Energy and Atomic Mass Dependence of Nuclear Stopping Power in Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions in Interacting Gluon Model

We present a Monte-Carlo simulation of energy deposition process in relativistic heavy-ion collisions based on a new realization of the Interacting-Gluon-Model (IGM) for high energy $N-N$ collisions. In particular we show results for proton spectra from collisions of $E_{lab}=200 \ GeV/N$ $^{32}$S beam incident on $^{32}$S target and analyze the energy and mass dependence of nuclear stopping power predicted by our model. Theoretical predictions for proton rapidity distributions of both $^{208}$Pb + $^{208}$Pb collisions at $E_{lab}=160 \ GeV/N$ CERN SPS and $^{197}$Au + $^{197}$Au at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}=200 \ GeV$ BNL RHIC are given.Comment: 10 pages in compressed uuencoded fil

Multi-boson effects and the normalization of the two-pion correlation function

The two-pion correlation function can be defined as a ratio of either the measured momentum distributions or the normalized momentum space probabilities. We show that the first alternative avoids certain ambiguities since then the normalization of the two-pion correlator contains important information on the multiplicity distribution of the event ensemble which is lost in the second alternative. We illustrate this explicitly for specific classes of event ensembles.Comment: 6 pages, three figures,submit to PR

Parameter optimization and active vibration suppression control in gyroscopic system

A new method for suppressing vibration in a rotating beam system of a helicopter is presented. The method uses a non-linear dynamics equation to compute actual natural frequencies using FFT, not based on nominal natural frequencies of linear dynamics. A design based on linear coupling may not take account of the effect of non-linear coupling in the system, so a conceptual controller design is also presented, and a detailed control algorithm is developed. In fact, this is a non-linear dynamics optimization problem.In a gyroscopic system, tuning of the flywheel allows a commensurable relationship to be established between the natural frequencies of the system, resulting in a strong coupling between the vibrating modes. Having established a strong coupling within the system, damping is introduced in the flywheel via an actuator, resulting in rapid vibration suppression. Numerical simulation demonstrates the efficiency of the modification