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Transfer of Water and Volatiles at Interfaces: Application to Complex Food Systems
2013
International audience; During processing, storage and consumption, mass transfer of various small molecules (water, gases, flavour compounds or other solutes) occurs between the different phases in complex food products, or between complex food and its surroundings. These mass transfers can lead to physical or chemical changes and thus induce food quality modifications.The objective of this paper is to better understand the behaviour of small molecules at the interfaces, especially in model heterogeneous food systems. Different techniques have been designed to characterize mass transfers of these small molecules and their effects on food properties. In particular, techniques such as rotati…
Scheduling in Targeted Transient Surveys and a New Telescope for CHASE
2010
We present a method for scheduling observations in small field-of-view transient targeted surveys. The method is based on maximizing the probability of detection of transient events of a given type and age since occurrence; it requires knowledge of the time since the last observation for every observed field, the expected light curve of the event, and the expected rate of events in the fields where the search is performed. In order to test this scheduling strategy we use a modified version of the genetic scheduler developed for the telescope control system RTS2. In particular, we present example schedules designed for a future 50 cm telescope that will expand the capabilities of the CHASE s…
Primordial dark matter from curvature induced symmetry breaking
2020
We demonstrate that adiabatic dark matter can be generated by gravity induced symmetry breaking during inflation. We study a $Z_2$ symmetric scalar singlet that couples to other fields only through gravity and for which the symmetry is broken by the spacetime curvature during inflation when the non-minimal coupling $\xi$ is negative. We find that the symmetry breaking leads to the formation of adiabatic dark matter with the observed abundance for the singlet mass $m\sim{\rm MeV}$ and $|\xi|\sim 1$.
Do metric fluctuations affect the Higgs dynamics during inflation?
2017
We show that the dynamics of the Higgs field during inflation is not affected by metric fluctuations if the Higgs is an energetically subdominant light spectator. For Standard Model parameters we find that couplings between Higgs and metric fluctuations are suppressed by $\mathcal{O}(10^{-7})$. They are negligible compared to both pure Higgs terms in the effective potential and the unavoidable non-minimal Higgs coupling to background scalar curvature. The question of the electroweak vacuum instability during high energy scale inflation can therefore be studied consistently using the Jordan frame action in a Friedmann--Lema\^itre--Robertson--Walker metric, where the Higgs-curvature coupling …
Despicable dark relics: generated by gravity with unconstrained masses
2019
We demonstrate the existence of a generic, efficient and purely gravitational channel producing a significant abundance of dark relics during reheating after the end of inflation. The mechanism is present for any inert scalar with the non-minimal curvature coupling $\xi R\chi^2$ and the relic production is efficient for natural values $\xi = {\cal O}(1)$. The observed dark matter abundance can be reached for a broad range of relic masses extending from $m \sim 1 {\rm k eV}$ to $m \sim 10^{8} {\rm GeV}$, depending on the scale of inflation and the dark sector couplings. Frustratingly, such relics escape direct, indirect and collider searches since no non-gravitational couplings to visible ma…
Fatigue crack growth through particulate clusters in polycarbonate material
2011
The interaction of a crack with a perfectly bonded inclusion or a cluster of inclusions in polycarbonate matrix was investigated through both numerical simulations and fatigue tests. Stress intensity factors (K(I)) were evaluated by boundary element method for several particle sizes, position and finally for inclusion cluster as a precursor study for the experiments. The numerical simulation has shown the crack tendency to circumvent the inclusions with consequential reduction of the growth rate. Fatigue crack growth tests were carried out on several particle-filled specimens at constant value of the applied stress intensity factor range (Delta K(Iapp)) highlighting the crack delay due to t…
Automatic Extraction of Blood Vessels, Bifurcations and End Points in the Retinal Vascular Tree
2008
In this paper we present an effective algorithm for automated extraction of the vascular tree in retinal images, including bifurcations, crossovers and end-points detection. Correct identification of these features in the ocular fundus helps the diagnosis of important systematic diseases, such as diabetes and hypertension. The pre-processing consists in artefacts removal based on anisotropic diffusion filter. Then a matched filter is applied to enhance blood vessels. The filter uses a full adaptive kernel because each vessel has a proper orientation and thickness. The kernel of the filter needs to be rotated for all possible directions. As a consequence, a suitable kernel has been designed …
Schmelz- und kristallisationserscheinungen bei makromolekularen substanzen. V. Partielles schmelzen und neukristallisieren von terylen
1960
Das nach dem Erhitzen oft innerhalb von Sekunden stattfindende partielle Schmelzen und erneute Kristallisieren von Terylen konnte mittels einer Abschreckmethode quantitativ untersucht werden. Die je nach der thermischen Vorbehandlung verschiedenen Schmelzkurven wurden unbeeinflust von Neukristallisationseffekten aufgenommen und weiterhin der Nachweis erbracht, das nur die gesamte Schmelzkurve und nicht der Kristallisationsgrad allein den kristallinen Zustand einer Probe ausreichend charakterisiert. Mikroskopische Untersuchungen zeigten, das partielles Schmelzen und Neukristallisation innerhalb der Spharolithe stattfinden. Weiterhin wurde die Kristallisation beim Abkuhlen von partiell geschm…
Estudio climático del exponente “n” de las curvas IDF: aplicación para la Península Ibérica
2009
El análisis de las precipitaciones máximas suele llevarse a cabo mediante curvas IDF (Intensidad-Duración-Frecuencia), que a su vez pueden expresarse como curvas IMM (Intensidades Medias Máximas). En este trabajo, hemos desarrollado un índice “n”, definido a partir del exponente que se obtiene de ajustar las curvas climáticas IDF a las curvas IMM. Dicho índice proporciona información sobre el modo en que se alcanzan las precipitaciones máximas en una determinada zona clim´atica, atendiendo a la distribuci´on temporal relativa de las intensidades m´aximas. A partir del an´alisis clim´atico del ´ındice “n”, en la Pen´ınsula Ib´erica se pueden distinguir grandes zonas caracterizadas por m´axim…