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On explaining the F-region seasonal anomaly in terms of composition changes in the lower atmosphere
Seasonal anomaly of F-region explained in terms of composition changes in lower atmospher
Estimation of biomass density and carbon storage in the forests of Andhra Pradesh, India, with emphasis on their deforestation and degradation conditions
The current study evaluates the growing stock, biomass and carbon content of Andhra Pradesh state’s forest (India) along with its current status of forest degradation and loss. For this purpose, the study used the growing stock data collected by state forest department in 2010 for the calculation of biomass and carbon storage using the standard conversion and expansion factors given by IPCC. The analysis shows low biomass and carbon values for the state’s forest in comparison to the mean values recorded in different studies made for Andhra Pradesh. It is also observed to be lower when compared with the average carbon and biomass for Indian forests. Overall, the analysis showed degradation and loss of forest in the state, coupled with reduction in biomass and
carbon sink
X-ray and radio prompt emission from a hypernova SN 2002ap
Here we report on combined X-ray and radio observations of SN 2002ap with
XMM-Newton ToO observation and GMRT observations aided with VLA published
results. In deriving the X-ray flux of SN 2002ap we account for the
contribution of a nearby source, found to be present in the pre-SN explosion
images obtained with Chandra observatory. We also derive upper limits on mass
loss rate from X-ray and radio data. We suggest that the prompt X-ray emission
is non-thermal in nature and its is due to the repeated compton boosting of
optical photons. We also compare SN's early radiospheric properties with two
other SNe at the same epoch.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figures. Uses espcrc2.sty. To appear in proceedings of
symposium on X-ray astronomy "The Restless High-Energy Universe", May 2003,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, eds. E.P.J. van den Heuvel, J.J.M. in 't Zand,
and R.A.M.J. Wijer
On the distribution of barriers in the spin glasses
We discuss a general formalism that allows study of transitions over barriers
in spin glasses with long-range interactions that contain large but finite
number, , of spins. We apply this formalism to the Sherrington-Kirkpatrick
model with finite and derive equations for the dynamical order parameters
which allow ''instanton'' solutions describing transitions over the barriers
separating metastable states. Specifically, we study these equations for a
glass state that was obtained in a slow cooling process ending a little below
and show that these equations allow ''instanton'' solutions which erase
the response of the glass to the perturbations applied during the slow cooling
process. The corresponding action of these solutions gives the energy of the
barriers, we find that it scales as where is the reduced
temperature.Comment: 8 pages, LaTex, 2 Postscript figure
Hidden Order in
We review current attempts to characterize the underlying nature of the
hidden order in . A wide variety of experiments point to the
existence of two order parameters: a large primary order parameter of unknown
character which co-exists with secondary antiferromagnetic order. Current
theories can be divided into two groups determined by whether or not the
primary order parameter breaks time-reversal symmetry. We propose a series of
experiments designed to test the time-reversal nature of the underlying primary
order in and to characterize its local single-ion physics
Collective enhancement and suppression in Bose-Einstein condensates
The coherent and collective nature of Bose-Einstein condensate can enhance or
suppress physical processes. Bosonic stimulation enhances scattering in already
occupied states which leads to atom amplification, and the suppression of
dissipation leads to superfluidity. In this paper, we review several
experiments where suppression and enhancement have been observed and discuss
the common roots of and differences between these phenomena.Comment: ICAP proceedings; 12 figure
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