At the critical end point in QCD phase diagram, the scalar, vector and entropy suscep-tibilities are known to diverge. The dynamic origin of this divergence is identified within the chiral effective models as softening of a hydrodynamic mode of the particle-hole–type motion, which is a consequence of the conservation law of the baryon number and the energy. Theoretical studies of QCD thermodyna...

Light-sheet-based fluorescence imaging techniques rely on simultaneous excitation of a single optical plane and thus permit high-contrast optically sectioned imaging of extended tissue samples. Here, we introduce a miniaturized fiber-optic implementation of a selective plane-illumination microscope (miniSPIM). The excitation light was delivered through a single-mode optical fiber, and a light-s...

We utilized molecular statics (MS) simulations to investigate the auxeticity of single layer black phosphorus (SLBP). Our simulation results show that the SLBP has a negative in-plane Poisson’s ratio in the zigzag direction when the applied strain along the armchair direction exceeds 0.018. We show that the interplay between bond stretching and bond rotating modes determines the in-plane Poisso...

In this correspondence, high-precision computer numerical control milling is utilised to demonstrate a doubly loaded iris, cross-coupled waveguide bandpass filter for inline operation within the W-band. This sixth-order designed in stacked H-plane configuration and utilises both E-plane irises maintain flow of TE102-mode electromagnetic field. configuration, high rejection level maintained outs...

Konstantinos Daniilidis and J org Ernst Computer Science Institute, Kiel University Abstract During a camera motion with arbitrary translation and xed axis rotation a vanishing point traverses a conic section on the image plane. The intrinsic parameters of the camera can be obtained from the coe cients of the conic. Special care is given to the propagation of the error covariances and the elim...

In this research, the effects of notch shape on the fatigue strength of 2024-T3 aluminum alloy notched specimens have been studied using experimental and multiaxial fatigue analysis. For this purpose, four set of specimens with different notch shape were prepared and then fatigue tests were carried out at various cyclic longitudinal load levels. Load controlled fatigue tests of mentioned specim...

Directional emission from a slit surrounded by rectangular grooves on the exit surface in a conducting plane is investigated. An electromagnetic boundaryvalue problem dealing with a slit surrounded by rectangular grooves on the exit surface in a conducting plane is rigourously solved based on the Fourier transform, eigenfunction expansion, and mode-matching method. The radiation pattern from th...

Title of dissertation: PROBLEMS IN SELECTIVE MODAL ANALYSIS AND CONTROL Mohamed S. Saad, Doctor of Philosophy, 2007 Dissertation directed by: Professor Eyad H. Abed Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering In this dissertation, we develop monitoring and control systems for improving the performance of systems that are required to operate at the edge of their stability envelopes. The co...