We present measurements of drift velocities and gains in gas mixtures based on Ar and Xe, with CO2, CH4, and N2 as quenchers, and compare them with calculations. In particular, we show the dependence of Arand Xe-CO2 drift velocities and gains on the amount of nitrogen contamination in the gas, which in real experiments may build up through leaks. A quantification of the Penning mechanism which ...

INTRODUCTION Reentrant tachyarrhythmias are thought to involve spiral waves of excitation and recovery that may be nonstationary. The effect of muscle fiber curvature on spiral and planar wave propagation was studied using a computational model. METHODS AND RESULTS Two-dimensional anisotropic cardiac propagation was modeled using a finite element method to solve a modification of the FitzHugh...

Separation of certain bacteria from liquids is important in the food, water quality management, bioengineering, and pharmaceutical industries. In this study, we developed a microfluidic device for the hydrodynamic separation of motile bacteria (Escherichia coli) using drift velocity. We first investigated drift tendencies of bacteria and found that cells tended to move in a spanwise direction w...

We consider the asymptotic behavior of the solution of one dimensional stochastic differential equations and Langevin equations in periodic backgrounds with zero average. We prove that in several such models, there is generically a non-vanishing asymptotic velocity, despite of the fact that the average of the background is zero.

The linear and renormalized nonlinear analysis of the temporal evolution of drift-type modes in plasma flows with strong time-varying velocity shear is developed. Analysis is performed in the time domain without spectral decomposition in time and admits time variation of the flow velocity with time scales which may be comparable with turbulent time scales. 52.35.Ra Electronic mail: vmikhailenko...

2014 It is shown that the application of an external temperature gradient across the materials with strain dependent dielectric constant can lead to amplify an acoustic wave even when the drift velocity of the electrons is less than the velocity of sound. REVUE DE PHYSIQUE APPLIQUÉE TOME 12, OCTOBRE 1977, PAGE Classification Physics Abstracts 62.20

The motion of self-propelled particles can be rectified by asymmetric or ratchetlike periodic patterns in space. Here we show that a nonzero average drift can already be induced in a periodic potential with symmetric barriers when the self-propulsion velocity is also symmetric and periodically modulated but phase-shifted against the potential. In the adiabatic limit of slow rotational diffusion...

A field-reversed configuration is generated in a large laboratory plasma in the parameter regime of electron magnetohydrodynamics. During its free relaxation, the magnetic moment is observed to precess when tilted from its original axis. The precession velocity is the electron drift velocity in the toroidal current layer. The precession is a manifestation of frozen-in field lines in a moving el...

AB S TRACT We consider non-linear transport and drift processes caused by an inhomogeneous magnetic field in a turbulent fluid. The coefficients of magnetic diffusivity and drift velocity are calculated by making use of the second-order correlation approximation. Transport processes in the presence of a sufficiently strong magnetic field become anisotropic with larger diffusion rate and turbule...

To quantify performance of the goldfish oculomotor neural integrator and determine its dependence on visual feedback, we measured the relationship between eye drift-velocity and position during spontaneous gaze fixations in the light and in the dark. In the light, drift-velocities were typically less than 1 deg/s, similar to those observed in humans. During brief periods in darkness, drift-velo...