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New technique for determination of cross-power spectral density with damped oscillators
New cross-power spectral density computation technique has been developed, as well as a technique for discrimination between periodic and random signals. This development is applicable to analysis of any stationary random process, and can be used in the aerospace and transportation fields
Boussinesq-like multi-component lattice equations and multi-dimensional consistency
We consider quasilinear, multi-variable, constant coefficient, lattice
equations defined on the edges of the elementary square of the lattice, modeled
after the lattice modified Boussinesq (lmBSQ) equation, e.g., . These equations are classified into three canonical forms and
the consequences of their multidimensional consistency
(Consistency-Around-the-Cube, CAC) are derived. One of the consequences is a
restriction on form of the equation for the variable, which in turn implies
further consistency conditions, that are solved. As result we obtain a number
of integrable multi-component lattice equations, some generalizing lmBSQ.Comment: 24 page
Electromagnetic Polarizabilities: Lattice QCD in Background Fields
Chiral perturbation theory makes definitive predictions for the extrinsic
behavior of hadrons in external electric and magnetic fields. Near the chiral
limit, the electric and magnetic polarizabilities of pions, kaons, and nucleons
are determined in terms of a few well-known parameters. In this limit, hadrons
become quantum mechanically diffuse as polarizabilities scale with the inverse
square-root of the quark mass. In some cases, however, such predictions from
chiral perturbation theory have not compared well with experimental data.
Ultimately we must turn to first principles numerical simulations of QCD to
determine properties of hadrons, and confront the predictions of chiral
perturbation theory. To address the electromagnetic polarizabilities, we
utilize the background field technique. Restricting our attention to
calculations in background electric fields, we demonstrate new techniques to
determine electric polarizabilities and baryon magnetic moments for both
charged and neutral states. As we can study the quark mass dependence of
observables with lattice QCD, the lattice will provide a crucial test of our
understanding of low-energy QCD, which will be timely in light of ongoing
experiments, such as at COMPASS and HI\gamma S.Comment: 3 pages, talk given by B. C. Tiburzi at PANIC 201
A turbojet-boosted two-stage-to-orbit space transportation system design study
The concept to use twin turbo-powered boosters for acceleration to supersonic staging speed followed by an all rocket powered orbiter stage was proposed. A follow-on design study was then made of the concept with the performance objective of placing a 29,483 Kg payload into a .2.6 X 195.3 km orbit. The study was performed in terms of analysis and trade studies, conceptual design, utility and economic analysis, and technology assessment. Design features of the final configuration included: strakes and area rule for improved take off and low transonic drag, variable area inlets, exits and turbine, and low profile fixed landing gear for turbojet booster stage. The payload required an estimated GLOW of 1,270,000 kg for injection in orbit. Each twin booster required afterburning turbojet engines each with a static sea level thrust rating of 444,800 N. Life cycle costs for this concept were comparable to a SSTO/SLED concept except for increased development cost due to the turbojet engine propulsion system
A study of flight control requirements for advanced, winged, earth-to-orbit vehicles with far-aft center-of-gravity locations
Control requirements of Controlled Configured Design Approach vehicles with far-aft center of gravity locations are studied. The baseline system investigated is a fully reusable vertical takeoff/horizontal landing single stage-to-orbit vehicle with mission requirements similar to that of the space shuttle vehicle. Evaluations were made to determine dynamic stability boundaries, time responses, trim control, operational center-of-gravity limits, and flight control subsystem design requirements. Study tasks included a baseline vehicle analysis, an aft center of gravity study, a payload size study, and a technology assessment
A 125.5 GeV Higgs Boson in F-SU(5): Imminently Observable Proton Decay, A 130 GeV Gamma-ray Line, and SUSY Multijets & Light Stops at the LHC8
We establish that the light Higgs boson mass in the context of the No-Scale
Flipped SU(5) GUT with TeV scale vector-like matter multiplets (flippons) is
consistent with m_h = 125.5+-0.5 GeV in the region of the best supersymmetry
(SUSY) spectrum fit to low statistics data excesses observed by ATLAS in
multijet and light stop 5/fb SUSY searches at the LHC7. Simultaneous
satisfaction of these disparate goals is achieved by employing a minor decrease
in the SU(5) partial unification scale M_{32} to lower the flippon mass,
inducing a larger Higgs boson mass shift from the flippon loops. The reduction
in M_{32}, which is facilitated by a phenomenologically favorable reduction of
the low-energy strong coupling constant, moreover suggests an imminently
observable (e|mu)^+ pi^0 proton decay with a central value time scale of
1.7x10^34 years. At the same point in the model space, we find a lightest
neutralino mass of m_{\chi} = 145 GeV, which is suitable for the production of
130 GeV monochromatic gamma-rays through annihilations yielding associated
Z-bosons; a signal with this energy signature has been identified within
observations of the galactic center by the FERMI-LAT Space Telescope. In
conjunction with direct correlations to the fate of the ATLAS multijet and
light stop production channels presently being tested at the LHC8, we suggest
that the reality of a 125.5 GeV Higgs boson affords a particularly rich company
of specific and imminently testable associated observables.Comment: European Physical Journal C Version; 10 Pages, 2 Figures, 2 Table
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