It has been known for a long time that a large fraction of disc galaxies are lopsided. We simulate three different mechanisms that can induce lopsidedness: flyby interactions, gas accretion from cosmological filaments and ram pressure from the intergalactic medium. Comparing the morphologies, HI spectrum, kinematics and m = 1 Fourier components, we find that all of these mechanisms can induce l...

Over the last 250 years of taxonomic descriptions of freshwater gastropods a large number of primary and secondary homonyms were produced. Several of them have now been uncovered in the course of a new database project. To overcome the associated nomenclatural problems we propose 10 replacement names: Theodoxus pseudodacicus nom. nov., Theodoxus stoicai nom. nov., Viviparus deleeuwi nom. nov., ...

زۆربەى لێکۆڵينەوەکان کە لە سەر ناوچەى ئاکرێ نووسراون زیاتر لایەنەکانى سیاسى و کارگێڕى سەربازى دەگرێتەوە, کاتێکدا بوارە گرنگەکانى ديكه‌ى ژیان فەرامۆش کراون، بە تایبەتى لایەنى ئابوورى نێویشيدا بوارى کشتوکاڵ زەورى زار، پەیوەندى راستەوخۆى لەگەڵ ژیانى مروڤدا هەیە, سەرەڕاى ئەمەش لەچاو کەمتر بایەخى پێ دراوە, بۆیە پێمان باش بوو لەسەر ئەم بابەتە بنووسين. ئامانجى سەرەکیشمان ئەوەیە بەم لێکۆڵینەوە لایەنێکى...

ÐWe report our studies on light-induced changes in electrical properties of YBa2Cu3Ox (YBCO) grain-boundary Josephson weak links. We discuss the erasable process (photodoping), in which light-induced enhancement of junctions properties at low temperatures relaxes back above 250 K. Our studies are focused on the junction critical current versus time, light intensity, and magnetic ®eld measuremen...

ÐWe have implemented a low-temperature electro-optic sampling system for non-invasive, nodal testing of superconducting Nb integrated circuits. With submillivolt sensitivity and a subpicosecond temporal response, this system has been used to perform nodal analysis on rapid-singlēux quantum (RSFQ) devices and superconducting microstrip interconnects. Here we demonstrate that by measuring the pro...