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Century scale persistence in longitude distribution: in the Sun and in silico
Using Greenwich sunspot data for 120 years it was recently observed that
activity regions on the Sun's surface tend to lie along smoothly changing
longitude strips 180 degrees apart from each other. However, numerical
experiments with random input data show that most, if not all, of the observed
longitude discrimination can be looked upon as an artifact of the analysis
method.Comment: 4 pages, 12 figures, accepted for publication in Astronomy and
Astrophysic
Use of satellite pictures for determining major shield fractures relevant for ore prospecting, northern Finland
The author has identified the following significant results. A combined analysis of LANDSAT 1 imagery, aeromagnetic and other maps, and aerial photos has revealed a dense network of bedrock fractures in northern Finland. They form several fracturing zones, which obviously represent surficial manifestations of major fractures. The fractures follow, in general, the eight main trends of crustal shear characteristics of the Baltic Shield, but show distinct deviations from them in detail. The major fracture zones divide the bedrock into a mosaic of polygonal blocks, which in many cases coincide with the main rock units of the area and are characterized by different patterns of internal fracturing. Known mineralizations show a tendency to concentrate along the fracture zones. Optical filtering of original LANDSAT images might provide a rapid tool for the analysis of major structural trends in extensive areas such as shields or entire continents
Discriminating between technicolor and warped extra dimensional model via pp ZZ channel
We explore the possibility to discriminate between certain strongly-coupled
technicolor (TC) models and warped extra-dimensional models where the Standard
Model fields are propagating in the extra dimension. We consider a generic
QCD-like TC model with running coupling as well as two TC models with walking
dynamics. We argue that due to the different production mechanisms for the
lowest-lying composite tensor state in these TC theories compared to the first
Kaluza-Klein graviton mode of warped extra-dimensional case, it is possible to
distinguish between these models based on the angular analysis of the
reconstructed longitudinal Z bosons in the four charged
leptons channel.Comment: 16 pages, 3 figures, 1 tabl
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