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Parrondo's games with chaotic switching
This paper investigates the different effects of chaotic switching on
Parrondo's games, as compared to random and periodic switching. The rate of
winning of Parrondo's games with chaotic switching depends on coefficient(s)
defining the chaotic generator, initial conditions of the chaotic sequence and
the proportion of Game A played. Maximum rate of winning can be obtained with
all the above mentioned factors properly set, and this occurs when chaotic
switching approaches periodic behavior.Comment: 11 pages, 9 figure
An evaluation of the NASA Tech House, including live-in test results, volume 1
The NASA Tech House was designed and constructed at the NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, to demonstrate and evaluate new technology potentially applicable for conservation of energy and resources and for improvements in safety and security in a single-family residence. All technology items, including solar-energy systems and a waste-water-reuse system, were evaluated under actual living conditions for a 1 year period with a family of four living in the house in their normal lifestyle. Results are presented which show overall savings in energy and resources compared with requirements for a defined similar conventional house under the same conditions. General operational experience and performance data are also included for all the various items and systems of technology incorporated into the house design
Report on the first binary black hole inspiral search in LIGO data
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration is currently engaged in the first search
for binary black hole inspiral signals in real data. We are using the data from
the second LIGO science run and we focus on inspiral signals coming from binary
systems with component masses between 3 and 20 solar masses. We describe the
analysis methods used and report on preliminary estimates for the sensitivities
of the LIGO instruments during the second science run.Comment: 10 pages, 2 figures. Added references for section 2, corrected figure
1. To appear in CQG, in a special issue on the proceedings of the 9th Annual
Gravitational Wave Data Analysis Workshop (GWDAW), Annecy, France, Dec. 200
The Yeast Plant
At the February meeting, 1879, Dr. Abbott read an illustrated paper on the microscopic nature of the Yeast Plant, of which the following is a synopsis
Letters between Royal A. Abbott and W. J. Kerr
Letters concerning a position in the English department at Utah Agricultural College
Metallic phase of the quantum Hall effect in four-dimensional space
We study the phase diagram of the quantum Hall effect in four-dimensional
(4D) space. Unlike in 2D, in 4D there exists a metallic as well as an
insulating phase, depending on the disorder strength. The critical exponent
of the diverging localization length at the quantum Hall
insulator-to-metal transition differs from the semiclassical value of
4D Anderson transitions in the presence of time-reversal symmetry. Our
numerical analysis is based on a mapping of the 4D Hamiltonian onto a 1D
dynamical system, providing a route towards the experimental realization of the
4D quantum Hall effect.Comment: 4+epsilon pages, 3 figure
A new numerical method to construct binary neutron star initial data
We present a new numerical method for the generation of binary neutron star
initial data using a method along the lines of the the Wilson-Mathews or the
closely related conformal thin sandwich approach. Our method uses six different
computational domains, which include spatial infinity. Each domain has its own
coordinates which are chosen such that the star surfaces always coincide with
domain boundaries. These properties facilitate the imposition of boundary
conditions. Since all our fields are smooth inside each domain, we are able to
use an efficient pseudospectral method to solve the elliptic equations
associated with the conformal thin sandwich approach. Currently we have
implemented corotating configurations with arbitrary mass ratios, but an
extension to arbitrary spins is possible. The main purpose of this paper is to
introduce our new method and to test our code for several different
configurations.Comment: 18 pages, 8 figures, 1 tabl
Tethered orbital refueling study
One of the major applications of the space station will be to act as a refueling depot for cryogenic-fueled space-based orbital transfer vehicles (OTV), Earth-storable fueled orbit maneuvering vehicles, and refurbishable satellite spacecraft using hydrazine. One alternative for fuel storage at the space station is a tethered orbital refueling facility (TORF), separated from the space station by a sufficient distance to induce a gravity gradient force that settles the stored fuels. The technical feasibility was examined with the primary focus on the refueling of LO2/LH2 orbital transfer vehicles. Also examined was the tethered facility on the space station. It was compared to a zero-gravity facility. A tethered refueling facility should be considered as a viable alternative to a zero-gravity facility if the zero-gravity fluid transfer technology, such as the propellant management device and no vent fill, proves to be difficult to develop with the required performance
Population coding by globally coupled phase oscillators
A system of globally coupled phase oscillators subject to an external input
is considered as a simple model of neural circuits coding external stimulus.
The information coding efficiency of the system in its asynchronous state is
quantified using Fisher information. The effect of coupling and noise on the
information coding efficiency in the stationary state is analyzed. The
relaxation process of the system after the presentation of an external input is
also studied. It is found that the information coding efficiency exhibits a
large transient increase before the system relaxes to the final stationary
state.Comment: 7 pages, 9 figures, revised version, new figures added, to appear in
JPSJ Vol 75, No.
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