Measurement of impulsive noise with a data logging system

A data logging system used for long-term noise measurements is described. The system's ability to measure impulsive noise correctly is analysed and compared with that of other systems. It is concluded that the systems considered in the investigation are able to measure impulsve noise with an error not exceeding 1 dB, provided the crest factor of the noise is less than 30 dB.     

regularizing effect in a nonlinear, degenerate parabolic equation in one space dimension

In this paper we provide and analyze a nonlinear degenerate parabolic equation in one space dimension with the following smoothing property: If the initial data is only uniformly continuous, at positive times, the solution has bounded second derivatives (it belongs to ). We call this surprising phenomenon a regularizing effect. So far, such phenomena have only been observed in uniformly parabolic equations.

     

Rapidity dependence of charged antihadron to hadron ratios in Au+Au collisions at sqrt[s(NN)]=200 GeV

We present ratios of the numbers of charged antihadrons to hadrons (pions, kaons, and protons) in Au+Au collisions at sqrt[s(NN)]=200 GeV as a function of rapidity in the range y=0-3. While the ratios at midrapidity are approaching unity, the K(-)/K(+) and p;/p ratios decrease significantly at forward rapidities. An interpretation of the results within the statistical model indicates a reduction of the baryon chemical potential from mu(B) approximately 130 MeV at y=3 to mu(B) approximately 25 MeV at y=0.     

Dissociative cycloelimination,a new selenium based pericyclic reaction

The stereospecific oxidation of hydrazine into cis-diimide and the catalytic disproportionation of hydrogen peroxide effected by selenoxides are suggested to involve a dissociative cycloelimination from an intermediary selenurane.     

Continuous dependence results for non-linear Neumann type boundary value problems

We obtain estimates on the continuous dependence on the coefficient for second-order non-linear degenerate Neumann type boundary value problems. Our results extend previous work of Cockburn et al., Jakobsen and Karlsen, and Gripenberg to problems with more general boundary conditions and domains. A new feature here is that we account for the dependence on the boundary conditions. As one application of our continuous dependence results, we derive for the first time the rate of convergence for the vanishing viscosity method for such problems. We also derive new explicit continuous dependence on the coefficients results for problems involving Bellman-Isaacs equations and certain quasilinear equation.     

Gamma-ray spectroscopy with relativistic exotic heavy-ions

Feasibility of gamma-ray spectroscopy at relativistic energies with exotic heavy-ions and new generation of germanium detectors (segmented Clover) is discussed. An experiment with such detector array and radioactive is discussed.     

Zur Theorie der Gammafunction

Ohne Zusammenfassung Vergl. meine Abhandlung:Om en ny klass af transcendenta functioner, hvilka ?ro n?ra besl?gtade med gammafunktionen, Acta soc. scient. Fennic?, Tom. XIV, XV; 1885, 1886.     

A method for estimating the orientation of a directional sound source from source directivity and multi-microphone recordings: principles and application

Taking into account directivity of real sound sources makes it possible to try solving an interesting and biologically relevant problem: estimating the orientation in three-dimensional space of a directional sound source. The source, of known directivity, produces a broadband signal (in the ultrasonic range, in this application) that is recorded by microphones whose position with respect to source is known. An analytical method to process the recorded signals and estimate source orientation is developed in this paper. Experiments testing method performance in estimating source orientation were performed both in a laboratory environment with a Polaroid transducer as source and in a flight room with a Myotis daubentonii bat. In the first case, results showed the estimation method to be accurate and pointed out its limitations. The latter case is significant as an example biological application of the method for extracting behavioral features from bats; results are compared with alternative calculations based on microphone root-mean-square (rms)-pressure values.     

Continuous dependence estimates for viscosity solutions of integro-PDEs

We present a general framework for deriving continuous dependence estimates for, possibly polynomially growing, viscosity solutions of fully nonlinear degenerate parabolic integro-PDEs. We use this framework to provide explicit estimates for the continuous dependence on the coefficients and the “Lévy measure” in the Bellman/Isaacs integro-PDEs arising in stochastic control/differential games. Moreover, these explicit estimates are used to prove regularity results and rates of convergence for some singular perturbation problems. Finally, we illustrate our results on some integro-PDEs arising when attempting to price European/American options in an incomplete stock market driven by a geometric Lévy process. Many of the results obtained herein are new even in the convex case where stochastic control theory provides an alternative to our pure PDE methods.