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Smart motor technology
Current spacecraft design relies upon microprocessor control; however, motors usually require extensive additional electronic circuitry to interface with these microprocessor controls. An improved control technique that allows a smart brushless motor to connect directly to a microprocessor control system is described. An actuator with smart motors receives a spacecraft command directly and responds in a closed loop control mode. In fact, two or more smart motors can be controlled for synchronous operation
Does the butterfly diagram indicate asolar flux-transport dynamo?
We address the question whether the properties of the observed latitude-time
diagram of sunspot occurence (the butterfly diagram) provide evidence for the
operation of a flux-transport dynamo, which explains the migration of the
sunspot zones and the period of the solar cycle in terms of a deep equatorward
meridional flow. We show that the properties of the butterfly diagram are
equally well reproduced by a conventional dynamo model with migrating dynamo
waves, but without transport of magnetic flux by a flow. These properties seem
to be generic for an oscillatory and migratory field of dipole parity and thus
do not permit an observational distinction between different dynamo approaches.Comment: 4 pages, 1 figur
Massive pericardial effusion caused by hypothyroidism.
Although mild pericardial effusion is a usual finding in patients with hypothyroidism, massive pericardial effusion or pericardial tamponade is rare and customarily related to severe hypothyroidism. The diagnosis of hypothyroidism should be considered in the differential of patients presenting with unexplained pericardial effusion, even when signs and symptoms of hypothyroidism are nonexistent.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
A necessary extension of the surface flux transport model
Customary two-dimensional flux transport models for the evolution of the
magnetic field at the solar surface do not account for the radial structure and
the volume diffusion of the magnetic field. When considering the long-term
evolution of magnetic flux, this omission can lead to an unrealistic long-term
memory of the system and to the suppression of polar field reversals. In order
to avoid such effects, we propose an extension of the flux transport model by a
linear decay term derived consistently on the basis of the eigenmodes of the
diffusion operator in a spherical shell. A decay rate for each eigenmode of the
system is determined and applied to the corresponding surface part of the mode
evolved in the flux transport model. The value of the volume diffusivity
associated with this decay term can be estimated to be in the range 50--100
km^2/s by considering the reversals of the polar fields in comparison of flux
transport simulations with observations. We show that the decay term prohibits
a secular drift of the polar field in the case of cycles of varying strength,
like those exhibited by the historical sunspot record.Comment: for further information visit: http://solweb.oma.be/users/baumann
The initial temporal evolution of a feedback dynamo for Mercury
Various possibilities are currently under discussion to explain the observed
weakness of the intrinsic magnetic field of planet Mercury. One of the possible
dynamo scenarios is a dynamo with feedback from the magnetosphere. Due to its
weak magnetic field Mercury exhibits a small magnetosphere whose subsolar
magnetopause distance is only about 1.7 Hermean radii. We consider the magnetic
field due to magnetopause currents in the dynamo region. Since the external
field of magnetospheric origin is antiparallel to the dipole component of the
dynamo field, a negative feedback results. For an alpha-omega-dynamo two
stationary solutions of such a feedback dynamo emerge, one with a weak and the
other with a strong magnetic field. The question, however, is how these
solutions can be realized. To address this problem, we discuss various
scenarios for a simple dynamo model and the conditions under which a steady
weak magnetic field can be reached. We find that the feedback mechanism
quenches the overall field to a low value of about 100 to 150 nT if the dynamo
is not driven too strongly
The ground state in a spin-one color superconductor
Color superconductors in which quarks of the same flavor form Cooper pairs
are investigated. These Cooper pairs carry total spin one. A systematic
group-theoretical classification of possible phases in a spin-one color
superconductor is presented, revealing parallels and differences to the theory
of superfluid He. General expressions for the gap parameter, the critical
temperature, and the pressure are derived and evaluated for several spin-one
phases, with special emphasis on the angular structure of the gap equation. It
is shown that the (transverse) color-spin-locked phase is expected to be the
ground state.Comment: 36 pages, 3 figures, error corrected in App. C, conclusion change
Developing A Model Approximation Method and Parameter Estimates for Solid State Reaction Kinetics
The James S. Markiewicz Solar Energy Research Facility was built to research solar chemistry and currently being used to research the change in metal oxides such as iron or magnesium oxide that act as a medium for the production of hydrogen from water. This is significant because hydrogen can be used in vehicles equipped with appropriate fuel cells and due the decreased cost of producing hydrogen with this method. The shrinking core model which governs this process has proved difficult to solve due to the high number of unknown constants and its non-linearity. We detail in this work the implementation of less common heuristics, mainly Particle Swarm Optimization. This technique was used because of its wide unbiased search for the possible constants. The development and method we are using to solve these unknown constants will be shown
Surface flux transport modeling for solar cycles 15--21: effects of cycle-dependent tilt angles of sunspot groups
We model the surface magnetic field and open flux of the Sun from 1913 to
1986 using a surface flux transport model, which includes the observed
cycle-to-cycle variation of sunspot group tilts. The model reproduces the
empirically derived time evolution of the solar open magnetic flux, and the
reversal times of the polar fields. We find that both the polar field and the
axial dipole moment resulting from this model around cycle minimum correlate
with the strength of the following cycle.Comment: Accepted for publication by Ap
Maximum-entropy Surrogation in Network Signal Detection
Multiple-channel detection is considered in the context of a sensor network
where raw data are shared only by nodes that have a common edge in the network
graph. Established multiple-channel detectors, such as those based on
generalized coherence or multiple coherence, use pairwise measurements from
every pair of sensors in the network and are thus directly applicable only to
networks whose graphs are completely connected. An approach introduced here
uses a maximum-entropy technique to formulate surrogate values for missing
measurements corresponding to pairs of nodes that do not share an edge in the
network graph. The broader potential merit of maximum-entropy baselines in
quantifying the value of information in sensor network applications is also
noted.Comment: 4 pages, submitted to IEEE Statistical Signal Processing Workshop,
August 201
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