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Fluctuation Results from PHENIX
The PHENIX Experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider has made
measurements of event-by-event fluctuations in the net charge, the mean
transverse momentum, and the charged particle multiplicity as a function of
collision energy, centrality, and transverse momentum in heavy ion collisions.
The results of these measurements will be reviewed and discussed.Comment: Proceedings for the Workshop on Correlations and Fluctuations in
Relativistic Nuclear Collisions, April 21-23, 2005; 10 pages, 17 figure
Shock temperatures in anorthite glass
Temperatures of CaAl2Si2O8 (anorthite glass) shocked to pressures between 48 and 117 GPa were measured in the range from 2500 to 5600 K, using optical pyrometry techniques. The pressure dependence of the shock temperatures deviates significantly from predictions based on a single high pressure phase. At least three phase transitions, at pressures of about 55, 85, and 100 GPa and with transition energies of about 0.5 MJ/kg each (approximately 1.5 MJ/kg total) are required to explain the shock temperature data. The phase transition at 100 GPa can possibly be identified with the stishovite melting transition. Theoretical models of the time dependence of the thermal radiation from the shocked anorthite based on the geometry of the experiment and the absorptive properties of the shocked material yields good agreement with observations, indicating that it is not necessary to invoke intrinsic time dependences to explain the data in many cases
Local information transfer as a spatiotemporal filter for complex systems
We present a measure of local information transfer, derived from an existing
averaged information-theoretical measure, namely transfer entropy. Local
transfer entropy is used to produce profiles of the information transfer into
each spatiotemporal point in a complex system. These spatiotemporal profiles
are useful not only as an analytical tool, but also allow explicit
investigation of different parameter settings and forms of the transfer entropy
metric itself. As an example, local transfer entropy is applied to cellular
automata, where it is demonstrated to be a novel method of filtering for
coherent structure. More importantly, local transfer entropy provides the first
quantitative evidence for the long-held conjecture that the emergent traveling
coherent structures known as particles (both gliders and domain walls, which
have analogues in many physical processes) are the dominant information
transfer agents in cellular automata.Comment: 12 page
Post-Newtonian gravitational radiation and equations of motion via direct integration of the relaxed Einstein equations. V. Evidence for the strong equivalence principle to second post-Newtonian order
Using post-Newtonian equations of motion for fluid bodies valid to the second
post-Newtonian order, we derive the equations of motion for binary systems with
finite-sized, non-spinning but arbitrarily shaped bodies. In particular we
study the contributions of the internal structure of the bodies (such as
self-gravity) that would diverge if the size of the bodies were to shrink to
zero. Using a set of virial relations accurate to the first post-Newtonian
order that reflect the stationarity of each body, and redefining the masses to
include 1PN and 2PN self-gravity terms, we demonstrate the complete
cancellation of a class of potentially divergent, structure-dependent terms
that scale as s^{-1} and s^{-5/2}, where s is the characteristic size of the
bodies. This is further evidence of the Strong Equivalence Principle, and
supports the use of post-Newtonian approximations to derive equations of motion
for strong-field bodies such as neutron stars and black holes. This extends
earlier work done by Kopeikin.Comment: 14 pages, submitted to Phys. Rev. D; small changes to coincide with
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Acoustic characterization of crack damage evolution in sandstone deformed under conventional and true triaxial loading
We thank the Associate Editor, Michelle Cooke, and the reviewers, Ze'ev Reches and Yves Guéguen, for useful comments which helped to improve the manuscript. We thank J.G. Van Munster for providing access to the true triaxial apparatus at KSEPL and for technical support during the experimental program. We thank R. Pricci for assistance with technical drawings of the apparatus. This work was partly funded by NERC award NE/N002938/1 and by a NERC Doctoral Studentship, which we gratefully acknowledge. Supporting data are included in a supporting information file; any additional data may be obtained from J.B. (e-mail: [email protected]).Peer reviewedPublisher PD
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