Direct real-time visualization and measurement of laser-driven shock generation, propagation, and 2D focusing in a sample are demonstrated. A substantial increase of the pressure at the convergence of the cylindrical acoustic shock front is observed experimentally and simulated numerically. Single-shot acquisitions using a streak camera reveal that at the convergence of the shock wave in water ...

We calculate the two-point correlation function and magnetic susceptibility in the anisotropic 2D Ising model on a lattice with one infinite and the other finite dimension, along which periodic boundary conditions are imposed. Using exact expressions for a part of lattice form factors, we propose the formulas for arbitrary spin matrix elements, thus providing a possibility to compute all multip...

This paper gives an overview over work on layout and weight optimization of sparse 1D and 2D arrays which has been done over the last decade. The optimization methods have been linear programming, genetic methods and simulated annealing. The latter is our preferred method. The paper shows examples of optimized arrays on Cartesian and nonCartesian grids such as polar and hex. Non-planar arrays (...

R. Winkler,* A. Gade, T. Baugher, D. Bazin, B. A. Brown, T. Glasmacher, G. F. Grinyer, R. Meharchand,* S. McDaniel, A. Ratkiewicz, and D. Weisshaar National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA (Received 27 February 2012; published 30 Ap...

Near field earthquakes have imposed major damage to buildings in the past years. In some cases, the intensity of such damage is too considerable to be disregarded. The most effective way to improve seismic performance of buildings is applying a seismic control technique. The cylindrical friction damper is one of these methods, which has become popular for its desirable performance in the energy...

The distribution of p+ Gamow-Teller strength in 26Mg, 54Fe and 56Ni is calculated in the QRPA and large-basis shell-model spaces. The quenching relative to the simplest jj coupled model found in the QRPA is similar to that found in a shell-model basis which includes 2p2h ground-state correlations within the major shell (sd or pf). For 26Mg there is significant additional quenching found in the ...

| In previous work we developed a list-mode iterative reconstruction algorithm (LMIRA) for SPECT applied to two dimensional image reconstruction. In the 2D case we calculated the emission radiance distribution on the circular enclosure of the object. This part is the forward projection. In the backprojection we sampled the radiance on the intermediate layer using the geometric properties of the...

A 2D numerical simulation of the drainage process in a stratified vertical porous channel is performed for different gas flow rates. The porous matrix consists of two cylindrical homogeneous layers of packed sand with different permeability, initially saturated with a wetting phase. The porosity and the permeability of each layer are assumed to be constant. Since the injected gas is provided th...

We present image segmentation and highlight detection algorithms based on the dichromatic reflection model. For image segmentation, we use the model prediction that objects of a certain colour produce lines (the matte lines) radiating away from the origin of the RGB colour space. These lines therefore show up as peaks in a 2-dimensional histogram of the angular coordinates of a spherical polar ...

In cloaking, a body is hidden from detection by surrounding it by a coating consisting of an unusual anisotropic nonhomogeneous material. The permittivity and permeability of such a cloak are determined by the coordinate transformation of compressing a hidden 2D or cylindrical body into a line. Some components of the electrical parameters of the cloaking material (ε, μ) are required to have inf...