Femtosecond laser exposure in the non-ablative regime induces a variety of bulk structural modifications, in which anisotropy may depend on the polarization of the writing beam. In this work, we investigate the correlation between polarization state and stress anisotropy. In particular, we introduce a methodology that allows for rapid analysis and visualization of laser-induced stress anisotrop...

Ice Sheet backscatter around South Pole Station was measured from several different azimuthal angles using RADARSAT-1 S A R data. We observed strong azimuthal anisotropy (3-4 dB) between radar look directions across and along the prevailing wind direction. We speculate that the azimuthal variation of backscatter around the South Pole area may be largely attributed to systematically oriented sas...

Jet quenching and high-p T azimuthal asymmetry Abstract The azimuthal anisotropy of high-p T particle production in non-central heavy ion collisions is among the most promising observables of partonic energy loss in an azimuthally non-symmetric volume of quark-gluon plasma. We discuss the implications of nuclear geometry for the models of partonic energy loss in the context of recent RHIC data ...

We analyze the method for calculation of a coefficient of jet azimuthal anisotropy without reconstruction of the nuclear reaction plane considering the higher order correlators between the azimuthal position of jet axis and the angles of particles not incorporated in the jet. The reliability of this technique in the real physical situation under LHC conditions is illustrated. ——————————————— † ...

Two generalisations of the blast-wave model to non-central nuclear collisions are constructed, and elliptic flow as well as azimuthal dependence of correlation radii are calculated. Particular attention is paid to how different azimuthal dependences of transverse flow direction can cause qualitatively different anisotropic fireballs to give same v2 as a function of the transverse momentum. The ...

Earth’s upper mantle includes a 200 km thick asthenosphere underneath the plates where viscosity and seismic velocities are reduced compared to the background. This zone of weakness matters for plate dynamics and may be required for the generation of plate tectonics itself. However, recent seismological and electromagnetic studies indicate strong heterogeneity in thinner layers underneath the p...