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Taxonomy and Ecology of the Inconnu, Stenodus Leucichthys Nelma, in Alaska
A taxonomic and life history study of the inconnu was carried out on populations from the Kobuk, Chatanika, and upper Yukon Rivers, and Selawik, Alaska. Data on 24 morphological measurements and 11 meristic counts show little difference among: 1) males and females; 2) young and older inconnu; and 3) fish from the upper Yukon River, Chatanika River, Selawik, and Kobuk River in Alaska and the Ob River, USSR. Based on close agreement of these counts and measurements, the inconnu in Alaska is designated as Stenodus leufifhthys nelma (Pallas). For arctic fish, the inconnu exhibits a rapid growth rate. Growth rates for males and females are similar, but females live longer than males. Alaskan inconnu become sexually mature quite late in life (for Selawik males, 9 years; females, 10 years). Spawning behavior is described. Spawning occurred in the Kobuk River above Kobuk the last days of September at water temperatures betwen 1/4 and 4.6 C. Older inconnu are mainly piscivorous while the younger fish feed on invertebrates and fish. The least cisco, Coregonus sardinella, was the main food item of the Selawik inconnu. The estimated catch in Northwest Alaska in 1965 was between 34,200 and 37,000 fish, 85% of which were taken for subsistence
New results from fluctuation analysis in NA49 at the CERN SPS
The exploration of the phase diagram of strongly interacting matter,
particularly the study of the phase transition from hadronic to partonic matter
and the search for a hypothetical critical endpoint of the first order
transition line, is one of the most challenging tasks in present heavy ion
physics.
In this talk new results on chemical (particle ratio), transverse momentum,
multiplicity and azimuthal angle fluctuations will be presented. We also
discuss their connection to the onset of deconfinement and to the critical
endpoint.Comment: The Proceedings of the International Conference "Critical Point and
Onset of Deconfinement - CPOD 2011", Wuhan, November 7-11, 201
Three charged particles in the continuum. Astrophysical examples
We suggest a new adiabatic approach for description of three charged
particles in the continuum. This approach is based on the Coulomb-Fourier
transformation (CFT) of three body Hamiltonian, which allows to develop a
scheme, alternative to Born-Oppenheimer one.
The approach appears as an expansion of the kernels of corresponding integral
transformations in terms of small mass-ratio parameter. To be specific, the
results are presented for the system in the continuum. The wave function
of a such system is compared with that one which is used for estimation of the
rate for triple reaction which take place as a step of
-cycle in the center of the Sun. The problem of microscopic screening for
this particular reaction is discussed
Wave Dynamical Chaos in a Superconducting Three-Dimensional Sinai Billiard
Based on very accurate measurements performed on a superconducting microwave
resonator shaped like a desymmetrized three-dimensional (3D) Sinai billiard, we
investigate for the first time spectral properties of the vectorial Helmholtz,
i.e. non-quantum wave equation for a classically totally chaotic and
theoretically precisely studied system. We are thereby able to generalize some
aspects of quantum chaos and present some results which are consequences of the
polarization features of the electromagnetic waves.Comment: 4 pages RevTex; 4 postscript figures; to be published in Phys. Rev.
Lett.; Info: [email protected]
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