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Verifying raytracing/Fokker-Planck lower-hybrid current drive predictions with self-consistent full-wave/Fokker-Planck simulations
Raytracing/Fokker-Planck (FP) simulations used to model lower-hybrid current
drive (LHCD) often fail to reproduce experimental results, particularly when
LHCD is weakly damped. A proposed reason for this discrepancy is the lack of
"full-wave" effects, such as diffraction and interference, in raytracing
simulations and the breakdown of raytracing approximation. Previous studies of
LHCD using non-Maxwellian full-wave/FP simulations have been performed, but
these simulations were not self-consistent and enforced power conservation
between the FP and full-wave code using a numerical rescaling factor. Here we
have created a fully-self consistent full-wave/FP model for LHCD that is
automatically power conserving. This was accomplished by coupling an overhauled
version of the non-Maxwellian TORLH full-wave solver and the CQL3D FP code
using the Integrated Plasma Simulator. We performed converged full-wave/FP
simulations of Alcator C-Mod discharges and compared them to raytracing. We
found that excellent agreement in the power deposition profiles from raytracing
and TORLH could be obtained, however, TORLH had somewhat lower current drive
efficiency and broader power deposition profiles in some cases. This
discrepancy appears to be a result of numerical limitations present in the
TORLH model and a small amount of diffractional broadening of the TORLH wave
spectrum. Our results suggest full-wave simulation of LHCD is likely not
necessary as diffraction and interference represented only a small correction
that could not account for the differences between simulations and experiment
Off Mass Shell Effects in Hadron Electric Dipole Moments
We note that off the quark mass shell the operators
and , both of which reduce to
in the non-relativistic limit, are no longer
identical. In this paper we explore the effects of this difference in the
contribution of these quark electric moments to hadronic electric moments.Comment: 21 pages, 1 figure, Revtex, uses psfi
Global wave loads on a damaged ship
A computational tool was applied based on a two dimensional linear method to predict the hydrodynamic loads for damaged ships. Experimental tests on a ship model have also been carried out to predict the hydrodynamic loads in various design conditions. The results of the theoretical method and experimental tests are compared to validate the theoretical method. The extreme wave induced loads have been calculated by short term prediction. For the loads in intact condition, the prediction with duration of 20 years at sea state 5 is used, while for loads in damaged conditions the prediction in 96 hours exposure time at sea 3 is used. The maximum values of the most probable extreme amplitudes of dynamic wave induced loads in damaged conditions are much less than those in intact condition because of the reduced time. An opening could change the distribution of not only stillwater bending moment but also wave-induced bending moment. It is observed that although some cross sections are not structurally damaged, the total loads acting on these cross sections after damage may be increased dramatically compared to the original design load in intact condition
Genome of Drosophila suzukii, the spotted wing drosophila.
Drosophila suzukii Matsumura (spotted wing drosophila) has recently become a serious pest of a wide variety of fruit crops in the United States as well as in Europe, leading to substantial yearly crop losses. To enable basic and applied research of this important pest, we sequenced the D. suzukii genome to obtain a high-quality reference sequence. Here, we discuss the basic properties of the genome and transcriptome and describe patterns of genome evolution in D. suzukii and its close relatives. Our analyses and genome annotations are presented in a web portal, SpottedWingFlyBase, to facilitate public access
Chiral Symmetry Breaking and Cooling in Lattice QCD
Chiral symmetry breaking is calculated as a function of cooling in quenched
lattice QCD. A non-zero signal is found for the chiral condensate beyond one
hundred cooling steps, suggesting that there is chiral symmetry breaking
associated with instantons. Quantitatively, the chiral condensate in cooled
gauge field configurations is small compared to the value without cooling.Comment: 11 pages in REVTEX including 4 PS figures embedded using psfig.sty,
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Theoretical and Experimental Studies of Schottky Diodes That Use Aligned Arrays of Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes
We present theoretical and experimental studies of Schottky diodes that use
aligned arrays of single walled carbon nanotubes. A simple physical model,
taking into account the basic physics of current rectification, can adequately
describe the single-tube and array devices. We show that for as grown array
diodes, the rectification ratio, defined by the
maximum-to-minimum-current-ratio, is low due to the presence of m-SWNT shunts.
These tubes can be eliminated in a single voltage sweep resulting in a high
rectification array device. Further analysis also shows that the channel
resistance, and not the intrinsic nanotube diode properties, limits the
rectification in devices with channel length up to ten micrometer.Comment: Nano Research, 2010, accepte
A cross validation of Consumer-Based Brand Equity (CBBE) with Private Labels in Spain
Molinillo,S., Ekinci, Y., Japutra, A. (2014)'A cross validation of Consumer-Based Brand Equity (CBBE) with Private Labels in Spain'. in MartĂnez-LĂłpez, GĂĄzquez-Abad, J.C. and Sethuraman, R. J.A. (eds.) Advances in National Brand and Private Label Marketing. Second International Conference, 2015. Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics, pp. 113-125In recent years a number of Consumer-Based Brand Equity (CBBE) models and measurement scales have been introduced in the branding literature. However, examinations of brand equity in Private Labels (PL) are rather limited. This study aims to compare the validity of the two prominent CBBE models those introduced by Yoo and Donthu (2001) and Nam et al. (2011). In order to test the models and make this comparison, the study collected data from 236 respondents who rated private labels in Spain. A list of 30 different fashion and sportswear PL was introduced to respondents. These brands do not make any reference to the retail store in which they are sold. Research findings suggest that the extended CBBE model introduced by Nam et al. (2011) and Ciftci et al. (2014) is more reliable and valid than Yoo and Donthuâs model for assessing PL. Theoretical contributions and managerial implications are discussed.Universidad de MĂĄlaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional AndalucĂa Tech
Exclusive diffractive processes and the quark substructure of mesons
Exclusive diffractive processes on the nucleon are investigated within a
model in which the quark-nucleon interaction is mediated by Pomeron exchange
and the quark substructure of mesons is described within a framework based on
the Dyson-Schwinger equations of QCD. The model quark-nucleon interaction has
four parameters which are completely determined by high-energy and elastic scattering data. The model is then used to predict vector-meson
electroproduction observables. The obtained - and -meson
electroproduction cross sections are in excellent agreement with experimental
data. The predicted dependence of -meson electroproduction also
agrees with experimental data. It is shown that confined-quark dynamics play a
central role in determining the behavior of the diffractive, vector-meson
electroproduction cross section. In particular, the onset of the asymptotic
behavior of the cross section is determined by a momentum scale that is
set by the current-quark masses of the quark and antiquark inside the vector
meson. This is the origin of the striking differences between the
dependence of -, - and -meson electroproduction cross
sections observed in recent experiments.Comment: 53 pages, 23 figures, revtex and epsfig. Minor additions to tex
Geometrical structure effect on localization length of carbon nanotubes
The localization length and density of states of carbon nanotubes are
evaluated within the tight-binding approximation. By comparison with the
corresponding results for the square lattice tubes, it is found that the
hexagonal structure affects strongly the behaviors of the density of states and
localization lengths of carbon nanotubes.Comment: 7 pages, 4 figures, revised version to appear in Chin. Phys. Lett.
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Full capacitance-matrix effects in driven Josephson-junction arrays
We study the dynamic response to external currents of periodic arrays of
Josephson junctions, in a resistively capacitively shunted junction (RCSJ)
model, including full capacitance-matrix effects}. We define and study three
different models of the capacitance matrix : Model A
includes only mutual capacitances; Model B includes mutual and self
capacitances, leading to exponential screening of the electrostatic fields;
Model C includes a dense matrix that is constructed
approximately from superposition of an exact analytic solution for the
capacitance between two disks of finite radius and thickness. In the latter
case the electrostatic fields decay algebraically. For comparison, we have also
evaluated the full capacitance matrix using the MIT fastcap algorithm, good for
small lattices, as well as a corresponding continuum effective-medium analytic
evaluation of a finite voltage disk inside a zero-potential plane. In all cases
the effective decays algebraically with distance, with
different powers. We have then calculated current voltage characteristics for
DC+AC currents for all models. We find that there are novel giant capacitive
fractional steps in the I-V's for Models B and C, strongly dependent on the
amount of screening involved. We find that these fractional steps are quantized
in units inversely proportional to the lattice sizes and depend on the
properties of . We also show that the capacitive steps
are not related to vortex oscillations but to localized screened phase-locking
of a few rows in the lattice. The possible experimental relevance of these
results is also discussed.Comment: 12 pages 18 Postscript figures, REVTEX style. Paper to appear in July
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