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Simulated three-component granular segregation in a rotating drum
Discrete particle simulations are used to model segregation in granular
mixtures of three different particle species in a horizontal rotating drum.
Axial band formation is observed, with medium-size particles tending to be
located between alternating bands of big and small particles. Partial radial
segregation also appears; it precedes the axial segregation and is
characterized by an inner core region richer in small particles. Axial bands
are seen to merge during the long simulation runs, leading to a coarsening of
the band pattern; the relocation of particles involved in one such merging
event is examined. Overall, the behavior is similar to experiment and
represents a generalization of what occurs in the simpler two-component
mixture.Comment: 7 pages, 11 figures (low resolution color figures only; originals at
author's website http://www.ph.biu.ac.il/~rapaport/research/granular.html)
[revised version contains extra figures
Modelling the Extreme X-ray Spectrum of IRAS 13224-3809
The extreme NLS1 galaxy IRAS 13224-3809 shows significant variability,
frequency depended time lags, and strong Fe K line and Fe L features in the
long 2011 XMM-Newton observation. In this work we study the spectral properties
of IRAS 13224-3809 in detail, and carry out a series of analyses to probe the
nature of the source, focusing in particular on the spectral variability
exhibited. The RGS spectrum shows no obvious signatures of absorption by
partially ionised material (warm absorbers). We fit the 0.3-10.0 keV spectra
with a model that includes relativistic reflection from the inner accretion
disc, a standard powerlaw AGN continuum, and a low-temperature (~0.1 keV)
blackbody, which may originate in the accretion disc, either as direct or
reprocessed thermal emission. We find that the reflection model explains the
time-averaged spectrum well, and we also undertake flux-resolved and
time-resolved spectral analyses, which provide evidence of gravitational
light-bending effects. Additionally, the temperature and flux of the blackbody
component are found to follow the relation expected for simple
thermal blackbody emission from a constant emitting area, indicating a physical
origin for this component.Comment: 12 pages, 7 figures, accepted for publication in MNRA
PCA of PCA: Principal Component Analysis of Partial Covering Absorption in NGC 1365
We analyse 400 ks of XMM-Newton data on the active galactic nucleus NGC 1365
using principal component analysis (PCA) to identify model independent spectral
components. We find two significant components and demonstrate that they are
qualitatively different from those found in MCG?6-30-15 using the same method.
As the variability in NGC 1365 is known to be due to changes in the parameters
of a partial covering neutral absorber, this shows that the same mechanism
cannot be the driver of variability in MCG-6-30-15. By examining intervals
where the spectrum shows relatively low absorption we separate the effects of
intrinsic source variability, including signatures of relativistic reflection,
from variations in the intervening absorption. We simulate the principal
components produced by different physical variations, and show that PCA
provides a clear distinction between absorption and reflection as the drivers
of variability in AGN spectra. The simulations are shown to reproduce the PCA
spectra of both NGC 1365 and MCG-6-30-15, and further demonstrate that the
dominant cause of spectral variability in these two sources requires a
qualitatively different mechanism.Comment: 8 pages, 10 figures. Accepted for publication in MNRA
The sparrow invasion of 1962
During late 1962 and early 1963, a report that sparrows were at large in the metropolitan area close to Perth drew intense public interest.
This article gives some facts about the reported sightings
A method for computation of vibration modes and frequencies of orthotropic thin shells of revolution having general meridional curvature
Finite element method for computing natural frequencies and mode shapes of thin shells of revolutio
Vibration characteristics of ring-stiffened orthotropic shells of revolution
Computer program solves vibration modes and frequencies of thin shells of revolution having general meridional curvature and orthotropic elastic properties in order to evaluate the dynamic behavior of structures with thin shelled components
Generating Polarization-Entangled Photon Pairs with Arbitrary Joint Spectrum
We present a scheme for generating polarization-entangled photons pairs with
arbitrary joint spectrum. Specifically, we describe a technique for spontaneous
parametric down-conversion in which both the center frequencies and the
bandwidths of the down-converted photons may be controlled by appropriate
manipulation of the pump pulse. The spectral control offered by this technique
permits one to choose the operating wavelengths for each photon of a pair based
on optimizations of other system parameters (loss in optical fiber, photon
counter performance, etc.). The combination of spectral control, polarization
control, and lack of group-velocity matching conditions makes this technique
particularly well-suited for a distributed quantum information processing
architecture in which integrated optical circuits are connected by spans of
optical fiber.Comment: 6 pages, 3 figure
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