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Numerical integration and other techniques for computer aided network design programming Final technical report, 1 Jan. 1970 - 1 Jan. 1971
Matrix method and stiffly stable algorithms in numerical integration for computer aided network design programmin
Research and development of materials for use as lubricants in a liquid hydrogen environment Final report, Jul. 1964 - Nov. 1965
Lubricant materials for rolling contact bearings operating in liquid hydrogen environmen
The Molecular Gas Distribution and Schmidt Law in M33
The relationship between the star formation rate and surface density of
neutral gas within the disk of M33 is examined with new imaging observations of
CO J=1-0 emission gathered with the FCRAO 14m telescope and IRAS HiRes images
of the 60 micron and 100 micron emission. The Schmidt law, Sigma_SFR ~
Sigma_gas^n, is constructed using radial profiles of the HI 21cm, CO, and far
infrared emission. A strong correlation is identified between the star
formation rate and molecular gas surface density. This suggests that the
condensation of giant molecular clouds is the limiting step to star formation
within the M33 disk. The corresponding molecular Schmidt index, n_{mol}, is
1.36 +/- 0.08. The star formation rate has a steep dependence on total mass gas
surface density, (Sigma_{HI}+Sigma_{H_2}), owing to the shallow radial profile
of the atomic gas which dominates the total gas surface density for most radii.
The disk pressure of the gas is shown to play a prominent role in regulating
the molecular gas fraction in M33.Comment: 19 pages + 5 figures. Accepted for publication in Ap
Coherent Exciton Lasing in ZnSe/ZnCdSe Quantum Wells?
A new mechanism for exciton lasing in ZnSe/ZnCdSe quantum wells is proposed.
Lasing, occurring below the lowest exciton line, may be associated with a
BCS-like condensed (coherent) exciton state. This state is most stable at low
temperatures for densities in the transition region separating the exciton Bose
gas and the coherent exciton state. Calculations show the gain region to lie
below the exciton line and to be separated from the absorption regime by a
transparency region of width, for example, about 80 meV for a 90 Angstrom
ZnSe/Zn_(0.75)Cd_(0.25)Se quantum well. Experimental observation of the
transparency region using differential spectroscopy would confirm this picture.Comment: 9 pages + 3 figs contained in 4 postscript files to appear Appl.
Phys. Lett. March 13, 199
High-power, ultralow-mass solar arrays: FY-77 solar arrays technology readiness assessment report, volume 2
Development efforts are reported in detail for: (1) a lightweight solar array system for solar electric propulsion; (2) a high efficiency thin silicon solar cell; (3) conceptual design of 200 W/kg solar arrays; (4) fluorocarbon encapsulation for silicon solar cell array; and (5) technology assessment of concentrator solar arrays
Sigma terms from an SU(3) chiral extrapolation
We report a new analysis of lattice simulation results for octet baryon
masses in 2+1-flavor QCD, with an emphasis on a precise determination of the
strangeness nucleon sigma term. A controlled chiral extrapolation of a recent
PACS-CS Collaboration data set yields baryon masses which exhibit remarkable
agreement both with experimental values at the physical point and with the
results of independent lattice QCD simulations at unphysical meson masses.
Using the Feynman-Hellmann relation, we evaluate sigma commutators for all
octet baryons. The small statistical uncertainty, and considerably smaller
model-dependence, allows a signifcantly more precise determination of the
pion-nucleon sigma commutator and the strangeness sigma term than hitherto
possible, namely {\sigma}{\pi}N=45 \pm 6 MeV and {\sigma}s = 21 \pm 6 MeV at
the physical point.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Velocity measurements for a solar active region fan loop from Hinode/EIS observations
The velocity pattern of a fan loop structure within a solar active region
over the temperature range 0.15-1.5 MK is derived using data from the EUV
Imaging Spectrometer (EIS) on board the Hinode satellite. The loop is aligned
towards the observer's line-of-sight and shows downflows (redshifts) of around
15 km/s up to a temperature of 0.8 MK, but for temperatures of 1.0 MK and above
the measured velocity shifts are consistent with no net flow. This velocity
result applies over a projected spatial distance of 9 Mm and demonstrates that
the cooler, redshifted plasma is physically disconnected from the hotter,
stationary plasma. A scenario in which the fan loops consist of at least two
groups of "strands" - one cooler and downflowing, the other hotter and
stationary -- is suggested. The cooler strands may represent a later
evolutionary stage of the hotter strands. A density diagnostic of Mg VII was
used to show that the electron density at around 0.8 MK falls from 3.2 x 10^9
cm^-3 at the loop base, to 5.0 x 10^8 cm^-3 at a projected height of 15 Mm. A
filling factor of 0.2 is found at temperatures close to the formation
temperature of Mg VII (0.8 MK), confirming that the cooler, downflowing plasma
occupies only a fraction of the apparent loop volume. The fan loop is rooted
within a so-called "outflow region" that displays low intensity and blueshifts
of up to 25 km/s in Fe XII 195.12 A (formed at 1.5 MK), in contrast to the
loop's redshifts of 15 km/s at 0.8 MK. A new technique for obtaining an
absolute wavelength calibration for the EIS instrument is presented and an
instrumental effect, possibly related to a distorted point spread function,
that affects velocity measurements is identified.Comment: 42 pages, 15 figures, submitted to Ap
Universality of Ionic Criticality: Size- and Charge-Asymmetric Electrolytes
Grand canonical simulations designed to resolve critical universality classes
are reported for :1 hard-core electrolyte models with diameter ratios
. For Ising-type behavior prevails.
Unbiased estimates of are within 1% of previous (biased)
estimates but the critical densities are 5 % lower. Ising character is
also established for the 2:1 and 3:1 equisized models, along with critical
amplitudes and improved estimates. For , however, strong
finite-size effects reduce the confidence level although classical and O criticality are excluded.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
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