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Comment on Frank Wilczek's essay "Total Relativity: Mach 2004"
Frank Wilczek's essay "Total Relativity: Mach 2004" (PHYSICS TODAY April, 2004, p. 10) cogently updates the status of the intuitively compelling, but partly unrealized, theory of…
G. E. HahneJan 8, 2006
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A classical key distribution system based on Johnson (like) noise - How secure?
We present a comprehensive analysis of the Johnson (like) noise based classical key-distribution scheme presented by Kish [1]. We suggest two passive attack strategies that enable an adversary to…
Jacob Scheuer, Amnon YarivJan 4, 2006
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The spin-statistics connection in classical field theory
The spin-statistics connection is obtained for a simple formulation of a classical field theory containing even and odd Grassmann variables. To that end, the construction of irreducible canonical…
J. A. MorganJan 3, 2006
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Covariant Irreducible Parametrization of Electromagnetic Fields in Arbitrary Spacetime
We present a new unified covariant description of electromagnetic field properties for an arbitrary space-time. We derive a complete set of irreducible components describing a six-dimensional…
David SundkvistJan 2, 2006
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On the vector solutions of Maxwell equations in spherical coordinate systems
The Maxwell equations for the spherical components of the electromagnetic fields outside sources do not separate into equations for each component alone. We show, however, that general solutions can…
E. A. MatuteDec 29, 2005
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Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics from Darwinian Dynamics: a Primer
We present here an exploration on on the physical implications of the Darwinian dynamics. We first show that how the nonequilibrium statistical mechanics emerges naturally. We then show that the…
P. AoDec 27, 2005
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Zeeman effect of the hyperfine structure levels in hydrogenlike ions
The fully relativistic theory of the Zeeman splitting of the 1s hyperfine structure levels in hydrogenlike ions is considered for the magnetic field magnitude in the range from 1 to 10 T. The…
D. L. Moskovkin, V. M. ShabaevDec 25, 2005
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On the electrodynamics of moving bodies at low velocities
We discuss the seminal article in which Le Bellac and Levy-Leblond have identified two Galilean limits of electromagnetism, and its modern implications. We use their results to point out some…
Marc De Montigny, Germain RousseauxDec 21, 2005
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Thermoeconomic analysis of an irreversible Stirling heat pump cycle
In this paper an analysis of the Stirling cycle in thermoeconomic terms is developed using the entropy generation. In the thermoeconomic optimization of an irreversible Stirling heat pump cycle the F…
U. Lucia, G. GervinoDec 20, 2005
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The Minkowski metric in non-inertial observer radar coordinates
We give a closed expression for the Minkowski (1+1)-dimensional metric in the radar coordinates of an arbitrary non-inertial observer O in terms of O's proper acceleration. Knowledge of the…
E. MinguzziDec 20, 2005
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On the Lamb Vector and the Hydrodynamic Charge
This work is an attempt to test the concept of hydrodynamic charge (analogous to the electric charge in Electromagnetism) in the simple case of a coherent structure such as the Burgers vortex. We…
Germain Rousseaux, Shahar Seifer, Victor Steinberg et al.Dec 19, 2005
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Michelson-Morley experiment revisited
The idea of the Michelson-Morley experiment is theoretically reanalyzed. Elementary arguments are put forward to precisely derive the most general allowable form of the directional dependence of the…
Bogusław Broda, Marcin OstrowskiDec 17, 2005
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Against Pointillisme about Mechanics
This paper forms part of a wider campaign: to deny pointillisme. That is the doctrine that a physical theory's fundamental quantities are defined at points of space or of spacetime, and represent…
Jeremy ButterfieldDec 7, 2005
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Against Pointillisme about Geometry
This paper forms part of a wider campaign: to deny pointillisme. That is the doctrine that a physical theory's fundamental quantities are defined at points of space or of spacetime, and represent…
Jeremy ButterfieldDec 7, 2005
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Time Reversal Communication in Rayleigh-Fading Broadcast Channels with Pinholes
The paper presents an analysis of the time reversal in independent-multipath Rayleigh-fading channels with N inputs (transmitters) and M outputs (receivers). The main issues addressed are the…
Albert FannjiangDec 5, 2005
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Evaporating Drops of Alkane Mixtures
Alkane mixtures are model systems where the influence of surface tension gradients during the spreading and the evaporation of wetting drops can be easily studied. The surface tension gradients are…
Geoffroy Guéna, Christophe Poulard, Anne-Marie CazabatDec 4, 2005
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The radiation of a uniformly accelerated charge is beyond the horizon: a simple derivation
We show, by exploring some elementary consequences of the covariance of Maxwell's equations under general coordinate transformations, that, despite inertial observers can indeed detect…
Camila de Almeida, Alberto SaaDec 2, 2005
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Generalized relativistic velocity addition with spacetime algebra
Using spacetime algebra, the geometric algebra of spacetime, the general problem of relativistic addition of velocities is addressed. The successive application of non-collinear Lorentz boosts is…
Carlos R. Paiva, Marco A. RibeiroNov 30, 2005
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Acoustic identification of a poroelastic cylinder
We show how to cope with the acoustic identification of poroelastic materials when the specimen is in the form of a cylinder. We apply our formulation, based on the Biot model, approximated by the…
Zine Fellah, Jean-Philippe Groby, Erick Ogam et al.Nov 29, 2005
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Elliptical instability of a flow in a rotating shell
A theoretical and experimental study of the spin-over mode induced by the elliptical instability of a flow contained in a slightly deformed rotating spherical shell is presented. This geometrical…
L. Lacaze, P. Le Gal, S. Le DizèsNov 28, 2005
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Low vorticity and small gas expansion in premixed flames
Different approaches to the nonlinear dynamics of premixed flames exist in the literature: equations based on developments in a gas ex- pansion parameter, weak nonlinearity approximation, potential…
Bruno Denet, Vitaly BychkovNov 25, 2005
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Entropy, geometry, and the quantum potential
We sketch and emphasize the automatic emergence of a quantum potential Q in e.g. classical WDW type equations upon inserting a (Bohmian) complex wave function. The interpretation of Q in terms of…
Robert CarrollNov 20, 2005
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Evolution of Continuum from Elastic Deformation to Flow
Traditionally, the deformation of continuum is divided into elastic, plastic, and flow. For a large deformation with cracking, they are combined together. So, for complicated deformation, a…
Jianhua XiaoNov 19, 2005
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Active control of scattered acoustic radiation: a real-time implementation
This paper presents an active noise control experiment designed to validate a real-time control strategy for reduction of the noise scattered from a three-dimensional body. The control algorithm…
Emmanuel Friot, Régine Guillermin, Muriel WinningerNov 18, 2005
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Infinite non-causality in active cancellation of random noise
Active cancellation of broadband random noise requires the detection of the incoming noise with some time advance. In an duct for example this advance must be larger than the delays in the secondary…
Emmanuel FriotNov 18, 2005
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