English
Related papers

Related papers: Gradient-index Solar Sail and its Optimal Orbital …

200 papers

Here we present a detailed analysis of solar acoustic mode frequencies and their rotational splittings for modes with degree up to 900. They were obtained by applying spherical harmonic decomposition to full-disk solar images observed by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-08-22 M. C. Rabello-Soares , S. G. Korzennik , J. Schou

This paper uses the Schwarzschild metric to derive an effective refractive index and acceleration vector that account for relativistic deflection of light rays, in an otherwise classical kinematic framework. The new refractive index and the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-19 S. J. Walters , L. K. Forbes , P. D. Jarvis

Modern communication systems will require antennas with adaptive functionality which are able to modify their performance based on the requirements of the channel. For example, mobile ad-hoc networks need directive antennas that are able to…

Applied Physics · Physics 2023-07-19 Henry Giddens , Yang Hao

Grid-interfacing inverters serve as the interface between renewable energy resources and the electric power grid, offering fast, programmable control capabilities. However, their operation is constrained by hardware limitations, such as…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-16 Trager Joswig-Jones , Baosen Zhang

The aim of this work is to investigate rotation profile of solar-like stars with magnetic fields. A diffusion coefficient of magnetic angular momentum transport is deduced. Rotating stellar models with different mass are computed under the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-12-23 Wuming Yang , Shaolan Bi

The emergence of modular satellites marks a significant transformation in spacecraft engineering, introducing a new paradigm of flexibility, resilience, and scalability in space exploration endeavors. In addressing complex challenges such…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-09-23 Yuxing Wang , Jie Li , Cong Yu , Xinyang Li , Simeng Huang , Yongzhe Chang , Xueqian Wang , Bin Liang

Traveling fronts ubiquitous in physics, chemistry, and biology are prone to transverse cellular deformations due to diffusive or convective instabilities. Here we show both theoretically and experimentally that new patterns can be obtained…

Classical Physics · Physics 2025-08-05 Surya Narayan Maharana , Luka Negrojević , Alessandro Comolli , Anne De Wit

The possible role of magneto-rotational instability (MRI) and its driven MHD turbulence in the solar interior is studied on the basis of the linear and nonlinear theories coupling with physical parameters, providing solar rotation profile…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Youhei Masada

Space-resolved X-ray diffraction measurements performed on gradient-etched CuInGaSe2 (CIGS) solar cells provide information about stress and texture depth profiles in the absorber layer. An important parameter for CIGS layer growth…

Electromagnetic wave control using the concept of a reflecting surface is first studied as a near-field and a far-field problem. Using a secondary source present in a wireless communication environment, such as a backscatter tag, it is…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-06-24 Okan Yurduseven , Stylianos D. Assimonis , Michail Matthaiou

A promising type of Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS) employs tunable control of its varactors using biasing transmission lines below the RIS reflecting elements. Biasing standing waves (BSWs) are excited by a time-periodic signal…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2025-05-13 Gal Ben Itzhak , Miguel Saavedra-Melo , Ender Ayanoglu , Filippo Capolino , A. Lee Swindlehurst

A highly sensitive refractive index sensor based on grating-assisted strip waveguide directional coupler is proposed. The sensor is designed using two coupled asymmetric strip waveguides with a top-loaded grating structure in one of the…

Applied Physics · Physics 2017-09-27 Parvinder Kaur , M. R. Shenoy

The structural stability of a lightsail under the laser flux necessary for interstellar flight is studied analytically and numerically. A sinusoidal perturbation is introduced into a two-dimensional thin-film sail to determine if the sail…

Space Physics · Physics 2022-10-27 Dan-Cornelius Savu , Andrew J. Higgins

It is well-known that there is a gradient, there will drive a flow inevitably. For example, a density-gradient may drive a diffusion flow, an electrical potential-gradient may drive an electric current in plasmas, etc. Then, what will be…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-08 Baolin Tan , Yan Yan , Ting Li , Yin Zhang , Xingyao Chen

Scalar polarization modes of gravitational waves, which are often introduced in the context of the viable extension of gravity, have been actively searched. However, couplings of the scalar modes to the matter are strongly constrained by…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-07-19 Hiroki Takeda , Yusuke Manita , Hidetoshi Omiya , Takahiro Tanaka

The aim of this work is to highlight the crucial role that orbital resonances associated with solar radiation pressure can have in Low Earth Orbit. We review the corresponding literature, and provide an analytical tool to estimate the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-25 E. M. Alessi , G. Schettino , A. Rossi , G. B. Valsecchi

Atmospheric seeing arises from stochastic fluctuations in the refractive index of the Earth's atmosphere, producing random variations in the apparent direction of incoming light from astronomical sources. Scintillation refers to the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-14 Bachar Wehbe , André Silva , Manuel Abreu , Alexandre Cabral , Nuno Santos , Pit Sütterlin

We found strong similarities between the gravitational lensing and the conventional optical lensing. The similarities imply a graded refractive index description of the light deflection in gravitational field. We got a general approach to…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-13 Xing-Hao Ye , Qiang Lin

Parabolic solar dish concentrator with sphere receiver is less studied. We present an analytic function to calculate the intercept factor of the system with real sun bright distribution and Gaussian distribution, the results indicate that…

Optics · Physics 2011-12-09 Weidong Huang , Farong Huang , Peng Hu , Zeshao Chen

Accurate solar forecasting underpins effective renewable energy management. We present SolarCAST, a causally informed model predicting future global horizontal irradiance (GHI) at a target site using only historical GHI from site X and…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-09-22 Yanan Niu , Demetri Psaltis , Christophe Moser , Luisa Lambertini