We present the first polarization measurements of the radio emission from RRAT J1819−1458. Our observations, conducted in parallel to regular timing sessions, have yielded a small number of bright and polarized pulses. The polarization characteristics and integrated profile resemble those of normal pulsars with average spin-down energy Ė: moderate to low linear polarization in the integrated pr...

In this article, the separation between reversible and irreversible polarization where the reversible polarization component is determined by capacitance–voltage curve measurements, is used to characterize ferroelectric materials. After giving a thorough foundation of the method, it is used to investigate the influence of the composition on the reversible and irreversible polarization contribut...

We have developed a theoretical description of how of an asteroid’s polarizationphase curve will be affected by the removal of the dust from the surface due to a sizedependent phenomenon such as radiation pressure-driven escape of levitated particles. We test our calculations against new observations of four small (D ≈ 1 km) nearEarth asteroids [(85236), (142348), (162900) and 2006 SZ217] obtai...

Polarization behaviors of optical afterglows from two-component gamma-ray burst jets are investigated, assuming various configurations for the two components. In most cases, the observed polarization is dominated by the inner narrow component for a long period. Interestingly, it is revealed that different assumptions about the lateral expansion of the jet can lead to different evolutions of the...

Hyperfine quantum-beat spectroscopy has been utilized in a pump-probe configuration to measure magnetic dipole (A) and electric quadrupole (B) coupling constants in the 3d D3/2 and 3d D5/2 levels of three isotopes of potassium. For many of these levels, the largest hyperfine splitting is smaller than the natural width, and so a subnatural linewidth technique is required. In the experiments, the...

A practical anodic and cathodic curve intersection model, which consisted of an apparent anodic curve and an imaginary cathodic line, was proposed to explain multiple corrosion potentials occurred in potentiodynamic polarization curves of Fe-based glassy alloys in alkaline solution. The apparent anodic curve was selected from the measured anodic curves. The imaginary cathodic line was obtained ...

The purpose of this paper is to justify the use of the Gini coefficient and two close relatives for summarizing the basic information of inequality in distributions of income. To this end we employ a specific transformation of the Lorenz curve, the scaled conditional mean curve, rather than the Lorenz curve as the basic formal representation of inequality in distributions of income. The scaled ...

The third effect of electrodes of a polarizing current applied on a nerve denotes, as described by Suzuki (1) and Suzuki, Ando and Miyata (2), the effect of a longer or stronger polarization, which causes changes in the threshold of stimulation under both electrodes in direction opposite to those due to the electrotonus. The changes in the threshold by the electrotonus, which appear soon after ...