Context. The international Whole Earth Blazar Telescope (WEBT) consortium planned and carried out three days of intensive micro-variability observations of S5 0716 + 714 from February 22, 2009 to ...February 25, 2009. This object was chosen due to its bright apparent magnitude range, its high declination, and its very large duty cycle for micro-variations. Aims. We report here on the long continuous optical micro-variability light curve of 0716+714 obtained during the multi-site observing campaign during which the Blazar showed almost constant variability over a 0.5 mag range. The resulting light curve is presented here for the first time. Observations from participating observatories were corrected for instrumental differences and combined to construct the overall smoothed light curve. Methods. Thirty-six observatories in sixteen countries participated in this continuous monitoring program and twenty of them submitted data for compilation into a continuous light curve. The light curve was analyzed using several techniques including Fourier transform, Wavelet and noise analysis techniques. Those results led us to model the light curve by attributing the variations to a series of synchrotron pulses. Results. We have interpreted the observed microvariations in this extended light curve in terms of a new model consisting of individual stochastic pulses due to cells in a turbulent jet which are energized by a passing shock and cool by means of synchrotron emission. We obtained an excellent fit to the 72-hour light curve with the synchrotron pulse model.
Abstract
Propagation of ultra-high energy photons in the solar magnetosphere gives rise to cascades comprising thousands of photons.
We study the cascade development using Monte Carlo simulations and ...find that the photons in the cascades are
spatially extended over millions of kilometers on the plane distant from the Sun by 1 AU.
We estimate the chance of detection considering upper limits from current cosmic rays observatories in order to provide an optimistic estimate rate of 0.002 events per year from a chosen ring-shaped region around the Sun.
We compare results from simulations which use two models of the solar magnetic field, and show that although signatures of such cascades are different for
the models used, for practical detection purpose in the ground-based detectors, they are similar.
Abstract A polynomial can represent every function from a finite field to itself. The functions which are also permutations of the field give rise to permutation polynomials, which have potential ...applications in cryptology and coding theory. Permutation polynomials over finite rings are studied with respect to the sequences they generate. The sequences obtained through some permutation polynomials are tested for randomness by carrying out known statistical tests. Random number generation plays a major role in cryptography and hence permutation polynomials may be used as random number generators.
Introduction to NeutroNearrings Vadiraja, Bhatta G. R; Manasa, K. J; Gautham, Shenoy B ...
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Algebraic concepts and structures are enriched with the special types of operations and axioms known as NeutroOperations and NeutroAxioms. Various types of NeutroAlgebras are studied using several ...such defined concepts. The objective of this paper is to introduce the concept of NeutroNearrings. Several interesting results and examples of NeutroNearrings, NeutroSubRings, NeutroQuotientNearrings and NeutroNearringHo-momorphisms are presented. Keywords: Nearring; NeutroRings; NeutroNearring; Neutrosophy.
Land supplies multiple goods and services vital to humans and the environment. In the last decades, increasing evidence of growing land degradation are made apparent. A limited and depleting resource ...base, the reliance on climate-sensitive sectors and its large population, make South Asia highly vulnerable to climate change. Observed changes in climate include increases in temperature and increased monsoon variability and rainfall pattern leading to drought and flooding. Projected changes include increasing temperatures, rising sea levels, increasing cyclonic activity and higher variability of rainfall, all having enormous impacts on farming communities. At the same time, the region is rich in traditional agricultural knowledge (TAK), specialized in managing local agroecosystems to ensure food availability, tackling climatic risks and other ecological uncertainties. Particularly relevant is TAK related to land management to preserve soil fertility and avoid soil erosion. Ethnographic research is a valuable source of TAK, although this is rarely analysed with a climate change perspective. Based on a qualitative systematic review, and an expert's on-line survey, in this paper we review land management TAK and assess its potential for climate change adaptation. The review shows there is a vast amount of untapped TAK ethnographic research with potential for climate change adaptation.
Aims. Since the CGRO operation in 1991–2000, one of the primary unresolved questions about the blazar γ-ray emission has been its possible correlation with the low-energy (in particular optical) ...emission. To help answer this problem, the Whole Earth Blazar Telescope (WEBT) consortium has organized the GLAST-AGILE Support Program (GASP) to provide the optical-to-radio monitoring data to be compared with the γ-ray detections by the AGILE and GLAST satellites. This new WEBT project started in early September 2007, just before a strong γ-ray detection of 0716+714 by AGILE. Methods. We present the GASP-WEBT optical and radio light curves of this blazar obtained in July–November 2007, about various AGILE pointings at the source. We construct NIR-to-UV spectral energy distributions (SEDs), by assembling GASP-WEBT data together with UV data from the Swift ToO observations of late October. Results. We observe a contemporaneous optical-radio outburst, which is a rare and interesting phenomenon in blazars. The shape of the SEDs during the outburst appears peculiarly wavy because of an optical excess and a UV drop-and-rise. The optical light curve is well sampled during the AGILE pointings, showing prominent and sharp flares. A future cross-correlation analysis of the optical and AGILE data will shed light on the expected relationship between these flares and the γ-ray events.
Purpose
– The paper aims to address the formulation of zirconium and oxalicum additive-based lubricants for use in slide ways to meet the demands of high positioning exactness based on reduction in ...stick–slip and coefficient of friction over a wide speed range and compares the same with commercially available lubricant.
Design/methodology/approach
– An investigation into the frictional properties and stick-slip behavior of lubricating oil is carried out using linear reciprocating tribometer and correlated with ultraviolet spectroscopic analysis.
Findings
– It is observed that these transition metal additive compounds support in increasing the flexibility of the molecular chains leading to improved lubricity.
Originality/value
– The lubricant additives considered for the current study are based on transition metals zirconium and oxalicum. It is observed that these additive compounds support in increasing the flexibility of the molecular chains, leading to improved lubricity.
In this paper, we extend the concepts of Neutrosophy to Boolean function and define ClassicalBalanced, AntiBalanced and NeutroBalanced functions. We consider functions of the form f(x) = Tr(x.sup.d), ...where the exponent d may be Gold exponent, Kasami exponent, Welch exponent or any arbitrary positive integer. We, for different values of d, examine nature of these functions with respect to the above stated three categories. Keywords: Balanced function; Neutrosophy; AntiBalanced function; NeutroBalanced function; Cryptography.
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