206 research outputs found
Event-specific chorus wave and electron seed population models in DREAM3D using the Van Allen Probes
Abstract The DREAM3D diffusion model is applied to Van Allen Probes observations of the fast dropout and strong enhancement of MeV electrons during the October 2012 double-dip storm. We show that in order to explain the very different behavior in the two dips, diffusion in all three dimensions (energy, pitch angle, and Lo) coupled with data-driven, event-specific inputs, and boundary conditions is required. Specifically, we find that outward radial diffusion to the solar wind-driven magnetopause, an event-specific chorus wave model, and a dynamic lower-energy seed population are critical for modeling the dynamics. In contrast, models that include only a subset of processes, use statistical wave amplitudes, or rely on inward radial diffusion of a seed population, perform poorly. The results illustrate the utility of the high resolution, comprehensive set of Van Allen Probes\u27 measurements in studying the balance between source and loss in the radiation belt, a principal goal of the mission. Key Points DREAM3D uses event-specific driving conditions measured by Van Allen Probes Electron dropout is due to outward radial diffusion to compressed magnetopause Event-specific chorus and seed electrons are necessary for the enhancement
Coronal mass ejections, magnetic clouds, and relativistic magnetospheric electron events: ISTP
The role of high-speed solar wind streams in driving relativistic electron acceleration within the Earth\u27s magnetosphere during solar activity minimum conditions has been well documented. The rising phase of the new solar activity cycle (cycle 23) commenced in 1996, and there have recently been a number of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and related “magnetic clouds” at 1 AU. As these CME/cloud systems interact with the Earth\u27s magnetosphere, some events produce substantial enhancements in the magnetospheric energetic particle population while others do not. This paper compares and contrasts relativistic electron signatures observed by the POLAR, SAMPEX, Highly Elliptical Orbit, and geostationary orbit spacecraft during two magnetic cloud events: May 27–29, 1996, and January 10–11, 1997. Sequences were observed in each case in which the interplanetary magnetic field was first strongly southward and then rotated northward. In both cases, there were large solar wind density enhancements toward the end of the cloud passage at 1 AU. Strong energetic electron acceleration was observed in the January event, but not in the May event. The relative geoeffectiveness for these two cases is assessed, and it is concluded that large induced electric fields (∂B/∂t) caused in situ acceleration of electrons throughout the outer radiation zone during the January 1997 event
Simplicial quantum dynamics
Present-day quantum field theory can be regularized by a decomposition into
quantum simplices. This replaces the infinite-dimensional Hilbert space by a
high-dimensional spinor space and singular canonical Lie groups by regular spin
groups. It radically changes the uncertainty principle for small distances.
Gaugeons, including the gravitational, are represented as bound fermion-pairs,
and space-time curvature as a singular organized limit of quantum
non-commutativity.
Keywords: Quantum logic, quantum set theory, quantum gravity, quantum
topology, simplicial quantization.Comment: 25 pages. 1 table. Conference of the International Association for
Relativistic Dynamics, Taiwan, 201
`Third' Quantization of Vacuum Einstein Gravity and Free Yang-Mills Theories
Based on the algebraico-categorical (:sheaf-theoretic and sheaf
cohomological) conceptual and technical machinery of Abstract Differential
Geometry, a new, genuinely background spacetime manifold independent, field
quantization scenario for vacuum Einstein gravity and free Yang-Mills theories
is introduced. The scheme is coined `third quantization' and, although it
formally appears to follow a canonical route, it is fully covariant, because it
is an expressly functorial `procedure'. Various current and future Quantum
Gravity research issues are discussed under the light of 3rd-quantization. A
postscript gives a brief account of this author's personal encounters with
Rafael Sorkin and his work.Comment: 43 pages; latest version contributed to a fest-volume celebrating
Rafael Sorkin's 60th birthday (Erratum: in earlier versions I had wrongly
written that the Editor for this volume is Daniele Oriti, with CUP as
publisher. I apologize for the mistake.
Structure and Magnetic Fields in the Precessing Jet System SS 433 I. Multi-Frequency Imaging from 1998
The Very Large Array has been used at five frequencies to study the structure
and linear polarization of SS433 on scales as small as ~0.1" ~ 500 AU. Each jet
consists of a sharp, curving ridge-line at the leading edge, plus significant
trailing off-jet emission, showing that they are enveloped by diffuse
relativistic plasma. No kinematic model with constant jet speed fits our images
on all scales, but they are consistent with variations in jet speed of around
10% around the optical value. Our images show continuous jets with bright
components occurring simultaneously in the two jets roughly every 35 days. When
corrected for projection effects and Doppler boosting, the intensities of the
two jets are intrinsically very similar. Fractional linear polarization up to
20% is present along the ridge-lines, while the core is essentially
unpolarized. The rotation measures are consistent with a foreground screen with
RM ~ +110 radians per meter squared, plus a larger, asymmetrical contribution
close to the core. The apparent magnetic fields in the jets are roughly aligned
with the ridge-lines in most but not all of each jet. The jet is more highly
polarized between the components than in the components themselves, suggesting
that the mechanism that creates them compresses a tangled part of the magnetic
field into a partially-ordered transverse layer. The off-jet emission is
remarkably highly polarized, with m ~ 50% in places, suggesting large-scale
order of the magnetic field surrounding the jets. This polarized signal may
confuse the determination of magnetic field orientations in the jets
themselves. However, the images are consistent with a jet magnetic field that
is everywhere parallel to the helices.Comment: To appear in Ap.J. (27 pages, 12 figures
The robustness of objective fabric pilling evaluation method
Previously, we proposed a new method to identify fabric pilling and objectively measure fabric pilling intensity based on the two-dimensional dual-tree complex wavelet reconstruction and neural network classification. Here we further evaluate the robustness of the method. Our results indicate that the pilling identification method is robust to significant variation in the brightness and contrast of the image, rotation of the image, and 2 i (i is an integer) times dilation of the image. The pilling feature vector developed to characterize the pilling intensity is robust to brightness change but is sensitive to large rotations of the image. As long as all fabric images are adjusted to have the same contrast level and the sample is illuminated from the same direction, the pilling feature vectors are comparable and can be used to classify the pilling intensity.<br /
`Iconoclastic', Categorical Quantum Gravity
This is a two-part, `2-in-1' paper. In Part I, the introductory talk at
`Glafka--2004: Iconoclastic Approaches to Quantum Gravity' international
theoretical physics conference is presented in paper form (without references).
In Part II, the more technical talk, originally titled ``Abstract Differential
Geometric Excursion to Classical and Quantum Gravity'', is presented in paper
form (with citations). The two parts are closely entwined, as Part I makes
general motivating remarks for Part II.Comment: 34 pages, in paper form 2 talks given at ``Glafka--2004: Iconoclastic
Approaches to Quantum Gravity'' international theoretical physics conference,
Athens, Greece (summer 2004
Magnesium isotopic composition as observed with the CELIAS/MTOF experiment on the SOHO spacecraft
On Some Problems in Discrete Wavelet Analysis of Bivariate Spectra with an Application to Business Cycle Synchronization in the Euro Zone
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