Modelling of Krakatoa Tsunami Wave Propagation and Community Engagement Based on SWOT Analysis in Southern Lampung, Indonesia

The eruption of Krakatoa which occurred on the 22 December 2018 caused an avalanche from the Gunung Anak Krakatau (GAK) body into the sea, causing a tsunami in the Sunda Strait. The tsunami affected Lampung (Sumatra) and Banten (Java) provinces in Indonesia. Based on the field observations made by Takabatake et al. (2019) in the southern part of Lampung, it was identified that there were severely damaged areas in Lampung; i.e. East Way Muli, Central Way Muli, and Kunjir villages. A numerical model was developed to simulate past and future tsunami wave propagation scenarios. In addition, the strategic planning technique of SWOT analysis was carried out in order to make recommendations for the resilience of local coastal communities for future tsunami events in Southern Lampung

Mekanisme Pelindian PT, Pd dan Rh dari Limbah Katalis Otomotif dalam Sistem Larutan Naclo-hcl-h

MEKANISME PELINDIAN Pt, Pd DAN Rh DARI LIMBAH KATALIS OTOMOTIF DALAM SISTEM LARUTAN NaClO-HCl-H2O2. Kelompok Logam Platinum, KLP (Platinum Group Metals, PGM) merupakan logam mulia penting dalam aplikasi berbagai industri. Oleh karena itu proses daur ulang (recycling) dan perolehan kembali (recovery) logam ini dari sumber sekunder menjadi penting akibat keterbatasan cadangan logam mulia dari cadangan primer (bijih). Untuk memperoleh kembali KLP ini, proses hidrometalurgi berupa pelindian (leaching) dipandang sangat handal. Kajian ini dilakukan untuk mendaur ulang dan memperoleh kembali KLP, seperti platinum (Pt) paladium (Pd) dan rhodium (Rh) dari limbah produksi konverter katalis dengan proses pelindian menggunakan campuran larutan NaClO-HCl-H2O2. Cuplikan limbah konverter katalis, yang sebelumnya telah di giling dan direduksi dengan gas hidrogen, dilindi dengan campuran larutan NaClO-HCl- H2O2 pada 338 K selama 3 jam. Pengaruh beberapa parameter pelindian diamati pula selama proses. Dari pengujian dihasilkan kondisi optimum pelindian Pt, Pd dan Rh pada konsentrasi 3 %(vol) NaClO, 5 M HCl dan penambahan 1 %( vol) H2O2. Perolehan kembali Pt, Pd dan Rh setelah 3 jam pelindian secara berurutan adalah 88%, 99% dan 77%. Mekanisme reaksi pelindian akan dibahas dalam publikasi ini dengan mengamati kinetika reaksinya. Diamati dari hasil pengujian dan perhitungan bahwa mekanisme reaksi pelindian KPL dalam campuran larutan NaClO-HCl-H2O2 adalah mekanisme yang dikontrol oleh difusi (diffusion controlled mechanism)

Electronic Properties of Topological Materials: Optical Excitations in Moebius Conjugated Polymers

Electronic structures and optical excitations in Moebius conjugated polymers are studied theoretically. Periodic and Moebius boundary conditions are applied to the tight binding model of poly(para-phenylene), taking exciton effects into account. We discuss that oligomers with a few structural units are more effective than polymers for observations of effects of discrete wave numbers that are shifted by the change in boundary condition. Next, calculations of optical absorption spectra are reported. Certain components of optical absorption for an electric field perpendicular to the polymer axis mix with absorption spectra for an electric field parallel to the polymer axis. Therefore, the polarization dependences of an electric field of light enable us to detect whether conjugated polymers have the Moebius boundary.Comment: 10 pages, 6 figures, to be published in J. Phys. Soc. Jpn., Vol. 74 No. 2 (February, 2005), Letter sectio

Quantum dislocations: the fate of multiple vacancies in two dimensional solid 4He

Defects are believed to play a fundamental role in the supersolid state of 4He. We have studied solid 4He in two dimensions (2D) as function of the number of vacancies n_v, up to 30, inserted in the initial configuration at rho = 0.0765 A^-2, close to the melting density, with the exact zero temperature Shadow Path Integral Ground State method. The crystalline order is found to be stable also in presence of many vacancies and we observe two completely different regimes. For small n_v, up to about 6, vacancies form a bound state and cause a decrease of the crystalline order. At larger n_v, the formation energy of an extra vacancy at fixed density decreases by one order of magnitude to about 0.6 K. In the equilibrated state it is no more possible to recognize vacancies because they mainly transform into quantum dislocations and crystalline order is found almost independent on how many vacancies have been inserted in the initial configuration. The one--body density matrix in this latter regime shows a non decaying large distance tail: dislocations, that in 2D are point defects, turn out to be mobile, their number is fluctuating, and they are able to induce exchanges of particles across the system mainly triggered by the dislocation cores. These results indicate that the notion of incommensurate versus commensurate state loses meaning for solid 4He in 2D, because the number of lattice sites becomes ill defined when the system is not commensurate. Crystalline order is found to be stable also in 3D in presence of up to 100 vacancies

Simple choreographies of the planar Newtonian NN-body Problem

In the $N$-body problem, a simple choreography is a periodic solution, where all masses chase each other on a single loop. In this paper we prove that for the planar Newtonian $N$-body problem with equal masses, $N \ge 3$, there are at least $2^{N-3} + 2^{[(N-3)/2]}$ different main simple choreographies. This confirms a conjecture given by Chenciner and etc. in \cite{CGMS02}.Comment: 31pages, 6 figures. Refinements in notations and proof

On the existence of supersolid helium-4 monolayer films

Extensive Monte Carlo simulations of helium-4 monolayer films adsorbed on weak substrates have been carried out, aimed at ascertaining the possible occurrence of a quasi-two-dimensional supersolid phase. Only crystalline films not registered with underlying substrates are considered. Numerical results yield strong evidence that helium-4 will not form a supersolid film on {any} substrate strong enough to stabilize a crystalline layer. On weaker substrates, continuous growth of a liquid film takes place

Improving surface acousto-optical interaction by high aspect ratio electrodes

International audienceThe acousto-optical interaction of an optical wave confined inside a waveguide and a surface acoustic wave launched by an interdigital transducer (IDT) at the surface of a piezoelectric material is considered. The IDT with high aspect ratio electrodes supports several acoustic modes that are strongly confined to the surface, causing a significant increase in the strain underneath the surface. A finite element method is employed to model the surface acoustic waves generated by a finite length IDT with 12 electrode pairs and subsequently to study their interaction with an optical wave propagating in a waveguide buried in the lithium niobate substrate supporting the electrodes. The interaction can be increased up to 600 times using these new types of surface acoustic waves as compared to using a conventional IDT with thin electrodes. This result could find applications in improved acousto-optical integrated modulators

Binary Tree Approach to Scaling in Unimodal Maps

Ge, Rusjan, and Zweifel (J. Stat. Phys. 59, 1265 (1990)) introduced a binary tree which represents all the periodic windows in the chaotic regime of iterated one-dimensional unimodal maps. We consider the scaling behavior in a modified tree which takes into account the self-similarity of the window structure. A non-universal geometric convergence of the associated superstable parameter values towards a Misiurewicz point is observed for almost all binary sequences with periodic tails. There are an infinite number of exceptional sequences, however, which lead to superexponential scaling. The origin of such sequences is explained.Comment: 25 pages, plain Te