969 research outputs found
An assessment of the mantle and slab components in the magmas of an oceanic arc volcano: Raoul Volcano, Kermadec arc
Raoul Volcano occupies a simple oceanic subduction setting in the northern part of the Kermadec arc on the PacificâAustralian convergent plate boundary. The primary inputs to the magmatic system that feeds the volcano are a subduction component derived from the subducting old Pacific oceanic lithosphere and its veneer of pelagic sediment, and the overlying peridotitic mantle wedge. Conservative trace elements that are very incompatible during mantle melting are relatively depleted in Raoul lavas indicating a source that has been depleted during an earlier melting event. Major element co-variations indicate magma genesis by 25% near fractional melting of a mantle source that is weakly depleted (2% melt extraction) relative to a fertile MORB source. An important influence on the composition of the mantle component is progressive melt extraction coupled with minimal advection of fresh material into the sub-arc zone followed by melt extraction from a melting column beneath the spreading centre of an adjacent back arc basin. High field strength element and rare earth element systematics indicate involvement of a subduction-related component of constant composition. Two fluid components can be distinguished, one enriched in large ion lithophile elements inferred to be an aqueous fluid that is continuously added to the ascending melt column and the other a less mobile fluid that transfers Th. A homogeneous subduction-related component of constant composition and magnitude arises if the slab-derived flux migrates from the slabâmantle interface to the sub-arc melting column by repeated episodes of amphibole formation and decomposition its composition is then governed by the distribution coefficients of pyroxene and its magnitude by the degree of amphibole saturation of mantle peridotite. The results from Raoul Volcano are comparable to those from other oceanic subduction-related arcs such as South Sandwich and Marianas suggesting that this is a general model for oceanic arcs
Communication and trust in the bounded confidence model
The communication process in a situation of emergency is discussed within the
Scheff theory of shame and pride. The communication involves messages from
media and from other persons. Three strategies are considered: selfish (to
contact friends), collective (to join other people) and passive (to do
nothing). We show that the pure selfish strategy cannot be evolutionarily
stable. The main result is that the community structure is statistically
meaningful only if the interpersonal communication is weak.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figures, RevTeX, for ICCCI-201
Rotational degree-of-freedom synthesis: An optimised finite difference method for non-exact data
Measuring the rotational dynamic behaviour of a structure is important for many areas of dynamics such as passive vibration control, acoustics, and model updating. Specialist and dedicated equipment is often needed, unless the rotational degree-of-freedom is synthesised based upon translational data. However, this involves numerically differentiating the translational mode shapes to approximate the rotational modes, for example using a finite difference algorithm. A key challenge with this approach is choosing the measurement spacing between the data points, an issue which has often been overlooked in the published literature.
The present contribution will for the first time prove that the use of a finite difference approach can be unstable when using non-exact measured data and a small measurement spacing, for beam-like structures. Then, a generalised analytical error analysis is used to propose an optimised measurement spacing, which balances the numerical error of the finite difference equation with the propagation error from the perturbed data. The approach is demonstrated using both numerical and experimental investigations. It is shown that by obtaining a small number of test measurements it is possible to optimise the measurement accuracy, without any further assumptions on the boundary conditions of the structure
The Detectability of Departures from the Inflationary Consistency Equation
We study the detectability, given CMB polarization maps, of departures from
the inflationary consistency equation, r \equiv T/S \simeq -5 n_T, where T and
S are the tensor and scalar contributions to the quadrupole variance,
respectively. The consistency equation holds if inflation is driven by a
slowly-rolling scalar field. Departures can be caused by: 1) higher-order terms
in the expansion in slow-roll parameters, 2) quantum loop corrections or 3)
multiple fields. Higher-order corrections in the first two slow-roll parameters
are undetectably small. Loop corrections are detectable if they are nearly
maximal and r \ga 0.1. Large departures (|\Delta n_T| \ga 0.1) can be seen if r
\ga 0.001. High angular resolution can be important for detecting non-zero
r+5n_T, even when not important for detecting non-zero r.Comment: 7 pages, 4 figures, submitted to PR
Constraining slow-roll inflation with WMAP and 2dF
We constrain slow-roll inflationary models using the recent WMAP data
combined with data from the VSA, CBI, ACBAR and 2dF experiments. We find the
slow-roll parameters to be and . For inflation models
we find that at the 2 and levels,
indicating that the model is under very strong pressure from
observations. We define a convergence criterion to judge the necessity of
introducing further power spectrum parameters such as the spectral index and
running of the spectral index. This criterion is typically violated by models
with large negative running that fit the data, indicating that the running
cannot be reliably measured with present data.Comment: 8 pages RevTeX4 file with six figures incorporate
Review Article: Rethinking Holder
Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/68947/2/10.1177_096394709800700104.pd
Geometry and slip rate of the Aigion fault, a young normal fault system in the western Gulf of Corinth
The Aigion fault is one of the youngest major normal faults in the Gulf of Corinth, Greece, with an immature displacement profile. Based on geometry, slip rate and comparison with regional faults, we estimate the fault system length at ~10 km. We find the slip rate of the fault system is ~3.5 ± 1 mm/yr decreasing to ~2.5 ± 0.7 mm/yr close to its eastern tip. Complex fault geometry and displacement profiles on the shelf east of Aigion are consistent with the latter as the eastern tip location. Analysis of slip on this fault system and the established fault to the south (Western Eliki Fault) suggests that slip was transferred rapidly but not homogeneously between the two faults during the period of contemporaneous activity. Together with a lack of evidence of lateral propagation at the eastern fault tip in the last 10â13 k.y., we suggest that the fault developed and established its current length rapidly, within its 200â300 k.y. history. These results contribute to our understanding of the process of northward fault migration into the rift and the development of new normal faults
Oscillations During Inflation and the Cosmological Density Perturbations
Adiabatic (curvature) perturbations are produced during a period of
cosmological inflation that is driven by a single scalar field, the inflaton.
On particle physics grounds -- though -- it is natural to expect that this
scalar field is coupled to other scalar degrees of freedom. This gives rise to
oscillations between the perturbation of the inflaton field and the
perturbations of the other scalar degrees of freedom, similar to the phenomenon
of neutrino oscillations. Since the degree of the mixing is governed by the
squared mass matrix of the scalar fields, the oscillations can occur even if
the energy density of the extra scalar fields is much smaller than the energy
density of the inflaton field. The probability of oscillation is resonantly
amplified when perturbations cross the horizon and the perturbations in the
inflaton field may disappear at horizon crossing giving rise to perturbations
in scalar fields other than the inflaton. Adiabatic and isocurvature
perturbations are inevitably correlated at the end of inflation and we provide
a simple expression for the cross-correlation in terms of the slow-roll
parameters.Comment: 23 pages, uses LaTeX, added few reference
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