage model is that of a cylinder with a structurally-integral floor. The cabin sidewall is stiffened by stringers and ring frames, and the floor by longitudinal beams. The cabin interior is covered with a sidewall treatments consisting of layers of porous material and an impervious trim septum. Representation of the propeller pressure field is utilized as input data in the form of the propeller noise signature at a series of locations on a grid over the fuselage structure. Results obtained from the analytical model are compared with test data measured by NASA in a scale model cylindrical fuselage excited by a model propeller
Variant N=(1,1) Supergravity and (Minkowski)_4 x S^2 Vacua
We construct the fermionic sector and supersymmetry transformation rules of a
variant N=(1,1) supergravity theory obtained by generalized Kaluza-Klein
reduction from seven dimensions. We show that this model admits both
(Minkowski)_4 x S^2 and (Minkowski)_3 x S^3 vacua. We perform a consistent
Kaluza-Klein reduction on S^2 and obtain D=4, N=2 supergravity coupled to a
vector multiplet, which can be consistently truncated to give rise to D=4, N=1
supergravity with a chiral multiplet.Comment: Latex, 17 pages. Version appearing in Classical and Quantum Gravit
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