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Gaussian process tomography for soft x-ray spectroscopy at WEST without equilibrium information
International audienceGaussian process tomography (GPT) is a recently developed tomography method based on the Bayesian probability theory [J. Svensson, JET Internal Report EFDA-JET-PR(11)24, 2011 and Li et al., Rev. Sci. Instrum. 84, 083506 (2013)]. By modeling the soft X-ray (SXR) emissivity field in a poloidal cross section as a Gaussian process, the Bayesian SXR tomography can be carried out in a robust and extremely fast way. Owing to the short execution time of the algorithm, GPT is an important candidate for providing real-time reconstructions with a view to impurity transport and fast magnetohydrodynamic control. In addition, the Bayesian formalism allows quantifying uncertainty on the inferred parameters. In this paper, the GPT technique is validated using a synthetic data set expected from the WEST tokamak, and the results are shown of its application to the reconstruction of SXR emissivity profiles measured on Tore Supra. The method is compared with the standard algorithm based on minimization of the Fisher information
Redundant actuator development program
Two concepts of redundant secondary actuator mechanization, applicable to future advanced flight control systems, were studied to quantitatively assess their design applicability to an AST. The two actuator concepts, a four-channel, force summed system and a three-channel, active/standby system have been developed and evaluated through analysis, analog computer simulation, and piloted motion simulation. The quantitative comparison of the two concepts indicates that the force summed concept better meet performance requirements, although the active/standby is superior in other respects. Both concepts are viable candidates for advanced control application dependent on the specific performance requirements
ASIC Implementation of Time-Domain Digital Backpropagation with Deep-Learned Chromatic Dispersion Filters
We consider time-domain digital backpropagation with chromatic dispersion
filters jointly optimized and quantized using machine-learning techniques.
Compared to the baseline implementations, we show improved BER performance and
>40% power dissipation reductions in 28-nm CMOS.Comment: 3 pages, 3 figures, updated reference list, added one sentence in the
result section for clarit
Search for Non-Triggered Gamma Ray Bursts in the BATSE Continuous Records: Preliminary Results
We present preliminary results of an off-line search for non-triggered
gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) in the BATSE daily records for about 5.7 years of
observations. We found more GRB-like events than the yield of the similar
search of Kommers et al. (1998) and extended the Log N - log P distribution
down to 0.1 ph cm s. The indication of a turnover of the
log N - log P at a small P is not confirmed: the distribution is straight at
1.5 decades with the power law index -.6 and cannot be fitted with a standard
candle cosmological model.Comment: 4 pages, LaTeX, to appear in Proceedings "Gamma Ray Bursts in the
Afterglow Era", Rome, November 1998, A&AS, 199
Description of superdeformed bands in light N=Z nuclei using the cranked HFB method
Superdeformed states in light nuclei are studied by means of the
self-consistent cranking calculation (i.e., the P + QQ model based on the
cranked Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov method). Analyses are given for two typical
cases of superdeformed bands in the mass region, that is, bands
where backbending is absent (Ca) and present (Ar). Investigations
are carried out, particularly for the following points: cross-shell excitations
in the sd and pf shells; the role of the g and d orbitals; the
effect of the nuclear pairing; and the interplay between triaxiality and band
termination.Comment: 17 pages, 18 figures, accepted in Phys. Rev.
On the utility of dreaming: a general model for how learning in artificial agents can benefit from data hallucination
We consider the benefits of dream mechanisms – that is, the ability to simulate new experiences based on past ones – in a machine learning context. Specifically, we are interested in learning for artificial agents that act in the world, and operationalize “dreaming” as a mechanism by which such an agent can use its own model of the learning environment to generate new hypotheses and training data.
We first show that it is not necessarily a given that such a data-hallucination process is useful, since it can easily lead to a training set dominated by spurious imagined data until an ill-defined convergence point is reached. We then analyse a notably successful implementation of a machine learning-based dreaming mechanism by Ha and Schmidhuber (Ha, D., & Schmidhuber, J. (2018). World models. arXiv e-prints, arXiv:1803.10122). On that basis, we then develop a general framework by which an agent can generate simulated data to learn from in a manner that is beneficial to the agent. This, we argue, then forms a general method for an operationalized dream-like mechanism.
We finish by demonstrating the general conditions under which such mechanisms can be useful in machine learning, wherein the implicit simulator inference and extrapolation involved in dreaming act without reinforcing inference error even when inference is incomplete
Radiation Front Sweeping the Ambient Medium of Gamma-Ray Bursts
Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are emitted by relativistic ejecta from powerful
cosmic explosions. Their light curves suggest that the gamma-ray emission
occurs at early stages of the ejecta expansion, well before it decelerates in
the ambient medium. If so, the launched gamma-ray front must overtake the
ejecta and sweep the ambient medium outward. As a result a gap is opened
between the ejecta and the medium that surfs the radiation front ahead.
Effectively, the ejecta moves in a cavity until it reaches a radius
R_{gap}=10^{16}E_{54}^{1/2} cm where E is the isotropic energy of the GRB. At
R=R_{gap} the gap is closed, a blast wave forms and collects the medium swept
by radiation. Further development of the blast wave is strongly affected by the
leading radiation front: the front plays the role of a precursor where the
medium is loaded with e+- pairs and preaccelerated just ahead of the blast. It
impacts the emission from the blast at R < R_{load}=5R_{gap} (the early
afterglow). A spectacular observational effect results: GRB afterglows should
start in optical/UV and evolve fast (< min) to a normal X-ray afterglow. The
early optical emission observed in GRB 990123 may be explained in this way. The
impact of the front is especially strong if the ambient medium is a wind from a
massive progenitor of the GRB. In this case three phenomena are predicted: (1)
The ejecta decelerates at R<R_{load} producing a lot of soft radiation. (2) The
light curve of soft emission peaks at
t_{peak}=40(1+z)E_{54}^{1/2}(Gamma_{ej}/100)^{-2} s where Gamma_{ej} is the
Lorentz factor of the ejecta. Given measured redshift z and t_{peak}, one finds
Gamma_{ej}. (3) The GRB acquires a spectral break at 5 - 50 MeV because harder
photons are absorbed by radiation scattered in the wind.Comment: 20 pages, accepted to Ap
Dependence between sea surge, river flow and precipitation in south and west Britain
International audienceEstuaries around Great Britain may be at heightened risk of flooding because of the simultaneous occurrence of extreme sea surge and river flow, both of which may be caused by mid-latitude cyclones. A measure especially suited for extremes was employed to estimate dependence between river flow and sea surge. To assist in the interpretation of why flow-surge dependence occurs in some areas and not in others, the dependence between precipitation and surge and between precipitation and river flow was also studied. Case studies of the meteorological situations leading to high surges and/or river flows were also carried out. The present study concerns catchments draining to the south and west coasts of Great Britain. Statistically significant dependence between river flow and daily maximum sea surge may be found at catchments spread along most of this coastline. However, higher dependence is generally found in catchments in hilly areas with a southerly to westerly aspect. Here, precipitation in south-westerly airflow, which is generally the quadrant of prevailing winds, will be enhanced orographically as the first higher ground is encountered. The sloping catchments may respond quickly to the abundant rainfall and the flow peak may arrive in the estuary on the same day as a large sea surge is produced by the winds and low atmospheric pressure associated with the cyclone. There are three regions where flow-surge dependence is strong: the western part of the English south coast, southern Wales and around the Solway Firth. To reduce the influence of tide-surge interaction on the dependence analysis, the dependence between river flow and daily maximum surge occurring at high tide was estimated. The general pattern of areas with higher dependence is similar to that using the daily maximum surge. The dependence between river flow and daily maximum sea surge is often strongest when surge and flow occur on the same day. The west coast from Wales and northwards has slightly stronger flow-surge dependence in summer than in winter, whereas dependence is stronger in winter than in summer for the southern part of the study area. Keywords: : Britain, dependence, sea surge, river flow, precipitation, mid-latitude cyclone, seasonality, time la
Early photon-shock interaction in stellar wind: sub-GeV photon flash and high energy neutrino emission from long GRBs
For gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) born in a stellar wind, as the reverse shock
crosses the ejecta, usually the shocked regions are still precipitated by the
prompt MeV \gamma-ray emission. Because of the tight overlapping of the MeV
photon flow with the shocked regions, the optical depth for the GeV photons
produced in the shocks is very large. These high energy photons are absorbed by
the MeV photon flow and generate relativistic e^\pm pairs. These pairs
re-scatter the soft X-ray photons from the forward shock as well as the prompt
\gamma-ray photons and power detectable high energy emission, significant part
of which is in the sub-GeV energy range. Since the total energy contained in
the forward shock region and the reverse shock region are comparable, the
predicted sub-GeV emission is independent on whether the GRB ejecta are
magnetized (in which case the reverse shock IC and synchrotron self-Compton
emission is suppressed). As a result, a sub-GeV flash is a generic signature
for the GRB wind model, and it should be typically detectable by the future
{\em Gamma-Ray Large Area Telescope} (GLAST). Overlapping also influence
neutrino emission. Besides the 10^{15} \sim 10^{17} eV neutrino emission
powered by the interaction of the shock accelerated protons with the
synchrotron photons in both the forward and reverse shock regions, there comes
another eV neutrino emission component powered by protons interacting
with the MeV photon flow. This last component has a similar spectrum to the one
generated in the internal shock phase, but the typical energy is slightly
lower.Comment: 7 pages, accepted for publication in Ap
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