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NASA NTRS1992

Adaptation of Cancellous Bone to Aging and Immobilization in Growing Rats

Two-and-half-month-old female rats were subjected to right hindlimb immobilization or served as controls for 0, 1, 2, 8, 14, and 20 weeks. The right hindlimb was immobilized by bandaging it against the abdomen, thus unloading it. Cancellous bone histomorphometry was performed on microradiographs and double-fluorescent labeled 20 tLm sections of the distal femoral metaphyses. Primary spongiosa bone loss occurred rapidly by 2 weeks, and secondary spongiosa bone loss occurred rapidly by 8 weeks of immobilization, and then equilibrated at 60% less bone mass than age-related controls. The negative bone balance induced by immobilization was caused by transient increase in bone resorption, decrease in bone formation, and longitudinal bone growth. The dynamic data of secondary spongiosa cancellous bone showed that percent eroded perimeter was transiently elevated by 55 to 82% between 1 and 8 weeks, percent labeled perimeter was transiently depressed by 32% to 50% between 1 and 14 weeks, mineral apposition rate was depressed by 23% and 19% at I and 2 weeks, and bone formation rate-bone area referent was transiently depressed by 35% and 59% at 1 and 2 weeks. All the above parameters were at age-related control levels by 20 weeks of immobiliza- tion. However, bone formation rate-tissue area referent was depressed (-65%) throughout the study. Immobilization depressed completely longitudinal bone growth by 2 weeks and remained so. Only 0.65 mm of new metaphysis was generated in the immobilized versus 2.1 mm in controls during the study period. The immobilization induced an early cancellous bone loss which equilibrated at a new steady state with less bone and a normal (age-related control) bone turnover rate. When these findings were compared to an earlier study of 9-month-old virgin females subjected to right hindlimb immobilization up to 26 weeks, we found the adaptive responses of the cancellous bone were identical except that they occurred earlier and equilibrated sooner in younger rats.

Chen, Meng-Meng↗
NASA NTRS2001

Helioseismic Holography and a Study of the Process of Magnetic Flux Disappearance in Canceling Bipoles

Project 1: We have developed and applied a technique of helioseismic holography along the lines of originally set out in our proposal. The result of the application of this diagnostic technique to solar activity and the quiet Sun has produced a number of important discoveries: (1) acoustic moats surrounding sunspots; (2) acoustic glories surround large active regions; (3) acoustic condensations beneath active regions; and (4) temporally-resolve acoustic images of a solar flare. These results have been published in a series of papers in the Astrophysical Journal. We think that helioseismic holography is now established as the most powerful and discriminating diagnostic in local helioseismology. Project 2: We conducted a collaborative observational program to define the physical character and magnetic geometry of canceling magnetic bipoles aimed at determining if the cancellation process is the result of submergence of magnetic fields. This assessment is based on ground-based observations combining photospheric and chromospheric magnetograms from NSO/KP, BBSO, and SOHO-MDI, and EUV and X-ray images from SOHO EIT/CDS, Yohkoh/SXT, and TRACE. Our study involves the analysis of data taken during three observing campaigns to define the height structure of canceling bipoles inferred from magnetic field and intensity images, and how this varies with time. We find that some canceling bipoles can be explained by the submerge of their magnetic flux. A paper on the results of this analysis will be presented at an upcoming scientific meeting and be written up for publication.

Lindsey, Charles↗
NASA NTRS2003

Measurement of the Specific Heat Using a Gravity Cancellation Approach

The specific heat at constant volume C(sob V) of a simple fluid diverges near its liquid-vapor critical point. However, gravity-induced density stratification due to the divergence of isothermal susceptibility hinders the direct comparison of the experimental data with the predictions of renormalization group theory. In the past, a microgravity environment has been considered essential to eliminate the density stratification. We propose to perform specific heat measurements of He-3 on the ground using a method to cancel the density stratification. A He-3 fluid layer will be heated from below, using the thermal expansion of the fluid to cancel the hydrostatic compression. A 6% density stratification at a reduced temperature of 10(exp -5) can be cancelled to better than 0.1% with a steady 1.7 micro K temperature difference across a 0.05 cm thick fluid layer. A conventional AC calorimetry technique will be used to determine the heat capacity. The minimized bulk density stratification with a relaxation time 6500 sec at a reduced temperature of 10(exp -5) will stay unchanged during 1 Hz AC heating. The smear of the specific heat divergence due to the temperature difference across the cell is about 0.1% at a reduced temperature of 10(exp -6). The combination of using High Resolution Thermometry with a 0.5 n K temperature resolution in the AC technique and the cancellation of the density stratification will enable C(sub V) to be measured down to a reduced temperature of 10(exp -6) with less than a 1% systematic error.

Zhong, Fang↗
NASA NTRS2002

Method and apparatus for reducing spacecraft instrument induced jitter via multifrequency cancellation

A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and a memory structure for compensating for instrument induced spacecraft jitter is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a spacecraft control processor for producing an actuator command signal, a signal generator, for producing a cancellation signal having at least one harmonic having a frequency and an amplitude substantially equal to that of a disturbance harmonic interacting with a spacecraft structural resonance and a phase substantially out of phase with the disturbance harmonic interacting with the spacecraft structural resonance, and at least one spacecraft control actuator, communicatively coupled to the spacecraft control processor and the signal generator for inducing satellite motion according to the actuator command signal and the cancellation signal. The method comprises the steps of generating a cancellation signal having at least one harmonic having a frequency and an amplitude substantially equal to that of a disturbance harmonic interacting with a spacecraft structural resonance and a phase substantially out of phase with the disturbance harmonic interacting with the spacecraft structural resonance, and providing the cancellation signal to a spacecraft control actuator. The apparatus comprises a storage device tangibly embodying the method steps described above.

Liu, Ketao↗
NASA NTRS2009

2D and 3D Numerical Simulations of Flux Cancellation

Cancellation of magnetic flux in the solar photosphere and chromosphere has been linked observationally and theoretically to a broad range of solar activity, from filament channel formation to CME initiation. Because this phenomenon is typically measured at only a single layer in the atmosphere, in the radial (line of sight) component of the magnetic field, the actual processes behind this observational signature are ambiguous. It is clear that reconnection is involved in some way, but the location of the reconnection sites and associated connectivity changes remain uncertain in most cases. We are using numerical modeling to demystify flux cancellation, beginning with the simplest possible configuration: a subphotospheric Lundquist flux tube surrounded by a potential field, immersed in a gravitationally stratified atmosphere, spanning many orders of magnitude in plasma beta. In this system, cancellation is driven slowly by a 2-cell circulation pattern imposed in the convection zone, such that the tops of the cells are located around the beta=1 level (i.e., the photosphere) and the flows converge and form a downdraft at the polarity inversion line; note however that no flow is imposed along the neutral line. We will present the results of 2D and 3D MHD-AMR simulations of flux cancellation, in which the flux at the photosphere begins in either an unsheared or sheared state. In all cases, a low-lying flux rope is formed by reconnection at the polarity inversion line within a few thousand seconds. The flux rope remains stable and does not rise, however, in contrast to models which do not include the presence of significant mass loading.

Karpen, Judith T.↗
NASA NTRS2009

20 and 3D Numerical Simulations of Flux Cancellation

Cancellation of magnetic flux in the solar photosphere and chromosphere has been linked observationally and theoretically to a broad range of solar activity, from filament channel formation to CME initiation. Because this phenomenon is typically measured at only a single layer in the atmosphere, in the radial (line of sight) component of the magnetic field, the actual processes behind this observational signature are ambiguous. It is clear that reconnection is involved in some way, but the location of the reconnection sites and associated connectivity changes remain uncertain in most cases. We are using numerical modeling to demystify flux cancellation, beginning with the simplest possible configuration: a subphotospheric Lundquist flux tube surrounded by a potential field, immersed in a gravitationally stratified atmosphere, spanning many orders of magnitude in plasma beta. In this system, cancellation is driven slowly by a 2-cell circulation pattern imposed in the convection zone, such that the tops of the cells are located around the beta= 1 level (Le., the photosphere) and the flows converge and form a downdraft at the polarity inversion line; note however that no flow is imposed along the neutral line. We will present the results of 2D and 3D MHD-AMR simulations of flux cancellation, in which the flux at the photosphere begins in either an unsheared or sheared state. In all cases, a lOW-lying flux rope is formed by reconnection at the polarity inversion line within a few thousand seconds. The flux rope remains stable and does not rise, however, in contrast to models which do not include the presence of significant mass loading.

Karpen, Judith T.↗
DOE OSTI2026

Optimal Hairpin Winding Configuration for EV Traction Motors to Enhance Active CMV Cancellation Capability of NPL.X Inverter

Active common-mode voltage (CMV) cancellation in neutral-point-less (NPL.X) inverter is an effective approach for reducing common-mode electromagnetic interference and alleviating voltage stress associated with high-speed switching in EV traction drives. However, the existing hairpin winding configuration often exhibits impedance imbalance due to slot leakage inductance and manufacturing constraints, limiting the effectiveness of active CMV cancellation. This paper investigates symmetric hairpin winding configurations for a dual-three-phase EV traction machine to improve impedance symmetry. Considering the manufacturing constraints of six-layer hairpin windings, four feasible symmetric winding configurations are analyzed. Two-dimensional finite-element analysis is performed to extract the impedance parameters of each configuration. The extracted impedance parameters are used to quantify the impedance mismatch between complementary phase pairs and evaluate its influence on active CMV cancellation. The results show that the fully interleaved winding configuration achieves perfectly balanced phase impedances with 0 % mismatch, whereas the mismatch in the other configurations ranges from approximately 2.4 % to 0.8 %. Consequently, the resulting total CMV overshoot is significantly suppressed to near zero voltage under high-voltage and high switching frequency operating conditions, demonstrating the importance of winding symmetry for maximizing the active CMV cancellation capability of the NPL.X inverter.

Lee, Kangbeen [Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (U↗
DOE OSTI2020

Comparison of time-frequency-analysis techniques applied in building energy data noise cancellation for building load forecasting: A real-building case study

Time-frequency analysis that disaggregates a signal in both time and frequency domain is an important supporting technique for building energy analysis such as noise cancellation in data-driven building load forecasting. There is a gap in the literature related to comparing various time–frequency-analysis techniques, especially discrete wavelet transform (DWT) and empirical mode decomposition (EMD), to guide the selection and tuning of time–frequency-analysis techniques in data-driven building load forecasting. This article provides a framework to conduct a comprehensive comparison among thirteen DWT/EMD techniques with various parameters in a load forecasting modeling task. A real campus building is used as a case study for illustration. The DWT and EMD techniques are also compared under various data-driven modeling algorithms for building load forecasting. The results in the case study show that the load forecasting models trained with noise-cancelled energy data have increased their accuracy to 9.6% on average tested under unseen data. This study also shows that the effectiveness of DWT/EMD techniques depends on the data-driven algorithms used for load forecasting modeling and the training data. Hence, DWT/EMD-based noise cancellation needs customized selection and tuning to optimize their performance for data-driven building load forecasting modeling.

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATI↗
DOE OSTI2011

Cancellation of dispersion and temporal modulation with nonentangled frequency-correlated photons

The observation of the so-called dispersion cancellation of paired photons is generally attributed to the presence of frequency entanglement between two frequency anticorrelated photons. In this paper, it is shown that by introducing the appropriate amount of chromatic dispersion or phase modulation between nonentangled photons, it is also possible to observe these effects. Indeed, it is found that the relevant characteristic required for the observation of dispersion cancellation or the cancellation of temporal phase modulation is the presence of certain frequency correlations between the photons and not necessarily the presence of entanglement.

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSIC↗
DOE OSTI2011

A Field Cancellation Algorithm for Constructing Economical Planar Permanent Magnet (PM) Multipoles With Large High Quality Field Apertures

In recent years studies have been initiated on a new class of multipole field generators consisting of cuboid planar permanent magnet (PM) pieces arranged in biplanar arrays of 2-fold rotational symmetry. These structures, first introduced for Free Electron Laser (FEL) applications, are based on reducing the rotational symmetry of conventional N-pole field generators from N-fold to 2-fold. One consequence of this reduction is a large higher-multipole content in a planar PM multipole's field at distances relatively close to the structure's axis, making it generally unsuitable for applications requiring a large high-quality field aperture. In this paper we outline an economical field-cancellation algorithm that can substantially decrease the harmonic content of a planar PM's field without breaking its biplanar geometry or 2-fold rotational symmetry. An economical field-cancellation algorithm has been described which will allow the fabrication of bi-planar quadrupoles and sextupoles with high-quality fields using a manageably small number of PM pieces. For higher order N-poles the number of pieces required to cancel a given number of successively-higher multipole components will also increase linearly; nevertheless, the practicability of fabricating octupoles and higher N-poles of this type should be considered a subject of continuing r&d. Since the removal of a large number of successive multipole components essentially increases the transverse region over which the N-pole's field is dominated by its leading N-pole field component, the fabrication of quadrupoles and sextupoles of the type described in this paper should lead to their introduction in storage ring applications. One potentially important application in this area is as distributed focusing elements installed into very-short-period, small-gap undulators (e.g., as a FODO lattice). The installation is rendered feasible by the very small vertical height of the biplanar N-poles (on the order of a millimeter), which, notwithstanding, doesn't prevent them from attaining focusing gradients on the order of several hundred T/m. If proven, this would allow short-period undulators of substantial length (viz., >>b) to be operated on storage rings, potentially transforming the optimality and economy of synchrotron radiation sources toward more favorable regimes.

43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS↗
DOE OSTI2017

Manifesting enhanced cancellations in supergravity: integrands versus integrals

We have found examples of `enhanced ultraviolet cancellations' with no known standard-symmetry explanation in a variety of supergravity theories. Furthermore, by examining one- and two-loop examples in four- and five-dimensional half-maximal supergravity, we argue that enhanced cancellations in general cannot be exhibited prior to integration. In light of this, we explore reorganizations of integrands into parts that are manifestly finite and parts that have poor power counting but integrate to zero due to integral identities. At two loops we find that in the large loop-momentum limit the required integral identities follow from Lorentz and SL(2) relabeling symmetry. We carry out a nontrivial check at four loops showing that the identities generated in this way are a complete set. We propose that at L loops the combination of Lorentz and SL(L) symmetry is sufficient for displaying enhanced cancellations when they happen, whenever the theory is known to be ultraviolet finite up to (L - 1) loops.

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS↗
DOE OSTI2019

Polarisation non-reciprocity cancelling in Sagnac fibre ring interferometer: an attempt of realistic study

Polarisation non-reciprocity (PNR) of Sagnac fibre ring interferometer (FRI) is one the fundamental limits of its long term bias stability. PNR value, being huge initially, then was reduced strongly, but after that PNR problem was left far from PNR cancelling. The latter may be defined as PNR reducing up to 10{sup −10} deg/h when it does not prevent detecting the general relativistic Lense–Thirring effect. Clearly, such PNR cancelling may be treated only theoretically at this point. In this case, one has to model all practical defects of FRI. Present paper describes such kind of study for FRI of commercial fibre optic gyro implementing medium quality components. It is shown that for PNR cancelling, several meters fibre polariser is enough, despite of the stringent limitations of its standard polarisation extinction ratio. Also, a complete FRI configuration is treated for the first time in available literature, including an imperfect fibre coupler. This yields one more PNR component which is non-zero even for completely unpolarised light and which can be effectively suppressed by the fibre polariser too.

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSIC↗
DOE OSTI2014

Shot-noise-limited optical Faraday polarimetry with enhanced laser noise cancelling

We present a shot-noise-limited measurement of optical Faraday rotations with sub-ten-nanoradian angular sensitivity. This extremely high sensitivity is achieved by using electronic laser noise cancelling and phase sensitive detection. Specially, an electronic laser noise canceller with a common mode rejection ratio of over 100 dB was designed and built for enhanced laser noise cancelling. By measuring the Faraday rotation of ambient air, we demonstrate an angular sensitivity of up to 9.0×10{sup −9} rad/√(Hz), which is limited only by the shot-noise of the photocurrent of the detector. To date, this is the highest angular sensitivity ever reported for Faraday polarimeters in the absence of cavity enhancement. The measured Verdet constant of ambient air, 1.93(3)×10{sup −9}rad/(G cm) at 633 nm wavelength, agrees extremely well with the earlier experiments using high finesse optical cavities. Further, we demonstrate the applications of this sensitive technique in materials science by measuring the Faraday effect of an ultrathin iron film.

75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND↗
DOE OSTI2014

UNRESOLVED MIXED POLARITY MAGNETIC FIELDS AT FLUX CANCELLATION SITE IN SOLAR PHOTOSPHERE AT 0.''3 SPATIAL RESOLUTION

This is a follow-up investigation of a magnetic flux cancellation event at a polarity inversion line (PIL) on the Sun observed with the spectropolarimeter on board Hinode. Anomalous circular polarization (Stokes V) profiles are observed in the photosphere along the PIL at the cancellation sites. Kubo et al. previously reported that the theoretically expected horizontal fields between the canceling opposite-polarity magnetic elements in this event are not detected at granular scales. We show that the observed anomalous Stokes V profiles are reproduced successfully by adding the nearly symmetric Stokes V profiles observed at pixels immediately adjacent to the PIL. This result suggests that these observed anomalous Stokes V profiles are not indications of a flux removal process, but are the result of either a mixture of unresolved, opposite-polarity magnetic elements or the unresolved width of the PIL, at an estimated resolution element of about 0.''3. The hitherto undetected flux removal process accounting for the larger-scale disappearance of magnetic flux during the observing period is likely to also fall below resolution.

79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS↗
DOE OSTI2021

Design and optimization of cancellation coil topologies for a ferrite-less wireless EV charging pad

Ferrite cores are widely used in conventional wireless EV charging pads to reduce stray EMF emissions, but they can be brittle, heavy, and expensive. This work furthers the development of ferrite-less wireless charging pads by comparing an active and two distinct passive cancellation coil topologies as candidates to replace the ferrite. Using the software packages FEMM and MATLAB, each topology is optimized to find the best winding positions and radii to minimize leakage at a specified position under the side of the vehicle. The optimized designs are compared for shielding effectiveness, induced current, and efficiency. All three topologies are able to sufficiently reduce the leakage field below the ICNIRP limit of 27 μTrms with just one turn. Interestingly, we find that an array of simple passive cancellation loops performs similar to the more widely studied passive cancellation coil.

Scher, Aaron D.↗
DOE OSTI2016

Critical point cancellation in 3D vector fields: Robustness and discussion

Vector field topology has been successfully applied to represent the structure of steady vector fields. Critical points, one of the essential components of vector field topology, play an important role in describing the complexity of the extracted structure. Simplifying vector fields via critical point cancellation has practical merit for interpreting the behaviors of complex vector fields such as turbulence. However, there is no effective technique that allows direct cancellation of critical points in 3D. This work fills this gap and introduces the first framework to directly cancel pairs or groups of 3D critical points in a hierarchical manner with a guaranteed minimum amount of perturbation based on their robustness, a quantitative measure of their stability. In addition, our framework does not require the extraction of the entire 3D topology, which contains non-trivial separation structures, and thus is computationally effective. Furthermore, our algorithm can remove critical points in any subregion of the domain whose degree is zero and handle complex boundary configurations, making it capable of addressing challenging scenarios that may not be resolved otherwise. Here, we apply our method to synthetic and simulation datasets to demonstrate its effectiveness.

97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING↗
DOE OSTI2025

Robust resonator-assisted ZZ cancellation in superconducting quantum processors

Strong qubit interactions are essential for faster two-qubit gates, but they often come with undesirable ZZ interactions that limit gate fidelity. Existing methods to mitigate these interactions, such as flux-tunable couplers, can introduce additional noise and complexity. In contrast, our work presents a simpler, more robust approach using a driven resonator to cancel the static ZZ interaction between qubits [1]. The experiment was performed on a revised 9-qubit quantum processing unit from Rigetti, developed in collaboration with SQMS scientists. We validate the resonator-induced-phase (RIP) interaction, where an off-resonant drive on the resonator dynamically cancels ZZ coupling. This marks an important step toward high gate fidelities. We also explore the entangling gates enabled by this coupling scheme, focusing on minimizing gate duration and qubit decoherence while maintaining effective ZZ cancellation.

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS↗
DOE OSTI2025

Impact of Resonator-Assisted ZZ Cancellation on Cross-Resonance Gate Performance

Strong coupling in superconducting processors enables fast two-qubit gates but also produces static ZZ interactions that degrade performance. Flux-tunable couplers can suppress ZZ but introduce flux noise and additional hardware complexity. A driven-resonator RIP interaction offers a simple method to dynamically cancel ZZ [1]. Using this RIP-based cancellation scheme in a fixed-frequency transmon system, we compare cross-resonance gate behavior with and without ZZ suppression. Idling errors improve substantially when ZZ is cancelled, while CR calibration reveals clear tradeoffs in Hamiltonian composition and achievable gate speed. [1]: Huang, Z. et al. (2024). Physical Review Applied, 22(3), 034007.

Heidler, Paul [Fermilab]↗