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Bessel beam through a dielectric slab at oblique incidence: the case of total reflection
The oblique incidence of a Bessel beam on a dielectric slab with refractive
index n1 surrounded by a medium of a refractive index n>n1 may be studied
simply by expanding the Bessel beam into a set of plane waves forming the same
angle with the axis of the beam. In the present paper we examine a Bessel beam
that impinges at oblique incidence onto a layer in such a way that each
plane-wave component impinges with an angle larger than the critical angle.Comment: 10 pages, 6 figure
Factors Affecting Students' Performance
Determinants of students' performance have been the subject of ongoing debate among educators, academics, and policy makers. There have been many studies that sought to examine this issue and their findings point out to hard work, previous schooling, parents’ education, family income and self motivation as factors that have a significant effect on the students GPA. Most of those studies have focused on students' performance in the U.S. and Europe. However, since cultural differences may play a role in shaping the factors that affect students' performance, it is very important to examine those relevant factors to the UAE society. The aim of this study is to investigate the socio-economic characteristics of students of the College of Business and Economics-UAEU in relation to these students' performance and taking into account variables pertaining to the UAE Society. Using a sample of 864 CBE student and regression analysis, our results show that the most important factor that affects student's performance is the student's competence in English. Besides competence in English, students who participate in class discussion and those on leave outperform other students. The factors that negatively affect student's performance the most are missing too many lectures and living in crowded household. The results also show that non-national students outperform national students and female students outperform their male counterpart.class discussion, competence in English, student performance, socio economic factors
Propagation of time-truncated Airy-type pulses in media with quadratic and cubic dispersion
In this paper, we describe analytically the propagation of Airy-type pulses
truncated by a finite-time aperture when second and third order dispersion
effects are considered. The mathematical method presented here, based on the
superposition of exponentially truncated Airy pulses, is very effective,
allowing us to avoid the use of time-consuming numerical simulations. We
analyze the behavior of the time truncated Ideal-Airy pulse and also the
interesting case of a time truncated Airy pulse with a "defect" in its initial
profile, which reveals the self-healing property of this kind of pulse
solution.Comment: 9 pages. 5 figure
Aichi Irrigation Project
CER58SSK34.September 1959.Includes bibliographical references.Prepared for Erik Floor and Associates, Inc
Superluminal X-shaped beams propagating without distortion along a coaxial guide
In a previous paper [Phys. Rev. E64 (2001) 066603; e-print physics/0001039],
we showed that localized Superluminal solutions to the Maxwell equations exist,
which propagate down (non-evanescence) regions of a metallic cylindrical
waveguide. In this paper we construct analogous non-dispersive waves
propagating along coaxial cables. Such new solutions, in general, consist in
trains of (undistorted) Superluminal "X-shaped" pulses. Particular attention is
paid to the construction of finite total energy solutions. Any results of this
kind may find application in the other fields in which an essential role is
played by a wave-equation (like acoustics, geophysics, etc.). [PACS nos.:
03.50.De; 41.20;Jb; 83.50.Vr; 62.30.+d; 43.60.+d; 91.30.Fn; 04.30.Nk; 42.25.Bs;
46.40.Cd; 52.35.Lv. Keywords: Wave equations; Wave propagation; Localized
beams; Superluminal waves; Coaxial cables; Bidirectional decomposition; Bessel
beams; X-shaped waves; Maxwell equations; Microwaves; Optics; Special
relativity; Coaxial metallic waveguides; Acoustics; Seismology; Mechanical
waves; Elastic waves; Guided gravitational waves.]Comment: plain LaTeX file (22 pages), plus 15 figures; in press in Phys. Rev.
X-waves Generated at Second Harmonic
The process of optical frequency doubling can lead, in the undepleted regime,
to the generation of a X-wave envelope with group velocity locked to the pump
beam. Its parameters and its angular spectrum, are directly related to the
zero- and first-order dispersive features of the nonlinear process. This
constitutes a novel mechanism for spatio-temporal localization of light.Comment: 11 pages, 1 figure, revised version submitted to Optics Letter
Factors Affecting Students' Performance
Determinants of students' performance have been the subject of ongoing debate among educators, academics, and policy makers. There have been many studies that sought to examine this issue and their findings point out to hard work, previous schooling, parents’ education, family income and self motivation as factors that have a significant effect on the students GPA.
Most of those studies have focused on students' performance in the U.S. and Europe. However, since cultural differences may play a role in shaping the factors that affect students' performance, it is very important to examine those relevant factors to the UAE society. The aim of this study is to investigate the socio-economic characteristics of students of the College of Business and Economics-UAEU in relation to these students' performance and taking into account variables pertaining to the UAE Society. Using a sample of 864 CBE student and regression analysis, our results show that the most important factor that affects student's performance is the student's competence in English. Besides competence in English, students who participate in class discussion and those on leave outperform other students. The factors that negatively affect student's performance the most are missing too many lectures and living in crowded household. The results also show that non-national students outperform national students and female students outperform their male counterpart
Superluminal effects for quantum tunneling through two successive barriers
We study the phenomenon of one-dimensional non-resonant tunnelling through
two successive potential barriers, separated by an intermediate free region R,
by analyzing the relevant solutions to the Schroedinger equation. We find that
the total traversal time is INDEPENDENT not only of the barrier widths (the
so-called "Hartman effect"), but also of the R-width: so that the effective
velocity in the region R, between the two barriers, can be regarded as
infinite. This agrees with the results known from the corresponding waveguide
experiments, which simulated the tunnelling experiment herein considered
because of the formal identity between the Schroedinger and the Helmholtz
equation [PACS numbers: 73.40.Gk; 03.65.-w; 03.30.+p; 41.20.Jb; 84.40.Az].Comment: plain LaTeX file (8 pages), including 1 figure (in LaTeX). Replaced
with improvements in some intermediary equation
Photon localization barrier can be overcome
In contradistinction to a widespread belief that the spatial localization of
photons is restricted by a power-law falloff of the photon energy density,
I.Bialynicki-Birula [Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 5247 (1998)] has proved that any
stronger -- up to an almost exponential -- falloff is allowed. We are showing
that for certain specifically designed cylindrical one-photon states the
localization is even better in lateral directions. If the photon state is built
from the so-called focus wave mode, the falloff in the waist cross-section
plane turns out to be quadratically exponential (Gaussian) and such strong
localization persists in the course of propagation.Comment: Short communication -- 4 pages, 2 figure
Effect of eccentricity on conjugate natural convection in vertical eccentric annuli
Paper presented at the 6th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, South Africa, 30 June - 2 July, 2008.Combined conduction-free convection heat transfer in
vertical eccentric annuli is numerically investigated using a
finite-difference technique. Numerical results, representing the
heat transfer parameters such as annulus walls temperature,
heat flux, and heat absorbed in the developing region of the
annulus, are presented for a Newtonian fluid of Prandtl number
0.7, fluid-annulus radius ratio 0.5, solid-fluid thermal
conductivity ratio 10, inner and outer wall dimensionless
thicknesses 0.1 and 0.2, respectively, and dimensionless
eccentricities 0.1, 0.3, 0.5, and 0.7. The annulus walls are
subjected to thermal boundary conditions, which are obtained
by heating one wall isothermally whereas keeping the other
wall at inlet fluid temperature. In the present paper, the annulus
heights required to achieve thermal full development for
prescribed eccentricities are obtained. Furthermore, the
variation in the height of thermal full development as function
of the geometrical parameter, i.e., eccentricity is also
investigated.vk201
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