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Charge Effects On Gravitational Wave Detectors, R. F. O'Connell

Faculty Publications

We show that the mean-square displacement of a charged oscillator due to the zero point oscillations of the radiation field is unique in the sense that it is very sensitive to the value of the bare mass of the charge. Thus, a controlled experiment using gravitational wave detectors could lead to a determination of the electron bare mass and shed some light on quantum electrodynamic theory. We also speculate that the irregular signals of non-gravitational origin often observed in gravitational wave bar detectors could be caused by stray charges and that such charges could also adversely affect LIGO and other …

Perturbations Of The Kerr Spacetime In Horizon-Penetrating Coordinates, Manuela Campanelli, Gaurav Khanna, Pablo Laguna, Jorge Pullin, Michael P. Ryan

Faculty Publications

We derive the Teukolsky equation for perturbations of a Kerr spacetime when the spacetime metric is written in either ingoing or outgoing Kerr-Schild form. We also write explicit formulae for setting up the initial data for the Teukolsky equation in the time domain in terms of a 3-metric and an extrinsic curvature. The motivation of this work is to have in place a formalism to study the evolution in the 'close limit' of two recently proposed solutions to the initial-value problem in general relativity that are based on Kerr-Schild slicings. A perturbative formalism in horizon-penetrating coordinates is also very desirable …

On The Meromorphic Extension Of The Spherical Functions On Noncompactly Causal Symmetric Spaces, G. Ólafsson, A. Pasquale

Faculty Publications

We determine integral formulas for the meromorphic extension in the λ-parameter of the spherical functions φλ on a noncompactly causal symmetric space. The main tool is Bernstein's theorem on the meromorphic extension of complex powers of polynomials. The regularity properties of φλ are deduced. In particular, the possible λ-poles of φλ are located among the translates of the zeros of the Bernstein polynomial. The translation parameter depends only on the structure of the symmetric space. The expression of the Bernstein polynomial is conjectured. The relation between the Bernstein polynomial and the product formula of the cΩ-function is analyzed. The conjecture …

Deformations Of The Boson Sp(4, R) Representation And Its Subalgebras, J. P. Draayer, A. I. Georgieva, M. I. Ivanov

Faculty Publications

The boson representation of sp (4, R) algebra and two distinct deformations of it, spq(4, R) and spt(4, R), are considered, as well as the compact and noncompact subalgebras of each. The initial as well as the deformed representations act in the same Fock space, H, which is reducible into two irreducible representations acting in the subspaces H+ and H- of H. The deformed representation of spq(4, R) is based on the standard q-deformation of the boson creation and annihilation operators. The subalgebras of sp(4, R) (compact u(2) and noncompact uε(1, 1) with ε = 0, ±) are also deformed …

Faculty Senate Resolution 01-13, Louisiana State University And Agricultural & Mechanical College

LSU Faculty Senate Publications

Faculty Senate Resolution regarding development of policies on graduate faculty, adopted on April 10, 2001.

Faculty Senate Resolution 01-14, Louisiana State University And Agricultural & Mechanical College

LSU Faculty Senate Publications

Faculty Senate Resolution to form a committee to revise PS-35, adopted on April 10, 2001.

The Dirty Model. Ii. Self-Consistent Treatment Of Dust Heating And Emission In A Three-Dimensional Radiative Transfer Code, K. A. Misselt, Karl D. Gordon, Geoffrey C. Clayton, M. J. Wolff

Faculty Publications

In this paper and a companion paper we present the DIRTY model, a Monte Carlo radiative transfer code, self-consistently including dust heating and emission and accounting for the effects of the transient heating of small grains. The code is completely general: the density structure of the dust, the number and type of heating sources, and their geometric configurations can be specified arbitrarily within the model space. Source photons are tracked through the scattering and absorbing medium using Monte Carlo techniques, and the effects of multiple scattering are included. The dust-scattering, -absorbing, and -emitting properties are calculated from realistic dust models …

Of Manatees, Mangroves, And The Mississippi River: Is There An Estuarine Signature For The Gulf Of Mexico?, R. Eugene Turner

Faculty Publications

Important parameters of estuarine variability include morphology, flushing times, nutrient loading rates, and wetland: water ratios. This variability both reflects and disguises underlying relationships between the physics and biology of estuaries, which this comparative analysis seeks to reveal, using the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) estuaries as a starting point. A question used to focus this analysis is: are the GOM estuaries unique? The GOM receives the Mississippi River, a uniquely large, world-class river, which dominates the freshwater and nutrient inflows to the GOM continental shelf, whose margins include 35 major estuarine systems. These GOM estuaries have 28% and 41% of …

S01rs Sgb No. 1 (Budget), Mccune

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A Bill

To budget the funds of Student Government for the fiscal year 2001-2002; to appropriate funds for activities, projects, and programs of Student Government; to appropriate grants to certain student groups and organizations; according to the Constitution and by-laws.

S01rs Sgr No. 1 (Wrc), Pegram, Brown

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A RESOLUTION

To show student support for LSU A&M to sign on to the Worker’s Rights Consortium (WRC), and to state its disapproval of contractors which disregard workers’, women’s, children’s, and human rights.

S01rs Sgr No. 2 (Higher Ed), Winters

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A RESOLUTION

To urge the congress of the United States of America to suspend Section 483(f) of the Higher Education Amendments of 1998.

S01rs Sgb No. 19 (Spectrum Alliance), Brown, Pegram

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A BILL

To appropriate six hundred and eighty-seven dollars ($687.00) to the Spectrum Alliance to defray the costs of printing the official Louisiana LGBT Conference 2001 program booklet.

S01rs Sgb No. 17 (Icc), Griggs, Knull

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A BILL

To appropriate five hundred dollars ($500.00) to the International Cultural Center to defray the costs of sponsoring a Mardi Gras celebration on February 23, 2001.

S01rs Sgb No. 16 (Roo), Payne, Fisher

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A BILL

To Amend Rule Nine of the LSU A&M Student Senate Rules of Order

S01rs Sgb No. 15 (Mini-Baja), Cusimano, Griggs

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A BILL

To appropriate eight hundred forty-three dollars and eighty-nine cents ($843.89) to the LSU Mini-Baja Team to help defray the cost of purchasing parts and travel for the construction and transport of an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) which will be entered in the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) National Engineering Design Competition.

S01rs Sgb No. 25 (Election Code), Cooper

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A BILL

To amend Article IV, Section 6 of the LSU A&M Student Government Election Code as it pertains to absentee voting procedures.

S01rs Sgb No. 20 (Roo), Buller, Fisher

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A BILL

To expand the Membership Capacity for Standing Committees of the LSU A&M Student Senate by Amending rule 5.2 of the Senate Rules of Order.

S01rs Sgb No. 24 (Econ/Itf), Wattigny

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A BILL

To appropriate four hundred forty-five dollars and eighty-six cents ($445.86) to the Economics/ITF Club to defray the cost of attending a professional development seminar.

S01rs Sgb No. 21 (Pse), Altobello

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A BILL

To appropriate four thousand eight hundred thirty dollars ($4,830.00) to the LSU chapter of Beta Xi of Pi Sigma Epsilon (PSE) to help defray the cost of sending twenty-three (23) students/delegates to the 2001 Pi Sigma Epsilon Annual National Convention March 27^th-April 1^st in Dallas, TX.

S01rs Sgb No. 26 (Election Code), Grantham

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A BILL

To amend Article IV, Section 4 of the LSU A&M Student Government Election Code as it pertains to campaigning and intimidation of voters.

S01rs Sgb No. 29 (Asla), Sessions, Fransen

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A BILL

To appropriate five thousand three hundred ninety dollars ($5,390.00) to the LSU Student Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) to help defray the cost of purchasing patio furniture for the “Doc” Reich Courtyard.

S01rs Sgb No. 32 (Election Code), Hodge

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A BILL

To amend Article IV, Section 2 of the LSU A&M Student Government Election Code as it pertains to campaign practices.

S01rs Sgb No. 31 (Dairy Science), Hodge

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A BILL

To appropriate nine hundred twelve dollars ($912.00) to the Dairy Science Club to defray the cost of attending a dairy science development seminar.

S01rs Sgb No. 34 (English Grad), Knull

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A BILL

To appropriate one hundred dollars ($100) from the LSU A&M Senate Contingency Fund to provide for the benefit of the LSU English Graduate Student Association.

S01rs Sgb No. 36 (Super Mileage), Cooper

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A BILL

To appropriate one thousand two hundred ninety-one dollars and ninety-nine cents ($1,291.99) to the Super Mileage Racing Team in the Department of Mechanical Engineering to help defray the cost of parts.

S01rs Sgb No. 35 (Block And Bridle), Thompson, Gniady

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A BILL

To appropriate four hundred sixty-four dollars ($464.00) to the LSU Block and Bridle Club to help defray the costs of the annual Little International Livestock Show on April 29, 2001.

S01rs Sgr No. 10 (Disabilities), Brown, Pegram, Pope

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A RESOLUTION

To show student support for improving the physical and personal access for students with disabilities on the LSU A&M campus, in order to meet the federal accessibility guidelines of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), for buildings and facilities.

S01rs Sgr No. 11 (Exec Trans), J. Ducote, Fontenot, Jeansonne, Murry

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A RESOLUTION

To support the recommendation of the Executive Transportation Committee to the LSU Board of Supervisors and the University Administration to increase the Mass Transit System fee to meet current costs.

S01rs Sgr No. 12 (Building Access), Jeansonne, Cusimano, Uffman

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A RESOLUTION

To create the Student Government Commission on Building Access.

S01rs Sgr No. 15 (Lsu Tv), Grantham

Student Senate Enrolled Legislation

A RESOLUTION

To recommend that LSU-TV broadcast the LSU A&M Student Senate meetings weekly and make it a part of their regular programming.