Sagnac effect in resonant microcavities

The Sagnac effect in two dimensional (2D) resonant microcavities is studied theoretically and numerically. The frequency shift due to the Sagnac effect occurs as a threshold phenomenon for the angular velocity in a rotating microcavity. Above the threshold, the eigenfunctions of a rotating microcavity become rotating waves while they are standing waves below the threshold

Wave Chaos in Rotating Optical Cavities

It is shown that, even when the eigenmodes of an optical cavity are wave-chaotic, the frequency splitting due to the rotation of the cavity occurs and the frequency difference is proportional to the angular velocity although the splitting eigenmodes are still wave-chaotic and do not correspond to any unidirectionally-rotating waves.Comment: 4 pages, 6 figure

Observations of five molecular species in absorption towards Sagittarius B2

Seven diffuse molecular clouds have been detected in absorption, using the Sgr B2 star-formation region was used as a source of background continuum emission. Transitions were observed at frequencies around 49, 85 and 98 GHz, from CS, C34S, H13CN, H13CO+, SiO and C3H2. Clouds detected in absorption include the "nuclear disk", the 3 kpc expanding arm, spiral arms in the Galactic Plane, and two unidentified regions. The nuclear disk line profile was found to be inconsistent with homogeneous disk or bar models, instead suggesting irregular perturbations of the gas within a few hundred pc of the Galactic Centre. Absorption in CS was detected in two different rotational transitions, leading to reliable estimates of the physical parameters of the clouds. In particular, exitation temperaturers could be estimated, instead of assumed values being used, as was the case in previous studies. Results from an LTE analysis and from LVG modelling show that the absorption lines are mostly optically thin, with molecular column densities ~1012-14cm-2 per cloud. Excitation temperatures as high as 5K were found, inconsistent with heating by the 2.7K cosmic background radiation alone. Cloud densities were estimated at nH2~104cm-3, or less if the gas is highly subthermalised

Qualifications of Bonding Process of Temperature Sensors to Deep-Space Missions

A process has been examined for bonding a platinum resistance thermometer (PRT) onto potential aerospace materials such as flat aluminum surfaces and a flexible copper tube to simulate coaxial cables for flight applications. Primarily, PRTs were inserted into a silver-plated copper braid to avoid stresses on the sensor while the sensor was attached with the braid to the base material for long-duration, deep-space missions. A1-1145/graphite composite (planar substrate) and copper tube have been used in this study to assess the reliability of PRT bonding materials. A flexible copper tube was chosen to simulate the coaxial cable to attach PRTs. The substrate materials were cleaned with acetone wipes to remove oils and contaminants. Later, the surface was also cleaned with ethyl alcohol and was air-dried. The materials were gently abraded and then were cleaned again the same way as previously mentioned. Initially, shielded (silver plated copper braid) PRT (type X) test articles were fabricated and cleaned. The base antenna material was pretreated and shielded, and CV-2566 NuSil silicone was used to attach the shielded PRT to the base material. The test articles were cured at room temperature and humidity for seven days. The resistance of the PRTs was continuously monitored during the thermal cycling, and the test articles were inspected prior to, at various intermediate steps during, and at the end of the thermal cycling as well. All of the PRTs survived three times the expected mission life for the JUNO project. No adhesion problems were observed in the PRT sensor area, or under the shielded PRT. Furthermore, the PRT resistance accurately tracked the thermal cycling of the chamber

Universal behavior of quantum Green's functions

We consider a general one-particle Hamiltonian H = - \Delta_r + u(r) defined in a d-dimensional domain. The object of interest is the time-independent Green function G_z(r,r') = . Recently, in one dimension (1D), the Green's function problem was solved explicitly in inverse form, with diagonal elements of Green's function as prescribed variables. The first aim of this paper is to extract from the 1D inverse solution such information about Green's function which cannot be deduced directly from its definition. Among others, this information involves universal, i.e. u(r)-independent, behavior of Green's function close to the domain boundary. The second aim is to extend the inverse formalism to higher dimensions, especially to 3D, and to derive the universal form of Green's function for various shapes of the confining domain boundary.Comment: 46 pages, the shortened version submitted to J. Math. Phy