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A Conversation to Be Inserted Between the Franklin\u27s Tale and the Physician\u27s Tale
Fiction by Tom Misch
Nuclear neutrino energy spectra in high temperature astrophysical environments
Astrophysical environments that reach temperatures greater than 100
keV can have significant neutrino energy loss via both plasma processes and
nuclear weak interactions. We find that nuclear processes likely produce the
highest-energy neutrinos. Among the important weak nuclear interactions are
both charged current channels (electron capture/emission and positron
capture/emission) and neutral current channels (de-excitation of nuclei via
neutrino pair emission). We show that in order to make a realistic prediction
of the nuclear neutrino spectrum, one must take nuclear structure into account;
in some cases, the most important transitions may involve excited states,
possibly in both parent and daughter nuclei. We find that the standard
technique of producing a neutrino energy spectrum by using a single transition
with a Q-value and matrix element chosen to fit published neutrino production
rates and energy losses will not accurately capture important spectral
features.Comment: 11 pages, 17 figure
Growth and welfare maximization in models of public finance and endogenous growth
This paper evaluates the trade-off between growth and welfare maximization from two perspectives. Firstly, it synthesizes and extends endogenous growth models with public finance to compare growth and welfare maximizing tax rates. Secondly, it examines the distinct model outcomes in terms of their growth rates and welfare levels. This comparison highlights the range of trade-offs: the growth maximizing tax rate can be above, below, or equal to the welfare maximizing equivalent. We find however that even relatively large differences in growth and welfare maximizing tax rates translate into relatively small differences in growth rates, and, in some cases, welfare levels. --Economic Growth,Productive Public Spending,Optimal Fiscal Policy
Growth and Welfare Maximization in Models of Public Finance and Endogenous Growth
This paper evaluates the trade-off between growth and welfare maximization from two perspectives. Firstly, it synthesizes and extends endogenous growth models with public finance to compare the growth and welfare maximizing tax rates. Secondly, it examines the distinct model outcomes in terms of the growth rates and welfare levels. This comparison highlights the range of trade-offs: the growth maximizing tax rate can lie above, below, or on the welfare maximizing equivalent. We find however that even relatively large differences in growth and welfare maximizing tax rates translate into relatively small differences in growth rates, and, in some cases, welfare levels.Economic Growth, Productive Public Spending, Optimal Fiscal Policy
Neutrino Spectra from Nuclear Weak Interactions in -Shell Nuclei Under Astrophysical Conditions
We present shell model calculations of nuclear neutrino energy spectra for 70
-shell nuclei over the mass number range . Our calculations
include nuclear excited states as appropriate for the hot and dense conditions
characteristic of pre-collapse massive stars. We consider neutrinos produced by
charged lepton captures and decays and, for the first time in tabular form,
neutral current nuclear deexcitation, providing neutrino energy spectra on the
Fuller-Fowler-Newman temperature-density grid for these interaction channels
for each nucleus. We use the full -shell model space to compute initial
nuclear states up to 20 MeV excitation with transitions to final states up to
35-40 MeV, employing a modification of the Brink-Axel hypothesis to handle high
temperature population factors and the nuclear partition functions.Comment: 15 pages, 8 figures. Until data available at JINA-CEE, contact GWM
for spectra data file
Neutrino Pair Emission from Hot Nuclei During Stellar Collapse
We present shell-model calculations showing that residual interaction-induced
configuration mixing enhances the rate of neutral current de-excitation of
thermally excited nuclei into neutrino-antineutrino pairs. Though our
calculations reinforce the conclusions of previous studies that this process is
the dominant source of neutrino pairs near the onset of neutrino trapping
during stellar collapse, our shell-model result has the effect of increasing
the energy of these pairs, possibly altering their role in entropy transport in
supernovae.Comment: 9 pages, 8 figure
Modification of the Brink-Axel Hypothesis for High Temperature Nuclear Weak Interactions
We present shell model calculations of electron capture strength
distributions in A=28 nuclei and computations of the corresponding capture
rates in supernova core conditions. We find that in these nuclei the Brink-Axel
hypothesis for the distribution of Gamow-Teller strength fails at low and
moderate initial excitation energy, but may be a valid tool at high excitation.
The redistribution of GT strength at high initial excitation may affect capture
rates during collapse. If these trends which we have found in lighter nuclei
also apply for the heavier nuclei which provide the principal channels for
neutronization during stellar collapse, then there could be two implications
for supernova core electron capture physics. First, a modified Brink-Axel
hypothesis could be a valid approximation for use in collapse codes. Second,
the electron capture strength may be moved down significantly in transition
energy, which would likely have the effect of increasing the overall electron
capture rate during stellar collapse.Comment: 15 pages, 19 figure
Simulating Distributed Battery and Solar Array Placement for Voltage Regulation
Energy storage has been around for many years in the US, mainly in the form of pumped hydro. However, in recent years, other storage technologies have developed quickly, with lithium ion batteries receiving significant investment and delivering technological and price improvements. Electricity storage has the potential to assist the US in transitioning to a smarter grid, as well as enabling increasing amounts of renewable generation to connect to the grid, without costly reinforcement works. Electricity storage can be co-located with power generation assets, installed along distribution systems for network services, or placed behind the meter, i.e., on the customer’s premises. This thesis focuses on the latter case.
Modern day electrical grids are complex and varied. Using a representative of a large number of grids we can simulate real world conditions and show how the system reacts to distributed solar arrays but can also show how the system can recover from voltage failures using residential sized distributed battery banks.
It is hypothesized that through distributed use of battery systems that energy grids can facilitate a larger amount of renewable energy in regard to voltage and current limitations.
The tasks to be performed include the following:
• Establish a base case network using the IEEE test feeder with local TMY data and local load data with Gridlab-D
• Establish a distributed and isolated number of solar arrays that real world outputs to cover how the grid would begin to fail relative to voltage and current limitations
• Study the ability of the grid to recover from voltage violations with the use of residential sized distributed battery systems using three utilization variations. Time of use shifting, peak shaving, and negative power shifting.
Based upon the found data we can discuss the added benefits of distributed battery systems and how they can be used to harden the grid against voltage failures
Fiscal policy and growth with complementarities and constraints on government
This paper considers the implications of complementarity in private production and constraints on government for optimal fiscal policy. Using an endogenous growth model with public finance, it derives three central results which modify findings in the literature under standard assumptions. First, it shows that optimal public spending composition and taxation are interrelated so that first- and second-best fiscal policies differ. Second, it shows that the growth-maximizing fiscal policy is affected by preference parameters. Third, it shows that with budget rigidities and informational limitations, knowledge about the optimal fiscal policy parameter values is not necessary for growth-enhancing fiscal policy adjustments. --Imperfect Knowledge,Economic Growth,Productive Public Spending,Optimal Fiscal Policy
Employing Template-Directed Assembly to Create a Novel Coagulation Assay
Blood coagulation is an important aspect of hemostasis in the human body. Under normal circumstances, the blood coagulates using two different pathways, the intrinsic and the extrinsic. The extrinsic pathway works to counteract trauma but may lead to stroke forming clots. Components for an assay were created so that an assay could be designed to test the functionality of the proteins involved in the clotting cascade: Tissue Factor, factor VII, and factor X when used in conjunction with Template Directed Assembly (TDA) on a nickel-nitriloacetic acid (Ni-NTA) derived liposome
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