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Miki Kurihara, Masahiro Tsujimoto, Megan E. Eckart et al. · 2023 · arXiv
Electromagnetic interference (EMI) for low-temperature detectors is a serious concern in many missions. We investigate the EMI caused by the spacecraft components to the x-ray microcalorimeter of the Resolve instrument onboard the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM), which is currently under development by an international collaboration and is planned to be launched in 2023. We focus on the EMI from (a) the low-frequency magnetic field generated by the magnetic torquers (MTQ) used for the spacecraft attitude control and (b) the radio-frequency (RF) electromagnetic field generated by
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Ce Zhang, Fang Zhang, Jeroen A. van Kan et al. · 2008 · arXiv
Single T4-DNA molecules were confined in rectangular-shaped channels with a depth of 300 nm and a width in the range 150-300 nm casted in a poly(dimethylsiloxane) nanofluidic chip. The extensions of the DNA molecules were measured with fluorescence microscopy as a function of the ionic strength and composition of the buffer as well as the DNA intercalation level by the YOYO-1 dye. The data were interpreted with scaling theory for a wormlike polymer in good solvent, including the effects of confinement, charge, and self-avoidance. It was found that the elongation of the DNA molecules with decre
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David L. Miller, Mark W. Keller, Justin M. Shaw et al. · 2012 · arXiv
Films of (111)-textured Cu, Ni, and Cu$_x$Ni$_y$ were evaluated as substrates for chemical vapor deposition of graphene. A metal thickness of 400 nm to 700 nm was sputtered onto a substrate of $α-$Al$_2$O$_3$(0001) at temperatures of 250 C to 650 C. The films were then annealed at 1000 C in a tube furnace. X-ray and electron backscatter diffraction measurements showed all films have (111) texture but have grains with in-plane orientations differing by $60^{\circ}$. The in-plane epitaxial relationship for all films was $[110]_{metal}$||$[10\bar{1}0]_{{Al}_{2}{O}_{3}}$. Reactive sputtering of Al
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S. H. Naqib, R. S. Islam · 2011 · arXiv
The effect of Zn substitution in the CuO2 plane on the superconducting transition temperature, Tc, was studied for the La2-xSrxCu1-yZnyO4 and YBa2(Cu1-yZny)3O7-d compounds over a wide range of hole concentration, p, and Zn content (y). Zn induced rate of suppression of Tc, dTc(p)/dy, was found to be strongly p-dependent and showed a monotonic variation with p, except in the vicinity of p ~ 0.125, i.e., near the so-called 1/8th anomaly where the charge/spin stripe correlations are at their strongest in hole doped cuprates. The magnitude of dTc(p)/dy decreased significantly around this hole conc
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Mohamad Reza Soltanian, Robert Ritzi, Zhenxue Dai et al. · 2014 · arXiv
Physical and chemical heterogeneities have a large impact on reactive transport in porous media. Examples of heterogeneous attributes affecting reactive mass transport are the hydraulic conductivity (K), and the equilibrium sorption distribution coefficient (Kd). This paper uses the Deng et al. (2013) conceptual model for multimodal reactive mineral facies and a Lagrangian-based stochastic theory in order to analyze the reactive solute dispersion in three-dimensional anisotropic heterogeneous porous media with hierarchical organization of reactive minerals. An example based on real field data
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Joanne Steiner, Cyprien Morize, Ivan Delbende et al. · 2025 · arXiv
This study investigates the time evolution of vortex rings generated by the normal translation of a disk either toward or away from a wall. We systematically vary the control parameters, including the disk size, stroke length, travel time, and distance from the wall, to analyze their influence on vortex dynamics. Experiments are conducted with Particle Image Velocimetry, while numerical simulations are performed using the flow solver Basilisk. The circulation and core radius are used as primary metrics to describe the properties of the vortex ring. A quantitative agreement is observed between
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Gabriel R. Jaffe, Keenan J. Smith, Victor W. Brar et al. · 2020 · arXiv
The three-omega method, a powerful technique to measure the thermal conductivity of nanometer-thick films and the interfaces between them, has historically employed straight conductive wires to act as both heaters and thermometers. When investigating stochastically prepared samples such as two-dimensional materials and nanomembranes, residue and excess material can make it difficult to fit the required millimeter-long straight wire on the sample surface. There are currently no available criteria for how diverting three-omega heater wires around obstacles affects the validity of the thermal mea
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Nzar Rauf Abdullah, Gullan Ahmed Mohammed, Hunar Omar Rashid et al. · 2020 · arXiv
We investigate the electronic, thermal, and optical characteristics of graphene like SiC$_x$ structure using model calculations based on density functional theory. The change in the energy bandgap can be tuned by the Si atomic configuration, rather than the dopants ratio. The effects of the concentration of the Si atoms and the shape of supercell are kept constant, and only the interaction effects of two Si atoms are studied by varying their positions. If the Si atoms are at the same sublattice positions, a maximum bandgap is obtained leading to an increased Seebeck coefficient and figure of m
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Angel J. Moreno, Federica Lo Verso · 2018 · arXiv
We present computer simulations of a realistic model of microgels. Unlike the regular network frameworks usually assumed in the simulation literature, we model and simulate a realistic and efficient synthesis route, mimicking cross-linking of functionalized chains inside a cavity. This model is inspired, e.g., by microfluidic fabrication of microgels from macromolecular precursors and is different from standard polymerization routes. The assembly of the chains is mediated by a low fraction of interchain crosslinks. The microgels are polydisperse in size and shape but globally spherical objects
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A. Lançon, J. S. Gallagher, M. Mouhcine et al. · 2008 · arXiv
Like other starburst galaxies, M82 hosts compact, massive young star clusters that are interesting both in their own right and as benchmarks for population synthesis models. Can spectral synthesis models at resolutions around 1000 adequately reproduce the near-IR spectral features and the energy distribution of these clusters between 0.8 and 2.4 microns? How do the derived cluster properties compare with previous results from optical studies? We analyse the spectra of 5 massive clusters in M82, using data acquired with the spectrograph SpeX on the InfraRed Telescope Facility (NASA/IRTF) and a
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Man Qiao, Xian Zhong Zheng, Antonios Katsianis et al. · 2024 · arXiv
Dust attenuation in star-forming galaxies (SFGs), as parameterized by the infrared excess (IRX $\equiv L_{\rm IR}/L_{\rm UV}$), is found to be tightly correlated with star formation rate (SFR), metallicity and galaxy size, following a universal IRX relation up to $z=3$. This scaling relation can provide a fundamental constraint for theoretical models to reconcile galaxy star formation, chemical enrichment, and structural evolution across cosmic time. We attempt to reproduce the universal IRX relation over $0.1\leq z\leq 2.5$ using the EAGLE hydrodynamical simulations and examine sensitive para
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C. R. Keeton, C. S. Kochanek, U. Seljak · 1996 · arXiv
Galaxies modeled as singular isothermal ellipsoids with an axis ratio distribution similar to the observed axis ratio distribution of E and S0 galaxies are statistically consistent with both the observed numbers of two-image and four-image lenses and the inferred ellipticities of individual lenses. However, no four-image lens is well fit by the model (typical $χ^2/N_{dof} \sim 20$), the axis ratio of the model can be significantly different from that of the observed lens galaxy, and the major axes of the model and the galaxy may be slightly misaligned. We found that models with a second, indep
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V. B. Barbeta, R. F. Jardim, M. S. Torikachvili et al. · 2010 · arXiv
Oxides RNiO3 (R = rare-earth, R # La) exhibit a metal-insulator (MI) transition at a temperature TMI and an antiferromagnetic (AF) transition at TN. Specific heat (CP) and anelastic spectroscopy measurements were performed in samples of Nd1-xEuxNiO3, 0 = 0.25, differences between cooling and warming curves are negligible, and two well defined peaks are clearly observed: one at lower temperatures, that define TN, and t
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Benjamin O. Mummery, Ian G. McCarthy, Simeon Bird et al. · 2017 · arXiv
We use the cosmo-OWLS and BAHAMAS suites of cosmological hydrodynamical simulations to explore the separate and combined effects of baryon physics (particularly feedback from active galactic nuclei, AGN) and free-streaming of massive neutrinos on large-scale structure. We focus on five diagnostics: i) the halo mass function; ii) halo mass density profiles; iii) the halo mass-concentration relation; iv) the clustering of haloes; and v) the clustering of matter; and we explore the extent to which the effects of baryon physics and neutrino free-streaming can be treated independently. Consistent w
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Anatoly Golub, Baruch Horovitz · 1997 · arXiv
We study a flux lattice which is parallel to superconducting layers, allowing for dislocations and for disorder of both short wavelength and long wavelength. We find that the long wavelength disorder has a significant effect on the phase diagram -- it produces a first order transition within the Bragg glass phase and leads to melting at strong disorder. This then allows a Friedel scenario of 2D superconductivity.
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Ankit Kumar, Mousumi Das, Sandeep Kumar Kataria · 2021 · arXiv
Galaxy flybys are as common as mergers in low redshift universe and are important for galaxy evolution as they involve the exchange of significant amounts of mass and energy. In this study we investigate the effect of minor flybys on the bulges, disks, and spiral arms of Milky Way mass galaxies for two types of bulges - classical bulges and boxy/peanut pseudobulges. Our N-body simulations comprise of two disk galaxies of mass ratios 10:1 and 5:1, where the disks of the galaxies lie in their orbital plane and the pericenter distance is varied. We performed photometric and kinematic bulge-disk d
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Philip Rosenfield, Paola Marigo, Leo Girardi et al. · 2014 · arXiv
The evolution and lifetimes of thermally pulsating asymptotic giant branch (TP-AGB) stars suffer from significant uncertainties. In this work, we analyze the numbers and luminosity functions of TP-AGB stars in six quiescent, low metallicity ([Fe/H] $\lesssim -0.86$) galaxies taken from the ANGST sample, using HST photometry in both optical and near-infrared filters. The galaxies contain over 1000 TP-AGB stars (at least 60 per field). We compare the observed TP-AGB luminosity functions and relative numbers of TP-AGB and RGB stars, to models generated from different suites of TP-AGB evolutionary
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Patrick McDonald · 2009 · arXiv
I show how to reintroduce velocity dispersion into perturbation theory (PT) calculations of structure in the Universe, i.e., how to go beyond the pressureless fluid approximation, starting from first principles. This addresses a possible deficiency in uses of PT to compute clustering on the weakly non-linear scales that will be critical for probing dark energy. Specifically, I show how to derive a non-negligible value for the (initially tiny) velocity dispersion of dark matter particles, , where δv is the deviation of particle velocities from the local bulk flow. The calculation is essen
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Bahadir Tamer · 2021 · EPJ Web of Conferences
The MIT BEAVRS benchmark problem, which was primarily setup for the verification and validation of high-fidelity tools that have coupled neutron transport, thermal-hydraulics, and fuel isotopic depletion models, has also found extensive usage in the reactor physics community for validating core analysis tools. The primary purpose of this paper is to provide an accurate, comprehensive evaluation of the BEAVRS benchmark with CASMO5 and SIMULATE5 codes. The CMS5 calculated results for low-power physics tests (hot zero power critical boron, control rod worth and isothermal temperature coefficients
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S. Feng, S. Feng, S. Feng et al. · 2016 · Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Megacities are major sources of anthropogenic fossil fuel CO 2 (FFCO 2 ) emissions. The spatial extents of these large urban systems cover areas of 10 000 km 2 or more with complex topography and changing landscapes. We present a high-resolution land–atmosphere modelling system for urban CO 2 emissions over the Los Angeles (LA) megacity area. The Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF)-Chem model was coupled to a very high-resolution FFCO 2 emission product, Hestia-LA, to simulate atmospheric CO 2 concentrations across the LA megacity at spatial resolutions as fine as ∼ 1 km. We evaluated multi
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Riccardo Catena, Timon Emken, Nicola A. Spaldin et al. · 2020 · Physical Review Research
In the leading paradigm of modern cosmology, about 80% of our Universe's matter content is in the form of hypothetical, as yet undetected particles. These do not emit or absorb radiation at any observable wavelengths, and therefore constitute the so-called dark matter (DM) component of the Universe. Detecting the particles forming the Milky Way DM component is one of the main challenges for astroparticle physics and basic science in general. One promising way to achieve this goal is to search for rare DM-electron interactions in low-background deep underground detectors. Key to the interpretat
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N. Mahfouz, J. Mülmenstädt, S. Burrows · 2024 · Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Cloud albedo susceptibility to droplet number perturbation remains a source of uncertainty in understanding aerosol–cloud interactions and thus both past and present climate states. Through the Energy Exascale Earth System Model (E3SM) v2 experiments, we probe the effects of competing processes on cloud albedo susceptibility of low-lying marine stratocumulus in the northeast Pacific. In present-day conditions, we find that increasing precipitation suppression by aerosols increases cloud albedo susceptibility, whereas increasing cloud sedimentation decreases it. By constructing a hypothetical m
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Martin Tajmar, Lance L. Williams · 2020 · Physics
Kaluza was the first to realize that the four-dimensional gravitational field of general relativity and the classical electromagnetic field behave as if they were components of a five-dimensional gravitational field. We present a novel experimental test of the macroscopic classical interpretation of the Kaluza fifth dimension. Our experiment design probes a key feature of Kaluza unification—that electric charge is identified with motion in the fifth dimension. Therefore, we tested for a time dilation effect on an electrically charged clock. This test can also be understood as a constraint on t
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Zihao Qiu, Siyu Chen, Zixin Feng et al. · 2025 · Frontiers in Physics
Futures, as significant financial derivatives, play a crucial role in financial markets by fulfilling price discovery functions and providing efficient risk hedging tools. Against the backdrop of geopolitical conflicts, market risk emerges not only from external shocks and random fluctuations but also from strategic interactions among diverse participants including hedgers, speculators, arbitrageurs, and regulators. This study integrates traditional VaR theory with machine learning methods to systematically examine risk characteristics and transmission mechanisms in the sugar futures market un
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I. Andriana, D. Riyanto, D. Darmawan · 2019 · IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
The research purpose was to measure the relationship of workload and motivation to employee’s performance and the effect of motivation on employee’s performance, workload on employee’s performance, workload and motivation on employee’s…
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Yoav Simhon, Alex Segal, Ofer Amrani et al. · 2025 · arXiv
Scintillator-SiPM Particle Detectors (SSPDs) are compact, low-power devices with applications including particle physics, underground tomography, cosmic-ray studies, and space instrumentation. They are based on a prism-shaped scintillator with corner-mounted SiPMs. Previous work has demonstrated that analytic algorithms based on a physical model of light propagation can reconstruct particle impinging positions and tracks and estimate deposited energy and Linear Energy Transfer (LET) with moderate accuracy. In this study, we enhance this approach by applying machine learning (ML) methods, speci
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Krzysztof Pachucki · 2006 · arXiv
Corrections of order $α^4$Ry are calculated for the singlet states $1^1S_0$ and $2^1S_0$ of the helium atom. The result for $1^1S_0$ state is in slight disagreement with that of Korobov and Yelkhovsky in [Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 87}, 193003 (2001)]. The results obtained lead to a significant improvement of transition frequencies between low lying levels of the helium atom. In particular theoretical predictions for the $2^1S_0 - 1^1S_0$ transition are found to be in disagreement with experimental values.
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Ingvild Dalehaug, Kirsten Nygaard Bolstad, Daniel Aadnevik et al. · 2017 · arXiv
Purpose: Siemens has developed several iterative reconstruction (IR) algorithms on their CT scanners. SAFIRE is available on most of their CT scanners. The latest algorithm, ADMIRE, is available on their newest high-end CT scanners. The aim of our study was to compare the noise reduction properties of the two IR algorithms using objective methods. Methods and Materials: The homogeneous module of the Catphan phantom was scanned on a Siemens AS+ and a Siemens Flash CT scanner using an axial abdomen protocol with fixed tube current at two dose levels. The images were reconstructed with an abdomen
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Motonari Tonegawa, Tomonori Totani, Masayuki Akiyama et al. · 2013 · arXiv
The efficient selection of high-redshift emission galaxies is important for future large galaxy redshift surveys for cosmology. Here we describe the target selection methods for the FastSound project, a redshift survey for H alpha emitting galaxies at z=1.2-1.5 using Subaru/FMOS to measure the linear growth rate fσ8 via Redshift Space Distortion (RSD) and constrain the theory of gravity. To select ~400 target galaxies in the 0.2 deg^2 FMOS field-of-view from photometric data of CFHTLS-Wide (u*g'r'i'z'), we test several different methods based on color-color diagrams or photometric redshift est
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A. D. Kulkarni, R. M. Shannon, D. J. Reardon et al. · 2024 · arXiv
Pulse-to-pulse profile shape variations introduce correlations in pulsar times of arrival (TOAs) across radio frequency measured at the same observational epoch. This leads to a broadband noise in excess of radiometer noise, which is termed pulse jitter noise. The presence of jitter noise limits the achievable timing precision and decreases the sensitivity of pulsar-timing data sets to signals of interest such as nanohertz-frequency gravitational waves. Current white noise models used in pulsar timing analyses attempt to account for this, assuming complete correlation of uncertainties through
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