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Kinetics Of Clustering In Traffic Flows, E. Ben-Naim, P. L. Krapivsky, S. Redner
Kinetics Of Clustering In Traffic Flows, E. Ben-Naim, P. L. Krapivsky, S. Redner
Eli Ben-Naim
We study a simple aggregation model that mimics the clustering of traffic on a one-lane roadway. In this model, each ``car'' moves ballistically at its initial velocity until it overtakes the preceding car or cluster. After this encounter, the incident car assumes the velocity of the cluster which it has just joined. The properties of the initial distribution of velocities in the small velocity limit control the long-time properties of the aggregation process. For an initial velocity distribution with a power-law tail at small velocities, $\pvim$ as $v \to 0$, a simple scaling argument shows that the average cluster size …
More On Twinkling, Terry L. Smith, Jay S. Huebner
More On Twinkling, Terry L. Smith, Jay S. Huebner
Terry L. Smith
Addendum to Why Magnification Works , The Physics Teacher, 1994, 32, 102.
Why Magnification Works, Terry L. Smith, Jay S. Huebner
Why Magnification Works, Terry L. Smith, Jay S. Huebner
Terry L. Smith
The simplest way to magnify the view of a small object is to bring the object closer to the eye, and of course science teachers know about magnifying glasses, telescopes, and microscopes.But why magnification works seems intuitive and is not usually explained to our students. We present here a few ideas on magnification that we use in our classroom and some general information on vision that we hope will be helpful to other teachers.