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Simulations of dual morphology in spiral galaxies
Gas and stars in spiral galaxies are modelled with the DUAL code, using
hydrodynamic and N-body techniques. The simulations reveal morphological
differences mirroring the dual morphologies seen in B and K' band observations
of many spiral galaxies. In particular, the gaseous images are more flocculent
with lower pitch angles than the stellar images, and the stellar arm-interarm
contrast correlates with the degree of morphological decoupling.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures, to appear in Disk of Galaxies: Kinematics,
Dynamics and Perturbations, ASP Conf. Series, 200
The SETI observational plan
The SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Project's primary thrust is to search the microwave region of the spectrum for signals of extraterrestrial intelligent origin. The project will search a well defined volume of search parameter space using existing antennae and a sophisticated data acquisition and analysis system. Two major components are included, the target survey, which will observe at very high sensitivity all attractive stellar candidates within 75 light years of the Sun, and the sky survey, which will observe the entire celestial sphere at a lower sensitivity
DSN acquisition of Magellan high-rate telemetry data
The Magellan Project levied the stringent requirement of a 98 percent high-rate telemetry data capture rate on the Deep Space Network (DSN) during the Magellan Prime Mapping Mission. To meet this requirement, the DSN undertook extensive development of the DSN Telemetry System, as well as extensive DSN operation planning and test and training. In actuality, the DSN substantially exceeded the requirement by achieving a Prime Mapping Mission high-rate telemetry data capture rate of 99.14 percent. This article details the DSN telemetry system development, and DSN operations planning and test and training. In addition, the actual high-rate telemetry data outages are comprehensively presented and analyzed
Influence of qubit displacements on quantum logic operations in a silicon-based quantum computer with constant interaction
The errors caused by qubit displacements from their prescribed locations in
an ensemble of spin chains are estimated analytically and calculated
numerically for a quantum computer based on phosphorus donors in silicon. We
show that it is possible to polarize (initialize) the nuclear spins even with
displaced qubits by using Controlled NOT gates between the electron and nuclear
spins of the same phosphorus atom. However, a Controlled NOT gate between the
displaced electron spins is implemented with large error because of the
exponential dependence of exchange interaction constant on the distance between
the qubits. If quantum computation is implemented on an ensemble of many spin
chains, the errors can be small if the number of chains with displaced qubits
is small
ABTRAJ on-site tracking prediction program
Computer program, ABTRAJ, provides Deep Space Network tracking stations with the capability of generating spacecraft predictions with on-site computers. The program is comprised of two major sections - the main prediction portion and a trajectory subroutine which spans the desired predict interval with spacecraft ephemeris data written on magnetic tapes
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