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Supercharged topping rocket propellant feed system
A rocket propellant feed system utilizing a bleed turbopump to supercharge a topping turbopump is presented. The bleed turbopump is of a low pressure type to meet the cavitation requirements imposed by the propellant storage tanks. The topping turbopump is of a high pressure type and develops 60 to 70 percent of the pressure rise in the propellant
Ground-State and Domain-Wall Energies in the Spin-Glass Region of the 2D Random-Bond Ising Model
The statistics of the ground-state and domain-wall energies for the
two-dimensional random-bond Ising model on square lattices with independent,
identically distributed bonds of probability of and of
are studied. We are able to consider large samples of up to
spins by using sophisticated matching algorithms. We study
systems, but we also consider samples, for different aspect ratios
. We find that the scaling behavior of the ground-state energy and
its sample-to-sample fluctuations inside the spin-glass region () are characterized by simple scaling functions. In particular, the
fluctuations exhibit a cusp-like singularity at . Inside the spin-glass
region the average domain-wall energy converges to a finite nonzero value as
the sample size becomes infinite, holding fixed. Here, large finite-size
effects are visible, which can be explained for all by a single exponent
, provided higher-order corrections to scaling are included.
Finally, we confirm the validity of aspect-ratio scaling for : the
distribution of the domain-wall energies converges to a Gaussian for ,
although the domain walls of neighboring subsystems of size are
not independent.Comment: 11 pages with 15 figures, extensively revise
Statistics of lowest excitations in two dimensional Gaussian spin glasses
A detailed investigation of lowest excitations in two-dimensional Gaussian
spin glasses is presented. We show the existence of a new zero-temperature
exponent lambda describing the relative number of finite-volume excitations
with respect to large-scale ones. This exponent yields the standard thermal
exponent of droplet theory theta through the relation, theta=d(lambda-1). Our
work provides a new way to measure the thermal exponent theta without any
assumption about the procedure to generate typical low-lying excitations. We
find clear evidence that theta < theta_{DW} where theta_{DW} is the thermal
exponent obtained in domain-wall theory showing that MacMillan excitations are
not typical.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, (v2) revised version, (v3) corrected typo
Reduction of Two-Dimensional Dilute Ising Spin Glasses
The recently proposed reduction method is applied to the Edwards-Anderson
model on bond-diluted square lattices. This allows, in combination with a
graph-theoretical matching algorithm, to calculate numerically exact ground
states of large systems. Low-temperature domain-wall excitations are studied to
determine the stiffness exponent y_2. A value of y_2=-0.281(3) is found,
consistent with previous results obtained on undiluted lattices. This
comparison demonstrates the validity of the reduction method for bond-diluted
spin systems and provides strong support for similar studies proclaiming
accurate results for stiffness exponents in dimensions d=3,...,7.Comment: 7 pages, RevTex4, 6 ps-figures included, for related information, see
http://www.physics.emory.edu/faculty/boettcher
Hamiltonian Multivector Fields and Poisson Forms in Multisymplectic Field Theory
We present a general classification of Hamiltonian multivector fields and of
Poisson forms on the extended multiphase space appearing in the geometric
formulation of first order classical field theories. This is a prerequisite for
computing explicit expressions for the Poisson bracket between two Poisson
forms.Comment: 50 page
Entanglement and its dynamics in open, dissipative systems
Quantum mechanical entanglement can exist in noisy open quantum systems at
high temperature. A simple mechanism, where system particles are randomly reset
to some standard initial state, can counteract the deteriorating effect of
decoherence, resulting in an entangled steady state far from thermodynamical
equilibrium. We present models for both gas-type systems and for strongly
coupled systems. We point out in which way the entanglement resulting from such
a reset mechanism is different from the entanglement that one can find in
thermal states. We develop master equations to describe the system and its
interaction with an environment, study toy models with two particles (qubits),
where the master equation can often be solved analytically, and finally examine
larger systems with possibly fluctuating particle numbers. We find that in
gas-type systems, the reset mechanism can produce an entangled steady state for
an arbitrary temperature of the environment, while this is not true in strongly
coupled systems. But even then, the temperature range where one can find
entangled steady states is typically much higher with the reset mechanism.Comment: 30 pages, 15 figure
Huber approximation for the non-linear â„“1 problem
Cataloged from PDF version of article.The smooth Huber approximation to the non-linear ‘1 problem was proposed by Tishler and Zang (1982), and further
developed in Yang (1995). In the present paper, we use the ideas of Gould (1989) to give a new algorithm with rate
of convergence results for the smooth Huber approximation. Results of computational tests are reported.
2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved
Spin Domains Generate Hierarchical Ground State Structure in J=+/-1 Spin Glasses
Unbiased samples of ground states were generated for the short-range Ising
spin glass with Jij=+/-1, in three dimensions. Clustering the ground states
revealed their hierarchical structure, which is explained by correlated spin
domains, serving as cores for macroscopic zero energy "excitations".Comment: 4 pages, 5 figures, accepted to Phys. Rev. Let
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