Computer program determines gas flow rates in piping systems

Computer program calculates the steady state flow characteristics of an ideal compressible gas in a complex piping system. The program calculates the stagnation and total temperature, static and total pressure, loss factor, and forces on each element in the piping system

Tight focal spots using azimuthally polarised light from a Fresnel cone

When focusing a light beam at high numerical aperture, the resulting electric field profile in the focal plane depends on the transverse polarisation profile, as interference between different parts of the beam needs to be taken into account. It is well known that radial polarised light produces a longitudinal polarisation component and can be focused below the conventional diffraction limit for homogeneously polarised light, and azimuthally polarised light that carries one unit of angular momentum can achieve even tighter focal spots. This is of interest for example for enhancing resolution in scanning microscopy. There are numerous ways to generate such polarisation structures, however, setups can be expensive and usually rely on birefringent components, hence prohibiting broadband operation. We have recently demonstrated a passive, low-cost technique using a simple glass cone (Fresnel cone) to generate beams with structured polarisation. We show here that the polarisation structure generated by Fresnel cones focuses better than radial polarised light at all numerical apertures. Furthermore, we investigate in detail the application of polarised light structures for two-photon microscopy. Specifically we demonstrate a method that allows us to generate the desired polarisation structure at the back aperture of the microscope by pre-compensating any detrimental phase shifts using a combination of waveplates

Parallel axis theorem for free-space electron wavefunctions

We consider the orbital angular momentum of a free electron vortex moving in a uniform magnetic field. We identify three contributions to this angular momentum: the canonical orbital angular momentum associated with the vortex, the angular momentum of the cyclotron orbit of the wavefunction, and a diamagnetic angular momentum. The cyclotron and diamagnetic angular momenta are found to be separable according to the parallel axis theorem. This means that rotations can occur with respect to two or more axes simultaneously, which can be observed with superpositions of vortex states

Analytical Quartic Centrifugal Distortion Constants By Fourth-order Rayleigh SchrÖdinger Perturbation Theory

Recent advances in microwave spectroscopy, allowing for the measurement and fitting of thousands of spectral lines for a given chemical system, have prompted a need for high accuracy predictions of spectroscopic constants. The quartic Centrifugal Distortion (CD) constants are derived at fourth-order in Rayleigh-Schr\"{o}dinger Vibrational Perturbation Theory (VPT4). Analytical expressions are presented. The constants are implemented in the CFOUR software package in both an explicit sum-over-states form and the analytical (i.e., algebraic) form. The expression for VPT4 quartic CD can be broken into ten distinct contributions, involving products of force constants, Coriolis constants, and coefficients in the expansion of the inverse moment of inertia tensor. It is considerably more complicated than the VPT2 vibration-rotation interaction constants and the VPT4 sextic CD constants. The quartic CD constants first appear at VPT2. The VPT4 level of approximation introduces corrections that are linear in the vibrational quantum numbers. Approximately linear relationships have been identified in analyses of microwave spectra, which allow for direct comparison with the computed CD constants. The VPT4 quartic CD constants require a partial quartic force field, containing all force constants except those for which all indices are different (i.e., $\phi$$_{ijkl}$). As this truncation of quartic force field is usually computed for VPT2 vibrational frequencies, it will be possible to obtain the CD constants alongside routine VPT2 frequencies with negligible added cost

Defining the Parameters of Permissible State and Local Affirmative Action Programs

In the 1989 case of Richmond v. Croson, the United States Supreme Court issued a decision which has had a tremendous impact on subsequent judicial evaluations of other public sector affirmative action efforts, and hence also on the adoption and structuring of state and local affirmative action programs. One significant factor about the Croson decision was that it was the first time a majority of the Court set strict scrutiny as the standard of review for assessing the constitutionality of state and local race-based affirmative action endeavors. Despite this agreement as to the proper standard of review, however, there was no majority agreement as to what exactly is necessary for an affirmative action program to pass muster under the strict scrutiny standard. This uncertainty has produced various apparently inconsistent outcomes in subsequent constitutional challenges of different types of state and local affirmative action programs

Wetland vegetation monitoring, 2000/2001 (Salinity Action Plan)

This report represents the vegetation component of a project designed to provide ongoing monitoring of wetland salinity and biological resources in wetlands of the agricultural zone of south-west Western Australia. Maintenance of wetland biological diversity in the agricultural zone is one of the major objectives of the Salinity Action Plan. Due to their low position in the landscape, wetlands are the habitat most affected by salinisation

Is the angular momentum of an electron conserved in a uniform magnetic field?

We show that an electron moving in a uniform magnetic field possesses a time-varying ``diamagnetic'' angular momentum. Surprisingly this means that the kinetic angular momentum of the electron may vary with time, despite the rotational symmetry of the system. This apparent violation of angular momentum conservation is resolved by including the angular momentum of the surrounding fields