We report on the 2: 00 5 (400 pc) resolution CO (J = 1 ! 0) observations covering the whole length of the bar in the strongly barred late-type spiral galaxy NGC 7479. CO emission is detected only along a dust lane that traverses the whole length of the bar, including the nucleus. The emission is strongest in the nucleus. The distribution of emission is clumpy along the bar outside the nucleus, ...

We have investigated the magnetoplasmon excitations in arrays of circular and noncircular quantum dots within the Thomas-Fermi-Dirac-von Weizsäcker approximation. Deviations from the ideal collective excitations of isolated parabolically confined electrons arise from local perturbations of the confining potential as well as interdot Coulomb interactions. The latter are unimportant unless the in...

Hypersensitivity reactions in patients receiving metal-on-metal hip replacements have been attributed to corrosion products as observed by elevated cobalt and chromium ions in the blood. Although the majority of cases are reported in metal-on-metal, incidences of these reactions have been reported in the metal-on-polyethylene patient population. To date, no in vitro study has considered cobalt ...

Aerodynamic bearings with elastically supported tilting pads have operational properties comparable with widely-used foil journal bearings. They combine the excellent stability of tilting pad bearings, as a result of very small cross-coupling stiffness terms, with the positive properties of foil bearings, namely their ability to adapt to changing operating conditions and presence of additional ...

Particle filter is proposed for tracking a torpedo using bearings-only measurements when torpedo is attacking an ownship. Towed array is used to generate torpedo bearing measurements. Ownship evasive maneuver is used for observability of the bearings-only process. Particle filter combined with Modified Gain Bearings-Only Extended Kalman Filter is used to estimate torpedo motion parameters, whic...

INTRODUCTION The ordinary hydrodynamic bearings have been replaced by the hydrostatic bearings in the application of machine tools in recent years. For the hydrodynamic bearings, the journal and the bearing surface are separated by the sliding action with a wedge pressure-generating mechanism to develop a pressure within the bearing. It has advantages of simple structure and cheap cost. However...