The full-field modeling of matched field processing (MFP) provides potentially large gains over traditional beamformers in passive sonar signal processing. MFP localization gains are manifested by superior estimation of source range and novel estimation of source depth. However, MFP localization is limited in practice by high spatial ambiguities in the MFP output. These ambiguities can result i...

We explore how the existence of a field with a heavy mass influences the low energy dynamics of a quantum field with a light mass by expounding the stochastic characters of their interactions which take on the form of fluctuations in the number of (heavy field) particles created at the threshold, and dissipation in the dynamics of the light fields, arising from the backreaction of produced heav...

Hadronic event shapes, that is, event shapes at hadron colliders, could provide a great way to test both standard and non-standard theoretical models. However, they are significantly more complicated than event shapes at e+e− colliders, involving multiple hard directions, multiple channels and multiple color structures. In this paper, hadronic event shapes are examined with Soft-Collinear Effec...

AIM To establish, via computer simulation, the effects of patient response variability and staircase starting level upon the accuracy and repeatability of static full threshold visual field tests. METHOD Patient response variability, defined by the standard deviation of the frequency of seeing versus stimulus intensity curve, is varied from 0.5 to 20 dB (in steps of 0.5 dB) with staircase sta...

Given the adjacency matrix A of a network, we present a second-order mean-field expansion that improves on the first-order N-intertwined susceptible-infected-susceptible (SIS) epidemic model. Unexpectedly, we found that, in contrast to first-order, second-order mean-field theory is not always possible: the network size N should be large enough. Under the assumption of large N, we show that the ...

We study gaugino condensation in the presence of an intermediate mass scale in the hidden sector. S-duality is imposed as an approximate symmetry of the effective supergravity theory. Furthermore, we include in the Kähler potential the renormalization of the gauge coupling and the one-loop threshold corrections at the intermediate scale. It is shown that confinement is indeed achieved. Furtherm...

Abstract. The aim of this contribution is to present the current state of our research in the field of numerical simulation of dislocation motion in crystalline materials. The simulation is based on recent theory treating dislocation curves and dipolar loops interacting by means of forces of elastic nature and hindered by the lattice friction. The motion and interaction of a single parametrical...

We analyze interface motion in the random-field Ising model with quenched disorder by means of Monte Carlo simulations. In the absence of thermal fluctuations a depinning transition occurs at some critical threshold field. We study the interface motion in the vicinity of the threshold field by varying the temperature as well as the driving field. It turns out that thermal fluctuations yield a r...