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Suspensions Thermal Noise in the LIGO Gravitational Wave Detector
We present a calculation of the maximum sensitivity achievable by the LIGO
Gravitational wave detector in construction, due to limiting thermal noise of
its suspensions. We present a method to calculate thermal noise that allows the
prediction of the suspension thermal noise in all its 6 degrees of freedom,
from the energy dissipation due to the elasticity of the suspension wires. We
show how this approach encompasses and explains previous ways to approximate
the thermal noise limit in gravitational waver detectors. We show how this
approach can be extended to more complicated suspensions to be used in future
LIGO detectors.Comment: 28 pages, 13 figure
Three-dimensional flow instability in a lid-driven isosceles triangular cavity
Linear three-dimensional modal instability of steady laminar two-dimensional states developing in a lid-driven cavity of isosceles triangular cross-section is investigated theoretically and experimentally for the case in which the equal sides form a rectangular corner. An asymmetric steady two-dimensional motion is driven by the steady motion of one of the equal sides. If the side moves away from the rectangular corner, a stationary three-dimensional instability is found. If the motion is directed towards the corner, the instability is oscillatory. The respective critical Reynolds numbers are identified both theoretically and experimentally. The neutral curves pertinent to the two configurations and the properties of the respective leading eigenmodes are documented and analogies to instabilities in rectangular lid-driven cavities are discussed
On algebraic classification of quasi-exactly solvable matrix models
We suggest a generalization of the Lie algebraic approach for constructing
quasi-exactly solvable one-dimensional Schroedinger equations which is due to
Shifman and Turbiner in order to include into consideration matrix models. This
generalization is based on representations of Lie algebras by first-order
matrix differential operators. We have classified inequivalent representations
of the Lie algebras of the dimension up to three by first-order matrix
differential operators in one variable. Next we describe invariant
finite-dimensional subspaces of the representation spaces of the one-,
two-dimensional Lie algebras and of the algebra sl(2,R). These results enable
constructing multi-parameter families of first- and second-order quasi-exactly
solvable models. In particular, we have obtained two classes of quasi-exactly
solvable matrix Schroedinger equations.Comment: LaTeX-file, 16 pages, submitted to J.Phys.A: Math.Ge
A New Algebraization of the Lame Equation
We develop a new way of writing the Lame Hamiltonian in Lie-algebraic form.
This yields, in a natural way, an explicit formula for both the Lame
polynomials and the classical non-meromorphic Lame functions in terms of
Chebyshev polynomials and of a certain family of weakly orthogonal polynomialsComment: Latex2e with AMS-LaTeX and cite packages; 32 page
Natural inflation in 5D warped backgrounds
In light of the five-year data from the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe
(WMAP), we discuss models of inflation based on the pseudo Nambu-Goldstone
potential predicted in five-dimensional gauge theories for different
backgrounds: flat Minkowski, anti-de Sitter, and dilatonic spacetime. In this
framework, the inflaton potential is naturally flat due to shift symmetries and
the mass scales associated with it are related to 5D geometrical quantities.Comment: 10 pages, 8 figures; matches version to appear in Phys. Rev.
CMB anisotropy: deviations from Gaussianity due to non-linear gravity
Non-linear evolution of cosmological energy density fluctuations triggers
deviations from Gaussianity in the temperature distribution of the cosmic
microwave background. A method to estimate these deviations is proposed. N-body
simulations -- in a CDM cosmology -- are used to simulate the strongly
non-linear evolution of cosmological structures. It is proved that these
simulations can be combined with the potential approximation to calculate the
statistical moments of the CMB anisotropies produced by non-linear gravity.
Some of these moments are computed and the resulting values are different from
those corresponding to Gaussianity.Comment: 6 latex pages with mn.sty, 3 eps figures. Accepted in MNRA
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