58 research outputs found
LISA Response Function and Parameter Estimation
We investigate the response function of LISA and consider the adequacy of its
commonly used approximation in the high-frequency range of the observational
band. We concentrate on monochromatic binary systems, such as white dwarf
binaries. We find that above a few mHz the approxmation starts becoming
increasingly inaccurate. The transfer function introduces additional amplitude
and phase modulations in the measured signal that influence parameter estmation
and, if not properly accounted for, lead to losses of signal-to-noise ratio.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures, amaldi 5 conference proceeding
Multiscale Petrov-Galerkin method for high-frequency heterogeneous Helmholtz equations
This paper presents a multiscale Petrov-Galerkin finite element method for time-harmonic acoustic scattering problems with heterogeneous coefficients in the high-frequency regime. We show that the method is pollution free also in the case of heterogeneous media provided that the stability bound of the continuous problem grows at most polynomially with the wave number k. By generalizing classical estimates of Melenk (Ph.D. Thesis 1995) and Hetmaniuk (Commun. Math. Sci. 5, 2007) for homogeneous medium, we show that this assumption of polynomially wave number growth holds true for a particular class of smooth heterogeneous material coefficients. Further, we present numerical examples to verify our stability estimates and implement an example in the wider class of discontinuous coefficients to show computational applicability beyond our limited class of coefficients
Pressure-dependent optical investigations of -(BEDT-TTF)I: tuning charge order and narrow gap towards a Dirac semimetal
Infrared optical investigations of -(BEDT-TTF)I have been
performed in the spectral range from 80 to 8000~cm down to temperatures
as low as 10~K by applying hydrostatic pressure. In the metallic state, ~K, we observe a 50\% increase in the Drude contribution as well as the
mid-infrared band due to the growing intermolecular orbital overlap with
pressure up to 11~kbar. In the ordered state, , we extract how
the electronic charge per molecule varies with temperature and pressure:
Transport and optical studies demonstrate that charge order and metal-insulator
transition coincide and consistently yield a linear decrease of the transition
temperature by ~K/kbar. The charge disproportionation
diminishes by /kbar and the optical gap between
the bands decreases with pressure by -47~cm/kbar. In our high-pressure
and low-temperature experiments, we do observe contributions from the massive
charge carriers as well as from massless Dirac electrons to the low-frequency
optical conductivity, however, without being able to disentangle them
unambiguously.Comment: 13 pages, 17 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev.
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International audienceSimulating the deformation of the human anatomy is a central element of Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Interventions. Such simulations play a key role in non-rigid registration, augmented reality, and several other applications. Although the Finite Element Method is widely used as a numerical approach in this area, it is often hindered by the need for an optimal meshing of the domain of interest. The derivation of meshes from imaging modalities such as CT or MRI can be cumbersome and time-consuming. In this paper we use the Immersed Boundary Method (IBM) to bridge the gap between these imaging modalities and the fast simulation of soft tissue deformation on complex shapes represented by a surface mesh directly retrieved from binary images. A high resolution surface, that can be obtained from binary images using a marching cubes approach, is embedded into a hexahedral simulation grid. The details of the surface mesh are properly taken into account in the hexahedral mesh by adapting the Mirtich integration method. In addition to not requiring a dedicated meshing approach, our method results in higher accuracy for less degrees of freedom when compared to other element types. Examples on brain deformation demonstrate the potential of our method
Mapping the gravitational wave background
The gravitational wave sky is expected to have isolated bright sources
superimposed on a diffuse gravitational wave background. The background
radiation has two components: a confusion limited background from unresolved
astrophysical sources; and a cosmological component formed during the birth of
the universe. A map of the gravitational wave background can be made by
sweeping a gravitational wave detector across the sky. The detector output is a
complicated convolution of the sky luminosity distribution, the detector
response function and the scan pattern. Here we study the general
de-convolution problem, and show how LIGO (Laser Interferometric Gravitational
Observatory) and LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna) can be used to
detect anisotropies in the gravitational wave background.Comment: 16 pages, 6 figures. Submitted to CQ
Angular Resolution of the LISA Gravitational Wave Detector
We calculate the angular resolution of the planned LISA detector, a
space-based laser interferometer for measuring low-frequency gravitational
waves from galactic and extragalactic sources. LISA is not a pointed
instrument; it is an all-sky monitor with a quadrupolar beam pattern. LISA will
measure simultaneously both polarization components of incoming gravitational
waves, so the data will consist of two time series. All physical properties of
the source, including its position, must be extracted from these time series.
LISA's angular resolution is therefore not a fixed quantity, but rather depends
on the type of signal and on how much other information must be extracted.
Information about the source position will be encoded in the measured signal in
three ways: 1) through the relative amplitudes and phases of the two
polarization components, 2) through the periodic Doppler shift imposed on the
signal by the detector's motion around the Sun, and 3) through the further
modulation of the signal caused by the detector's time-varying orientation. We
derive the basic formulae required to calculate the LISA's angular resolution
for a given source. We then evaluate for
two sources of particular interest: monchromatic sources and mergers of
supermassive black holes. For these two types of sources, we calculate (in the
high signal-to-noise approximation) the full variance-covariance matrix, which
gives the accuracy to which all source parameters can be measured. Since our
results on LISA's angular resolution depend mainly on gross features of the
detector geometry, orbit, and noise curve, we expect these results to be fairly
insensitive to modest changes in detector design that may occur between now and
launch. We also expect that our calculations could be easily modified to apply
to a modified design.Comment: 15 pages, 5 figures, RevTex 3.0 fil
Variational Multiscale Stabilization and the Exponential Decay of Fine-scale Correctors
This paper addresses the variational multiscale stabilization of standard
finite element methods for linear partial differential equations that exhibit
multiscale features. The stabilization is of Petrov-Galerkin type with a
standard finite element trial space and a problem-dependent test space based on
pre-computed fine-scale correctors. The exponential decay of these correctors
and their localisation to local cell problems is rigorously justified. The
stabilization eliminates scale-dependent pre-asymptotic effects as they appear
for standard finite element discretizations of highly oscillatory problems,
e.g., the poor approximation in homogenization problems or the pollution
effect in high-frequency acoustic scattering
Measuring gravitational waves from binary black hole coalescences: II. the waves' information and its extraction, with and without templates
We discuss the extraction of information from detected binary black hole
(BBH) coalescence gravitational waves, focusing on the merger phase that occurs
after the gradual inspiral and before the ringdown. Our results are: (1) If
numerical relativity simulations have not produced template merger waveforms
before BBH detections by LIGO/VIRGO, one can band-pass filter the merger waves.
For BBHs smaller than about 40 solar masses detected via their inspiral waves,
the band pass filtering signal to noise ratio indicates that the merger waves
should typically be just barely visible in the noise for initial and advanced
LIGO interferometers. (2) We derive an optimized (maximum likelihood) method
for extracting a best-fit merger waveform from the noisy detector output; one
"perpendicularly projects" this output onto a function space (specified using
wavelets) that incorporates our prior knowledge of the waveforms. An extension
of the method allows one to extract the BBH's two independent waveforms from
outputs of several interferometers. (3) If numerical relativists produce codes
for generating merger templates but running the codes is too expensive to allow
an extensive survey of the merger parameter space, then a coarse survey of this
parameter space, to determine the ranges of the several key parameters and to
explore several qualitative issues which we describe, would be useful for data
analysis purposes. (4) A complete set of templates could be used to test the
nonlinear dynamics of general relativity and to measure some of the binary
parameters. We estimate the number of bits of information obtainable from the
merger waves (about 10 to 60 for LIGO/VIRGO, up to 200 for LISA), estimate the
information loss due to template numerical errors or sparseness in the template
grid, and infer approximate requirements on template accuracy and spacing.Comment: 33 pages, Rextex 3.1 macros, no figures, submitted to Phys Rev
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