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Time dependent intrinsic correlation analysis of temperature and dissolved oxygen time series using empirical mode decomposition
In the marine environment, many fields have fluctuations over a large range
of different spatial and temporal scales. These quantities can be nonlinear
\red{and} non-stationary, and often interact with each other. A good method to
study the multiple scale dynamics of such time series, and their correlations,
is needed. In this paper an application of an empirical mode decomposition
based time dependent intrinsic correlation, \red{of} two coastal oceanic time
series, temperature and dissolved oxygen (saturation percentage) is presented.
The two time series are recorded every 20 minutes \red{for} 7 years, from 2004
to 2011. The application of the Empirical Mode Decomposition on such time
series is illustrated, and the power spectra of the time series are estimated
using the Hilbert transform (Hilbert spectral analysis). Power-law regimes are
found with slopes of 1.33 for dissolved oxygen and 1.68 for temperature at high
frequencies (between 1.2 and 12 hours) \red{with} both close to 1.9 for lower
frequencies (time scales from 2 to 100 days). Moreover, the time evolution and
scale dependence of cross correlations between both series are considered. The
trends are perfectly anti-correlated. The modes of mean year 3 and 1 year have
also negative correlation, whereas higher frequency modes have a much smaller
correlation. The estimation of time-dependent intrinsic correlations helps to
show patterns of correlations at different scales, for different modes.Comment: 35 pages with 22 figure
Lagrangian Cascade in Three-Dimensional Homogeneous and Isotropic Turbulence
In this work, the scaling statistics of the dissipation along Lagrangian
trajectories are investigated by using fluid tracer particles obtained from a
high resolution direct numerical simulation with . Both the
energy dissipation rate and the local time averaged
agree rather well with the lognormal distribution hypothesis.
Several statistics are then examined. It is found that the autocorrelation
function of and variance of
obey a log-law with scaling exponent
compatible with the intermittency parameter . The
th-order moment of has a clear power-law on the inertial
range . The measured scaling exponent agrees
remarkably with where is the scaling exponent
estimated using the Hilbert methodology. All these results suggest that the
dissipation along Lagrangian trajectories could be modelled by a multiplicative
cascade.Comment: 10 pages with 7 figures accepted for Journal of Fluid Mechanics as
Rapid
HARDI: A high angular resolution deployable interferometer for space
We describe here a proposed orbiting interferometer covering the UV, visible, and near-IR spectral ranges. With a 6-m baseline and a collecting area equivalent to about a 1.4 m diameter full aperture, this instrument will offer significant improvements in resolution over the Hubble Space Telescope, and complement the new generation of ground-based interferometers with much better limiting magnitude and spectral coverage. On the other hand, it has been designed as a considerably less ambitious project (one launch) than other current proposals. We believe that this concept is feasible given current technological capabilities, yet would serve to prove the concepts necessary for the much larger systems that must eventually be flown. The interferometer is of the Fizeau type. It therefore has a much larger field (for guiding) better UV throughout (only 4 surfaces) than phased arrays. Optimize aperture configurations and ideas for the cophasing and coalignment system are presented. The interferometer would be placed in a geosynchronous or sunsynchronous orbit to minimize thermal and mechanical disturbances and to maximize observing efficiency
Towards a robust estimate of the merger rate evolution using near-IR photometry
We use a combination of deep, high angular resolution imaging data from the
CDFS (HST/ACS GOODS survey) and ground based near-IR images to derive the
evolution of the galaxy major merger rate in the redshift range . We select galaxies on the sole basis of their J-band rest-frame,
absolute magnitude, which is a good tracer of the stellar mass. We find steep
evolution with redshift, with the merger rate for
optically selected pairs, and for pairs selected
in the near-IR. Our result is unlikely to be affected by luminosity evolution
which is relatively modest when using rest-frame J band selection. The
apparently more rapid evolution that we find in the visible is likely caused by
biases relating to incompleteness and spatial resolution affecting the ground
based near IR photometry, underestimating pair counts at higher redshifts in
the near-IR. The major merger rate was 5.6 times higher at
than at the current epoch. Overall 41%(0.5\gyr/) of all
galaxies with have undergone a major merger in the last \sim8
\gyr, where is the merger timescale. Interestingly, we find no effect
on the derived major merger rate due to the presence of the large scale
structure at in the CDFS.Comment: Accepted for Publication in ApJ. 9 Figure
Evidence for Merger Remnants in Early-Type Host Galaxies of Low-Redshift QSOs
We present results from a pilot HST ACS deep imaging study in broad-band V of
five low-redshift QSO host galaxies classified in the literature as
ellipticals. The aim of our study is to determine whether these early-type
hosts formed at high redshift and have since evolved passively, or whether they
have undergone relatively recent mergers that may be related to the triggering
of the nuclear activity. We perform two-dimensional modeling of the light
distributions to analyze the host galaxies' morphology. We find that, while
each host galaxy is reasonably well fitted by a de Vaucouleurs profile, the
majority of them (4/5) reveal significant fine structure such as shells and
tidal tails. These structures contribute between ~5% and 10% to the total
V-band luminosity of each host galaxy within a region of r ~ 3 r_eff and are
indicative of merger events that occurred between a few hundred Myr and a Gyr
ago. These timescales are comparable to starburst ages in the QSO hosts
previously inferred from Keck spectroscopy. Our results thus support a
consistent scenario in which most of the QSO host galaxies suffered mergers
with accompanying starbursts that likely also triggered the QSO activity in
some way, but we are also left with considerable uncertainty on physical
mechanisms that might have delayed this triggering for several hundred Myr
after the merger.Comment: 22 pages, 4 figures. Accepted for publication in the Astrophysical
Journa
Effect of Intracavernous Simultaneous Injection of Acetylcholine and VIP on Canine Penile Erection
Lithium colloids and color center creation in electron-irradiated Li2NH observed by electron-spin resonance
4 pagesInternational audienceWe have irradiated Li2NH powder with MeV electrons at room temperature and investigated the introduced defects with electron spin resonance. CESR indicates the presence of nanosize metallic Li colloids seen as a Lorentzian line with a g = 2.0023 and a line width DeltaH = 50 microT. A second, broader, signal (DeltaH = 3 to 4 mT) appears superimposed upon the Li line at low T (Curie-type behavior) which exhibits complex T-dependence with a break near 180 K for its g-value and DeltaH. We are suggesting for the latter a vacancy-type defect in the NH-sublattice, with freezing of its H-component below 180 K. When heated both the Li colloids and the color centers anneal around 100 C probably due to hydrogen evolution and subsequent chemical degradation
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