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Improved Hilbert Moment Thermal Qcd Sum Rules For B_S Meson And Stability With Respect To Moment Parameter, Elşen Veli̇, Gülşah Kaya, Arzu Türkan, Eni̇s Yazici Jan 2013

Improved Hilbert Moment Thermal Qcd Sum Rules For B_S Meson And Stability With Respect To Moment Parameter, Elşen Veli̇, Gülşah Kaya, Arzu Türkan, Eni̇s Yazici

Turkish Journal of Physics

In this paper, we deal with the temperature dependence of the leptonic decay constant and mass of B_s meson in the framework of the Hilbert moment QCD sum rule. In our calculations, we improve the thermal QCD sum rules, taking into account the thermal spectral density and the perturbative 2-loop order corrections to the correlation function. Moreover, we investigate the stability of the results with respect to the Hilbert moment parameter. Our numerical calculations demonstrate that the mass and decay constant are insensitive to the variation of temperature up to T \cong 100 MeV; however, after this value, they start …


Effect Of Stepwise Replacement Of Lif By Zno On Structural And Optical Properties Of Lif.B_2o_3 Glasses, Susheel Arora, Virender Kundu, Dev Raj Goyal, Anup Singh Maan Jan 2013

Effect Of Stepwise Replacement Of Lif By Zno On Structural And Optical Properties Of Lif.B_2o_3 Glasses, Susheel Arora, Virender Kundu, Dev Raj Goyal, Anup Singh Maan

Turkish Journal of Physics

Zinc fluoroborate glasses with compositions xZnO.(40 - x) LiF.60B_2O_3 (x = 0, 5, 10, 15, and 20) were synthesized by the melt-quench method. The amorphous nature of the glassy samples was confirmed by XRD analysis. The nature of the bonds formed and the role of various species in the composition of the glasses were examined using FTIR spectroscopy. FTIR analysis showed shifting of an absorption band with the addition of ZnO. A UV-visible study was carried out to calculate the optical band gap energy, E_gIt was found that E_gdecreased with increase in concentration of ZnO up to x = 15 …


The Effect Of Neutron Irradiation On The Properties Of Tl_{0.6}Pb_{0.3}Cd_{0.1}Ba_2ca_2cu_{3}O_{9-Delta} Superconductors, Kareem Ali Jasim, Tariq Jaffar Alwan, Khalid Hadi Mahdi, Hazim Louis Mansour Jan 2013

The Effect Of Neutron Irradiation On The Properties Of Tl_{0.6}Pb_{0.3}Cd_{0.1}Ba_2ca_2cu_{3}O_{9-Delta} Superconductors, Kareem Ali Jasim, Tariq Jaffar Alwan, Khalid Hadi Mahdi, Hazim Louis Mansour

Turkish Journal of Physics

The effect of neutron irradiation on phase purity, crystal structure, and electrical resistivity of Tl_{0.6}Pb_{0.3}Cd_{0.1} Ba_2Ca_2Cu_3O_{9-delta} superconductors has been studied before and after irradiation by electrical resistance measurements and X-ray diffraction techniques. The zero-resistance superconducting transition temperature, T_{c(offset)}, of samples systematically decreases by about 5 K with the increase of neutron irradiation fluence up 18.12 \times 10^{10} n cm^{-2}. The crystalline phases showed that the compounds have 2 phases, a high-Tc phase (1223) and low-Tc phase (1212), in addition to the impurity phase. The irradiation led to a decrease in oxygen content and volume fraction of high-Tc phase (1223).


Equilibrium Shapes And Deformations Of Some Rare Earth Nuclei In Cranked Nilsson-Strutinsky Shell Correction Approach, Antony Joseph, Kizhakkath Kalam Girija Jan 2013

Equilibrium Shapes And Deformations Of Some Rare Earth Nuclei In Cranked Nilsson-Strutinsky Shell Correction Approach, Antony Joseph, Kizhakkath Kalam Girija

Turkish Journal of Physics

The nuclear potential energies of neutron-deficient even-even rare earth nuclei ^{150-160}Dy, ^{150-160}Er, ^{150-160}Yb, ^{158,162,166-176}Hf, ^{160,164-178}W, and ^{162,166,170-180}Os are computed within the framework of the cranked Nilsson--Strutinsky shell correction method. The ground state potential energy surface diagrams of these nuclei are analysed in terms of quadrupole deformation and the triaxiality parameter. The nuclear shapes and deformations in the ground state are found to be functions of Z and N. Even though most of the isotopes in this region seem to be prolate in the ground state, oblate and triaxial shapes are also predicted for some isotopes. It is also found that …


Analyses Of Elastically Scattered Charged Pions From Calcium Isotopes And The ^{48}Ca-^{54}Fe Isotone At 180 Mev, Zuhair Fayyad Mahmoud Shehadeh Jan 2013

Analyses Of Elastically Scattered Charged Pions From Calcium Isotopes And The ^{48}Ca-^{54}Fe Isotone At 180 Mev, Zuhair Fayyad Mahmoud Shehadeh

Turkish Journal of Physics

The elastic scattering of 180 MeV positively and negatively charged pions, incident on a set of calcium isotopes and the isotone ^{48}Ca - ^{54}Fe, has been analyzed within the framework of a recently updated simple local optical potential. This potential, particularly at the tail region, has been originally determined from available phase shifts using inverse scattering theory and the Klein--Gordon equation as a guide. The analysis is carried out with and without considering the squared potential term in the Klein-Gordon equation. Coulomb effects are accounted for by implementing Stricker's prescription. The numerical results for the angular distributions with isotopic and …


A Fission Model Approach To Alpha Decay And Cluster Radioactivity Of Dy, Er, And Yb Isotopes, Kizhakkath Kalam Girija, Antony Joseph Jan 2013

A Fission Model Approach To Alpha Decay And Cluster Radioactivity Of Dy, Er, And Yb Isotopes, Kizhakkath Kalam Girija, Antony Joseph

Turkish Journal of Physics

Rare earth nuclei are probable candidates for exhibiting cluster radioactivity. In the present work, a theoretical study of alpha decay and heavy cluster emission from Dy, Er, and Yb nuclei in the mass range 150 < A < 190 has been carried out in a fission model approach. Some of the proton-rich isotopes of these nuclei are found to have long half-lives, but within the measurable range. Many of the neutron-rich isotopes under consideration are far from beta stability and the most probable light clusters predicted are highly exotic in nature and the corresponding half-lives are extremely short. However, the decays of most probable heavy clusters predicted have half-lives in the measurable range. The calculations on neutron-rich isotopes indicate the emergence of new magic numbers for protons and neutrons. The centrifugal barrier effect on decay rate of some proton-rich Er isotopes is also investigated.


Kantowski-Sachs Cosmological Model With Wet Dark Fluid In The General Theory Of Relativity, Arun Ravishankar, Bivudutta Mishra, Pradyumn Kumar Sahoo Jan 2013

Kantowski-Sachs Cosmological Model With Wet Dark Fluid In The General Theory Of Relativity, Arun Ravishankar, Bivudutta Mishra, Pradyumn Kumar Sahoo

Turkish Journal of Physics

The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of wet dark fluid (WDF) in Kantowski-Sachs space-time in the general theory of relativity. In this theory, we solved the field equations for the case where \rho _{WDF}=-2p_{WDF}. Various physical and geometrical properties of the model are also discussed.


Best Possible Tilt Angle For Optimal Solar Radiation On An Inclined Surface For Photovoltaic And Solar Thermal Application In Yenagoa, Nigeria, Kenneth Priye Ainah, John Tarilanyo Afa Jan 2013

Best Possible Tilt Angle For Optimal Solar Radiation On An Inclined Surface For Photovoltaic And Solar Thermal Application In Yenagoa, Nigeria, Kenneth Priye Ainah, John Tarilanyo Afa

Turkish Journal of Physics

Due to the increased use of solar energy resources globally, the study of the available solar resources is essential for systems that use solar energy. This paper uses the Duffie and Beckhman method for estimating the best possible tilt angle for solar radiation using some climatic data such as declination, latitude, and clear index for photovoltaic and solar thermal systems application in the city of Yenagoa. This research was conducted with different tilt angle ranging from 15° to 65° tilt and it was shown that the best tilt angle for solar energy system application for Yenagoa falls in the range …


Planar Waveguide With Left-Handed Material Guiding Film For Refractometry Applications, Taher M. El-Agez, Sofyan A. Taya, Mohamed M. Shabat, Hani M. Kullab Jan 2013

Planar Waveguide With Left-Handed Material Guiding Film For Refractometry Applications, Taher M. El-Agez, Sofyan A. Taya, Mohamed M. Shabat, Hani M. Kullab

Turkish Journal of Physics

A symmetric 3-layer slab waveguide with a left-handed material as a guiding layer is examined analytically for cover refractive index detection. The TM mode dispersion relation of the proposed waveguide is investigated. The sensitivity of the proposed sensor to changes in the cover refractive index and the power flowing within each layer are presented. Some unusual features are found; for example, the sensitivity of the proposed sensor is negative. Moreover, the sensitivity improvement compared with the conventional 3-layer waveguide sensor is approximately a factor of 6.


Bound States And The Oscillator Strengths For The Klein-Gordon Equation Under Möbius Square Potential, Hassan Hassanabadi, Bentol Hoda Yazarloo, Saber Zarrinkamar Jan 2013

Bound States And The Oscillator Strengths For The Klein-Gordon Equation Under Möbius Square Potential, Hassan Hassanabadi, Bentol Hoda Yazarloo, Saber Zarrinkamar

Turkish Journal of Physics

The Klein-Gordon equation under the equal scalar and vector Möbius square potentials in D-dimensions is solved by using the Nikiforov-Uvarov method. The energy eigenvalues and the corresponding eigenfunctions are obtained and numerically calculated. The oscillator strengths are determined and discussed in terms of parameters of the system.


Theoretical Modeling And Numerical Solutions Of Some Standard Thermoluminescence Detector Crystals, Erdem Uzun Jan 2013

Theoretical Modeling And Numerical Solutions Of Some Standard Thermoluminescence Detector Crystals, Erdem Uzun

Turkish Journal of Physics

MCP-100, MYS-N, MTS-7, MTS-100, and MCP-N standard thermoluminescence detector materials are annealed and irradiated. Glow curves and all trap parameters are determined. For these materials new theoretical energy band models are suggested and differential equations governing the charge carrier traffics are derived. The equations are solved by using computer-based numerical methods. During the simulations, experimental data measured in the previous step are given to computer code as the initial conditions. Experimental and numerical results show that the electron-band structures of standard thermoluminescence crystals are represented fairly well by the suggested models.


Chaos And Its Control In Semiconductor Laser With Delayed Negative Optoelectronic Feedback, Guang-Yu Jiang, Juan Zhang, Yan Huang Jan 2013

Chaos And Its Control In Semiconductor Laser With Delayed Negative Optoelectronic Feedback, Guang-Yu Jiang, Juan Zhang, Yan Huang

Turkish Journal of Physics

We reveal theoretically chaos and its control in a semiconductor laser with delayed negative optoelectronic feedback. Under nonperiodic or sinusoidal period optoelectronic current, the semiconductor laser exhibits rich nonlinear dynamics. For a given coupling constant, chaos is shown in a semiconductor laser directly injected by external light. For a photoelectric delayed negative-feedback scheme with sinusoidal period optoelectronic current, the laser can be controlled in single-periodic, dual-periodic, multi-periodic states, and even chaos. The results also illustrate what we think to be a new method to generate various period states in the chaos system.


Effect Of Microwave Sintering On Grain Size And Dielectric Properties Of Barium Titanate, Praveena Kuruva, Uma Maheshwara Singh Rajaputra, Srinath Sanyadanam, Ramana Murthy Sarabu Jan 2013

Effect Of Microwave Sintering On Grain Size And Dielectric Properties Of Barium Titanate, Praveena Kuruva, Uma Maheshwara Singh Rajaputra, Srinath Sanyadanam, Ramana Murthy Sarabu

Turkish Journal of Physics

In the present paper, nanosized barium titanate (BaTiO_3) powders were synthesized by microwave hydrothermal method. The structural characterization of as-prepared powders was investigated using X-ray diffraction and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. The particle size was estimated using a transmission electron microscope. The nanopowders were sintered at different temperatures using a microwave furnace, followed by characterizations such as X-ray diffraction and field emission scanning electron microscopy. The dielectric constant behavior was observed as a function of frequency (100 Hz to 1 MHz) and temperature. The ferroelectric nature was confirmed from polarization-electric field loops.


Vacuum Properties Of Tarla, Hüsnü Aksakal, Ertan Arikan, Zafer Nergi̇z Jan 2013

Vacuum Properties Of Tarla, Hüsnü Aksakal, Ertan Arikan, Zafer Nergi̇z

Turkish Journal of Physics

The Turkish Accelerator and Radiation Laboratory at Ankara (TARLA) is a part of the Turkish Accelerator Center project, which was designed to produce an infrared free electron laser in the wavelength band of 2-250 mu m. The beamline of TARLA consists of 4 major sections: injector, beam transport line with linacs, optical cavities, and dump. All system components must be kept under ultrahigh vacuum standards to prevent beam scattering with residual gas. In the present study, the vacuum requirements of the beamline are defined and simulation vacuum and gas flow in the accelerator are presented.


Structure And Odd--Even Staggering Of Mo, Ru, And Pd Even--Even Nuclei In The Framework Of Ibm-1, Vidya Devi Jan 2013

Structure And Odd--Even Staggering Of Mo, Ru, And Pd Even--Even Nuclei In The Framework Of Ibm-1, Vidya Devi

Turkish Journal of Physics

In this study, we employed the interacting boson model (IBM-1) to determine the most appropriate Hamiltonian for the study of ^{94-108}Mo, ^{94-110}Ru, and ^{96-114}Pd isotopes in the region A cong 100. The soft rotor formula (SRF) calculation was also done to study these isotopes. Using the best fit values of parameters to construct the Hamiltonian of the IBM-1 we calculated energy levels and B(E2) values for number of transitions in Mo, Ru, and Pd nuclei. The results obtained from the IBM-1 and SRF were compared with experimental data and IBM-2 calculation. On comparing the results it was observed that they …


Identification Of Spontaneous Fission Fragments By Using Thermally Annealed Padc Films, Abdallah F. Saad, Nama Abdelssadk Hamed, Yasin Kailani Abdalla Jan 2013

Identification Of Spontaneous Fission Fragments By Using Thermally Annealed Padc Films, Abdallah F. Saad, Nama Abdelssadk Hamed, Yasin Kailani Abdalla

Turkish Journal of Physics

One of main requirements in applied nuclear physics is the need of a detector capable of detecting and differentiating different particles. Thus, the fission products from a ^{252}Cf radioactive source, after about 12 half-life periods of alpha decay, are registered using virgin and annealed CR-39 polyallyldiglycol carbonate (PADC) films. In the case of virgin CR-39, a single peak appears corresponding to the heavy group of these products, while the other peak related to the light group is obscured. The annealed CR-39 detectors, on the other hand, were demonstrated to be highly sensitive to the fission fragments, and as a result …


Magnetic Wiggler-Assisted Third-Harmonic Generation Of A Gaussian Laser Pulse In Plasma, Hirdesh Sharma, Harsha Jaloree, Jetendra Parashar Jan 2013

Magnetic Wiggler-Assisted Third-Harmonic Generation Of A Gaussian Laser Pulse In Plasma, Hirdesh Sharma, Harsha Jaloree, Jetendra Parashar

Turkish Journal of Physics

A Gaussian laser pulse propagating through plasma in the presence of a magnetic wiggler produces third-harmonic radiation. The wiggler's magnetic field provides additional momentum required for phase matching. The required wiggler wave number is sensitive to pulse duration and amplitude. The efficiency of the process is significant at the instant at which the phase matching condition is satisfied.


Analysis Of Amplitude And Slope Diffraction Coefficients, Mehmet Bariş Tabakcioğlu, Ahmet Cansiz Jan 2013

Analysis Of Amplitude And Slope Diffraction Coefficients, Mehmet Bariş Tabakcioğlu, Ahmet Cansiz

Turkish Journal of Physics

The diffraction mechanism is used for field prediction in both light and shadowed regions. Slope and amplitude diffraction coefficients are vital to predict the field strength at the receiver accurately. In this paper, amplitude and slope diffraction coefficients for one of the ray theoretical models, the slope uniform theory of diffraction with convex hull (S-UTD-CH) model, are analyzed. Moreover, diffraction coefficients are given for knife-edge and wedge structures.


Regular And Chaotic Motions In Hénon-Heiles Like Hamiltonian, Idugba Mathias Echi, Alexander Nwabeze Amah, Emmanuel Anthony Jan 2013

Regular And Chaotic Motions In Hénon-Heiles Like Hamiltonian, Idugba Mathias Echi, Alexander Nwabeze Amah, Emmanuel Anthony

Turkish Journal of Physics

The dynamics of a system subjected to a potential equal to the sum of the Hénon--Heiles potential and that of hydrogen in an electric field was studied. The 4 Hamilton's equations of motion follow from the Hamiltonian and they were integrated numerically using the Runge-Kutta fourth order method. The Poincaré surface of a section fixed at x = 0 and px> 0 was used to reduce the phase space to a 2-dimensional plane. The analysis of the Poincaré surface, the Lyapunov exponent, and the autocorrelation shows that as the constant of motion, E, increases from 0.30 to 0.45, the dynamics …


Exact Solution Of Frw Perfect Fluid Model Interacting With Zero-Rest-Mass Scalar Field And Electromagnetic Field In B-D Theory, Kangujam Priyokumar Singh, Chungkham Gokulchandra Singh Jan 2013

Exact Solution Of Frw Perfect Fluid Model Interacting With Zero-Rest-Mass Scalar Field And Electromagnetic Field In B-D Theory, Kangujam Priyokumar Singh, Chungkham Gokulchandra Singh

Turkish Journal of Physics

Considering a spherically symmetric nonstatic cosmological flat model of the Robertson-Walker universe, the problem of perfect fluid distribution interacting with the gravitational field in the presence of a zero-rest-mass scalar field and electromagnetic field in Brans-Dicke (B-D) theory has been investigated. Exact solutions are obtained by using a general approach of solving the partial differential equations and it has been observed that the electromagnetic field cannot survive the cosmological flat model due to the action caused by the presence of the zero-rest-mass scalar field, and the isotropic pressure p turns out to be negative. The pressure and density are found …


Quasi-Exact Thermodynamic Properties Of A Relativistic Spin-Zero System Under Cornell And Generalized Morse Potentials, Bentol Hoda Yazarloo, Hassan Hassanabadi, Saber Zarrinkamar Jan 2013

Quasi-Exact Thermodynamic Properties Of A Relativistic Spin-Zero System Under Cornell And Generalized Morse Potentials, Bentol Hoda Yazarloo, Hassan Hassanabadi, Saber Zarrinkamar

Turkish Journal of Physics

The thermodynamic properties of a relativistic spin-zero system are investigated via the Klein-Gordon equation under the Cornell and generalized Morse potentials. In particular, the partition function and mean and free energies are calculated and their behavior versus variations of the potential coefficients is presented.


Temperature Dependence For The Synthetic Magnetization Of A Rotating Bose Gas In Harmonic Trap, Azza M. Elbadry Jan 2013

Temperature Dependence For The Synthetic Magnetization Of A Rotating Bose Gas In Harmonic Trap, Azza M. Elbadry

Turkish Journal of Physics

In this paper, the temperature dependence for synthetic magnetization \bar M of a rotating Bose gas in harmonic trap and the magnetic field dependence of the critical temperature are investigated. A simple semiclassical approximation for the density of state approach is used in this study. The suggested approach simultaneously gives corrections to quantities which arise from the finite size and interatomic interaction effects. The calculated results show that the critical temperature decreases due to the increase of the synthetic magnetic field. The synthetic magnetization also exhibits a characteristic temperature dependence. It is proportional to T^3 if \bar T < \bar T_c, while it is proportional to T if \bar T > \bar T_c. …


One Proton Emission With Structural Effects In Medium Mass Nuclei, Chandrasekaran Anu Radha, Velayudham Ramasubramanian Jan 2013

One Proton Emission With Structural Effects In Medium Mass Nuclei, Chandrasekaran Anu Radha, Velayudham Ramasubramanian

Turkish Journal of Physics

In this work proton emission from deformed nuclei is discussed with the quadrupole deformation values. The deformation is investigated using potential energy surface plots. The identified proton emitters are found to have odd Z since the unpaired proton is less bound, and they are readily available for emission. Using the exotic decay model to the medium mass nuclei, the new proton emitters are analyzed with the inclusion of centrifugal barrier. The proton decay half-lives are calculated and compared with literature values. A discussion pertaining to single proton emission with structural effect will be a pivotal point in our study.


Spin Assignment And Behavior Of Superdeformed Bands In A\\Sim 150 Mass Region, Ali Khalaf, Manal Sirag, Mahmoud Taha Jan 2013

Spin Assignment And Behavior Of Superdeformed Bands In A\\Sim 150 Mass Region, Ali Khalaf, Manal Sirag, Mahmoud Taha

Turkish Journal of Physics

The smoothed experimental dynamical moment of inertia J^{(2)} values were fitted with a theoretical version using the Harris three parameter formula in even powers of angular frequency \omega, derived for results from the cranking model. The expansion parameters were adjusted by using a computer simulated search program. The best expansion parameters from the fit were used to assign the spins of the superdeformed (SD) rotational bands (RB) by integrating the calculated J^{(2)}. The data set includes 23 RB's in 11 SD nuclei, which show no evidence of either irregular behavior near the bottom of the bands or abrupt angular momentum …


The Nonrelativistic Molecular Tietz Potential, Hossein Nikoofard, Elham Maghsoodi, Saber Zarrinkamar, Mohsen Farhadi, Hassan Hassanabadi Jan 2013

The Nonrelativistic Molecular Tietz Potential, Hossein Nikoofard, Elham Maghsoodi, Saber Zarrinkamar, Mohsen Farhadi, Hassan Hassanabadi

Turkish Journal of Physics

We solve the 3-dimensional Schrödinger equation under the Tietz potential by an approximate analytical scheme. A Pekeris-type approximation and the Nikiforov--Uvarov technique are used in the calculations to report the arbitrary-state eigenfunctions and eigenvalues and we calculate some useful expectation values of the Tietz potential using the Hellmann-Feynman theorem and obtain the oscillator strength.


Dkp Equation Under Scalar And Vector Kratzer Potentials, Bentol Hoda Yazarloo, Hassan Hassanabadi, Saber Zarrinkamar Jan 2013

Dkp Equation Under Scalar And Vector Kratzer Potentials, Bentol Hoda Yazarloo, Hassan Hassanabadi, Saber Zarrinkamar

Turkish Journal of Physics

Approximate analytical solutions of Duffin-Kemmer-Petiau (DKP) equation under scalar and vector Kratzer terms are obtained via an elegant ansatz after successive transformations. The results, after application of proper fits, can be used in the study of relativistic spinless particles in various branches of physics such as cosmology and theoretical nuclear physics including meson spectroscopy.


Empirical Rule For The Pair Break Mechanism In Three-Quasiparticle Rotational Bands, Sukhjeet Singh Dhindsa, Sushil Kumar, Jatinder Kumar Sharma Jan 2013

Empirical Rule For The Pair Break Mechanism In Three-Quasiparticle Rotational Bands, Sukhjeet Singh Dhindsa, Sushil Kumar, Jatinder Kumar Sharma

Turkish Journal of Physics

An empirical rule on the basis of odd-even mass difference is suggested for the breaking of a proton pair or a neutron pair in odd-A nuclei to form a lower lying 3-quasiparticle state. If \Delta_p is smaller than \Delta_n, the proton pair breaks; on the other hand, if \Delta_n is smaller than \Delta_p, the neutron pair breaks down and forms a lower lying 3-quasiparticle state in an odd-A nuclide. This rule appears not only purely based on the proton paring/neutron pairing energy balancing condition but also on particular excitation energy, which is \ge 1 MeV in the case of the …


Optimization Of Laser Marking With The Help Of Simulation Models, Lyubomir Kostadimov Lazov, Nikolay Angelov Petrov Jan 2013

Optimization Of Laser Marking With The Help Of Simulation Models, Lyubomir Kostadimov Lazov, Nikolay Angelov Petrov

Turkish Journal of Physics

This article covers the results of several numerical experiments carried out with specific software working under MATLAB for marking of tool steel and electronic elements. CuBr and Nd:YAG lasers were used in this study. Simulations with 3 different durations of pulse of laser radiation were achieved. Numerical calculations were performed with values (for laser sources and technological parameters) based on real experiments.


Quantitative Characterization Of Atmospheric Desert Particles Via Multispectral Lidar Method (Uv To Ir), Using Genetic Algorithms And Compared With Chomette\'S Mode, Samir Zeghbib, Samia Bouzid, Abdelhafid Chaabi Jan 2013

Quantitative Characterization Of Atmospheric Desert Particles Via Multispectral Lidar Method (Uv To Ir), Using Genetic Algorithms And Compared With Chomette\'S Mode, Samir Zeghbib, Samia Bouzid, Abdelhafid Chaabi

Turkish Journal of Physics

Size distribution of desert aerosols was measured via LiDAR multi-spectral method using laser wavelengths from UV to mid-IR \lambda = 0.193, 0.694, 1.064, 3.370 and 10.60 \mu m, and applying statistical Markov chains and genetic algorithms. Our results are compared later with the well-known Chomette's desert model.


Symmetry And The Order Of Events In Time: Description Of A Reversible Thermal Energy Converter Composed Of Negative Mass, Randy Wayne Jan 2013

Symmetry And The Order Of Events In Time: Description Of A Reversible Thermal Energy Converter Composed Of Negative Mass, Randy Wayne

Turkish Journal of Physics

In a previous paper [1], we analyzed the sequence of events that occurs in the time domain of a reversible cyclical thermal energy converter using the Gibbs equation and showed that even when there is no net change of entropy there is an asymmetrical order of quasi-static states along the time axis, when thermal energy is converted into mechanical pressure-volume work. The spontaneous evolution towards an equilibrium state, which is characterized by the unidirectional transport of entropy from the hot reservoir to the cold reservoir, is coincident with this asymmetrical order of events. In this paper, we \"mend\" the above …