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Constraining a bulk viscous matter-dominated cosmological model using SNe Ia, CMB and LSS
We present and constrain a cosmological model which component is a
pressureless fluid with bulk viscosity as an explanation for the present
accelerated expansion of the universe. We study the particular model of a
constant bulk viscosity coefficient \zeta_m. The possible values of \zeta_m are
constrained using the cosmological tests of SNe Ia Gold 2006 sample, the CMB
shift parameter R from the three-year WMAP observations, the Baryon Acoustic
Oscillation (BAO) peak A from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and the
Second Law of Thermodynamics (SLT). It was found that this model is in
agreement with the SLT using only the SNe Ia test. However when the model is
submitted to the three cosmological tests together (SNe+CMB+BAO) the results
are: 1.- the model violates the SLT, 2.- predicts a value of H_0 \approx 53 km
sec^{-1} Mpc^{-1} for the Hubble constant, and 3.- we obtain a bad fit to data
with a \chi^2_{min} \approx 400 (\chi^2_{d.o.f.} \approx 2.2). These results
indicate that this model is ruled out by the observations.Comment: 4 pages, 1 figure. Work presented in the XI Mexican Workshop on
Particles and Fields, Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico, nov 7-12, 2007. Submitted to
AIP Conference Proceedings of this conferenc
Scalar Spectrum from a Dynamical Gravity/Gauge model
We show that a Dynamical AdS/QCD model is able to reproduce the linear Regge
trajectories for the light-flavor sector of mesons with high spin and also for
the scalar and pseudoscalar ones. In addition the model has confinement by the
Wilson loop criteria and a mass gap. We also calculate the decay amplitude of
scalars into two pion in good agreement to the available experimental data.Comment: Presented in the 4th International Workshop on Astronomy and
Relativistic Astrophysic
Penilaian Budaya Keselamatan dengan Metode Safety Culture Assessment Review Team (Scart) (Studi Kasus di Prsg Badan Tenaga Nuklir Nasional)
Starting with the accident Unit 4 of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on April 26, 1986 in Ukraine and two Fukushima Daiichi reactor accidents on March 11, 2011 in Japan, the accident causing major trauma in the world of nuclear technology. The main cause of the explosion of the Chernobyl and Fukushima Daichii is the lack of safety culture, the agency does not have a culture of safety.It is undeniable that the development of research in the field of utilization of nuclear energy more rapidly. One of Indonesia's nuclear facilities is the nuclear region Serpong / BATAN, the main facilities located in this region is Multipurpose Reactor Center (PRSG) with a power of 30 MW. BATAN get the task of government as executor of research in the field of research, development and utilization of knowledge of nuclear technology. Research in the nuclear region PRSG BATAN Serpong aims to measure the values of a culture of safety in PRSG BATAN using a SCART to determine the safety culture ranked in PRSG and providing recommendations using a SCART guide (IAEA, 1998)for continuous improvent of safety culture. The results of the study concluded that the implementation of a safety culture PRSG achieve a score of 626.77 ranked as C (534 Score up to a score of 666) and recommended to make improvements will be given a recommendation improvements to the safety culture of the ten attributes that have low values
On the Luminosities and Temperatures of Extended X-ray Emission from Planetary Nebulae
We examine mechanisms that may explain the luminosities and relatively low
temperatures of extended X-ray emission in planetary nebulae. By building a
simple flow structure for the wind from the central star during the proto, and
early, planetary nebulae phase, we estimate the temperature of the X-ray
emitting gas and its total X-ray luminosity. We conclude that in order to
account for the X-ray temperature and luminosity, both the evolution of the
wind from the central star and the adiabatic cooling of the post-shocked wind's
material must be considered. The X-ray emitting gas results mainly from shocked
wind segments that were expelled during the early planetary nebulae phase, when
the wind speed was moderate. Alternatively, the X-ray emitting gas may result
from a collimated fast wind blown by a companion to the central star. Heat
conduction and mixing between hot and cool regions are likely to occur in some
cases and may determine the detailed X-ray morphology of a nebula, but are not
required to explain the basic properties of the X-ray emitting gas.Comment: ApJ, submitted; 16 page
Modelling stand biomass fractions in Galician Eucalyptus globulus plantations by use of different LiDAR pulse densities
Aims of study: To evaluate the potential use of canopy height and intensity distributions, determined by airborne
LiDAR, for the estimation of crown, stem and aboveground biomass fractions.
To assess the effects of a reduction in LiDAR pulse densities on model precision.
Area of study: The study area is located in Galicia, NW Spain. The forests are representative of Eucalyptus globulus
stands in NW Spain, characterized by low-intensity silvicultural treatments and by the presence of tall shrub.
Material and methods: Linear, multiplicative power and exponential models were used to establish empirical
relationships between field measurements and LiDAR metrics.
A random selection of LiDAR returns and a comparison of the prediction errors by LiDAR pulse density factor
were performed to study a possible loss of fit in these models.
Main results: Models showed similar goodness-of-fit statistics to those reported in the international literature. R2
ranged from 0.52 to 0.75 for stand crown biomass, from 0.64 to 0.87 for stand stem biomass, and from 0.63 to 0.86
for stand aboveground biomass. The RMSE/MEAN · 100 of the set of fitted models ranged from 17.4% to 28.4%.
Models precision was essentially maintained when 87.5% of the original point cloud was reduced, i.e. a reduction
from 4 pulses m–2 to 0.5 pulses m–2.
Research highlights: Considering the results of this study, the low-density LiDAR data that are released by the
Spanish National Geographic Institute will be an excellent source of information for reducing the cost of forest
inventories
Black-hole quasinormal modes and scalar glueballs in a finite-temperature AdS/QCD model
We use the holographic AdS/QCD soft-wall model to investigate the spectrum of
scalar glueballs in a finite temperature plasma. In this model, glueballs are
described by a massless scalar field in an AdS_5 black hole with a dilaton
soft-wall background. Using AdS/CFT prescriptions, we compute the boundary
retarded Green's function. The corresponding thermal spectral function shows
quasiparticle peaks at low temperatures. We also compute the quasinormal modes
of the scalar field in the soft-wall black hole geometry. The temperature and
momentum dependences of these modes are analyzed. The positions and widths of
the peaks of the spectral function are related to the frequencies of the
quasinormal modes. Our numerical results are found employing the power series
method and the computation of Breit-Wigner resonances.Comment: Revision: Results unchanged. More discussions on the model and on the
results. References added. 28 pages, 7 figures, 5 table
Deformations of Lifshitz holography
The simplest gravity duals for quantum critical theories with z=2 `Lifshitz'
scale invariance admit a marginally relevant deformation. Generic black holes
in the bulk describe the field theory with a dynamically generated momentum
scale Lambda as well as finite temperature T. We describe the thermodynamics of
these black holes in the quantum critical regime where T >> Lambda^2. The
deformation changes the asymptotics of the spacetime mildly and leads to
intricate UV sensitivities of the theory which we control perturbatively in
Lambda^2/T.Comment: 1+27 pages, 12 figure
Nuclear and Particle Physics applications of the Bohm Picture of Quantum Mechanics
Approximation methods for calculating individual particle/ field motions in
spacetime at the quantum level of accuracy (a key feature of the Bohm Picture
of Quantum Mechanics (BP)), are studied. Modern textbook presentations of
Quantum Theory are used throughout, but only to provide the necessary, already
existing, tested formalisms and calculational techniques. New coherent
insights, reinterpretations of old solutions and results, and new (in principle
testable) quantitative and qualitative predictions, can be obtained on the
basis of the BP that complete the standard type of postdictions and
predictions.Comment: 41 page
Effect of Disorder on Fermi surface in Heavy Electron Systems
The Kondo lattice model with substitutional disorder is studied with
attention to the size of the Fermi surface and the associated Dingle
temperature. The model serves for understanding heavy-fermion Ce compounds
alloyed with La according to substitution Ce{x}La{1-x}. The Fermi surface is
identified from the steepest change of the momentum distribution of conduction
electrons, and is derived at low enough temperature by the dynamical mean-field
theory (DMFT) combined with the coherent potential approximation (CPA). The
Fermi surface without magnetic field increases in size with decreasing x from
x=1 (Ce end), and disappears at such x that gives the same number of localized
spins as that of conduction electrons. From the opposite limit of x=0 (La end),
the Fermi surface broadens quickly as x increases, but stays at the same
position as that of the La end. With increasing magnetic field, a metamagnetic
transition occurs, and the Fermi surface above the critical field changes
continuously across the whole range of x. The Dingle temperature takes a
maximum around x=0.5. Implication of the results to experimental observation is
discussed.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figure
Entanglement Perturbation Theory for Antiferromagnetic Heisenberg Spin Chains
A recently developed numerical method, entanglement perturbation theory
(EPT), is used to study the antiferromagnetic Heisenberg spin chains with
z-axis anisotropy and magnetic field B. To demonstrate the accuracy,
we first apply EPT to the isotropic spin-1/2 antiferromagnetic Heisenberg
model, and find that EPT successfully reproduces the exact Bethe Ansatz results
for the ground state energy, the local magnetization, and the spin correlation
functions (Bethe ansatz result is available for the first 7 lattice
separations). In particular, EPT confirms for the first time the asymptotic
behavior of the spin correlation functions predicted by the conformal field
theory, which realizes only for lattice separations larger than 1000. Next,
turning on the z-axis anisotropy and the magnetic field, the 2-spin and 4-spin
correlation functions are calculated, and the results are compared with those
obtained by Bosonization and density matrix renormalization group methods.
Finally, for the spin-1 antiferromagnetic Heisenberg model, the ground state
phase diagram in space is determined with help of the Roomany-Wyld RG
finite-size-scaling. The results are in good agreement with those obtained by
the level-spectroscopy method.Comment: 12 pages, 14 figure
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