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Experience with Delay-Tolerant Networking from Orbit
We describe the first use from space of the Bundle Protocol for Delay-Tolerant Networking (DTN) and lessons learned from experiments made and experience gained with this protocol. The Disaster Monitoring Constellation (DMC), constructed by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL), is a multiple-satellite Earth-imaging low-Earth-orbit sensor network in which recorded image swaths are stored onboard each satellite and later downloaded from the satellite payloads to a ground station. Store-and-forward of images with capture and later download gives each satellite the characteristics of a node in a disruption-tolerant network. Originally developed for the Interplanetary Internet, DTNs are now under investigation in an Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) DTN research group (RG), which has developed a bundle architecture and protocol. The DMC is technically advanced in its adoption of the Internet Protocol (IP) for its imaging payloads and for satellite command and control, based around reuse of commercial networking and link protocols. These satellites use of IP has enabled earlier experiments with the Cisco router in Low Earth Orbit (CLEO) onboard the constellation s UK-DMC satellite. Earth images are downloaded from the satellites using a custom IP-based high-speed transfer protocol developed by SSTL, Saratoga, which tolerates unusual link environments. Saratoga has been documented in the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) for wider adoption. We experiment with the use of DTNRG bundle concepts onboard the UK-DMC satellite, by examining how Saratoga can be used as a DTN convergence layer to carry the DTNRG Bundle Protocol, so that sensor images can be delivered to ground stations and beyond as bundles. Our practical experience with the first successful use of the DTNRG Bundle Protocol in a space environment gives us insights into the design of the Bundle Protocol and enables us to identify issues that must be addressed before wider deployment of the Bundle Protocol. Published in 2010 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. KEY WORDS: Internet; UK-DMC; satellite; Delay-Tolerant Networking (DTN); Bundle Protoco
Supergravity Higgs Inflation and Shift Symmetry in Electroweak Theory
We present a model of inflation in a supergravity framework in the Einstein
frame where the Higgs field of the next to minimal supersymmetric standard
model (NMSSM) plays the role of the inflaton. Previous attempts which assumed
non-minimal coupling to gravity failed due to a tachyonic instability of the
singlet field during inflation. A canonical K\"{a}hler potential with
\textit{minimal coupling} to gravity can resolve the tachyonic instability but
runs into the -problem. We suggest a model which is free of the
-problem due to an additional coupling in the K\"{a}hler potential which
is allowed by the Standard Model gauge group. This induces directions in the
potential which we call K-flat. For a certain value of the new coupling in the
(N)MSSM, the K\"{a}hler potential is special, because it can be associated with
a certain shift symmetry for the Higgs doublets, a generalization of the shift
symmetry for singlets in earlier models. We find that K-flat direction has
This shift symmetry is broken by interactions coming from
the superpotential and gauge fields. This direction fails to produce successful
inflation in the MSSM but produces a viable model in the NMSSM. The model is
specifically interesting in the Peccei-Quinn (PQ) limit of the NMSSM. In this
limit the model can be confirmed or ruled-out not just by cosmic microwave
background observations but also by axion searches.Comment: matches the published version at JCA
Roton immiscibility in a two-component dipolar Bose gas
We characterize the immiscibility-miscibility transition (IMT) of a
two-component Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) with dipole-dipole interactions.
In particular, we consider the quasi-two dimensional geometry, where a strong
trapping potential admits only zero-point motion in the trap direction, while
the atoms are more free to move in the transverse directions. We employ the
Bogoliubov treatment of the two-component system to identify both the
well-known long-wavelength IMT in addition to a roton-like IMT, where the
transition occurs at finite-wave number and is reminiscent of the roton
softening in the single component dipolar BEC. Additionally, we verify the
existence of the roton IMT in the fully trapped, finite systems by direct
numerical simulation of the two-component coupled non-local Gross-Pitaevskii
equations.Comment: 13 pages, 2 columns, 9 figure
Penggunaan Bakteri Halofilik Sebagai Biokatalisator Untuk Meningkatkan Kualitas Dan Produktifitas Garam Nacl Di Meja Kristalisasi
Penerapan penggunaan bakteri halofilik sebagai biokatalisator untuk meningkatkan kualitas dan produktivitas garam NaCl di meja garam telah dilakukan pada skala lapangan di Pegaraman III Sampang – Madura. Keberadaan bakteri halofilik mampu meningkatkan kadar NaCl pada proses kristalisasi garam. Tahapan percobaan meliputi: pembuatan nutrisi halofilik berbahan baku tepung Artemia salina dan uji coba pengkayaan bakteri halofilik dan kristalisasi. Luas lahan 300 m2 digunakan untuk meja kristalisasi bakteri halofilik, kolam pengkayaan dan, meja kristalisasi kontrol. Komposisi nutrisi terbaik untuk bakteri halofilik adalah: AS-3 yang terdiri dari tepung Artemia salina = 1,125 gram; air garam tua 20OBe = 450 ml; starter halofilik = 50 ml; gula = 1,5 gram dan urea = 0,5 gram. Uji coba proses kristalisasi di awal musim hujan, menggunakan nutrisi AS-3 pada konsentrasi 28OBe merupakan perlakuan terbaik yang menghasilkan garam dengan kandungan NaCl 98,116%; produktivitas lahan 84 ton garam/Ha/musim. Lahan kontrol menghasilkan garam dengan kandungan NaCl 95,6% dan produktivitas 51 ton garam/Ha/musim.
Sympathetic cooling of an atomic Bose-Fermi gas mixture
Sympathetic cooling of an atomic Fermi gas by a Bose gas is studied by
solution of the coupled quantum Boltzmann equations for the confined gas
mixture. Results for equilibrium temperatures and relaxation dynamics are
presented, and some simple models developed. Our study illustrate that a
combination of sympathetic and forced evaporative cooling enables the Fermi gas
to be cooled to the degenerate regime where quantum statistics, and mean field
effects are important. The influence of mean field effects on the equilibrium
spatial distributions is discussed qualitatively.Comment: 8 pages, 9 figures, accepted for publication in Phys.Rev.Let
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