In this study, MIE values measured with two different explosion tubes, HARTMANN and MIKE 3, are compared. Generally, MIKE 3 apparatus provides MIE results, which are equal or lower to those measured with the HARTMANN apparatus; this is particularly true for the energy ranges between 1 and 10mJ and higher than 100mJ. Differences observed can modify samples classification according to their sensi...

Although the MapReduce programming model has so far been highly successful, not all applications are well suited to this model. Spark bridges this gap by providing seamless support for iterative and interactive jobs that are hard to express using the acyclic data flow model pioneered by MapReduce. While benchmarking Spark, we identified that the default broadcast mechanism implemented in the Sp...

A non-stationary polar gap model first proposed by Ruderman & Sutherland (1975) is modified and applied to spark–associated pulsar emission at radio wavelengths. It is argued that under physical and geometrical conditions prevailing above pulsar polar cap, highly non-stationary spark discharges do not occur at random positions. Instead, sparks should tend to operate in well determined preferred...

We investigate the electrodynamics of an outer gap in the meridional plane of the aligned-rotator. The charge depletion from the Goldreich-Julian charge density causes a large electric field along the magnetic field line. The electrons or the positrons are accelerated by the field-aligned electric field and radiate the γ-rays tangentially to the local magnetic field line. Some of such γ-rays co...

Reactions induced by the pulsed arc electrohydraulic discharge (PAED) system in aqueous solutions were studied. PAED was generated by a spark gap type power supply (0.5 kJ/pulse) with rod-to-rod type electrodes in water. The measurements of physical parameters showed that the discharge is characterized by a sudden drop of the voltage while a peak of current occurs. The pressure waveform is comp...

Two types of gap phenomena (types I and II ) have been described in human hearts and their electrophysiologic bases have been delineated. In both types of gap phenomena relatively early premature atrial impulses are blocked within some portion of the His-Purkinje system (HPS). By increasing the prematurity of the atrial depolarization, conduction to the ventricles resumes due to delay of the pr...