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A reliable liquid helium detector
Detector and indicator system, utilizing commercial perforated germanium cryogenic thermometer as level sensor containing adjustable level discriminator with indicators, operates reliably over pressure range from 50 to 900 mm Hg without electronic adjustments
Neutrino masses or new interactions
Recent proposals to study the mass of the "electron" neutrino at a
sensitivity of 0.3 eV can be used to place limits on the right handed and
scalar charged currents at a level which improves on the present experimental
limits. Indeed the neglect of the possibility of such interactions can lead to
the inference of an incorrect value for the mass, as we illustrate.Comment: 12 pages and 3 figures. Contributed to the XX International Symposium
on Lepton and Photon Interactions at High Energies, Rome, July 2001, and to
the International Europhysics Conference on High Energy Physics, Budapest,
July 2001. Preprint numbers added, misprints correcte
Neutrino clustering and the Z-burst model
The possibility that the observed Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays are generated
by high energy neutrinos creating "Z-bursts" in resonant interactions with the
background neutrinos has been proposed, but there are difficulties in
generating enough events with reasonable incident neutrino fluxes.
We point out that this difficulty is overcome if the background neutrinos
have coalesced into "neutrino clouds" --- a possibility previously suggested by
some of us in another context. The limitations that this mechanism for the
generation of UHECRs places on the high energy neutrino flux, on the masses of
the background neutrinos and the characteristics of the neutrino clouds are
spelled out.Comment: 13 pages and 3 figures. Contributed to the XX International Symposium
on Lepton and Photon Interactions at High Energies, Rome, July 2001, and to
the International Europhysics Conference on High Energy Physics, Budapest,
July 2001. Preprint numbers added, misprints correcte
Brood patch and sex-ratio observations indicate breeding provenance and timing in New Zealand storm petrel (Fregetta maoriana)
We used measurements of brood patch and moult status to estimate the breeding phenology of New Zealand Storm-Petrel, using birds caught at sea within the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park near Auckland, New Zealand. Birds caught October–January had completely downy brood patches, whereas birds caught February–April had bare brood patches with an observed male bias in the February sex-ratio, consistent with a female pre-laying exodus typical of petrels and with the existence of an unknown colony in the region. No birds captured exhibited primary moult, which is known to occur in storm-petrels during their non-breeding season. Our data support the conclusion that the New Zealand storm-petrel breeds during January–June in northern New Zealand and that field surveys for the species on offshore islands in this region during this period are warrante
Gas of self-avoiding loops on the brickwork lattice
An exact calculation of the phase diagram for a loop gas model on the
brickwork lattice is presented. The model includes a bending energy. In the
dense limit, where all the lattice sites are occupied, a phase transition
occuring at an asymmetric Lifshitz tricritical point is observed as the
temperature associated with the bending energy is varied. Various critical
exponents are calculated. At lower densities, two lines of transitions (in the
Ising universality class) are observed, terminated by a tricritical point,
where there is a change in the modulation of the correlation function. To each
tricritical point an associated disorder line is found.Comment: 19 pages, 6 figures. to appear in J. Phys. A : Math. & Ge
Epoch Dependent Dark Energy
We present a model in which the equation of state parameter w approaches -1
near a particular value of z, and has significant negative values in a
restricted range of z. For example, one can have w ~ -1 near z = 1, and w >
-0.2 from z = 0 to z = 0.3, and for z > 9. The ingredients of the model are
neutral fermions (which may be neutrinos, neutralinos, etc) which are very
weakly coupled to a light scalar field. This model emphasises the importance of
the proposed studies of the properties of dark energy into the region z > 1.Comment: 7pp., 2 figs. Invited talk at the 5th Int'l. Wkshp. on the Dark Side
of the Universe, 1-5 June 2009 Melbourne, DSU09; to appear in the proceeding
A dynamics-driven approach to precision machines design for micro-manufacturing and its implementation perspectives
Precision machines are essential elements in fabricating high quality micro products or micro features and directly affect the machining accuracy, repeatability and efficiency. There are a number of literatures on the design of industrial machine elements and a couple of precision machines commercially available. However, few researchers have systematically addressed the design of precision machines from the dynamics point of view. In this paper, the design issues of precision machines are presented with particular emphasis on the dynamics aspects as the major factors affecting the performance of the precision machines and machining processes. This paper begins with a brief review of the design principles of precision machines with emphasis on machining dynamics. Then design processes of precision machines are discussed, and followed by a practical modelling and simulation approaches. Two case studies are provided including the design and analysis of a fast tool servo system and a 5-axis bench-top micro-milling machine respectively. The design and analysis used in the two case studies are formulated based on the design methodology and guidelines
Architectural/Environmental Handbook for Extraterrestrial Design
Handbook on environmental and space utilization criteria for design of extraterrestrial manned spacecraft and shelter
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