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The Symplectic Penrose Kite
The purpose of this article is to view the Penrose kite from the perspective
of symplectic geometry.Comment: 24 pages, 7 figures, minor changes in last version, to appear in
Comm. Math. Phys
Smooth stable and unstable manifolds for stochastic partial differential equations
Invariant manifolds are fundamental tools for describing and understanding
nonlinear dynamics. In this paper, we present a theory of stable and unstable
manifolds for infinite dimensional random dynamical systems generated by a
class of stochastic partial differential equations. We first show the existence
of Lipschitz continuous stable and unstable manifolds by the Lyapunov-Perron's
method. Then, we prove the smoothness of these invariant manifolds
The Smallest Mass Ratio Young Star Spectroscopic Binaries
Using high resolution near-infrared spectroscopy with the Keck telescope, we
have detected the radial velocity signatures of the cool secondary components
in four optically identified pre-main-sequence, single-lined spectroscopic
binaries. All are weak-lined T Tauri stars with well-defined center of mass
velocities. The mass ratio for one young binary, NTTS 160905-1859, is M2/M1 =
0.18+/-0.01, the smallest yet measured dynamically for a pre-main-sequence
spectroscopic binary. These new results demonstrate the power of infrared
spectroscopy for the dynamical identification of cool secondaries. Visible
light spectroscopy, to date, has not revealed any pre-main-sequence secondary
stars with masses <0.5 M_sun, while two of the young systems reported here are
in that range. We compare our targets with a compilation of the published young
double-lined spectroscopic binaries and discuss our unique contribution to this
sample.Comment: Accepted for publication in the April, 2002, ApJ; 6 figure
Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes in the Brain: Cellular Internalization and Neuroinflammatory Responses
The potential use of functionalized carbon nanotubes (f-CNTs) for drug and gene delivery to the central nervous system (CNS) and as neural substrates makes the understanding of their in vivo interactions with the neural tissue essential. The aim of this study was to investigate the interactions between chemically functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes (f-MWNTs) and the neural tissue following cortical stereotactic administration. Two different f-MWNT constructs were used in these studies: shortened (by oxidation) amino-functionalized MWNT (oxMWNT-NH3+) and amino-functionalized MWNT (MWNT-NH3+). Parenchymal distribution of the stereotactically injected f-MWNTs was assessed by histological examination. Both f-MWNT were uptaken by different types of neural tissue cells (microglia, astrocytes and neurons), however different patterns of cellular internalization were observed between the nanotubes. Furthermore, immunohistochemical staining for specific markers of glial cell activation (GFAP and CD11b) was performed and secretion of inflammatory cytokines was investigated using real-time PCR (qRT-PCR). Injections of both f-MWNT constructs led to a local and transient induction of inflammatory cytokines at early time points. Oxidation of nanotubes seemed to induce significant levels of GFAP and CD11b over-expression in areas peripheral to the f-MWNT injection site. These results highlight the importance of nanotube functionalization on their interaction with brain tissue that is deemed critical for the development nanotube-based vector systems for CNS application
Numerical modelling of concrete curing, regarding hydration and temperature phenomena
A numerical model that accounts for the hydration and aging phenomena during the early ages of concrete curing is presented in a format suitable for a finite element implementation. Assuming the percolation of water through the hydrates already formed as the dominant mechanism of cement hydration, the model adopts an internal variable called hydration degree, whose evolution law is easily calibrated and allows an accurate prediction of the hydration heat production. Compressive strength evolution is related to the aging degree, a concept that accounts for the influences of the hydration and curing temperature on the final mechanical properties of concrete. The model capabilities are illustrated by means of a wide set of experimental tests involving ordinary and high performance concretes, and through the simulation of the concrete curing on a viaduct deck of the Öresund Link
Star Spot Induced Radial Velocity Variability in LkCa 19
We describe a new radial velocity survey of T Tauri stars and present the
first results. Our search is motivated by an interest in detecting massive
young planets, as well as investigating the origin of the brown dwarf desert.
As part of this survey, we discovered large-amplitude, periodic, radial
velocity variations in the spectrum of the weak line T Tauri star LkCa 19.
Using line bisector analysis and a new simulation of the effect of star spots
on the photometric and radial velocity variability of T Tauri stars, we show
that our measured radial velocities for LkCa19 are fully consistent with
variations caused by the presence of large star spots on this rapidly rotating
young star. These results illustrate the level of activity-induced radial
velocity noise associated with at least some very young stars. This
activity-induced noise will set lower limits on the mass of a companion
detectable around LkCa 19, and similarly active young stars.Comment: ApJ accepted, 27 pages, 12 figures, aaste
Data-adaptive harmonic spectra and multilayer Stuart-Landau models
Harmonic decompositions of multivariate time series are considered for which
we adopt an integral operator approach with periodic semigroup kernels.
Spectral decomposition theorems are derived that cover the important cases of
two-time statistics drawn from a mixing invariant measure.
The corresponding eigenvalues can be grouped per Fourier frequency, and are
actually given, at each frequency, as the singular values of a cross-spectral
matrix depending on the data. These eigenvalues obey furthermore a variational
principle that allows us to define naturally a multidimensional power spectrum.
The eigenmodes, as far as they are concerned, exhibit a data-adaptive character
manifested in their phase which allows us in turn to define a multidimensional
phase spectrum.
The resulting data-adaptive harmonic (DAH) modes allow for reducing the
data-driven modeling effort to elemental models stacked per frequency, only
coupled at different frequencies by the same noise realization. In particular,
the DAH decomposition extracts time-dependent coefficients stacked by Fourier
frequency which can be efficiently modeled---provided the decay of temporal
correlations is sufficiently well-resolved---within a class of multilayer
stochastic models (MSMs) tailored here on stochastic Stuart-Landau oscillators.
Applications to the Lorenz 96 model and to a stochastic heat equation driven
by a space-time white noise, are considered. In both cases, the DAH
decomposition allows for an extraction of spatio-temporal modes revealing key
features of the dynamics in the embedded phase space. The multilayer
Stuart-Landau models (MSLMs) are shown to successfully model the typical
patterns of the corresponding time-evolving fields, as well as their statistics
of occurrence.Comment: 26 pages, double columns; 15 figure
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