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Mass Flow Scaling of Gas-Assisted Coaxial Atomizers
This study aims to derive basic principles for liquid mass flow scaling of gas-assisted coaxial nozzles. Four liquid mass flow steps were investigated in the range of M = 20–500 kg·h, applying four atomizers with similar geometry designed at We = const. High-speed camera and phase Doppler anemometer were utilized to detect the local droplet size distribution. To estimate a reliable measurement plane, a detection method and determination according to the free jet theory was used. The resulting droplet size was analyzed, applying the aerodynamic Weber number, as well as the gas momentum flow. An empirical model was derived out of the measured data, which allows for liquid mass flow scaling when process parameters such as GLR, liquid mass flow, and required Sauter mean diameter are specified. The model was developed as a first step towards liquid mass flow scaling of gas-assisted coaxial atomizers within the investigated range of operating conditions
The WIRED Survey. IV. New Dust Disks from the McCook & Sion White Dwarf Catalog
We have compiled photometric data from the Wide-field Infrared Survey
Explorer All Sky Survey and other archival sources for the more than 2200
objects in the original McCook & Sion Catalog of Spectroscopically Identified
White Dwarfs. We applied color-selection criteria to identify 28 targets whose
infrared spectral energy distributions depart from the expectation for the
white dwarf photosphere alone. Seven of these are previously known white dwarfs
with circumstellar dust disks, five are known central stars of planetary
nebulae, and six were excluded for being known binaries or having possible
contamination of their infrared photometry. We fit white dwarf models to the
spectral energy distributions of the remaining ten targets, and find seven new
candidates with infrared excess suggesting the presence of a circumstellar dust
disk. We compare the model dust disk properties for these new candidates with a
comprehensive compilation of previously published parameters for known white
dwarfs with dust disks. It is possible that the current census of white dwarfs
with dust disks that produce an excess detectable at K-band and shorter
wavelengths is close to complete for the entire sample of known WDs to the
detection limits of existing near-IR all-sky surveys. The white dwarf dust disk
candidates now being found using longer wavelength infrared data are drawn from
a previously underrepresented region of parameter space, in which the dust
disks are overall cooler, narrower in radial extent, and/or contain fewer
emitting grains.Comment: accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal; 34 pages, 5
figures, 5 tables; added missing reference in Section 2 (p. 7
The WISE InfraRed Excesses around Degenerates (WIRED) Survey
The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) is a NASA medium class Explorer
mission that performed an all sky survey in four infrared bands. We present an overview of the WISE
InfraRed Excesses around Degenerates (WIRED) Survey, which has the goals of characterizing
white dwarf stars in the WISE bands, confirming objects known to have infrared excess from past
observations, and revealing new examples of white dwarfs with infrared excess that can be attributed
to unresolved companions or debris disks. We obtained preliminary WISE detections (S/N > 2) in
at least one band of 405 white dwarfs from the 9316 unique possible targets in the Sloan Digital
Sky Survey Data Release 4 Catalog of Spectroscopically Identified White Dwarfs (not all potential
targets were available in the sky coverage used here). A companion paper in this volume discusses
specific results from our target detections
Sharp lines in the absorption edge of EuTe and PbEuTe in high magnetic fields
The optical absorption spectra in the region of the \fd transition energies
of epitaxial layers of of EuTe and \PbEuTe, grown by molecular beam epitaxy,
were studied using circularly polarized light, in the Faraday configuration.
Under \sigmam polarization a sharp symmetric absorption line (full width at
half-maximum 0.041 eV) emerges at the low energy side of the band-edge
absorption, for magnetic fields intensities greater than 6 T. The absorption
line shows a huge red shift (35 meV/T) with increasing magnetic fields. The
peak position of the absorption line as a function of magnetic field is
dominated by the {\em d-f} exchange interaction of the excited electron and the
\Euion spins in the lattice. The {\em d-f} exchange interaction energy was
estimated to be eV. In \PbEuTe the same absorption line
is detected, but it is broader, due to alloy disorder, indicating that the
excitation is localized within a finite radius. From a comparison of the
absorption spectra in EuTe and \PbEuTe the characteristic radius of the
excitation is estimated to be \AA.Comment: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter (2004, at press
A preliminary report of multispectral scanner data from the Cleveland harbor study
Imagery obtained from an airborne multispectral scanner is presented. A synoptic view of the entire study area is shown for a number of time periods and for a number of spectral bands. Using several bands, sediment distributions, thermal plumes, and Rhodamine B dye distributions are shown
Carrier induced ferromagnetism in concentrated and diluted local-moment systems
For modeling the magnetic properties of concentrated and diluted magnetic
semiconductors, we use the Kondo-lattice model. The magnetic phase diagram is
derived by inspecting the static susceptibility of itinerant band electrons,
which are exchange coupled to localized magnetic moments. It turns out that
rather low band occupations favour a ferromagnetic ordering of the local moment
systems due to an indirect coupling mediated by a spin polarization of the
itinerant charge carriers. The disorder in diluted systems is treated by adding
a CPA-type concept to the theory. For almost all moment concentrations x,
ferromagnetism is possible, however, only for carrier concentrations n
distinctly smaller than x. The charge carrier compensation in real magnetic
semiconductors (in Ga_{1-x}Mn_{x}As by e.g. antisites) seems to be a necessary
condition for getting carrier induced ferromagnetism.Comment: 9 pages (REVTeX), 6 figures, to be published in Phys. Rev.
Remote sensing study of Maumee River effects of Lake Erie
The effects of river inputs on boundary waters were studied in partial support of the task to assess the significance of river inputs into receiving waters, dispersion of pollutants, and water quality. The effects of the spring runoff of the Maumee River on Lake Erie were assessed by a combination of ship survey and remote sensing techniques. The imagery obtained from a multispectral scanner of the west basin of Lake Erie is discussed: this clearly showed the distribution of particulates throughout the covered area. This synoptic view, in addition to its qualitative value, is very useful in selecting sampling stations for shipboard in situ measurements, and for extrapolating these quantitative results throughout the area of interest
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