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Gas flow environment and heat transfer nonrotating 3D program
A complete set of benchmark quality data for the flow and heat transfer within a large rectangular turning duct is provided. These data are to be used to evaluate, and verify, three-dimensional internal viscous flow models and computational codes. The analytical contract objective is to select a computational code and define the capabilities of this code to predict the experimental results obtained. Details of the proper code operation will be defined and improvements to the code modeling capabilities will be formulated. Internal flow in a large rectangular cross-sectioned 90 deg. bend turning duct was studied. The duct construction was designed to allow detailed measurements to be made for the following three duct wall conditions: (1) an isothermal wall with isothermal flow; (2) an adiabatic wall with convective heat transfer by mixing between an unheated surrounding flow; and (3) an isothermal wall with heat transfer from a uniformly hot inlet flow
UREA/ammonium ion removal system for the orbiting frog otolith experiment
The feasibility of using free urease enzyme and ANGC-101 ion exchange resin to remove urea and ammonium ion for space system waste water applications was studied. Specifically examined is the prevention of urea and ammonia toxicity in a 30-day Orbiting Frog Otolith (OFO) flight experiment. It is shown that free urease enzyme used in conjunction with ANGC-101 ion-exchange resin and pH control can control urea and amonium ion concentration in unbuffered recirculating water. In addition, the resin does not adversely effect the bullfrogs by lowering the concentration of cations below critical minimum levels. Further investigations on bioburden control, frog waste excretion on an OFO diet, a trade-off analysis of methods of automating the urea/ammonium ion removal system and fabrication and test of a semiautomated breadboard were recommended as continuing efforts. Photographs of test equipment and test animals are shown
Perturbative test of single parameter scaling for 1D random media
Products of random matrices associated to one-dimensional random media
satisfy a central limit theorem assuring convergence to a gaussian centered at
the Lyapunov exponent. The hypothesis of single parameter scaling states that
its variance is equal to the Lyapunov exponent. We settle discussions about its
validity for a wide class of models by proving that, away from anomalies,
single parameter scaling holds to lowest order perturbation theory in the
disorder strength. However, it is generically violated at higher order. This is
explicitely exhibited for the Anderson model.Comment: minor corrections to previous version, to appear in Annales H.
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Spin-orbit coupling and spectral function of interacting electrons in carbon nanotubes
The electronic spin-orbit coupling in carbon nanotubes is strongly enhanced
by the curvature of the tube surface and has important effects on the
single-particle spectrum. Here, we include the full spin-orbit interaction in
the formulation of the effective low-energy theory for interacting electrons in
metallic single-wall carbon nanotubes and study its consequences. The resulting
theory is a four-channel Luttinger liquid, where spin and charge modes are
mixed. We show that the analytic structure of the spectral function is strongly
affected by this mixing, which can provide an experimental signature of the
spin-orbit interaction.Comment: 4+epsilon pages, 1 figure; published versio
Dynamical Ne K Edge and Line Variations in the X-Ray Spectrum of the Ultra-compact Binary 4U 0614+091
We observed the ultra-compact binary candidate 4U 0614+091 for a total of 200
ksec with the high-energy transmission gratings onboard the \chandra X-ray
Observatory. The source is found at various intensity levels with spectral
variations present. X-ray luminosities vary between 2.0 \ergsec
and 3.5 \ergsec. Continuum variations are present at all times
and spectra can be well fit with a powerlaw component, a high kT blackbody
component, and a broad line component near oxygen. The spectra require
adjustments to the Ne K edge and in some occasions also to the Mg K edge. The
Ne K edge appears variable in terms of optical depths and morphology. The edge
reveals average blue- and red-shifted values implying Doppler velocities of the
order of 3500 \kms. The data show that Ne K exhibits excess column densities of
up to several 10 cm. The variability proves that the excess is
intrinsic to the source. The correponding disk velocities also imply an outer
disk radius of the order of cm consistent with an ultra-compact binary
nature. We also detect a prominent soft emission line complex near the \oviii
L position which appears extremely broad and relativistic effects from
near the innermost disk have to be included. Gravitationally broadened line
fits also provide nearly edge-on angles of inclination between 86 and
89. The emissions appear consistent with an ionized disk with
ionization parameters of the order of 10 at radii of a few 10 cm. The
line wavelengths with respect to \oviiia\ are found variably blue-shifted
indicating more complex inner disk dynamics.Comment: 24 pages, 8 figures, submitted to the Astrophyscial Main Journa
RSB Decoupling Property of MAP Estimators
The large-system decoupling property of a MAP estimator is studied when it
estimates the i.i.d. vector from the observation
with
being chosen from a wide range of matrix ensembles, and the noise vector
being i.i.d. and Gaussian. Using the replica method, we show
that the marginal joint distribution of any two corresponding input and output
symbols converges to a deterministic distribution which describes the
input-output distribution of a single user system followed by a MAP estimator.
Under the RSB assumption, the single user system is a scalar channel with
additive noise where the noise term is given by the sum of an independent
Gaussian random variable and correlated interference terms. As the RSB
assumption reduces to RS, the interference terms vanish which results in the
formerly studied RS decoupling principle.Comment: 5 pages, presented in Information Theory Workshop 201
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