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Long-term evolution of massive star explosions
We examine simulations of core-collapse supernovae in spherical symmetry. Our
model is based on general relativistic radiation hydrodynamics with
three-flavor Boltzmann neutrino transport. We discuss the different supernova
phases, including the long-term evolution up to 20 seconds after the onset of
explosion during which the neutrino fluxes and mean energies decrease
continuously. In addition, the spectra of all flavors become increasingly
similar, indicating the change from charged- to neutral-current dominance.
Furthermore, it has been shown recently by several groups independently, based
on sophisticated supernova models, that collective neutrino flavor oscillations
are suppressed during the early mass-accretion dominated post-bounce evolution.
Here we focus on the possibility of collective flavor flips between electron
and non-electron flavors during the later, on the order of seconds, evolution
after the onset of an explosion with possible application for the
nucleosynthesis of heavy elements.Comment: 12 pages, 7 figures, conference proceeding, HANSE 2011 worksho
Metastability and uniqueness of vortex states at depinning
We present results from numerical simulations of transport of vortices in the
zero-field cooled (ZFC) and the field-cooled (FC) state of a type-II
superconductor. In the absence of an applied current , we find that the FC
state has a lower defect density than the ZFC state, and is stable against
thermal cycling. On the other hand, by cycling , surprisingly we find that
the ZFC state is the stable state. The FC state is metastable as manifested by
increasing to the depinning current , in which case the FC state
evolves into the ZFC state. We also find that all configurations acquire a
unique defect density at the depinning transition independent of the history of
the initial states.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures. Problem of page size correcte
Equilibrium Configurations of Homogeneous Fluids in General Relativity
By means of a highly accurate, multi-domain, pseudo-spectral method, we
investigate the solution space of uniformly rotating, homogeneous and
axisymmetric relativistic fluid bodies. It turns out that this space can be
divided up into classes of solutions. In this paper, we present two new classes
including relativistic core-ring and two-ring solutions. Combining our
knowledge of the first four classes with post-Newtonian results and the
Newtonian portion of the first ten classes, we present the qualitative
behaviour of the entire relativistic solution space. The Newtonian disc limit
can only be reached by going through infinitely many of the aforementioned
classes. Only once this limiting process has been consummated, can one proceed
again into the relativistic regime and arrive at the analytically known
relativistic disc of dust.Comment: 8 pages, colour figures, v3: minor additions including one reference,
accepted by MNRA
Field-tuned quantum critical point of antiferromagnetic metals
A magnetic field applied to a three-dimensional antiferromagnetic metal can
destroy the long-range order and thereby induce a quantum critical point. Such
field-induced quantum critical behavior is the focus of many recent
experiments. We investigate theoretically the quantum critical behavior of
clean antiferromagnetic metals subject to a static, spatially uniform external
magnetic field. The external field does not only suppress (or induce in some
systems) antiferromagnetism but also influences the dynamics of the order
parameter by inducing spin precession. This leads to an exactly marginal
correction to spin-fluctuation theory. We investigate how the interplay of
precession and damping determines the specific heat, magnetization,
magnetocaloric effect, susceptibility and scattering rates. We point out that
the precession can change the sign of the leading \sqrt{T} correction to the
specific heat coefficient c(T)/T and can induce a characteristic maximum in
c(T)/T for certain parameters. We argue that the susceptibility \chi =\partial
M/\partial B is the thermodynamic quantity which shows the most significant
change upon approaching the quantum critical point and which gives experimental
access to the (dangerously irrelevant) spin-spin interactions.Comment: 12 pages, 8 figure
Fluids with quenched disorder: Scaling of the free energy barrier near critical points
In the context of Monte Carlo simulations, the analysis of the probability
distribution of the order parameter , as obtained in simulation
boxes of finite linear extension , allows for an easy estimation of the
location of the critical point and the critical exponents. For Ising-like
systems without quenched disorder, becomes scale invariant at the
critical point, where it assumes a characteristic bimodal shape featuring two
overlapping peaks. In particular, the ratio between the value of at
the peaks () and the value at the minimum in-between ()
becomes -independent at criticality. However, for Ising-like systems with
quenched random fields, we argue that instead should be observed, where is the
"violation of hyperscaling" exponent. Since is substantially non-zero,
the scaling of with system size should be easily detectable in
simulations. For two fluid models with quenched disorder, versus
was measured, and the expected scaling was confirmed. This provides further
evidence that fluids with quenched disorder belong to the universality class of
the random-field Ising model.Comment: sent to J. Phys. Cond. Mat
Correlated motion of two atoms trapped in a single mode cavity field
We study the motion of two atoms trapped at distant positions in the field of
a driven standing wave high-Q optical resonator. Even without any direct
atom-atom interaction the atoms are coupled through their position dependent
influence on the intracavity field. For sufficiently good trapping and low
cavity losses the atomic motion becomes significantly correlated and the two
particles oscillate in their wells preferentially with a 90 degrees relative
phase shift. The onset of correlations seriously limits cavity cooling
efficiency, raising the achievable temperature to the Doppler limit. The
physical origin of the correlation can be traced back to a cavity mediated
cross-friction, i.e. a friction force on one particle depending on the velocity
of the second particle. Choosing appropriate operating conditions allows for
engineering these long range correlations. In addition this cross-friction
effect can provide a basis for sympathetic cooling of distant trapped clouds.Comment: 10 pages, 9 figures, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. A. Minor
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Core-collapse supernova simulations and the formation of neutron stars, hybrid stars, and black holes
We investigate observable signatures of a first-order quantum chromodynamics (QCD) phase transition in the context of core collapse supernovae. To this end, we conduct axially symmetric numerical relativity simulations with multi-energy neutrino transport, using a hadron-quark hybrid equation of state (EOS). We consider four non-rotating progenitor models, whose masses range from to \,M. We find that the two less massive progenitor stars (9.6 and 11.2\,M) show a successful explosion, which is driven by the neutrino heating. They do not undergo the QCD phase transition and leave behind a neutron star (NS). As for the more massive progenitor stars (50 and 70\,M), the proto-neutron star (PNS) core enters the phase transition region and experiences the second collapse. Because of a sudden stiffening of the EOS entering to the pure quark matter regime, a strong shock wave is formed and blows off the PNS envelope in the 50\,M model. Consequently the remnant becomes a quark core surrounded by hadronic matters, leading to the formation of the hybrid star. However for the 70\,M model, the shock wave cannot overcome the continuous mass accretion and it readily becomes a black hole. We find that the neutrino and gravitational wave (GW) signals from supernova explosions driven by the hadron-quark phase transition are detectable for the present generation of neutrino and GW detectors. Furthermore, the analysis of the GW detector response reveals unique kHz signatures, which will allow us to distinguish this class of supernova explosions from failed and neutrino-driven explosions
Low Space External Memory Construction of the Succinct Permuted Longest Common Prefix Array
The longest common prefix (LCP) array is a versatile auxiliary data structure
in indexed string matching. It can be used to speed up searching using the
suffix array (SA) and provides an implicit representation of the topology of an
underlying suffix tree. The LCP array of a string of length can be
represented as an array of length words, or, in the presence of the SA, as
a bit vector of bits plus asymptotically negligible support data
structures. External memory construction algorithms for the LCP array have been
proposed, but those proposed so far have a space requirement of words
(i.e. bits) in external memory. This space requirement is in some
practical cases prohibitively expensive. We present an external memory
algorithm for constructing the bit version of the LCP array which uses
bits of additional space in external memory when given a
(compressed) BWT with alphabet size and a sampled inverse suffix array
at sampling rate . This is often a significant space gain in
practice where is usually much smaller than or even constant. We
also consider the case of computing succinct LCP arrays for circular strings
Resistenzzüchtung für den Ökologischen Landbau bei Getreide
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Auch im Ökologischen Landbau gibt es Forschungsbedarf für Resistenzzüchtung, die Schwerpunkte sind aber teilweise andere als im konventionellen Bereich.
Bei Ährenfusariosen kann der Ökologische Landbau die vielfältigen Bestrebungen der konventionellen Züchter nutzen, in dem er die Resistenz bei der Sortenwahl berücksichtigt. Bereits mittelanfällige Sorten könnten hier einen ausreichenden Schutz bieten.
Bei Mutterkorn ist dringender Handlungsbedarf bei Roggen geboten, da hier mit Kulturmaßnahmen wenig Fortschritte zu erzielen sind. Die genetischen Unterschiede lassen gute Selektionsmöglichkeiten erwarten. Bei Triticale scheint aufgrund der bisherigen Ergebnisse wegen des geringen Befalls keine Züchtung erforderlich zu sein.
Anders sieht es bei den Brandkrankheiten des Weizens aus. Wenn die Saatgutproduktion ganz oder teilweise unter ökologischen Bedingungen stattfinden soll, kann es zunehmend zu Problemen kommen, brandfreies Z-Saatgut zu produzieren. Dies zeigen die Erfahrungen aus Osteuropa, wo aus wirtschaftlichen Gründen kaum noch gebeizt wird und die Brandpilze als Schadursache rasch wieder oberste Priorität erlangt haben
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