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Jet Formation in the magnetospheres of supermassive black holes: analytic solutions describing energy loss through Blandford-Znajek processes
In this paper, we provide exact solutions for the extraction of energy from a
rotating black hole via both the electromagnetic Poynting flux and matter
currents. By appropriate choice of a radially independent poloidal function
, we find solutions where the dominant outward energy flux is
along the polar axis, consistent with a jet-like collimated outflow, but also
with a weaker flux of energy along the equatorial plane. Unlike all the
previously obtained solutions (Blandford & Znajek (1977), Menon & Dermer
(2005)), the magnetosphere is free of magnetic monopoles everywhere
France and the EU under Sarkozy: between European ambitions and national objectives?
The early phase of Nicolas Sarkozy's presidency proved highly proactive, particularly during the French presidency of the European Union (EU). However, little of practical import resulted. Moreover, there is much that connects Sarkozy's policies to those of his predecessors. Constrained both at home and abroad, he was sometimes unable to carry through his preferred policies. In addition, Sarkozy has done nothing to resolve a long-standing tension of French EU policy between enormous ambitions for the Union and reluctance to empower its institutions. Intergovernmental co-operation has been the theme linking all of Sarkozy's initiatives. The jury is, of necessity, still out on the long-term impact Sarkozy will have. Early indications are that, whilst there has been no shortage of initiatives, it is open to question whether these either diverge much from those of his predecessors, or will have much impact on the workings and effectiveness of the Union itself
Photon-Photon Correlations as a Probe of Vacuum Induced Coherence Effects
We present new experimental implications of the effects of vacuum induced
coherence on the photon -photon correlation in the pi-polarized fluorescence in
j = 1/2 to j = 1/2 transition. These effects should be thus observable in
measurements of photon statistics in for example Hg and Ba ion traps.Comment: 7 pages, 6 figures, submitted to Physical Review
Soft Pomerons and the Forward LHC Data
Recent data from LHC13 by the TOTEM Collaboration on and
have indicated disagreement with all the Pomeron model predictions by
the COMPETE Collaboration (2002). On the other hand, as recently demonstrated
by Martynov and Nicolescu (MN), the new datum and the unexpected
decrease in the value are well described by the maximal Odderon
dominance at the highest energies. Here, we discuss the applicability of
Pomeron dominance through fits to the \textit{most complete set} of forward
data from and scattering. We consider an analytic
parametrization for consisting of non-degenerated Regge
trajectories for even and odd amplitudes (as in the MN analysis) and two
Pomeron components associated with double and triple poles in the complex
angular momentum plane. The parameter is analytically determined by
means of dispersion relations. We carry out fits to and data on
and in the interval 5 GeV - 13 TeV (as in the MN
analysis). Two novel aspects of our analysis are: (1) the dataset comprises all
the accelerator data below 7 TeV and we consider \textit{three independent
ensembles} by adding: either only the TOTEM data (as in the MN analysis), or
only the ATLAS data, or both sets; (2) in the data reductions to each ensemble,
uncertainty regions are evaluated through error propagation from the fit
parameters, with 90 \% CL. We argument that, within the uncertainties, this
analytic model corresponding to soft Pomeron dominance, does not seem to be
excluded by the \textit{complete} set of experimental data presently available.Comment: 10 pages, 4 figures, 1 table. Two paragraphs and four references
added. Accepted for publication in Phys. Lett.
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