The single-scattering properties of six non-spherical ice crystals, droxtals, plates, solid columns, hollow columns, aggregates and 6-branch bullet rosettes are simulated. The anomalous diffraction theory (ADT) is applied to the simulation of the extinction efficiency and the absorption efficiency. Because the first order reflection is considered, the accuracy of the absorption efficiency increases with the increasing of the size parameter. Compared with the reference single-scattering properties from an improved geometric optics method (IGOM), the errors in the extinction and absorption efficiencies are small. In addition, the asymmetry factor is formulated within the framework of diffraction and external reflection. The asymmetry factor based on the ADT matches very well with the IGOM counterpart when the absorption is strong, but needs an improvement in the solar region. The errors in conjunction with the application of the ADT-based optical properties to the computation of atmospheric fluxes and heating rates, based on the Fu-Liou model also are investigated. Two cases, one for tropical cirrus clouds and the other for mid-latitude cirrus clouds, are designed. It is found that the errors of bulk asymmetry factor between ADT-based and IGOM-based result in an overestimation of downward infrared (IR) fluxes and upward solar fluxes, and an underestimation of upward IR fluxes and downward solar fluxes. The errors of the fluxes and heating rates based on two sets of single-scattering properties are caused mainly by the underestimation of the bulk absorption efficiency based on ADT. It is also shown that ADT-based optical properties generate more accurate radiative properties for tropical cirrus clouds than for the mid-latitude cirrus clouds. In conclusion, the ADT-based method can generate reasonably accurate single-scattering properties of ice crystals, and can result in reasonable upward IR and solar fluxes at top of atmosphere (TOA), downward IR fluxes at the surface, and net heating rates.

The debate over the origin of the ultrafast demagnetization has been intensively active for the past 16 years. Several microscopic mechanisms have been proposed but none has managed so far to provide direct and incontrovertible evidences of their validity. In this context I have proposed an approach based on spin dependent electron superdiffusion as the driver of the ultrafast demagnetization. Excited electrons and holes in the ferromagnetic metal start diffusing after the absorption of the laser photons. Being the material ferromagnetic, the majority and minority spin channels occupy very different bands. It is then not surprising that transport properties are strongly spin dependent. In most of the ferromagnetic metals, majority spin excited electrons have better transport properties than minority ones. The effect is that majority carriers are more efficient in leaving the area irradiated by the laser, triggering a net spin transport. Recent experimental findings are revolutionising the field by being incompatible with previously proposed models and showing uncontrovertibly the sign of spin superdiffusion. We have shown that spin diffusing away from a layer undergoing ultrafast demagnetization can be used to create an ultrafast increase of magnetization in a neighboring magnetic layer. We have also shown that optical excitation is not a prerequisite for the ultrafast demagnetization and that excited electrons superdiffusing from a non-magnetic substrate can trigger the demagnetization. Finally we have shown that it is possible to control the time shape of the spin currents created and developed a technique to detect directly spin currents in a contact-less way.  The impact of these new discoveries goes beyond the solution of the mystery of ultrafast demagnetization. It shows how spin information can be, not only manipulated, as shown 16 years ago, but most importantly transferred at unprecedented speeds. This new discovery lays the basis for a full femtosecond spintronics.

In this Thesis, we present work on the diffuse Galactic emission in the 23−43 GHz frequency range. We studied the polarised emission, which is dominated by synchrotron radiation at these frequencies. We also present work on the anomalous microwave emission (AME), both in total intensity and polarisation. These observations are useful to quantify the CMB foreground contribution and give us information about the ISM of our Galaxy. Polarisation observations are affected by a positive bias, particularly important in regions with low signal-to-noise ratio. We present a method to correct the bias in the case where the uncertainties in the Q, U Stokes parameters are not symmetric. We show that this method successfully corrects the polarisation maps, with a residual bias smaller than the random uncertainties on the maps, outperforming the methods that are previously described in the literature. We use the de-biasing method to set upper limits for the polarisation of AME in the ρ Ophiuchi and Perseus molecular clouds. In both clouds the AME polarisation fraction is found to be less than 2% at 23 GHz and33 GHz. We use data from the WMAP satellite at 23, 33 and 41 GHz to study the diffuse polarised emission over the entire sky. This emission is due to synchrotron radiation and it originates mostly from filamentary structures with well-ordered magnetic fields. We identify new filaments and studied their observational properties, such as polarisation spectral indices, polarisation fraction and Faraday rotation. We explore the link between the large scale filaments and the local ISM, using the model of an expanding shell in the vicinity of the Sun. We also quantify the level of contamination added by the diffuse filaments to the CMB E- and B-mode power spectra. The Q/U Imaging ExperimenT (QUIET) observed the polarised sky at 43 and 95 GHz, in order to measure the CMB spectra. We describe the instrument, the observations and data processing, focusing on two regions of the Galactic plane. We study the foreground contamination in a region of the sky. We also discuss some properties of the diffuse synchrotron emission observed on the Galactic plane by QUIET. Using interferometric observations at 31 GHz, we studied AME in the translucent cloud LDN 1780. Interferometric data at 31 GHz and different ancillary data were used. We study the connection between the radio emission and the interstellar dust present in the cloud. The spinning dust hypothesis for the origin of AME is tested and we conclude that it can explain the radio properties observed in this cloud.

The phenomenon of dynamically induced anomalous diffusion is both the classical and quantum kicked rotor is investigated in this dissertation. We discuss the capability of the quantum mechanical version of the system to reproduce for extended periods the corresponding classical chaotic behavior.

A 36-year-old woman was seen with complaints of exertional chest pain and shortness of breath. Her medical history included atrial fibrillation and diabetes. Physical examination was unremarkable except for an irregular cardiac rhythm. Myocardial perfusion imaging revealed the presence of a large area of infarction involving the entire anterior and apical walls and part of the anteroseptal wall with minimal periinfarct ischemia. Computed tomography coronary angiogram revealed an anomalous left main coronary artery arising from the main pulmonary artery. Right and left heart catheterizations demonstrated moderate pulmonary hypertension with a slight step-up in oxygen saturation between the right ventricle and main pulmonary artery. Coronary angiography showed a large tortuous right coronary artery with collaterals to the left anterior descending artery that drained into the main pulmonary artery. She was referred for surgery. This case demonstrates a rare coronary artery anomaly in an adult where survival is dependent on collateral circulation.

京都大学 / 0048 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(理学) / 甲第20921号 / 理博第4373号 / 新制||理||1628(附属図書館) / 京都大学大学院理学研究科地球惑星科学専攻 / (主査)教授 大志万 直人, 准教授 吉村 令慧, 教授 中西 一郎 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Science / Kyoto University / DGAM

The current driven electrothermal instability (ETI) forms when the material resistivity is temperature dependent, occurring in nearly all Z-pinch-like high energy density platforms. ETI growth for high-mass density materials is predominantly striation form which corresponds to magnetically perpendicular mode growth. The striation form is caused by a resistivity that increases with temperature, which is often the case for high-mass density materials. In contrast, low-density ETI growth is mainly filamentation form, magnetically aligned modes, because the resistivity tends to decrease with temperature. Simulating ETI is challenging due to the coupling of magnetic field transport to equation of state over a large region of state space spanning solids to plasmas. This dissertation presents a code-code verification study to effectively model the ETI. Specifically, this study provides verification cases which ensure the unit physics components essential to modeling ETI are accurate. This provides a way for fluid-based codes to simulate linear and nonlinear ETI. Additionally, the study provides a sensitivity analysis of nonlinear ETI to equation of state, vacuum resistivity, and vacuum density. Simulations of ETI typically use a collisional form of the resistivity as provided, e.g., in a Lee-More Desjarlais conductivity table. In regions of low-mass density, collision-less transport needs to be incorporated to properly simulate the filamentation form of ETI growth. Anomalous resistivity (AR) is an avenue by which these collision-less micro-turbulent effects can be incorporated into a collisional resistivity. AR directly changes the resistivity which will directly modify the linear growth rate of ETI, so a new linear growth rate is derived which includes AR's added dependency on current density. This linear growth rate is verified through a filamentation ETI simulation using an ion acoustic based AR model. Kinetically based simulations of vacuum contaminant plasmas provide a physical platform to study the use of AR models in pulsed-power platforms. Using parameters from the Z-machine pulsed-power device, the incorporation of AR can increase a collisional-based resistivity by upwards of four orders of magnitude. The presence of current-carrying vacuum contaminant plasmas can indirectly affect nonlinear ETI growth through modification of the magnetic diffusion wave. The impact of AR on nonlinear ETI is explored through pulsed-power simulations of a dielectrically coated solid metallic liner surrounded by a low-density vacuum contaminant plasma. / Doctor of Philosophy / High-energy-density physics (HEDP) is the study of materials with pressures that exceed 1Mbar, and is difficult to reach here on Earth. Inertial confinement fusion concepts and experiments are the primary source for achieving these pressures in the laboratory. Inertial confinement fusion (ICF) is a nuclear fusion concept that relies on the inertia of imploding materials to compress a light fuel (often deuterium and tritium) to high densities and temperatures to achieve fusion reactions. The imploding materials in ICF are driven in many ways, but this dissertation focuses on ICF implosions driven by pulsed-power devices. Pulsed-power involves delivering large amounts of capacitive energy in the form of electrical current over very short time scales (nanosecond timescale). The largest pulsed-power driver is the Z-machine at Sandia National Laboratory (SNL) which is capable of delivering upwards of 30 MA in 130 ns approximately. During an ICF implosion there exists instabilities that disrupt the integrity of the implosion causing non-ideal lower density and temperature yields. One such instability is the Rayleigh-Taylor instability where a light fluid supports a heavy fluid under the influence of gravity. The Rayleigh-Taylor is one of the most detrimental instabilities toward achieving ignition and was one of the main research topics in the early stages of this Ph.D. The study of this instability provided a nice intro for modeling in the HEDP regime, specifically, in the uses of tabulated equations-of-state and tabulated transport coefficients (e.g., resistivity and thermal conductivity). The magneto Rayleigh-Taylor instability occurs in pulsed-power fusion platforms where the heavy fluid is now supported by a magnetic field instead of a light fluid. The magneto Rayleigh-Taylor instability is the most destructive instability in many pulsed-power fusion platforms, so understanding seeding mechanisms is critical in mitigating its impact. Magnetized liner inertial fusion (MagLIF) is a pulsed-power fusion concept that involves imploding a solid cylindrical metal annulus on laser-induced pre-magnetized fuel. The solid metal liners have imperfections and defects littered throughout the surface. The imperfections on the surface create a perturbation during the initial phases of the implosion when the solid metal liner is undergoing ohmic heating. Because a solid metal has a resistivity that increases with temperature, as the metal heats the resistivity increases causing more heating which creates a positive feedback loop. This positive feedback loop is similar to the heating process in a nichrome wire in a toaster, and is the fundamental bases of the main instability studied in this dissertation, the electrothermal instability (ETI). ETI is present in all pulsed-power fusion platforms where a current-carrying material has a resistivity that changes with temperature. In MagLIF, ETI is dominant in the early stages of a current pulse where the resistivity of the metal increases with temperature. An increasing resistivity with temperature is connected to the axially growing modes of ETI which is denoted as the striation form of ETI. Contrary to the striation form of ETI, the filamentation form of ETI occurs when resistivity decreases with temperature and is associated with the azimuthally growing modes of ETI. Chapter 2 in this dissertation details a study of how to simulate striaiton ETI for a MagLIF-like configuration across different resistive magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) codes. Resistivity that decreases with temperature typically occurs in low-density materials which are often in a gaseous or plasma state. Low density plasmas are nearly collision-less and have resistivity definitions that often overestimate the conductivity of a plasma in certain experiments. Anomalous resistivity (AR) addresses this overestimation by increasing a collisional resistivity through micro-turbulence driven plasma phenomenon that mimic collisional behavior. The creation of AR involves reduced-modeling of micro-turbulence driven plasma phenomenon, such as the lower hybrid drift instability, to construct an effective collision frequency based on drift speeds. Because AR directly modifies a collisional resistivity for certain conditions, it will directly alter the growth of ETI which is the topic of Chapter 3. The current on the Z-machine is driven by the capacitor bank through the post-hole convolute, the magnetically insulated transmission lines, and then into the chamber. Magnetically insulated transmission lines have been shown to create low-density plasma through desorption processes in the vacuum leading to a load surrounded by a low-density plasma referred to as a vacuum contaminant plasmas (VCP). VCP can divert current from the load by causing a short between the vacuum anode and cathode gap. In simulations, this plasma would be highly conducting when represented by a collisionally-based resistivity model resulting in non-physical vacuum heating that is not observed in experiments. VCP are current-carrying low-density and high-temperature plasmas which make them ideal candidates to study the role of AR as described in Chapter 4. Chapter 4 investigates the role AR in a VCP would have on striation ETI for a MagLIF-like load.

Este trabalho discute o efeito do tamanho de grão, frequência de excitação e resistividade elétrica nas perdas magnéticas, destacando-se a perda anômala. Também é proposto um método de sobreposição de histereses onde é revelada a região de ocorrência da perda anômala durante o ciclo de magnetização e desmagnetização, e posteriormente a curva de histerese da perda anômala é construída. Para tal, três ligas de aço de grão não orientado, com teor de silício de 2,05%, 2,45%, 3,3%, foram tratadas termicamente para aumento do tamanho de grão por crescimento. Cada liga foi tratada sobre a mesma sequência de temperatura, em recozimento contínuo. Os tamanhos de grão das amostras foram medidos pelo método de interceptos. A caracterização das propriedades magnéticas foi realizada por meio do quadro de Epstein. As amostras, no total de 21 conjuntos, foram ensaiadas em regime de frequência de 50, 60, 100, 150 e 200 Hz e regime quase estático (5mHz), ambos a 1 e 1,5 T. Possibilitando desta forma, a construção da histerese da perda histerética e total. Por meio dos resultados da perda total, histerética e parasita, a perda anômala pode ser calculada. Os resultados mostraram o comportamento da perda anômala (Pa) em função do tamanho de grão (l) do tipo Pa ∝ l0,34 e em frequência (f) a relação de Pa ∝ f1,65. A respeito do comportamento da perda anômala em função da resistividade elétrica (ρ), os resultados encontrados são inconclusivos. Constatou-se empiricamente que, o tamanho de grão ótimo é função da frequência e da indução. A partir de tratamento matemático, a histerese da perda parasita mais histerética, foi construída e sobreposta à histerese da perda total. Os espaços vazios entre as curvas corresponder à perda anômala. É visto que a perda anômala ocorre em três regiões distintas da curva de histerese. Tais regiões podem supostamente ser associadas à fenômenos de dissipação de energia como; movimento de parede de domínio, nucleação de domínios e aniquilação de domínio. Como as histereses da perda total, histerética e parasita possuem a mesma indução, a histerese da perda anômala pode ser construída. O campo associado à perda anômala foi obtido como resultado da soma entre campo histerético mais parasita menos o campo magnético da perda total. / This paper discusses about the effect of grain size, excitation frequency and electrical resistivity in magnetic losses, especially the anomalous loss. Also is proposed a method of overlapping hysteresis where the region of occurrence of the anomalous loss during magnetization and demagnetization cycle is disclosed, and thereafter the hysteresis curve of anomalous loss is constructed. For this purpose, three non-oriented steel alloys, with silicon content of 2.05%, 2.45%, 3.3%, were heat treated to increase the grain size by grain growth. Each alloy was treated in the same sequence of temperature in continuous annealing. The grain sizes of the samples were measured by an intercept method. Characterization of magnetic properties was performed using the Epstein frame. The samples, in total 21 sets, were tested under a frequency of 50, 60, 100, 150 and 200 Hz and quasi-static regime (5mHz), both at 1 and 1.5 T. Thus allowing the construction of the hysteresis of quasi-static and total loss. Through the results of the total loss, quasi-static loss and parasite loss, the anomalous loss can be calculated. The results show the behavior of the anomalous loss (Pa) as a function of grain size (l) as Pa ∝ l0.34 and frequency (f) the relationship of Pa ∝ f1.65. Regarding the behavior of the anomalous loss due to resistivity (ρ), the results are inconclusive. It was found empirically that the optimum grain size is a function of frequency and induction. From a mathematical treatment, the hysteresis of parasite loss plus quasi-static loss was constructed and overlapped to the hysteresis of total loss. The areas between the curves correspond to anomalous loss. It can be seen that anomalous loss occurs in three distinct regions of the hysteresis curve. Such regions may be associated with energy dissipation phenomena, such as: domain wall motion, nucleation and annihilation of domain. Since the hysteresis of total loss, quasi-static loss and parasite loss have the same induction, anomalous hysteresis loss can be constructed. The field associated with anomalous loss was obtained as a result of the sum of quasi-static field plus parasite field minus the magnetic field of the total loss.

Considere um meio desordenado formado por $N$ pontos cujas coordenadas são geradas aleatoriamente com probabilidade uniforme ao longo das arestas unitárias de um hipercubo de $d$ dimensões. Um caminhante, partindo de um ponto qualquer desse meio, se desloca seguindo a regra determinista de dirigir-se sempre ao ponto mais próximo que não tenha sido visitado nos últimos $\\mu$ passos. Esta dinâmica de movimentação, denominada caminhada determinista do turista, leva a trajetórias formadas por uma parte inicial transiente de $t$ pontos, e uma parte final cíclica de $p$ pontos. A exploração do meio se limita aos $t+p$ pontos percorridos na trajetória. O sucesso da exploração depende do valor da memória $\\mu$ do viajante. Para valores pequenos de $\\mu$ a exploração é altamente localizada e o sistema não é satisfatoriamente explorado. Já para $\\mu$ da ordem de $N$, aparecem ciclos longos, permitindo a exploração global do meio. O objetivo deste estudo é determinar o valor de memória $\\mu_1$ para o qual ocorre uma transição abrupta no comportamento exploratório do turista em meios unidimensionais. Procuramos também entender a distribuição da posição final do turista após atingir um estado estacionário que é atingido quando o turista fica aprisionado nos ciclos. Os resultados obtidos por simulações numéricas e por um tratamento analítico mostram que $\\mu_1 = \\log_2 N$. O estudo também mostrou a existência de uma região de transição com largura $\\varepsilon = e/ \\ln 2$ constante, caracterizando uma transição aguda de fase no comportamento exploratório do turista em uma dimensão. A análise do estado estacionário da caminhada em função da memória mostrou que, para $\\mu$ distante de $\\mu_1$, a dinâmica de exploração ocorre como um processo difusivo tradicional (distribuição gaussiana). Já para $\\mu$ próximo de $\\mu_1$ (região de transição), essa dinâmica segue um processo superdifusivo não-linear, caracterizado por distribuições $q$-gaussianas e distribuições $\\alpha$-estáveis de Lévy. Neste processo, o parâmetro $q$ funciona como parâmetro de ordem da transição. / Consider a disordered medium formed by $N$ point whose coordinates are randomly generated with uniform probability along the unitary edges of a $d$-dimensional hypercube. A walker, starting to walk from any point of that medium, moves following the deterministic rule of always going to the nearest point that has not been visited in the last $\\mu$ steps. This dynamic of moving, called deterministic tourist walk, leads to trajectories formed by a initial transient part of $t$ points and a final cycle of $p$ points. The exploration of the medium is limited to the $t+p$ points covered. The success of the exploration depends on the traveler\'s memory value $\\mu$. For small values of $\\mu$, the exploration is highly localized and the whole system remains unexplored. For values of $\\mu$ of the order of $N$, however, long cycles appear, allowing global exploration of the medium. The objective of this study is to determine the memory value $\\mu_1$ for which a sharp transition in the exploratory behavior of the tourist in one-dimensional media occurs. We also want to understand the distribution of the final position of the tourist after reaches a steady state in exploring the medium. That steady state is reached when the tourist is trapped in cycles. The results achieved by numerical simulations and analytical treatment has shown that $\\mu_1 = \\log_2 N$. The study has also shown the existence of a transition region, with a constant width of $\\varepsilon = e/ \\ln 2$, characterizing a phase transition in the exploratory behavior of the tourist in one dimension. The analysis of the walk steady state as a function of the memory has shown that for $\\mu$ far from $\\mu_1$, the exploratory dynamic follows a traditional diffusion process (with gaussian distribution). In the other hand, for $\\mu$ near $\\mu_1$ (transition region), the dynamic follows a non-linear superdiffusion process, characterized by $q$-gaussian distributions and Lèvy $\\alpha$-stable distributions. In this process, the parameter $q$ plays the role of a transition order parameter.

Este trabalho discute o efeito do tamanho de grão, frequência de excitação e resistividade elétrica nas perdas magnéticas, destacando-se a perda anômala. Também é proposto um método de sobreposição de histereses onde é revelada a região de ocorrência da perda anômala durante o ciclo de magnetização e desmagnetização, e posteriormente a curva de histerese da perda anômala é construída. Para tal, três ligas de aço de grão não orientado, com teor de silício de 2,05%, 2,45%, 3,3%, foram tratadas termicamente para aumento do tamanho de grão por crescimento. Cada liga foi tratada sobre a mesma sequência de temperatura, em recozimento contínuo. Os tamanhos de grão das amostras foram medidos pelo método de interceptos. A caracterização das propriedades magnéticas foi realizada por meio do quadro de Epstein. As amostras, no total de 21 conjuntos, foram ensaiadas em regime de frequência de 50, 60, 100, 150 e 200 Hz e regime quase estático (5mHz), ambos a 1 e 1,5 T. Possibilitando desta forma, a construção da histerese da perda histerética e total. Por meio dos resultados da perda total, histerética e parasita, a perda anômala pode ser calculada. Os resultados mostraram o comportamento da perda anômala (Pa) em função do tamanho de grão (l) do tipo Pa ∝ l0,34 e em frequência (f) a relação de Pa ∝ f1,65. A respeito do comportamento da perda anômala em função da resistividade elétrica (ρ), os resultados encontrados são inconclusivos. Constatou-se empiricamente que, o tamanho de grão ótimo é função da frequência e da indução. A partir de tratamento matemático, a histerese da perda parasita mais histerética, foi construída e sobreposta à histerese da perda total. Os espaços vazios entre as curvas corresponder à perda anômala. É visto que a perda anômala ocorre em três regiões distintas da curva de histerese. Tais regiões podem supostamente ser associadas à fenômenos de dissipação de energia como; movimento de parede de domínio, nucleação de domínios e aniquilação de domínio. Como as histereses da perda total, histerética e parasita possuem a mesma indução, a histerese da perda anômala pode ser construída. O campo associado à perda anômala foi obtido como resultado da soma entre campo histerético mais parasita menos o campo magnético da perda total. / This paper discusses about the effect of grain size, excitation frequency and electrical resistivity in magnetic losses, especially the anomalous loss. Also is proposed a method of overlapping hysteresis where the region of occurrence of the anomalous loss during magnetization and demagnetization cycle is disclosed, and thereafter the hysteresis curve of anomalous loss is constructed. For this purpose, three non-oriented steel alloys, with silicon content of 2.05%, 2.45%, 3.3%, were heat treated to increase the grain size by grain growth. Each alloy was treated in the same sequence of temperature in continuous annealing. The grain sizes of the samples were measured by an intercept method. Characterization of magnetic properties was performed using the Epstein frame. The samples, in total 21 sets, were tested under a frequency of 50, 60, 100, 150 and 200 Hz and quasi-static regime (5mHz), both at 1 and 1.5 T. Thus allowing the construction of the hysteresis of quasi-static and total loss. Through the results of the total loss, quasi-static loss and parasite loss, the anomalous loss can be calculated. The results show the behavior of the anomalous loss (Pa) as a function of grain size (l) as Pa ∝ l0.34 and frequency (f) the relationship of Pa ∝ f1.65. Regarding the behavior of the anomalous loss due to resistivity (ρ), the results are inconclusive. It was found empirically that the optimum grain size is a function of frequency and induction. From a mathematical treatment, the hysteresis of parasite loss plus quasi-static loss was constructed and overlapped to the hysteresis of total loss. The areas between the curves correspond to anomalous loss. It can be seen that anomalous loss occurs in three distinct regions of the hysteresis curve. Such regions may be associated with energy dissipation phenomena, such as: domain wall motion, nucleation and annihilation of domain. Since the hysteresis of total loss, quasi-static loss and parasite loss have the same induction, anomalous hysteresis loss can be constructed. The field associated with anomalous loss was obtained as a result of the sum of quasi-static field plus parasite field minus the magnetic field of the total loss.