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Transits and secondary eclipses of HD 189733 with Spitzer
Eric Agol, Nicolas B. Cowan, James Bushong +4
We present limits on transit timing variations and secondary eclipse depth variations at 8 microns with the Spitzer Space Telescope IRAC camera. Due to the weak limb darkening in t…
A search for chameleon particles using a photon regeneration technique
A. S. Chou, W. Wester, A. Baumbaugh +9
We report the first results from the GammeV search for chameleon particles, which may be created via photon-photon interactions within a strong magnetic field. Chameleons are hypot…
Optimal Estimation of Several Linear Parameters in the Presence of Lorentzian Thermal Noise
Jason H. Steffen, Michael W. Moore, Paul E. Boynton
In a previous article we developed an approach to the optimal (minimum variance, unbiased) statistical estimation technique for the equilibrium displacement of a damped, harmonic o…
Optimal boarding method for airline passengers
Jason H. Steffen
Using a Markov Chain Monte Carlo optimization algorithm and a computer simulation, I find the passenger ordering which minimizes the time required to board the passengers onto an a…
A statistical mechanics model for free-for-all airplane passenger boarding
Jason H. Steffen
I present and discuss a model for the free-for-all passenger boarding which is employed by some discount air carriers. The model is based on the principles of statistical mechanics…