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Final Calibration of the Berkeley Extreme and Far-Ultraviolet Spectrometer on the ORFEUS-SPAS I and II Missions
The Berkeley Extreme and Far-Ultraviolet Spectrometer (BEFS) flew as part of
the ORFEUS telescope on the ORFEUS-SPAS I and II space-shuttle missions in 1993
and 1996, respectively. The data obtained by this instrument have now entered
the public domain. To facilitate their use by the astronomical community, we
have re-extracted and re-calibrated both data sets, converted them into a
standard (FITS) format, and placed them in the Multimission Archive at Space
Telescope (MAST). Our final calibration yields improved wavelength scales and
effective-area curves for both data sets.Comment: To appear in the January 2002 issue of the PASP. 17 pages with 9
embedded postscript figures; uses emulateapj5.st
Normal mode splitting in a coupled system of nanomechanical oscillator and parametric amplifier cavity
We study how an optical parametric amplifier inside the cavity can affect the
normal mode splitting behavior of the coupled movable mirror and the cavity
field. We work in the resolved sideband regime. The spectra exhibit a
double-peak structure as the parametric gain is increased. Moreover, for a
fixed parametric gain, the double-peak structure of the spectrum is more
pronounced with increasing the input laser power. We give results for mode
splitting. The widths of the split lines are sensitive to parametric gain.Comment: 7 pages,9 figure
Piping network response.
Work on steam bubble collapse, water hammer and piping network response was carried out in two closely related but distinct sections. Volume I of ,,is report details the experiments and analyses carried out in conjunction with the steam bubble collapse and water hammer project. Volume II details the work which was performed in the analysis of piping network response to steam generated water hammer
Distribution of Interference in the Presence of Decoherence
We study the statistics of quantum interference for completely positive maps.
We calculate analytically the mean interference and its second moment for
finite dimensional quantum systems interacting with a simple environment
consisting of one or several spins (qudits). The joint propagation of the
entire system is taken as unitary with an evolution operator drawn from the
Circular Unitary Ensemble (CUE). We show that the mean interference decays with
a power law as function of the dimension of the Hilbert space of the
environment, with a power that depends on the temperature of the environment.Comment: 28 pages of pd
Geologic Map of the Snegurochka Planitia Quadrangle (V-1): Implications for Tectonic and Volcanic History of the North Polar Region of Venus
Geologic mapping of Snegurochka Planitia (V-1) reveals a complex stratigraphy of tectonic and volcanic features that can provide insight into the geologic history of Venus and Archean Earth [1,2], including 1) episodes of both localized crustal uplift and mantle downwelling, 2) shifts from local to regional volcanic activity, and 3) a shift back to local volcanic activity. We present our progress in mapping the spatial and stratigraphic relationships of material units and our initial interpretations of the tectonic and volcanic history of the region surrounding the north pole of Venu
Geologic Map of the Snegurochka Planitia Quadrangle (V-1): Implications for the Volcanic History of the North Polar Region of Venus
Geologic mapping of Snegurochka Planitia (V-1) reveals a complex stratigraphy of tectonic and volcanic features that can provide insight into the geologic history of Venus and Archean Earth [1,2], including 1) episodes of both localized crustal uplift and mantle downwelling, 2) shifts from local to regional volcanic activity, and 3) a shift back to local volcanic activity. We present our interpretations of the volcanic history of the region surrounding the north pole of Venus and explore how analysis of new data support our interpretation
The Lerch Zeta Function II. Analytic Continuation
This is the second of four papers that study algebraic and analytic
structures associated with the Lerch zeta function. In this paper we
analytically continue it as a function of three complex variables. We that it
is well defined as a multivalued function on the manifold M equal to C^3 with
the hyperplanes corresponding to integer values of the two variables a and c
removed. We show that it becomes single valued on the maximal abelian cover of
M. We compute the monodromy functions describing the multivalued nature of this
function on M, and determine various of their properties.Comment: 29 pages, 3 figures; v2 notation changes, homotopy action on lef
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