Scott\u27s Addition Green Space Plan: Small Changes Making a Big Impact

Scott’s Addition is a fast growing, postindustrial neighborhood situated on the north side of West Broad street and bordering Henrico county to the west. The current building stock in Scott’s Addition consists of industrial and manufacturing buildings, and warehouses, much of which have been converted into multi-family residential buildings, commercial businesses, office and restaurant space (Neighborhood History, 2018). As a consequence of its original land use and zoning most of Scott’s Addition is dominated by concrete surface area and sprawling, one to two story building structures. Adaptive reuse of existing buildings has brought new investment and residents into the neighborhood however, the landscape has largely stayed the same. Most of Scott’s Addition is dominated by impervious surfaces including flat roofs, parking lots, and wide streets that directly contribute to increased urban heat. There is a direct correlation between a reduced latent heat production and green infrastructure or urban tree canopy coverage. This design plan provides the framework for implementation of small scale green space projects by businesses on private property and can be the catalyst for a neighborhood-wide green transformation in the Scott’s Addition neighborhood

Indexing Irises by Intrinsic Dimension

28,000+ high-quality iris images of 1350 distinct eyes from 650+ different individuals from a relatively diverse university town population were collected. A small defined unobstructed portion of the normalized iris image is selected as a key portion for quickly identifying an unknown individual when submitting an iris image to be matched to a database of enrolled irises of the 1350 distinct eyes. The intrinsic dimension of a set of these key portions of the 1350 enrolled irises is measured to be about four (4). This set is mapped to a four-dimensional intrinsic space by principal components analysis (PCA). When an iris image is presented to the iris database for identification, the search begins in the neighborhood of the location of its key portion in the 4D intrinsic space, typically finding a correct identifying match after comparison to only a few percent of the database.Comment: 5 pages, 6 figure

Harmonics generation in electron-ion collisions in a short laser pulse

Anomalously high generation efficiency of coherent higher field-harmonics in collisions between {\em oppositely charged particles} in the field of femtosecond lasers is predicted. This is based on rigorous numerical solutions of a quantum kinetic equation for dense laser plasmas which overcomes limitations of previous investigations.Comment: 4 pages, 4 eps-figures include

Enhanced inverse bremsstrahlung heating rates in a strong laser field

Test particle studies of electron scattering on ions, in an oscillatory electromagnetic field have shown that standard theoretical assumptions of small angle collisions and phase independent orbits are incorrect for electron trajectories with drift velocities smaller than quiver velocity amplitude. This leads to significant enhancement of the electron energy gain and the inverse bremsstrahlung heating rate in strong laser fields. Nonlinear processes such as Coulomb focusing and correlated collisions of electrons being brought back to the same ion by the oscillatory field are responsible for large angle, head-on scattering processes. The statistical importance of these trajectories has been examined for mono-energetic beam-like, Maxwellian and highly anisotropic electron distribution functions. A new scaling of the inverse bremsstrahlung heating rate with drift velocity and laser intensity is discussed.Comment: 12 pages, 12 figure

Diamond-max ceramics bonding phase composites – phases and microstructure analysis

The possibility for improving the thermal stability of polycrystalline materials based on diamond (PCD) is to reduce the content of cobalt. Diamond compacts without cobalt phases with Ti3₃iC₂ і Cr₂AlC prepared using the method of self-propagating high-temperature synthesis (SHS). The resulting compacts with 20 wt. % of the above phases were exposed to high pressure and temperature in order to further consolidate the structure by sintering. Sintering was performed at 8±0.2 GPa and 1950±50 °C. Phase composition and microstructural study of the original compacts and the composites made by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM).Одна з можливостей підвищення термостійкості полікристалічних матеріалів на основі алмазу (PCD) полягає в зменшенні вмісту в них кобальту. Алмазні компакти без кобальту з фазами Ti3₃iC₂ і Cr₂AlC отримували з використанням методу само поширюваного високотемпературного синтезу (SHS). Отримані компакти з 20 мас. % зазначених фаз піддавали дії високого тиску і температури з метою подальшої консолідації структури шляхом спікання. Процес спікання здійснювали при 8 ± 0,2 ГПа и 1950 ± 50 °С. Фазовий склад і мікроструктурні дослідження вихідних компактів і отриманих композитів виконані методами рентгенівської дифрактометрії (XRD) і скануючої електронної мікроскопії (SEM).Одна из возможностей повышения термостойкости поликристаллических материалов на основе алмаза (PCD) заключается в снижении содержания в них кобальта. Алмазные компакты без кобальта с фазами Ti3₃iC₂ и Cr₂AlC получали с использованием метода самораспространяющегося высокотемпературного синтеза (SHS). Полученные компакты с 20 % по мас. указанных фаз подвергали воздействию высокого давления и температуры с целью дальнейшей консолидации структуры путем спекания. Процесс спекания осуществляли при 8 ± 0,2 ГПа и 1950 ± 50 °С. Фазовый состав и микроструктурные исследования исходных компактов и полученных композитов выполнены методами рентгеновской дифрактометрии (XRD) и сканирующей электронной микроскопии (SEM)

Thomson scattering from high-temperature high-density plasmas revisited

The theory of Thomson scattering from high-temperature high-density plasmas is revisited from the view point of plasma fluctuation theory. Three subtle effects are addressed with a unified theory. The first is the correction of the first order of $v/c$, where $v$ is the particle velocity and $c$ is the light speed, the second is the plasma dielectric effect, and the third is the finite scattering volume effect. When the plasma density is high, the first effect is very significant in inferring plasma parameters from the scattering spectra off electron plasma waves. The second is also be notable but less significant. When the size of the scattering volume is much larger than the probe wavelength, the third is negligible.Comment: 16 pages, 2 figures, submitted to Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusio