Plasma oscillation Essays

  • Nanophotonics

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    with a particle after crossing the boundary. This change in the wave can be observed by a change in the amount of light reflected back on the side of the first material. Extending this idea from photons into electrons, we can create a field of plasma osc... ... middle of paper ... ...esonant frequency so that it is only periodically in contact with the material. This allows for a physical feedback of the height of the object but avoids scraping the tip across the material. The final method

  • Airframe By Michael Crichton

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    starts diving and climbing at incredibly steep angles. People and luggage are flying everywhere for quite a long period of time. The movie would have a great opening that would get the audience “hooked” and concerned about what caused the fatal oscillations. And about a third of the way through the book, before you are done worrying about what went wrong with the flight, the main character Casey Singleton has her life threatened. At this point you know this character well, and you like who they are

  • FM Receivers

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    S. By 1980, the number grew to 4000. On another historical note, in 1961 stations began broadcasting in stereo. The basic receiver design consists of the following components. An antenna is used to convert electro-magnetic waves into electrical oscillations. Amplifiers are used throughout the receiver to boost signal power at radio, baseband and intermediate frequencies. The core of the FM receiver, the discriminator, comes in various circuit forms and is used in detection and demodulation. Basically

  • Biomes

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         Extremely cold climate 2.     Low biotic diversity 3.     Simple vegetation structure 4.     Limitation of drainage 5.     Short season of growth and reproduction 6.     Energy and nutrients in the form of dead organic material 7.     Large population oscillations Arctic tundra is located in the northern hemisphere, encircling the North Pole and extending south to the Coniferous forests of the Taiga. The arctic is known for its cold, desert-like conditions. The growing season ranges from 50 to 60 days. The

  • The Charater of Shylock in Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice

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    portrayed as an animal. Shylock’s emotional changes inflate and add dimension to his character, challenging the notions of villainy that are so often associated with him. Shylock is not a static character in the least. He undergoes many emotional oscillations throughout the play, going from vindictive to sad to broken. In Act 1, Scene 3 Shylock identifies what seem to be his passions in life: money and his Judaism. He defines Antonio as a “good man” because “my meaning in saying he is sufficient...He

  • Determining Acceleration Due to Gravity

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    .. middle of paper ... ... eliminate reaction time of the experimenter having effect on the results. Perhaps a laser beam could be used as a sensor to count the oscillations. If connected to a logger, the number of times the laser beam is interrupted, by oscillating pendulum count be used to determine how many oscillations have been made. The calculated period would be more accurate and precise if error such as the above could be eliminated and the experiment bettered and the margin of

  • An Investigation of the Factors Affecting the Period of a Pendulum

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    An Investigation of the Factors Affecting the Period of a Pendulum I could investigate the following factors: * Angle of displacement * Length of string * Pendulum weight I am going to investigate and see if varying the length of string will affect the period of the pendulum. My prediction is: The longer the string the longer the period. The period will be longer as the pendulum has farther to travel. My theory is demonstrated below. Pendulum A has a shorter string. This gives

  • Investigating Factors that Affect the Swinging Of a Pendulum

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    Procedure: We will test how long it takes for a 80g weight attached to a string to swing from one point and back to the same point. We will use various lengths of string to test the times of the swing. However, I will measure the time taken for 10 oscillations rather that 1 and then divide the result by 10, in order to eliminate as much time and reaction error as possible. Exp 1 Changing Length (variable) Mass = 80g Angle = 5o Length (in metres) Time (in seconds) (for 10 swings)

  • Flute Acoustics

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    A flute blows a rapid jet of air across the embouchure hole. The pressure inside the players mouth is above atmospheric (usually 1kpa: just enough to support a 10cm height difference in a water manometer). (http://newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/music/) The work done to accelerate the air in this jet is the source of power input to instrument. Sound requires an oscillating motion or air flow. In the flute, the air jet, and the resonance in the air in instrument produces an oscillating component of the

  • Characteristics of Dolphins

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    Characteristics of Dolphins The majority of small tooth whales are called dolphins.  “Dolphins are mammals of the order Cetacean and the families Plantanistidae and Delphinidae and include about 50 species” (Internet 1).  Most dolphin species are about 6 feet in length, the males averaging 4 to 8 inches longer than females. The longest dolphin, the bottle-nose dolphin, can reach over nine-feet in length and weight up to 440 pounds. The smallest dolphin species is the buffalo which is found

  • waves

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    through which a wave passes. When a wave passes, each part of the medium moves away from its normal position and then returns. This is called an oscillation. Oscillations within the medium are slight movements either side of the normal position. The wave motion is the disturbance that passes through the medium. A wave pulse causes the medium to have one oscillation. A continuous travelling wave causes the medium to keep oscillating. Waves transfer energy without transporting matter because each part of

  • Simple Pendulum Experiment Lab Report

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    for this experiment. In this experiment, I am going to be measuring the effect of two variables on the time of one oscillation of a simple pendulum. The two variables that I have chosen are the length of the pendulum's string and the mass of the pendulum's bob. I will vary these two items and record results for the time of one oscillation of a pendulum with different mass/length of string. I must also be able to determine the value for acceleration due to

  • Factors Affecting the Time Period for Oscillations in a Mass-spring System

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    Factors Affecting the Time Period for Oscillations in a Mass-spring System When a mass is attached to the end of a spring the downward force the mass applies on the spring will cause the spring to extend. We know from Hooke's law that the force exerted by the masses attached to the spring will be proportional to the amount the spring extends. F = kx When additional downward force is applied to the spring we can cause additional tension in the spring which, when released, causes the system

  • Finding Mass Using The Inertial Balance

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    measured fairly accurately by measuring the oscillation period and comparing it to a known mass period. The relationship m1=m2T12/T22 was discovered. Objective: After completing the experiment, we will be able to find the mass of objects using an inertial balance and compare them to accepted measures. Materials: C-clamps, inertial scale, a watch with a second hand, and a triple beam balance. Procedure: 1) The class will measure the period of oscillation of their balance pans when they are empty

  • The Thought Process of Shakespeare's Hamlet

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    Hamlet from unified decisions that lead to action. Shakespeare is not content, however, with the simple notion of thought as a mere signifier of the battle between the mind and the body. The real clash is a conflict of consciousness, of Hamlet's oscillations between infinite abstraction and shackled solipsism, between recognition of the heroic ideal and of his limited means, between the methodical mishmash of sanity and the total chaos of insanity. I repeat "between" not only for anaphoric effect,

  • Studying a Simple Harmonic Oscillator

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    dots marked on the tape. Theory ------ In this experiment, a string was used to suspend a 0.5 kg mass. [IMAGE] Refer to the diagram above, [IMAGE] Considering the tangential force on the mass, [IMAGE] [IMAGE] ∴The oscillation is simple harmonic. Therefore, we can find out more on simple harmonic motion by analyzing the ticker-tape we obtained after the experiment. Apparatus --------- 1. 0.5 kg ringed mass 2. 1.5 m length of string 3. Ticker-tape timer

  • Using a Pendulum to Find Gravity

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    Using a Pendulum to Find Gravity Aim: To find the gravity by finding the period of the oscillations of a pendulum and plotting a graph. Hypothesis and Prediction: - the gravity from the graph is going to equal the gravity from the formula. Variables: The independent variable is the length of the string The Dependent variable is the period of one oscillation Controlled variables are: - mass of the pendulum Equipment: -Brass Ball -string -boss and clamp -stopwatch

  • Investigating the Oscillations of a Pendulum

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    Investigating the Oscillations of a Pendulum Aim: - To investigate the oscillations of a simple pendulum and find the value of ‘g’, acceleration due to gravity, in the laboratory. Apparatus: - Retort stand with clamp Pendulum bob Piece of thread (≈ 110 cm) Stop watch Two small wooden blocks metre rule Hypothesis and Theory:- In this experiment the set up below is arranged. This is a simple pendulum system which is a simple harmonic

  • The Present State Of Neutrino Masses

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    physics. Also, there may be a hot dark matter component to the universe. If so, neutrinos would be (one of) the most important things in the universe. The observed spectral distortion and deficit of solar neutrinos is most easily accounted for by the oscillations/conversions of a massive neutrino. The largest neutrino detector is the Super-Kamiokande and is located in the Kamioka Mine, about 200 km north of Tokyo. It is water cerenkov detector, which means it is a large (40 meters diameter by 40 meters

  • The SOHO Project

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    headings based on what area of the Sun it is suppose to observe and measure: the solar interior, the solar atmosphere, or the solar wind. The solar interior instruments such as GOLF (Global Oscillations at Low Frequencies) and VIRGO (Variability of Solar Irradiance and Gravity Oscillations) both perform oscillation measurements of the full solar disk which obtains information concerning the solar nucleus. In addition, the instruments that measure the solar atmosphere such as the CDS (Coronal Diagnostics