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Zonal flow generation by modulational instability
This paper gives a pedagogic review of the envelope formalism for excitation
of zonal flows by nonlinear interactions of plasma drift waves or Rossby waves,
described equivalently by the Hasegawa-Mima (HM) equation or the
quasigeostrophic barotropic potential vorticity equation, respectively. In the
plasma case a modified form of the HM equation, which takes into account
suppression of the magnetic-surface-averaged electron density response by a
small amount of rotational transform, is also analyzed. Excitation of zonal
mean flow by a modulated wave train is particularly strong in the modified HM
case. A local dispersion relation for a coherent wave train is calculated by
linearizing about a background mean flow and used to find the nonlinear
frequency shift by inserting the nonlinearly excited mean flow. Using the
generic nonlinear Schroedinger equation about a uniform carrier wave, the
criterion for instability of small modulations of the wave train is found, as
is the maximum growth rate and phase velocity of the modulations and zonal
flows, in both the modified and unmodified cases.Comment: Accepted for publication in the Proceedings of the CSIRO/COSNet
Workshop on Turbulence and Coherent Structures, Canberra, Australia, 10-13
January 2006 (World Scientific, in preparation, eds. J.P. Denier and J.S.
Frederiksen): 15 pages, 2 figures (3 figure files) - resubmitted to correct
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Variable-beamwidth antenna without moving parts
Basic configuration consists of large parabolic dish reflector, smaller hyperboloidal subreflector, and two sets of monopulse feeds located in conjugate focal region on boresight axis of dish
Universal Aspects of Gauge Field Localization on Branes in -dimensions
In this work, we study the general properties of the -vector field
localization on -brane with co-dimension . We consider a
conformally flat metric with the warp factor depending only on the transverse
extra dimensions. We employ the geometrical coupling mechanism and find an
analytical solution for the gauge field valid for any warp factor. Using
this solution we find that the only condition necessary for localization is
that the bulk geometry is asymptotically AdS. Therefore, our solution has an
universal validity for any warp factor and is independent of the particular
model considered. We also show that the model has no tachyonic modes. Finally,
we study the scalar components of the -vector field. As a general result, we
show that if we consider the coupling with the tensor and the Ricci scalar in
higher co-dimensions, there is an indication that both sectors will be
localized. As a concrete example, the above techniques are applied for the
intersecting brane model. We obtain that the branes introduce boundary
conditions that fix all parameters of the model in such a way that both
sectors, gauge and scalar fields, are confined.Comment: 26 pages, 5 figures, Accepted version for publication in JHE
Weak order for the discretization of the stochastic heat equation driven by impulsive noise
Considering a linear parabolic stochastic partial differential equation
driven by impulsive space time noise, dX_t+AX_t dt= Q^{1/2}dZ_t, X_0=x_0\in H,
t\in [0,T], we approximate the distribution of X_T. (Z_t)_{t\in[0,T]} is an
impulsive cylindrical process and Q describes the spatial covariance structure
of the noise; Tr(A^{-\alpha})0 and A^\beta Q is bounded
for some \beta\in(\alpha-1,\alpha]. A discretization
(X_h^n)_{n\in\{0,1,...,N\}} is defined via the finite element method in space
(parameter h>0) and a \theta-method in time (parameter \Delta t=T/N). For
\phi\in C^2_b(H;R) we show an integral representation for the error
|E\phi(X^N_h)-E\phi(X_T)| and prove that
|E\phi(X^N_h)-E\phi(X_T)|=O(h^{2\gamma}+(\Delta t)^{\gamma}) where
\gamma<1-\alpha+\beta.Comment: 29 pages; Section 1 extended, new results in Appendix
Proposed New Test of Spin Effects in General Relativity
The recent discovery of a double-pulsar PSR J0737-3039A/B provides an
opportunity of unequivocally observing, for the first time, spin effects in
general relativity. Existing efforts involve detection of the precession of the
spinning body itself. However, for a close binary system, spin effects on the
orbit may also be discernable. Not only do they add to the advance of the
periastron (by an amount which is small compared to the conventional
contribution) but they also give rise to a precession of the orbit about the
spin direction. The measurement of such an effect would also give information
on the moment of inertia of pulsars
On the Running of the Cosmological Constant in Quantum General Relativity
We present arguments that show what the running of the cosmological constant
means when quantum general relativity is formulated following the prescription
developed by Feynman.Comment: 5 page
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