Integral Transport methods were used to calculate the x-ray intensity in a NOVA hohlraum. Two cases were examined: the nominal case in which all five lasers strike either side of the hohlraum and the abnormal case for which five lasers strike the right side but only four strike the left. As expected, the uniform case produces a fairly uniform illumination over the capsule, whereas the abnormal ...

It has been suggested by various authors that the ‘dynamical Casimir effect’ might prove responsible for the production of visible-light photons in the bubble collapse which occurs in sonoluminescence. Previously, I have argued against this point of view based on energetic considerations, in the adiabatic approximation. Those arguments have recently been strengthened by the demonstration of the...

the conductivity distribution across the trans-european suture zone (tesz) is presented based on the measurements along a 400 km northeastern directed profile, starting from the german-polish basin, crossing the tesz and ending at the east european craton. two-dimensional inversion was applied to magnetotelluric transfer functions and magnetovariational responses corresponding to 38 long-period...

There are two types of Asian options in the financial markets which differ according to the role of the average price. We give a symmetry result between the floating and fixed-strike Asian options. The proof involves a change of numéraire and time reversal of Brownian motion. Symmetries are very useful in option valuation and in this case, the result allows the use of more established fixed-str...

Pre-existing crustal structures are known to influence rifting, but the factors controlling their remain poorly understood. We present results of digital image correlation that allows for surface strain analysis a series analog rifting experiments designed test size, orientation, depth, and geometry pre-existing weak zones on localization partitioning. apply distributed basal extension crustal-...