Using a high-energy laser to produce a super-Alfvénic carbon-ion beam in a strongly magnetized helium plasma, we expect to be able to observe the formation of a collisionless parallel shock inside the Large Plasma Device. We compare early magneticfield measurements of the resonant right-hand instability with analytical predictions and find excellent agreement. Hybrid simulations show that the c...

This Chapter reviews the theory of the quantum Hall effect (QHE) in quasione-dimensional (Q1D) conductors. It is primarily based on the author’s papers [1,2,3,4]. The QHE in Q1D conductors is closely related to the magneticfield-induced spin-density wave (FISDW) observed in these materials. The theory of the FISDW is reviewed in this book by L. Gor’kov, by M. Héritier, by A. Lebed, and by S. Ha...

We model jets in low-luminosity (FR I) radio galaxies as intrinsically symmetrical, axisymmetric, decelerating relativistic flows with transverse velocity gradients. This allows us to derive velocity fields and the three-dimensional distributions of magneticfield ordering and rest-frame emissivity. A conservation-law analysis, combining the kinematic model with X-ray observations of the surroun...

The first millisecond X-ray variability phenomena from accreting compact objects have recently been discovered with the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer. Three new phenomena are observed from low-mass X-ray binaries containing low-magneticfield neutron stars: millisecond pulsations, burst oscillations and kiloHertz quasiperiodic oscillations. Models for these new phenomena involve the neutron star s...

We report herein an automated scheme for generating a mesh based on structure of magnetic-field lines. For all angles in the toroidal subdomain, generated by this must not contain broken tetragons. To satisfy requirement, we propose first method to detect elements and second automatically modify elements. use proposed mesh-generation with magneticfield data acquired magnetic axis Large Helical ...

We perform precision microwave spectroscopy—aided by Stark deceleration—to reveal the low-magneticfield behavior of OH in its 2 3/2 rovibronic ground state, identifying two field-insensitive hyperfine transitions suitable as qubits and determining a differential Landé g factor of 1.267 5 10−3 between opposite-parity components of the doublet. The data are successfully modeled with an effective ...

We present two experiments that probe the temperature dependence ofthe flexibility ofthe filamentous virus fd by examining aspects ofthe liquid crystalline nature qf fd suspensions. The first measurement i s of the temperature variation o f the coexisting fd concentrations at the isotropic-cholesteric phase transition. The second measurement is ofthe magneticfield induced birefringence or Cotto...

We discuss nonperturbative SU(2) Yang-Mills thermodynamics in the deconfining phase. The maximal resolution of trivial-topology fluctuations is set by coarse-grained, interacting calorons and anticalorons: The effective loop expansion is very efficient. Postulating that SU(2)CMB today = U(1)Y , a modification of thermalized, low-momentum photon propagation is predicted for temperatures a few ti...

We have built and tested a 3.5 m high-finesse Fabry-Perot prototype inteferometer with a precision ellipsometer for the QED test and axion search (Q & A) experiment. We use X-pendulum-double-pendulum suspension designs and automatic control schemes developed by the gravitational-wave detection community. Verdet constant and Cotton-Mouton constant of the air are measured as a test. Double modula...