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Estimation Of Water Quality Of Dikhu River Of Nagaland Through A Combination Of Water Quality Index And Principal Component Analysis Techniques., Lanuyanger Longchar, Wati Temjen, Khikeya Semy, Wati Lemla Oct 2023

Estimation Of Water Quality Of Dikhu River Of Nagaland Through A Combination Of Water Quality Index And Principal Component Analysis Techniques., Lanuyanger Longchar, Wati Temjen, Khikeya Semy, Wati Lemla

Karbala International Journal of Modern Science

Monitoring the physico-chemical attributes of water is essential for determining water quality. The present study explores the effect of various anthropogenic factors on the quality of Dikhu River, Nagaland. Water samples from three sampling stations were compared against three standards: Indian Council of Medical Research, Bureau of Indian Standards, and World Health Organization. Although all parameters were within the permissible limits, the Water Quality Index categorized all sites during the rainy season as "poor quality", highlighting anthropogenic impacts. A principal component analysis created a Minimum Data Set (MDS) explaining 100%, 93.27%, and 96.26% of the total variance for the three …


Dyadosphere Space-Time Of A Charged Black Hole In The Rainbow Gravity And Energy Distribution, Oktay Aydogdu, Mustafa Salti Oct 2023

Dyadosphere Space-Time Of A Charged Black Hole In The Rainbow Gravity And Energy Distribution, Oktay Aydogdu, Mustafa Salti

Karbala International Journal of Modern Science

One is prompted to examine an energy-dependent space-time with significant distortion of standard general relativity through a breach of the Lorentz invariance in high-energy quantum gravity. The present study explores how the energy of a test particle influences the energy density of a charged black hole in the framework of rainbow gravity. In this context, the focus is on investigating the dyadosphere of the black hole, where the space-time fabric is influenced by the energy of the test particle. We also employ graphical analysis to visually illustrate the variations in the black hole’s energy density defined within the framework of …


Scaling Isolated-Attosecond-Pulse Duration By Controlling A Trajectory Parameter, Dian Peng, Jean Marcel Ngoko Djiokap Oct 2023

Scaling Isolated-Attosecond-Pulse Duration By Controlling A Trajectory Parameter, Dian Peng, Jean Marcel Ngoko Djiokap

Department of Physics and Astronomy: Faculty Publications

Reaching an ever shorter duration of isolated attosecond pulses (IAPs) is an ongoing mission in attosecond science. Wide usage of long-wavelength driving lasers has greatly broadened bandwidths for generating IAPs. We propose a strategy to further exploit the ability of a long-wavelength laser in producing short IAPs. We introduce a scaling relationship between IAP duration and a trajectory parameter that is associated with the classical cutoff trajectory of high-order harmonic generation (HHG) in gases. This trajectory parameter can facilitate in shortening IAP duration by shaping laser waveform. We demonstrate the effectiveness of our methods with calculations of HHG from Ne …


The Accumulation And Growth Of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa On Surfaces Is Modulated By Surface Mechanics Via Cyclic-Di-Gmp Signaling, Liyun Wang, Yu-Chern Wong, Joshua M. Correira, Megan Wancura, Chris J. Geiger, Shanice S. Webster, Ahmed Touhami, Benjamin J. Butler, George A. O’Toole, Richard M. Langford Oct 2023

The Accumulation And Growth Of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa On Surfaces Is Modulated By Surface Mechanics Via Cyclic-Di-Gmp Signaling, Liyun Wang, Yu-Chern Wong, Joshua M. Correira, Megan Wancura, Chris J. Geiger, Shanice S. Webster, Ahmed Touhami, Benjamin J. Butler, George A. O’Toole, Richard M. Langford

Physics and Astronomy Faculty Publications and Presentations

Attachment of bacteria onto a surface, consequent signaling, and accumulation and growth of the surface-bound bacterial population are key initial steps in the formation of pathogenic biofilms. While recent reports have hinted that surface mechanics may affect the accumulation of bacteria on that surface, the processes that underlie bacterial perception of surface mechanics and modulation of accumulation in response to surface mechanics remain largely unknown. We use thin and thick hydrogels coated on glass to create composite materials with different mechanics (higher elasticity for thin composites; lower elasticity for thick composites) but with the same surface adhesivity and chemistry. The …


An Introduction To The Veritas Observatory, Alexander Bittle, Ian Kuhl, Jingze (Justin) Zhou, Avery Archer Oct 2023

An Introduction To The Veritas Observatory, Alexander Bittle, Ian Kuhl, Jingze (Justin) Zhou, Avery Archer

Annual Student Research Poster Session

Located at the base of Mount Hopkins, Arizona, at an elevation of approximately 4200 feet, the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) is a ground-based gamma ray observatory containing four Cherenkov telescopes designed to detect very high energy gamma rays with energies ranging from 100GeV to 10TeV using the Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Technique. In April 2007, VERITAS began successful operations with all four telescopes. As of today, over 15 years of data has been taken by the VERITAS array, stored in an archive of data, and used for a wide variety of research, publications, PhD theses, and conventions …


Analysis Of The Crab Nebula And Pulsar, Alexander Bittle, Ian Kuhl, Jingze (Justin) Zhou, Avery Archer Oct 2023

Analysis Of The Crab Nebula And Pulsar, Alexander Bittle, Ian Kuhl, Jingze (Justin) Zhou, Avery Archer

Annual Student Research Poster Session

Although the Crab Nebula is well understood, the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) still regularly observes the Crab's highest energy emissions. These emissions are used to calibrate the telescopes, further, document the system, and investigate the validity of physical models. Our research this summer is geared to analyze data from 2018-2022 to add to an ongoing research project investigating the long term variability of the Crab Nebula’s emission.


Fast And Slow Microphysics Regimes In A Minimalist Model Of Cloudy Rayleigh-Bénard Convection, Raymond A. Shaw, Subin Thomas, Prasanth Prabhakaran, Will Cantrell, Mikhail Ovchinnikov, Fan Yang Oct 2023

Fast And Slow Microphysics Regimes In A Minimalist Model Of Cloudy Rayleigh-Bénard Convection, Raymond A. Shaw, Subin Thomas, Prasanth Prabhakaran, Will Cantrell, Mikhail Ovchinnikov, Fan Yang

Michigan Tech Publications, Part 2

A minimalist model of microphysical properties in cloudy Rayleigh-Bénard convection is developed based on mass and number balances for cloud droplets growing by vapor condensation. The model is relevant to a turbulent mixed-layer in which a steady forcing of supersaturation can be defined, e.g., a model of the cloudy boundary layer or a convection-cloud chamber. The model assumes steady injection of aerosol particles that are activated to form cloud droplets, and the removal of cloud droplets through sedimentation. Simplifying assumptions include the consideration of mean properties in steady state, neglect of coalescence growth, and no detailed representation of the droplet …


Gaxin2-Xo3 Surface Pyramids Interaction With Formaldehyde: Thermodynamic And Sensing Analysis, Mudar Ahmed Abdulsattar Oct 2023

Gaxin2-Xo3 Surface Pyramids Interaction With Formaldehyde: Thermodynamic And Sensing Analysis, Mudar Ahmed Abdulsattar

Karbala International Journal of Modern Science

GaxIn2-xO3 surface pyramids' electronic structures are investigated using density functional theory, including dispersion corrections. Application of GaxIn2-xO3 surface pyramids as a gas sensor for formaldehyde is also performed and compared with experimental findings. These findings show that the energy gap of these pyramids follows closely with the bulk values. The energy gap increases between the two limits, In2O3 and Ga2O3. Applying GaxIn2-xO3 surface pyramids as a gas sensor uses transition state theory formalism. Thermodynamic quantities such as activation Gibbs energy, enthalpy, and entropy are needed for temperature-dependent calculations. A comparison of sensor response which is proportional to reaction rate as …


A Comprehensive Review Of Geometrical Thermodynamics: From Fluctuations To Black Holes, S. Mahmoudi, Kh. Jafarzade, Seyed Hossein Hendi Oct 2023

A Comprehensive Review Of Geometrical Thermodynamics: From Fluctuations To Black Holes, S. Mahmoudi, Kh. Jafarzade, Seyed Hossein Hendi

Turkish Journal of Physics

This paper presents a comprehensive review of geometrical thermodynamics, which employs geometric concepts to study the thermodynamic properties of physical systems. The review covers key topics such as thermodynamic fluctuation theory, proposed thermodynamic metrics in various coordinate systems, and thermodynamic curvature.Additionally, the paper discusses the geometrical approach to black hole thermodynamics and provides an overview of recent research in this field.


A Portable And Low-Cost Incubator System Enabling Real-Time Cell Imaging Based On A Smartphone, Ari̇f Engi̇n Çeti̇n Oct 2023

A Portable And Low-Cost Incubator System Enabling Real-Time Cell Imaging Based On A Smartphone, Ari̇f Engi̇n Çeti̇n

Turkish Journal of Physics

Incubators serve as essential tools for maintaining optimal temperature, humidity, and atmospheric gas composition for cell cultures. Their applications span across various fields like cell biology, microbiology, and molecular biology. However, in many cell-based studies, observing cellular changes often necessitates moving cells out of the incubator for microscope examination. Unfortunately, exposing cells to an environment that does not support healthy growth can undermine the reliability of test outcomes. In this article, we present a groundbreaking solution: a cost-effective, portable incubator system seamlessly integrated with a smartphone for real-time characterization tests. This innovation offers comparable imaging capabilities and maintains an environment …


Fermion Pair Radiation From Accelerating Classical Systems, Margarita Gavrilova, Mitrajyoti Ghosh, Yuval Grossman, Walter Tangarife, Tien-Hsueh Tsai Oct 2023

Fermion Pair Radiation From Accelerating Classical Systems, Margarita Gavrilova, Mitrajyoti Ghosh, Yuval Grossman, Walter Tangarife, Tien-Hsueh Tsai

Physics: Faculty Publications and Other Works

Accelerating classical systems that couple to a fermion-antifermion pair at the microscopic level can radiate pairs of fermions and lose energy in the process. In this work, we derive the generalization of the Larmor formula for fermion pair radiation. We focus on the case of a point-like classical source in an elliptical orbit that emits fermions through vector and scalar mediators. Ultra-light fermion emission from such systems becomes relevant when the mass of the mediator is larger than the frequency of the periodic motion. This enables us to probe regions of the parameter space that are inaccessible in on-shell bosonic …


Electrode Effect On Ferroelectricity In Free-Standing Membranes Of Pbzr0.2Ti0.8O3, Qiuchen Wu, Kun Wang, Alyssa Simpson, Yifei Hao, Jia Wang, Dawei Li, Xia Hong Oct 2023

Electrode Effect On Ferroelectricity In Free-Standing Membranes Of Pbzr0.2Ti0.8O3, Qiuchen Wu, Kun Wang, Alyssa Simpson, Yifei Hao, Jia Wang, Dawei Li, Xia Hong

Department of Physics and Astronomy: Faculty Publications

We report the effects of screening capacity, surface roughness, and interfacial epitaxy of the bottom electrodes on the polarization switching, domain wall (DW) roughness, and ferroelectric Curie temperature (TC) of PbZr0.2Ti0.8O3 (PZT)- based free-standing membranes. Singe crystalline 10−50 nm (001) PZT and PZT/La0.67Sr0.33MnO3 (LSMO) membranes are prepared on Au, correlated oxide LSMO, and two-dimensional (2D) semiconductor MoS2 base layers. Switching the polarization of PZT yields nonvolatile current modulation in the MoS2 channel at room temperature, with an on/off ratio of up to 2 × 105 …


Signatures Of Feedback In The Spectacular Extended Emission Region Of Ngc 5972, Thomas Harvey, W. Peter Maksym, William Keel, Michael Koss, Vardha N. Bennert, S. Drew Chojnowski, Ezequiel Treister, Carolina Finlez, Chris J. Lintott, Alexei Moiseev, Brooke D. Simmons, Lia F. Sartori, Megan Urry Oct 2023

Signatures Of Feedback In The Spectacular Extended Emission Region Of Ngc 5972, Thomas Harvey, W. Peter Maksym, William Keel, Michael Koss, Vardha N. Bennert, S. Drew Chojnowski, Ezequiel Treister, Carolina Finlez, Chris J. Lintott, Alexei Moiseev, Brooke D. Simmons, Lia F. Sartori, Megan Urry

Physics

We present Chandra X-ray Observatory observations and Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph spectra of NGC 5972, one of the 19 ‘Voorwerpjes’ galaxies. This galaxy contains an extended emission-line region (EELR) and an arcsecond scale nuclear bubble. NGC 5972 is a faded active galactic nucleus (AGN), with EELR luminosity suggesting a 2.1 dex decrease in Lbol in the last ∼5 ×104 yr. We investigate the role of AGN feedback in exciting the EELR and bubble given the long-term variability and potential accretion state changes. We detect broad-band (0.3–8 keV) X-ray emission in the near-nuclear regions, coincident with the [O III …


College Of Natural Sciences Newsletter, September - October 2023, College Of Natural Sciences Oct 2023

College Of Natural Sciences Newsletter, September - October 2023, College Of Natural Sciences

College of Natural Sciences Newsletters and Reports

Page 1 Dean's Message
Page 2 New Faculty an Staff for the Fall 2023 Semester
Page 3 Awards
Page 4 Student Ambassadors in CNS
Page 5 Meet our Jacks
Page 6-8 Events
Page 9-11 Media Coverage of CNS
Page 12-13 Spring 2023 Dean's List
Page 14 Open PRAIRIE Data


Perception Of Nuclear Security As A Barrier To Female Representation In Africa, Primerose Ruhukwa Oct 2023

Perception Of Nuclear Security As A Barrier To Female Representation In Africa, Primerose Ruhukwa

International Journal of Nuclear Security

Women are strongly underrepresented in the nuclear energy sector, particularly in the field of Nuclear security. Regardless of several government efforts to increase the number of women in this field, which include gender balance polices, education, and awareness campaigns, the nuclear security industry remains a male-dominated field. The reason why nuclear security is shunned by most women in Africa is because of an incorrect perception of what nuclear security is. When a lay person hears the term nuclear, the first thing that comes to mind is nuclear weapons, and many are quick to judge, saying that Africa does not …


Phys 201 Oct 2023

Phys 201

Department of Physics and Astronomy: Syllabi

No abstract provided.


Phys 431/831 Oct 2023

Phys 431/831

Department of Physics and Astronomy: Syllabi

No abstract provided.


Phys 441/841 Oct 2023

Phys 441/841

Department of Physics and Astronomy: Syllabi

No abstract provided.


Phys 462/862 Oct 2023

Phys 462/862

Department of Physics and Astronomy: Syllabi

No abstract provided.


Phys 811 Oct 2023

Phys 811

Department of Physics and Astronomy: Syllabi

No abstract provided.


Phys 913 Oct 2023

Phys 913

Department of Physics and Astronomy: Syllabi

No abstract provided.


Astr 103 Oct 2023

Astr 103

Department of Physics and Astronomy: Syllabi

No abstract provided.


Astr 103h Oct 2023

Astr 103h

Department of Physics and Astronomy: Syllabi

No abstract provided.


Astr 117 Oct 2023

Astr 117

Department of Physics and Astronomy: Syllabi

No abstract provided.


Astr 204 Oct 2023

Astr 204

Department of Physics and Astronomy: Syllabi

No abstract provided.


Astr 224 Oct 2023

Astr 224

Department of Physics and Astronomy: Syllabi

No abstract provided.


Phys 151 Oct 2023

Phys 151

Department of Physics and Astronomy: Syllabi

No abstract provided.


Phys 311 Oct 2023

Phys 311

Department of Physics and Astronomy: Syllabi

No abstract provided.


Phys 452/852 Oct 2023

Phys 452/852

Department of Physics and Astronomy: Syllabi

No abstract provided.


Phys 911 Oct 2023

Phys 911

Department of Physics and Astronomy: Syllabi

No abstract provided.