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R. F. testing of the third generation defense communication satellite
The approach taken to test a completed DSCS communications satellite on a system level is described. Areas to be described are measuring RF isolation of separate communications subsystems and a test method which insures that one RF subsystem does not interfere with another. In addition, the method of complying with MIL-STD-1541 in the area of demonstrating safety of electroexplosive devices in an RF field is discussed
Observations of time delayed all-optical routing in a slow light regime
We report an observation of a delayed all-optical routing/switching
phenomenon based on ultraslow group velocity of light via nondegenerate
four-wave mixing processes in a defected solid medium. Unlike previous
demonstrations of enhanced four-wave mixing processes using the slow light
effects, the present observation demonstrates a direct retrieval of the
resonant Raman-pulse excited spin coherence into photon coherence through
coherence conversion processes.Comment: 5 pages with 3 figures include
The Mass-Loss Return From Evolved Stars to The Large Magellanic Cloud VI: Luminosities and Mass-Loss Rates on Population Scales
We present results from the first application of the Grid of Red Supergiant
and Asymptotic Giant Branch ModelS (GRAMS) model grid to the entire evolved
stellar population of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). GRAMS is a pre-computed
grid of 80,843 radiative transfer (RT) models of evolved stars and
circumstellar dust shells composed of either silicate or carbonaceous dust. We
fit GRAMS models to ~30,000 Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB) and Red Supergiant
(RSG) stars in the LMC, using 12 bands of photometry from the optical to the
mid-infrared. Our published dataset consists of thousands of evolved stars with
individually determined evolutionary parameters such as luminosity and
mass-loss rate. The GRAMS grid has a greater than 80% accuracy rate
discriminating between Oxygen- and Carbon-rich chemistry. The global dust
injection rate to the interstellar medium (ISM) of the LMC from RSGs and AGB
stars is on the order of 1.5x10^(-5) solar masses/yr, equivalent to a total
mass injection rate (including the gas) into the ISM of ~5x10^(-3) solar
masses/yr. Carbon stars inject two and a half times as much dust into the ISM
as do O-rich AGB stars, but the same amount of mass. We determine a bolometric
correction factor for C-rich AGB stars in the K band as a function of J - K
color, BC(K) = -0.40(J-K)^2 + 1.83(J-K) + 1.29. We determine several IR color
proxies for the dust mass-loss rate (MLR) from C-rich AGB stars, such as log
(MLR) = (-18.90)/((K-[8.0])+3.37)-5.93. We find that a larger fraction of AGB
stars exhibiting the `long-secondary period' phenomenon are O-rich than stars
dominated by radial pulsations, and AGB stars without detectable mass-loss do
not appear on either the first-overtone or fundamental-mode pulsation
sequences.Comment: 19 pages, 19 figure
Characterization of the near-term electric vehicle (ETV-1) breadboard propulsion system over the SAE J227a driving schedule D
The electric test vehicle one (ETV-1) was built from the ground up with present state of the art technology. Two vehicles were built and are presently being evaluated by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). A duplicate set of propulsion system components was built, mounted on a breadboard, and delivered to NASA's Lewis Research Center for testing on the road load simulator (RLS). Driving cycle tests completed on the system are described
Jaynes-Cummings dynamics with a matter wave oscillator
We propose to subject two Bose-Einstein condensates to a periodic potential,
so that one condensate undergoes the Mott insulator transition to a state with
precisely one atom per lattice site. We show that photoassociation of
heteronuclear molecules within each lattice site is described by the quantum
optical Jaynes-Cummings Hamiltonian. In analogy with studies of this
Hamiltonian with cavity fields and trapped ions, we are thus able to engineer
quantum optical states of atomic matter wave fields and we are able to
reconstruct these states by quantum state tomography.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figure
Results of the ETV-1 breadboard tests under steady-state and transient conditions
Steady state tests were run to characterize the system and component efficiencies over the complete speed-torque capabilities of the propulsion system in both motoring and regenerative modes of operation. The steady state data were obtained using a battery simulator to separate the effects on efficiency caused by changing battery state-of-charge and component temperature. Transient tests were performed to determine the energy profiles of the propulsion system operating over the SAE J227a driving schedules
The contribution of starbursts and normal galaxies to infrared luminosity functions at z < 2
We present a parameter-less approach to predict the shape of the infrared
(IR) luminosity function (LF) at redshifts z < 2. It requires no tuning and
relies on only three observables: (1) the redshift evolution of the stellar
mass function for star-forming galaxies, (2) the evolution of the specific star
formation rate (sSFR) of main-sequence galaxies, and (3) the double-Gaussian
decomposition of the sSFR-distribution at fixed stellar mass into a
contribution (assumed redshift- and mass-invariant) from main-sequence and
starburst activity. This self-consistent and simple framework provides a
powerful tool for predicting cosmological observables: observed IR LFs are
successfully matched at all z < 2, suggesting a constant or only weakly
redshift-dependent contribution (8-14%) of starbursts to the star formation
rate density. We separate the contributions of main-sequence and starburst
activity to the global IR LF at all redshifts. The luminosity threshold above
which the starburst component dominates the IR LF rises from log(LIR/Lsun) =
11.4 to 12.8 over 0 < z < 2, reflecting our assumed (1+z)^2.8-evolution of sSFR
in main-sequence galaxies.Comment: 7 pages, 4 figures & 1 table. Accepted for publication in ApJL. Minor
typos corrected in v2 following receipt of proof
Build-up of laser oscillations from quantum noise
Laser oscillation build up from quantum nois
The mechanism of double exponential growth in hyper-inflation
Analyzing historical data of price indices we find an extraordinary growth
phenomenon in several examples of hyper-inflation in which price changes are
approximated nicely by double-exponential functions of time. In order to
explain such behavior we introduce the general coarse-graining technique in
physics, the Monte Carlo renormalization group method, to the price dynamics.
Starting from a microscopic stochastic equation describing dealers' actions in
open markets we obtain a macroscopic noiseless equation of price consistent
with the observation. The effect of auto-catalytic shortening of characteristic
time caused by mob psychology is shown to be responsible for the
double-exponential behavior.Comment: 9 pages, 5 figures and 2 tables, submitted to Physica
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