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Horizontal divergence of typhoon-generated gravity waves in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere (UTLS) and its influence on typhoon evolution
The characteristics of horizontal divergence induced by typhoon-generated
gravity waves (HDTGWs) and the influence of HDTGW on typhoon evolution are
investigated based on the simulation results of Typhoon Saomai (2006) using
the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model. The power spectral density
of HDTGW shows dominant powers at horizontal wavelengths of 20–30 km and at
periods of less than 1 h. This is associated with gravity waves
generated by vigorous convective clouds in an inner core region of the
typhoon. However, the domain-averaged HDTGW in the upper troposphere and
lower stratosphere had a spectral peak at 24 h, which is well correlated
with the minimum sea-level pressure of the typhoon, especially during a
rapidly developing period. The 24 h period of the averaged HDTGW stems
from the inertia–gravity waves generated by the convective clouds in the
spiral rainbands, and showed no clear association with the thermal tides or
the diurnal variation of precipitation
Putative spin liquid in the triangle-based iridate BaIrTiO
We report on thermodynamic, magnetization, and muon spin relaxation
measurements of the strong spin-orbit coupled iridate BaIrTiO,
which constitutes a new frustration motif made up a mixture of edge- and
corner-sharing triangles. In spite of strong antiferromagnetic exchange
interaction of the order of 100~K, we find no hint for long-range magnetic
order down to 23 mK. The magnetic specific heat data unveil the -linear and
-squared dependences at low temperatures below 1~K. At the respective
temperatures, the zero-field muon spin relaxation features a persistent spin
dynamics, indicative of unconventional low-energy excitations. A comparison to
the isostructural compound BaRuTiO suggests that a concerted
interplay of compass-like magnetic interactions and frustrated geometry
promotes a dynamically fluctuating state in a triangle-based iridate.Comment: Physical Review B accepte
Isometric Representations of Totally Ordered Semigroups
Let S be a subsemigroup of an abelian torsion-free group G. If S is a
positive cone of G, then all C*-algebras generated by faithful isometrical
non-unitary representations of S are canonically isomorphic. Proved by Murphy,
this statement generalized the well-known theorems of Coburn and Douglas. In
this note we prove the reverse. If all C*-algebras generated by faithful
isometrical non-unitary representations of S are canonically isomorphic, then S
is a positive cone of G. Also we consider G = Z\times Z and prove that if S
induces total order on G, then there exist at least two unitarily not
equivalent irreducible isometrical representation of S. And if the order is
lexicographical-product order, then all such representations are unitarily
equivalent.Comment: February 21, 2012. Kazan, Russi
Production and optical properties of liquid scintillator for the JSNS experiment
The JSNS (J-PARC Sterile Neutrino Search at J-PARC Spallation Neutron
Source) experiment will search for neutrino oscillations over a 24 m short
baseline at J-PARC. The JSNS inner detector will be filled with 17 tons
of gadolinium-loaded liquid scintillator (LS) with an additional 31 tons of
unloaded LS in the intermediate -catcher and outer veto volumes.
JSNS has chosen Linear Alkyl Benzene (LAB) as an organic solvent because
of its chemical properties. The unloaded LS was produced at a refurbished
facility, originally used for scintillator production by the RENO experiment.
JSNS plans to use ISO tanks for the storage and transportation of the LS.
In this paper, we describe the LS production, and present measurements of its
optical properties and long term stability. Our measurements show that storing
the LS in ISO tanks does not result in degradation of its optical properties.Comment: 7 pages, 4 figures
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