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    Spherical Hartree-Fock calculations with linear momentum projection before the variation.Part II: Spectral functions and spectroscopic factors

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    The hole--spectral functions and from these the spectroscopic factors have been calculated in an Galilei--invariant way for the ground state wave functions resulting from spherical Hartree--Fock calculations with projection onto zero total linear momentum before the variation for the nuclei 4He, 12C, 16O, 28Si, 32S and 40Ca. The results are compared to those of the conventional approach which uses the ground states resulting from usual spherical Hartree--Fock calculations subtracting the kinetic energy of the center of mass motion before the variation and to the results obtained analytically with oscillator occupations.Comment: 16 pages, 22 postscript figure

    Spherical Hartree-Fock calculations with linear momentum projection before the variation.Part I: Energies, form factors, charge densities and mathematical sum rules

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    Spherical Hartree--Fock calculations with projection onto zero total linear momentum before the variation are performed for the nuclei 4He, 12C, 16O, 28Si, 32S and 40Ca using a density--independent effective nucleon--nucleon interaction. The results are compared to those of usual spherical Hartree--Fock calculations subtracting the kinetic energy of the center of mass motion either before or after the variation and to the results obtained analytically with oscillator occupations. Total energies, hole--energies, elastic charge form factors and charge densities and the mathematical Coulomb sum rules are discussed.Comment: 16 pages, 13 postscript figure

    Spectral Estimates and Non-Selfadjoint Perturbations of Spheroidal Wave Operators

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    We derive a spectral representation for the oblate spheroidal wave operator which is holomorphic in the aspherical parameter Ī©\Omega in a neighborhood of the real line. For real Ī©\Omega, estimates are derived for all eigenvalue gaps uniformly in Ī©\Omega. The proof of the gap estimates is based on detailed estimates for complex solutions of the Riccati equation. The spectral representation for complex Ī©\Omega is derived using the theory of slightly non-selfadjoint perturbations.Comment: 33 pages, LaTeX, 3 figures, typo in Lemma 4.1 corrected (published version

    Ā« Implication des facteurs respectifs du donneur et du receveur dans l'eĢvolution aĢ€ court (30 jours) et aĢ€ moyen termes (1 an) de la transplantation pulmonaire. Etude reĢtrospective de 2004-2011 Ā»

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    Contexte: La transplantation pulmonaire est maintenant un traitement eĢtabli pour les patients au stade terminal de maladies pulmonaires chroniques. La disponibiliteĢ des poumons de donneurs approprieĢs est la cause d'un rationnement explicite limitant le nombre de transplantations possibles chez les patients au stade terminal des maladies pulmonaires et la liste d'attente des patients en attente de greffe s'allonge. C'est pourquoi, dans de nombreux centres de transplantation, l'utilisation des poumons marginaux est de plus en plus consideĢreĢe. Le but de ce travail de maitrise eĢtait d'analyser l'implication des facteurs respectifs du donneur et du receveur dans l'eĢvolution aĢ€ court (30 jours) et aĢ€ moyen termes (1 an) de la transplantation pulmonaire et d'identifier quelques parameĢ€tres cliniques pertinents impliqueĢs dans l'eĢvolution des 30 premiers jours et 1 anneĢe apreĢ€s une transplantation pulmonaire. MeĢthodes : Le travail repreĢsente l'eĢtude reĢtrospective de 119 patients qui ont beĢneĢficieĢ d'une transplantation pulmonaire au CHUV dans le centre universitaire romand de transplantation durant la peĢriode du 18 Juin 2004 au 26 DeĢcembre 2011. Les parameĢ€tres suivants ont eĢteĢ choisis comme criteĢ€res principaux d'eĢvaluation : la survie aĢ€ court terme (30 jours), la survie aĢ€ moyen terme (1 anneĢe), la dureĢe de seĢjour aux soins intensifs, la dureĢe d'hospitalisation totale ainsi que la neĢcessiteĢ de theĢrapie de remplacement reĢnal (heĢmodialyse ou heĢmofiltration) pendant les premiers 30 jours apreĢ€s la transplantation pulmonaire. Les variables suggeĢreĢes significatives par l'analyse univarieĢe ont eĢteĢ incluses dans le modeĢ€le multivarieĢ de reĢgression logistique. Une valeur p de < 0,05 a eĢteĢ consideĢreĢe comme statistiquement significative. ReĢsultats : La survie aĢ€ 30 jours eĢtait de 93.2% et de 86.4% aĢ€ 1 anneĢe. La TRR a eĢteĢ utiliseĢe chez 11.2% de patients transplanteĢs durant les 30 premiers jours apreĢ€s l'intervention. Le recours aĢ€ la CEC peropeĢratoire a eĢteĢ identifieĢ comme un preĢdicteur indeĢpendant pour la survie aĢ€ 30 jours (95%CI (-5.05)-(-0.5) ; SE=1.14), pour la dureĢe de seĢjour aux soins intensifs (95% CI 0.64-2.77; SE=0.54), ainsi que pour la neĢcessiteĢ de theĢrapie de remplacement reĢnale durant le premier mois (95% CI 0.73-3.5 ; SE=0.72). Pour la survie aĢ€ moyen terme (1 an), le temps d'ischeĢmie maximale du poumon (95%CI (-0.02)-(-0.006) ; SE=0.005) a eĢteĢ identifieĢ comme le facteur preĢdictif indeĢpendant. Concernant la dureĢe totale de l'hospitalisation, 4 facteurs preĢdictifs indeĢpendants ont eĢteĢ identifieĢs, aĢ€ savoir la preĢsence d'une CEC (95% CI, 0.1-2.51 ; SE=0.61), la valeur de PaO2/FiO2 24 heures apreĢ€s la transplantation (95% CI (-0.41)-(-0.03) ; SE=0.09), le BMI du receveur (95% CI, 3.37-16.93; SE=3.45) ainsi que la preĢsence d'une Rx du thorax sans leĢsions chez le donneur (95% CI (- 2.38)-0.18) ; SE=0.56). Conclusion: Dans notre eĢtude reĢtrospective monocentrique de 118 transplantations pulmonaires, nous avons identifieĢ que le recours aĢ€ la circulation extracorporelle (CEC) en peropeĢratoire, le temps d'ischeĢmie prolongeĢ, le BMI du receveur et le rapport PaO2/FiO2 aĢ€ 24 heures apreĢ€s l'intervention eĢtaient tous correĢleĢs avec des outcomes deĢfavorables, soit en termes de mortaliteĢ ou de morbiditeĢ. Ces parameĢ€tres sont concordants avec ceux deĢcrits dans la litteĢrature, et sont probablement des marqueurs de la seĢveĢriteĢ de l'atteinte du receveur. A relever qu'aucun parameĢ€tre concernant le donneur n'est correĢleĢ avec la survie post opeĢratoire

    On the mechanism of trailing vortex wandering

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    The mechanism of trailing vortex wandering has long been debated and is often attributed to either wind-tunnel effects or an instability. Using particle image velocimetry data obtained in the wake of a NACA0012 airfoil, we remove the effect of wandering from the measured velocity field and, through a triple decomposition, recover the coherent wandering motion. Based on this wandering motion, the most energetic structures are computed using the proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) and exhibit a helical mode with an azimuthal wavenumber of |m|=1 whose kinetic energy grows monotonically in the downstream direction. To investigate the nature of the vortex wandering, we perform a spatial stability analysis of a matched Batchelor vortex. The primary stability mode is found to be marginally stable and nearly identical in both size and structure to the leading POD mode. The strikingly similar structure, coupled with the measured energy growth, supports the proposition that the vortex wandering is the result of an instability. We conclude that the cause of the wandering is the non-zero radial velocity of the |m|=1 mode on the vortex centreline, which acts to transversely displace the trailing vortex, as observed in experiments. However, the marginal nature of the stability mode prevents a definitive conclusion regarding the specific type of instability

    Effect of long range forces on the interfacial profiles in thin binary polymer films

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    We study the effect of surface fields on the interfacial properties of a binary polymer melt confined between two parallel walls. Each wall attracts a different component of the blend by a non-retarded van der Waals potential. An interface which runs parallel to the surfaces is stabilized in the center of the film. Using extensive Monte Carlo simulations we study the interfacial properties as a function of the film thickness, the strength of the surface forces and the lateral size over which the profiles across the film are averaged. We find evidence for capillary wave broadening of the apparent interfacial profiles. However, the apparent interfacial width cannot be described quantitatively by a simple logarithmic dependence on the film thickness. The Monte Carlo simulations reveal that the surface fields give rise to an additional reduction of the intrinsic interfacial width and an increase of the effective interfacial tension upon decreasing the film thickness. These modifications of the intrinsic interfacial properties are confirmed by self-consistent field calculations. Taking account of the thickness dependence of the intrinsic interfacial properties and the capillary wave broadening, we can describe our simulation results quantitatively.Comment: to appear in J.Chem.Phy

    Implementation of a diffusion convection surface evolution model in WallDYN

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    Detectable inertial effects on Brownian transport through narrow pores

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    We investigate the transport of suspended Brownian particles dc driven along corrugated narrow channels in a regime of finite damping. We demonstrate that inertial corrections cannot be neglected as long as the width of the channel bottlenecks is smaller than an appropriate particle diffusion length, which depends on both, the temperature and the strength of the dc drive. Therefore, transport through sufficiently narrow constrictions turns out to be sensitive to the viscosity of the suspension fluid. Applications to colloidal systems are discussed
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