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Channeling 5-min photospheric oscillations into the solar outer atmosphere through small-scale vertical magnetic flux tubes
We report two-dimensional MHD simulations which demonstrate that photospheric
5-min oscillations can leak into the chromosphere inside small-scale vertical
magnetic flux tubes. The results of our numerical experiments are compatible
with those inferred from simultaneous spectropolarimetric observations of the
photosphere and chromosphere obtained with the Tenerife Infrared Polarimeter
(TIP) at 10830 A. We conclude that the efficiency of energy exchange by
radiation in the solar photosphere can lead to a significant reduction of the
cut-off frequency and may allow for the propagation of the 5 minutes waves
vertically into the chromosphere.Comment: accepted by ApJ
Space power distribution system technology. Volume 2: Autonomous power management
Electrical power subsystem requirements, power management system functional requirements, algorithms, power management subsystem, hardware development, and trade studies and analyses are discussed
Space power distribution system technology. Volume 1: Reference EPS design
The multihundred kilowatt electrical power aspects of a mannable space platform in low Earth orbit is analyzed from a cost and technology viewpoint. At the projected orbital altitudes, Shuttle launch and servicing are technically and economically viable. Power generation is specified as photovoltaic consistent with projected planning. The cost models and trades are based upon a zero interest rate (the government taxes concurrently as required), constant dollars (1980), and costs derived in the first half of 1980. Space platform utilization of up to 30 years is evaluated to fully understand the impact of resupply and replacement as satellite missions are extended. Such lifetimes are potentially realizable with Shuttle servicing capability and are economically desirable
One-dimensional metallic behavior of the stripe phase in LaSrCuO
Using an exact diagonalization method within the dynamical mean-field theory
we study stripe phases in the two-dimensional Hubbard model. We find a
crossover at doping from diagonal stripes to vertical
site-centered stripes with populated domain walls, stable in a broad range of
doping, . The calculated chemical potential shift and the doping dependence of the magnetic incommensurability are in
quantitative agreement with the experimental results for doped
LaSrCuO. The electronic structure shows one-dimensional
metallic behavior along the domain walls, and explains the suppression of
spectral weight along the Brillouin zone diagonal.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
New Algorithm for Mixmaster Dynamics
We present a new numerical algorithm for evolving the Mixmaster spacetimes.
By using symplectic integration techniques to take advantage of the exact Taub
solution for the scattering between asymptotic Kasner regimes, we evolve these
spacetimes with higher accuracy using much larger time steps than previously
possible. The longer Mixmaster evolution thus allowed enables detailed
comparison with the Belinskii, Khalatnikov, Lifshitz (BKL) approximate
Mixmaster dynamics. In particular, we show that errors between the BKL
prediction and the measured parameters early in the simulation can be
eliminated by relaxing the BKL assumptions to yield an improved map. The
improved map has different predictions for vacuum Bianchi Type IX and magnetic
Bianchi Type VI Mixmaster models which are clearly matched in the
simulation.Comment: 12 pages, Revtex, 4 eps figure
Quark-meson coupling model for finite nuclei
A Quark-Meson Coupling (QMC) model is extended to finite nuclei in the
relativistic mean-field or Hartree approximation. The ultra-relativistic quarks
are assumed to be bound in non-overlapping nucleon bags, and the interaction
between nucleons arises from a coupling of vector and scalar meson fields to
the quarks. We develop a perturbative scheme for treating the spatial
nonuniformity of the meson fields over the volume of the nucleon as well as the
nucleus. Results of calculations for spherical nuclei are given, based on a fit
to the equilibrium properties of nuclear matter. Several possible extensions of
the model are also considered.Comment: 33 pages REVTeX plus 2 postscript figure
Semiclassical description of multiphoton processes
We analyze strong field atomic dynamics semiclassically, based on a full
time-dependent description with the Hermann-Kluk propagator. From the
properties of the exact classical trajectories, in particular the accumulation
of action in time, the prominent features of above threshold ionization (ATI)
and higher harmonic generation (HHG) are proven to be interference phenomena.
They are reproduced quantitatively in the semiclassical approximation.
Moreover, the behavior of the action of the classical trajectories supports the
so called strong field approximation which has been devised and postulated for
strong field dynamics.Comment: 10 pages, 11 figure
Variations of Hadron Masses and Matter Properties in Dense Nuclear Matter
Using a self-consistent quark model for nuclear matter we investigate
variations of the masses of the non-strange vector mesons, the hyperons and the
nucleon in dense nuclear matter (up to four times the normal nuclear density).
We find that the changes in the hadron masses can be described in terms of the
value of the scalar mean-field in matter. The model is then used to calculate
the density dependence of the quark condensate in-medium, which turns out to be
well approximated by a linear function of the nuclear density. Some relations
among the hadron properties and the in-medium quark condensate are discussed.Comment: 22 pages, University of Adelaide preperint ADP-94-20/T160, submitted
to Physical Review
Symplectic quantization of self-dual master Lagrangian
We consider the master Lagrangian of Deser and Jackiw, interpolating between
the self-dual and the Maxwell-Chern-Simons Lagrangian, and quantize it
following the symplectic approach, as well as the traditional Dirac scheme. We
demonstrate the equivalence of these procedures in the subspace of the
second-class constraints. We then proceed to embed this mixed first- and
second-class system into an extended first-class system within the framework of
both approaches, and construct the corresponding generator for this extended
gauge symmetry in both formulations.Comment: 27 page
Quantum statistics of atoms in microstructures
This paper proposes groove-like potential structures for the observation of
quantum information processing by trapped particles. As an illustration the
effect of quantum statistics at a 50-50 beam splitter is investigated. For
non-interacting particles we regain the results known from photon experiments,
but we have found that particle interactions destroy the perfect bosonic
correlations. Fermions avoid each other due to the exclusion principle and
hence they are far less sensitive to particle interactions. For bosons, the
behavior can be explained with simple analytic considerations which predict a
certain amount of universality. This is verified by detailed numerical
calculations.Comment: 18 pages incl. 13 figure
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