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Ionization of Infalling Gas
H-alpha emission from neutral halo clouds probes the radiation and
hydrodynamic conditions in the halo. Armed with such measurements, we can
explore how radiation escapes from the Galactic plane and how infalling gas can
survive a trip through the halo. The Wisconsin H-Alpha Mapper (WHAM) is one of
the most sensitive instruments for detecting and mapping optical emission from
the ISM. Here, we present recent results exploring the ionization of two
infallling high-velocity complexes. First, we report on our progress mapping
H-alpha emission covering the full extent of Complex A. Intensities are faint
(<100 mR; EM <0.2 pc cm^-6 but correlate on the sky and in velocity with 21-cm
emission. Second, we explore the ionized component of some Anti-Center Complex
clouds studied by Peek et al. (2007) that show dynamic shaping from interaction
with the Galactic halo.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures; to appear in proceedings of "The Role of
Disk-Halo Interaction in Galaxy Evolution: Outflow vs Infall?" held in
Espinho, Portugal during 2008 Augus
Stiffness changes during low temperature thermal treatment of Scots pine, assessed by acoustic NDT
The change, over time, in density, longitudinal modulus of elasticity, shear modulus and chemical structure of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) under thermal treatment (110, 120 and 140ºC) was evaluated. The determinations of the specific changes were carried out by means of impulse excitation, ultrasonic time-of-flight and near infrared spectroscopy. The results show, that the stiffness and density decrease was linear with time, with no evidence of a slowing rate of degradation even at 140ºC, after loss of more than half the original wood stiffness and more than a quarter of the original mass. At all temperatures the ratio between the longitudinal modulus and shear modulus was unchanged by the treatment for individual samples and the stiffness change was proportional to mass loss irrespective of the temperature and time. Examination of the NIR spectra revealed modifications in the amorphous carbohydrates structure and small changes in the lignin structure
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Comparison of coal liquefaction processes. Final report on Task 006
Five processes were studied to determine which could give best results for supplying hydrocarbon fuels to replace petroleum products. The processes were Fischer-Tropsch; M-Gasoline; H-Coal; Exxon Donor Solvent; and Solvent Refined Coal. The conclusions of the study are that all of the processes are considered commercially feasible and, because the different products from the different processes will meet different market demands, any significant future liquids from coal market will probably use some of each of these processes. The anticipated conversion efficiency values are given to indicate resource utilization. Simplified capital costs are approximated for each process. These are used in combination with product amounts and relative values to achieve a cost ranking. Because the study was concerned solely with liquid products, Fischer-Tropsch was at a disadvantage. The remaining four were relatively close and a final decision would depend upon the actual end use requirements. For a situation with residual fuels selling at severe discounts, M-Gasoline and H-Coal (Syncrude Mode) were the better choices
Blue laser cooling transitions in Tm I
We have studied possible candidates for laser cooling transitions in
Tm in the spectral region 410 -- 420 nm. By means of saturation
absorption spectroscopy we have measured the hyperfine structure and rates of
two nearly closed cycling transitions from the ground state
to upper states
at
410.6 nm and
at
420.4 nm and evaluated the life times of the excited levels as 15.9(8) ns and
48(6) ns respectively. Decay rates from these levels to neighboring
opposite-parity levels are evaluated by means of Hartree-Fock calculations. We
conclude, that the strong transition at 410.6 nm has an optical leak rate of
less then and can be used for efficient laser cooling of
Tm from a thermal atomic beam. The hyperfine structure of two other
even-parity levels which can be excited from the ground state at 409.5 nm and
418.9 nm is also measured by the same technique. In addition we give a
calculated value of s for the rate of magnetic-dipole transition
at 1.14 m between the fine structure levels
of the ground state which can be
considered as a candidate for applications in atomic clocks.Comment: 8 pages, 5 figure
Anomalous Scaling of Structure Functions and Dynamic Constraints on Turbulence Simulations
The connection between anomalous scaling of structure functions
(intermittency) and numerical methods for turbulence simulations is discussed.
It is argued that the computational work for direct numerical simulations (DNS)
of fully developed turbulence increases as , and not as
expected from Kolmogorov's theory, where is a large-scale Reynolds number.
Various relations for the moments of acceleration and velocity derivatives are
derived. An infinite set of exact constraints on dynamically consistent subgrid
models for Large Eddy Simulations (LES) is derived from the Navier-Stokes
equations, and some problems of principle associated with existing LES models
are highlighted.Comment: 18 page
Apodization technique for fiber grating fabrication with a halftone transmission amplitude mask
Experimental results of fiber Bragg gratings fabricated with halftone amplitude transmission masks and 10-cm-long phase masks are presented for the first time to our knowledge. The performance of the devices is evaluated in terms of their spectral characteristics and deviation from linear group delay. Good out-of-band sidelobe suppression of -27 dB and group-delay ripple of ?9.5 ps is achieved for fully apodized grating devices
Electron Exchange Coupling for Single Donor Solid-State Qubits
Inter-valley interference between degenerate conduction band minima has been
shown to lead to oscillations in the exchange energy between neighbouring
phosphorus donor electron states in silicon \cite{Koiller02,Koiller02A}. These
same effects lead to an extreme sensitivity of the exchange energy on the
relative orientation of the donor atoms, an issue of crucial importance in the
construction silicon-based spin quantum computers. In this article we calculate
the donor electron exchange coupling as a function of donor position
incorporating the full Bloch structure of the Kohn-Luttinger electron
wavefunctions. It is found that due to the rapidly oscillating nature of the
terms they produce, the periodic part of the Bloch functions can be safely
ignored in the Heitler-London integrals as was done by Koiller et. al. [Phys.
Rev. Lett. 88,027903(2002),Phys. Rev. B. 66,115201(2002)], significantly
reducing the complexity of calculations.
We address issues of fabrication and calculate the expected exchange coupling
between neighbouring donors that have been implanted into the silicon substrate
using an 15keV ion beam in the so-called 'top down' fabrication scheme for a
Kane solid-state quantum computer. In addition we calculate the exchange
coupling as a function of the voltage bias on control gates used to manipulate
the electron wavefunctions and implement quantum logic operations in the Kane
proposal, and find that these gate biases can be used to both increase and
decrease the magnitude of the exchange coupling between neighbouring donor
electrons. The zero-bias results reconfirm those previously obtained by
Koiller.Comment: 10 Pages, 8 Figures. To appear in Physical Review
A Geometric Picture of Entanglement and Bell Inequalities
We work in the real Hilbert space H_s of hermitian Hilbert-Schmid operators
and show that the entanglement witness which shows the maximal violation of a
generalized Bell inequality (GBI) is a tangent functional to the convex set S
subset H_s of separable states. This violation equals the euclidean distance in
H_s of the entangled state to S and thus entanglement, GBI and tangent
functional are only different aspects of the same geometric picture. This is
explicitly illustrated in the example of two spins, where also a comparison
with familiar Bell inequalities is presented.Comment: 17 pages, 5 figures, 4 references adde
Meridional Circulation and Global Solar Oscillations
We investigate the influence of large-scale meridional circulation on solar
p-modes by quasi-degenerate perturbation theory, as proposed by
\cite{lavely92}. As an input flow we use various models of stationary
meridional circulation obeying the continuity equation. This flow perturbs the
eigenmodes of an equilibrium model of the Sun. We derive the signatures of the
meridional circulation in the frequency multiplets of solar p-modes. In most
cases the meridional circulation leads to negative average frequency shifts of
the multiplets. Further possible observable effects are briefly discussed.Comment: 14 pages, 5 figures, submittted to Solar Physics Topical Issue
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The t W- Mode of Single Top Production
The t W- mode of single top production is proposed as an important means to
study the weak interactions of the top quark. While the rate of this mode is
most likely too small to be observed at Run II of the Fermilab Tevatron, it is
expected to be considerably larger at the CERN LHC. In this article the
inclusive t W- rate is computed, including O(1 / log (m_t^2 / m_b^2))
corrections, and when combined with detailed Monte Carlo simulations including
the top and W decay products, indicate that the t W- single top process may be
extracted from the considerable t tbar and W+ W- j backgrounds at low
luminosity runs of the LHC.Comment: 16 pages, 4 figure
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