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Mobile Computing in Physics Analysis - An Indicator for eScience
This paper presents the design and implementation of a Grid-enabled physics
analysis environment for handheld and other resource-limited computing devices
as one example of the use of mobile devices in eScience. Handheld devices offer
great potential because they provide ubiquitous access to data and
round-the-clock connectivity over wireless links. Our solution aims to provide
users of handheld devices the capability to launch heavy computational tasks on
computational and data Grids, monitor the jobs status during execution, and
retrieve results after job completion. Users carry their jobs on their handheld
devices in the form of executables (and associated libraries). Users can
transparently view the status of their jobs and get back their outputs without
having to know where they are being executed. In this way, our system is able
to act as a high-throughput computing environment where devices ranging from
powerful desktop machines to small handhelds can employ the power of the Grid.
The results shown in this paper are readily applicable to the wider eScience
community.Comment: 8 pages, 7 figures. Presented at the 3rd Int Conf on Mobile Computing
& Ubiquitous Networking (ICMU06. London October 200
Pion form factor in the Kroll-Lee-Zumino model
The renormalizable Abelian quantum field theory model of Kroll, Lee, and
Zumino is used to compute the one-loop vertex corrections to the tree-level,
Vector Meson Dominance (VMD) pion form factor. These corrections, together with
the known one-loop vacuum polarization contribution, lead to a substantial
improvement over VMD. The resulting pion form factor in the space-like region
is in excellent agreement with data in the whole range of accessible momentum
transfers. The time-like form factor, known to reproduce the Gounaris-Sakurai
formula at and near the rho-meson peak, is unaffected by the vertex correction
at order (g_\rpp^2).Comment: Revised version corrects a misprint in Eq.(1
Intrinsic and extrinsic x-ray absorption effects in soft x-ray diffraction from the superstructure in magnetite
We studied the (001/2) diffraction peak in the low-temperature phase of
magnetite (Fe3O4) using resonant soft x-ray diffraction (RSXD) at the Fe-L2,3
and O-K resonance. We studied both molecular-beam-epitaxy (MBE) grown thin
films and in-situ cleaved single crystals. From the comparison we have been
able to determine quantitatively the contribution of intrinsic absorption
effects, thereby arriving at a consistent result for the (001/2) diffraction
peak spectrum. Our data also allow for the identification of extrinsic effects,
e.g. for a detailed modeling of the spectra in case a "dead" surface layer is
present that is only absorbing photons but does not contribute to the
scattering signal.Comment: to appear in Phys. Rev.
APPLICATION OF COMPUTER INTENSIVE METHODS TO EVALUATE THE PERFORMANCE OF A SAMPLING DESIGN FOR USE IN COTTON INSECT PEST MANAGEMENT
A scouting protocol for cotton insect pests was developed which combines high resolution, multispectral remotely sensed imagery with a belt transect that crosses rows of cotton. Imagery was used to determine sample site selection while estimating plant bug abundance in a more than 200 ac. cotton field in 1997. Tarnished plant bug (Lygus lineolaris) counts were acquired using a standard drop cloth for each of eight rows along a transect. The sample data indicated that plant bug population densities spatially vary as a function of different spectral (color) classes present on the imagery. We postulate that such classified images correlate to differences in crop phenology, and plant bug populations (especially from early to mid-season) aggregate themselves by these habitat differences. Therefore, the population dynamics of Lygus, and possibly other species, can be better understood by combining the transect-based sampling plan with remotely sensed imagery. To verify and validate this claim, a computer intensive approach was utilized to simulate the performance of different sampling plans. The comparison is accomplished with a combinatorial algorithm that exhaustively enumerates the original data into unique subsets. These subsets correspond to results that could be expected from the use of traditional or alternative sampling plans and compared to results from the candidate plan actually used. The results of the enumerative analysis show the benefit of multi-band, remotely sensed imagery combined with the use of large sized sample units to improve sampling efficiency (and without the need to have large sample sizes). It is of great benefit that the enumerative algorithm provided answers to questions of interest without having to complete additional fieldwork
Cryogenic silicon detectors with implanted contacts for the detection of visible photons using the Neganov-Luke Effect
There is a common need in astroparticle experiments such as direct dark
matter detection, 0{\nu}\b{eta}\b{eta} (double beta decay without emission of
neutrinos) and Coherent Neutrino Nucleus Scattering experiments for light
detectors with a very low energy threshold. By employing the Neganov-Luke
Effect, the thermal signal of particle interactions in a semiconductor absorber
operated at cryogenic temperatures, can be amplified by drifting the
photogenerated electrons and holes in an electric field. This technology is not
used in current experiments, in particular because of a reduction of the signal
amplitude with time which is due to trapping of the charges within the
absorber. We present here the first results of a novel type of Neganov-Luke
Effect detector with an electric field configuration designed to improve the
charge collection within the semiconductor.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figures, submitted to Journal of Low Temperature Physic
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