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Hyperviscosity, Galerkin truncation and bottlenecks in turbulence
It is shown that the use of a high power of the Laplacian in the
dissipative term of hydrodynamical equations leads asymptotically to truncated
inviscid \textit{conservative} dynamics with a finite range of spatial Fourier
modes. Those at large wavenumbers thermalize, whereas modes at small
wavenumbers obey ordinary viscous dynamics [C. Cichowlas et al. Phys. Rev.
Lett. 95, 264502 (2005)]. The energy bottleneck observed for finite
may be interpreted as incomplete thermalization. Artifacts arising from models
with are discussed.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures, Phys. Rev. Lett. in pres
Astrometry and geodesy with radio interferometry: experiments, models, results
Summarizes current status of radio interferometry at radio frequencies
between Earth-based receivers, for astrometric and geodetic applications.
Emphasizes theoretical models of VLBI observables that are required to extract
results at the present accuracy levels of 1 cm and 1 nanoradian. Highlights the
achievements of VLBI during the past two decades in reference frames, Earth
orientation, atmospheric effects on microwave propagation, and relativity.Comment: 83 pages, 19 Postscript figures. To be published in Rev. Mod. Phys.,
Vol. 70, Oct. 199
Detection of intrinsic source structure at ~3 Schwarzschild radii with Millimeter-VLBI observations of SAGITTARIUS A*
We report results from very long baseline interferometric (VLBI) observations
of the supermassive black hole in the Galactic center, Sgr A*, at 1.3 mm (230
GHz). The observations were performed in 2013 March using six VLBI stations in
Hawaii, California, Arizona, and Chile. Compared to earlier observations, the
addition of the APEX telescope in Chile almost doubles the longest baseline
length in the array, provides additional {\it uv} coverage in the N-S
direction, and leads to a spatial resolution of 30 as (3
Schwarzschild radii) for Sgr A*. The source is detected even at the longest
baselines with visibility amplitudes of 4-13% of the total flux density.
We argue that such flux densities cannot result from interstellar refractive
scattering alone, but indicate the presence of compact intrinsic source
structure on scales of 3 Schwarzschild radii. The measured nonzero
closure phases rule out point-symmetric emission. We discuss our results in the
context of simple geometric models that capture the basic characteristics and
brightness distributions of disk- and jet-dominated models and show that both
can reproduce the observed data. Common to these models are the brightness
asymmetry, the orientation, and characteristic sizes, which are comparable to
the expected size of the black hole shadow. Future 1.3 mm VLBI observations
with an expanded array and better sensitivity will allow a more detailed
imaging of the horizon-scale structure and bear the potential for a deep
insight into the physical processes at the black hole boundary.Comment: 11 pages, 5 figures, accepted to Ap
INTEGRAL observation of the accreting pulsar 1E1145.1-6141
We analyze 1050 ks of INTEGRAL data of the high mass X-ray binary pulsar 1E
1145.1-6141 to study its properties over a long time baseline, from June 2003
to June 2004, with wide spectral coverage.
We study three high luminosity episodes, two of them at the system apoastron,
three brightening with lower intensity, two at the periastron, and one extended
period of intermediate luminosity spanning one orbital cycle. We perform timing
analysis to determine the pulse period and pulse profiles at different energy
ranges. We also analyze the broad band phase average spectrum of different
luminosity states and perform phase resolved spectroscopy for the first flare.
From the timing analysis, we find a pulse period of ~297 s around MJD 53000
with a significant scatter around the mean value. From the spectral analysis we
find that the source emission can be described by an absorbed bremsstrahlung
model in which the electron temperature varies between ~25 and ~37 keV, without
any correlation to luminosity, and the intrinsic absorbing column is constantly
of the order of 10^23 cm^-2. Phase resolved spectral analysis evidences a
different temperature of the plasma in the ascending and descending edges of
the pulse during the first flare. This justifies the pulse maximum shift by
~0.4 phase units between 20 and 100 keV observed in the pulse profiles.
The comparison with the previous period measurements reveals that the source
is currently spinning-down, in contrast to the long term secular trend observed
so far indicating that at least a temporary accretion disk is formed. The study
of the spectral property variations with respect to time and spin phase
suggests the presence of two emitting components at different temperatures
whose relative intensity varies with time.Comment: Accepted for publication on Astronomy and Astrophysic
Search for Kaluza-Klein Graviton Emission in Collisions at TeV using the Missing Energy Signature
We report on a search for direct Kaluza-Klein graviton production in a data
sample of 84 of \ppb collisions at = 1.8 TeV, recorded
by the Collider Detector at Fermilab. We investigate the final state of large
missing transverse energy and one or two high energy jets. We compare the data
with the predictions from a -dimensional Kaluza-Klein scenario in which
gravity becomes strong at the TeV scale. At 95% confidence level (C.L.) for
=2, 4, and 6 we exclude an effective Planck scale below 1.0, 0.77, and 0.71
TeV, respectively.Comment: Submitted to PRL, 7 pages 4 figures/Revision includes 5 figure
Measurement of the average time-integrated mixing probability of b-flavored hadrons produced at the Tevatron
We have measured the number of like-sign (LS) and opposite-sign (OS) lepton
pairs arising from double semileptonic decays of and -hadrons,
pair-produced at the Fermilab Tevatron collider. The data samples were
collected with the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF) during the 1992-1995
collider run by triggering on the existence of and candidates
in an event. The observed ratio of LS to OS dileptons leads to a measurement of
the average time-integrated mixing probability of all produced -flavored
hadrons which decay weakly, (stat.)
(syst.), that is significantly larger than the world average .Comment: 47 pages, 10 figures, 15 tables Submitted to Phys. Rev.
Static perfect fluids with Pant-Sah equations of state
We analyze the 3-parameter family of exact, regular, static, spherically
symmetric perfect fluid solutions of Einstein's equations (corresponding to a
2-parameter family of equations of state) due to Pant and Sah and
"rediscovered" by Rosquist and the present author. Except for the Buchdahl
solutions which are contained as a limiting case, the fluids have finite radius
and are physically realistic for suitable parameter ranges. The equations of
state can be characterized geometrically by the property that the 3-metric on
the static slices, rescaled conformally with the fourth power of any linear
function of the norm of the static Killing vector, has constant scalar
curvature. This local property does not require spherical symmetry; in fact it
simplifies the the proof of spherical symmetry of asymptotically flat solutions
which we recall here for the Pant-Sah equations of state. We also consider a
model in Newtonian theory with analogous geometric and physical properties,
together with a proof of spherical symmetry of the asymptotically flat
solutions.Comment: 32 p., Latex, minor changes and correction
Measurement of the Lifetime Difference Between B_s Mass Eigenstates
We present measurements of the lifetimes and polarization amplitudes for B_s
--> J/psi phi and B_d --> J/psi K*0 decays. Lifetimes of the heavy (H) and
light (L) mass eigenstates in the B_s system are separately measured for the
first time by determining the relative contributions of amplitudes with
definite CP as a function of the decay time. Using 203 +/- 15 B_s decays, we
obtain tau_L = (1.05 +{0.16}/-{0.13} +/- 0.02) ps and tau_H = (2.07
+{0.58}/-{0.46} +/- 0.03) ps. Expressed in terms of the difference DeltaGamma_s
and average Gamma_s, of the decay rates of the two eigenstates, the results are
DeltaGamma_s/Gamma_s = (65 +{25}/-{33} +/- 1)%, and DeltaGamma_s = (0.47
+{0.19}/-{0.24} +/- 0.01) inverse ps.Comment: 8 pages, 3 figures, 2 tables; as published in Physical Review Letters
on 16 March 2005; revisions are for length and typesetting only, no changes
in results or conclusion
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