Line adapter provides quick disconnect under moderate side loading

Line adapter acts as quick and simple disconnect system. It quickly separates upon the application of a side load of 15 pounds with standing line pressure at 100 psig

Thermal conductivity in large-JJ two-dimensional antiferromagnets: Role of phonon scattering

Motivated by the recent heat transport experiments in 2D antiferromagnets, such as La$_2$CuO$_4$, where the exchange coupling $J$ is larger than the Debye energy $\Theta_{\rm D}$, we discuss different types of relaxation processes for magnon heat current with a particular focus on coupling to 3D phonons. We study thermal conductivity by these in-plane magnetic excitations using two distinct techniques, Boltzmann formalism within the relaxation-time approximation and memory-function approach. Within these approaches, a close consideration is given to the scattering of magnons by both acoustic and optical branches of phonons. A remarkable accord between the two methods with regards to the asymptotic behavior of the effective relaxation rates is demonstrated. Additional scattering mechanisms, due to grain boundaries, impurities, and finite correlation length in the paramagnetic phase, are discussed and included in the calculations of the thermal conductivity $\kappa(T)$. Again, we demonstrate a close similarity of the results from the two techniques of calculating $\kappa(T)$. Our complementary approach strongly suggests that scattering from optical or zone-boundary phonons is important for magnon heat current relaxation in a high temperature window of $\Theta_D\lesssim T \ll J$.Comment: 21+ pages, 16 figure

Effective Kbar N interaction based on chiral SU(3) dynamics

The effective Kbar N interaction based on chiral SU(3) coupled-channel dynamics is derived and its extrapolation below the Kbar N threshold is studied in detail. Starting from the coupled-channel scattering equations, we eliminate the channels other than Kbar N and obtain an effective interaction in the single Kbar N channel. An equivalent local potential in coordinate space is constructed such as to reproduce the full scattering amplitude of the chiral SU(3) coupled-channel framework. We discuss several realistic chiral SU(3)-based models in comparison to reach conclusions about the uncertainties involved. It turns out that, in the region relevant to the discussion of deeply bound Kbar-nuclear few-body systems, the resulting energy-dependent, equivalent local potential is substantially less attractive than the one suggested in previous purely phenomenological treatments.Comment: RevTeX4, 16 pages, 15 figures, 5 tables, effect of higher order terms is discussed, final version to appear in Phys. Rev.

How bacterial cells and colonies move on solid substrates

Many bacteria rely on active cell appendages, such as type IV pili, to move over substrates and interact with neighboring cells. Here, we study the motion of individual cells and bacterial colonies, mediated by the collective interactions of multiple pili. It was shown experimentally that the substrate motility of Neisseria gonorrhoeae cells can be described as a persistent random walk with a persistence length that exceeds the mean pili length. Moreover, the persistence length increases for a higher number of pili per cell. With the help of a simple, tractable stochastic model, we test whether a tug-of-war without directional memory can explain the persistent motion of single Neisseria gonorrhoeae cells. While the persistent motion of single cells indeed emerges naturally in the model, a tug-of-war alone is not capable of explaining the motility of microcolonies, which becomes weaker with increasing colony size. We suggest sliding friction between the microcolonies and the substrate as the missing ingredient. While such friction almost does not affect the general mechanism of single cell motility, it has a strong effect on colony motility. We validate the theoretical predictions by using a three-dimensional computational model that includes explicit details of the pili dynamics, force generation and geometry of cells.Comment: 25 pages, 17 figure

On a price formation free boundary model by Lasry & Lions: The Neumann problem

We discuss local and global existence and uniqueness for the price formation free boundary model with homogeneous Neumann boundary conditions introduced by Lasry & Lions in 2007. The results are based on a transformation of the problem to the heat equation with nonstandard boundary conditions. The free boundary becomes the zero level set of the solution of the heat equation. The transformation allows us to construct an explicit solution and discuss the behavior of the free boundary. Global existence can be verified under certain conditions on the free boundary and examples of non-existence are given

Parabolic free boundary price formation models under market size fluctuations

In this paper we propose an extension of the Lasry-Lions price formation model which includes fluctuations of the numbers of buyers and vendors. We analyze the model in the case of deterministic and stochastic market size fluctuations and present results on the long time asymptotic behavior and numerical evidence and conjectures on periodic, almost periodic and stochastic fluctuations. The numerical simulations extend the theoretical statements and give further insights into price formation dynamics

On computational irreducibility and the predictability of complex physical systems

Using elementary cellular automata (CA) as an example, we show how to coarse-grain CA in all classes of Wolfram's classification. We find that computationally irreducible (CIR) physical processes can be predictable and even computationally reducible at a coarse-grained level of description. The resulting coarse-grained CA which we construct emulate the large-scale behavior of the original systems without accounting for small-scale details. At least one of the CA that can be coarse-grained is irreducible and known to be a universal Turing machine.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures, to be published in PR