Memory

https://youtu.be/VzxI8Xjx1iw

Bernhard Wenzl •

 

• Working memory is the ability of the brain to maintain a temporary representation of information about the task that an animal is currently engaged in. This sort of dynamic memory is thought to be mediated by the formation of cell assemblies—groups of activated neurons that maintain their activity by constantly stimulating one another.^[104]
• Episodic memory is the ability to remember the details of specific events. This sort of memory can last for a lifetime. Much evidence implicates the hippocampus in playing a crucial role: people with severe damage to the hippocampus sometimes show amnesia, that is, inability to form new long-lasting episodic memories.^[105]
• Semantic memory is the ability to learn facts and relationships. This sort of memory is probably stored largely in the cerebral cortex, mediated by changes in connections between cells that represent specific types of information.^[106]
• Instrumental learning is the ability for rewards and punishments to modify behavior. It is implemented by a network of brain areas centered on the basal ganglia.^[107]
• Motor learning is the ability to refine patterns of body movement by practicing, or more generally by repetition. A number of brain areas are involved, including the premotor cortex, basal ganglia, and especially the cerebellum, which functions as a large memory bank for microadjustments of the parameters of movement.^[108]

I am Alive and Always Watching

 I just wanted to say that to prevent cancellation of this blog and account I am showing that I am alive and well.

Black hole Annoucements on May 12th

Garching bei München, European Southern Observatory, see ESO Media Advisory (15:00 CEST) - Live streaming at ESO Website and ESO YouTube Channel

Mexico City, CONACyT, see CONACyT Media Advisory (08:00 CDT) - Live streaming at CONACyT YouTube Channel

Santiago de Chile, Joint ALMA Observatory, see ALMA Media Advisory (09:00 CLT)

Shanghai, Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, see Shanghai Astronomical Observatory Media Advisory (21:00 CST)

Taipei, Academia Sinica Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics (21:00 CST), see YouTube Live Streaming.

Tokyo, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (22:00 JST), see YouTube Live Streaming.

Washington D.C.,  National Press Club, see National Science Foundation Media Advisory (09:00 EDT) - Live streaming at NSF Webpage and NSF Facebook

Madrid (15:00 CEST, see CSIC YouTube streaming)

South Korea (22:00 KST, see YouTube Live Streaming

How to Understand the Black Hole Image

Does Math Reveal Reality?

Sound of two Black Holes Colliding

The New York Times · The Sound of Two Black Holes Colliding

The Sound of the Perfect Fluid

 

 The sound of the perfect fluid

 

Perfect fluid

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The stress–energy tensor of a perfect fluid contains only the diagonal components.

In physics, a perfect fluid is a fluid that can be completely characterized by its rest frame mass density ${\displaystyle \rho _{m}}$ and isotropic pressure p.

Real fluids are "sticky" and contain (and conduct) heat. Perfect fluids are idealized models in which these possibilities are neglected. Specifically, perfect fluids have no shear stresses, viscosity, or heat conduction.

In space-positive metric signature tensor notation, the stress–energy tensor of a perfect fluid can be written in the form

${\displaystyle T^{\mu \nu }=\left(\rho _{m}+{\frac {p}{c^{2}}}\right)\,U^{\mu }U^{\nu }+p\,\eta ^{\mu \nu }\,}$

where U is the 4-velocity vector field of the fluid and where ${\displaystyle \eta _{\mu \nu }=\operatorname {diag} (-1,1,1,1)}$ is the metric tensor of Minkowski spacetime.

In time-positive metric signature tensor notation, the stress–energy tensor of a perfect fluid can be written in the form

${\displaystyle T^{\mu \nu }=\left(\rho _{\text{m}}+{\frac {p}{c^{2}}}\right)\,U^{\mu }U^{\nu }-p\,\eta ^{\mu \nu }\,}$

where U is the 4-velocity of the fluid and where ${\displaystyle \eta _{\mu \nu }=\operatorname {diag} (1,-1,-1,-1)}$ is the metric tensor of Minkowski spacetime.

This takes on a particularly simple form in the rest frame

${\displaystyle \left[{\begin{matrix}\rho _{e}&0&0&0\\0&p&0&0\\0&0&p&0\\0&0&0&p\end{matrix}}\right]}$

where ${\displaystyle \rho _{\text{e}}=\rho _{\text{m}}c^{2}}$ is the energy density and ${\displaystyle p}$ is the pressure of the fluid.

Perfect fluids admit a Lagrangian formulation, which allows the techniques used in field theory, in particular, quantization, to be applied to fluids. This formulation can be generalized, but unfortunately, heat conduction and anisotropic stresses cannot be treated in these generalized formulations.^[why?]

Perfect fluids are used in general relativity to model idealized distributions of matter, such as the interior of a star or an isotropic universe. In the latter case, the equation of state of the perfect fluid may be used in Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker equations to describe the evolution of the universe.

In general relativity, the expression for the stress–energy tensor of a perfect fluid is written as

${\displaystyle T^{\mu \nu }=\left(\rho _{m}+{\frac {p}{c^{2}}}\right)\,U^{\mu }U^{\nu }+p\,g^{\mu \nu }\,}$

where U is the 4-velocity vector field of the fluid and where ${\displaystyle g_{\mu \nu }}$ is the metric, written with a space-positive signature.

See also

• Equation of state
• Ideal gas
• Fluid solutions in general relativity
• Potential flow

References

• The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time, by S.W.Hawking and G.F.R.Ellis, Cambridge University Press, 1973. ISBN 0-521-20016-4, ISBN 0-521-09906-4 (pbk.)

External links

• Mark D. Roberts, [A Fluid Generalization of Membranes http://www.arXiv.org/abs/hep-th/0406164 hep-th/0406164].

Past String Conferences

 

 

Strings 2019, Brussels, Belgium
Strings 2018, Okinawa, Japan
Strings 2017, Israel
Strings 2016, Beijing, China
Strings 2015, Bengaluru, India
Strings 2014, Princeton, USA
Strings 2013, Seoul, Korea
Strings 2012, Munich, Germany
Strings 2011 Uppsala, Sweden
Strings 2010 Texas, USA
Strings 2009, Rome, Italy
Strings 2008, CERN, Switzerland
Strings 2007, Madrid, Spain
Strings 2006, Beijing, China
Strings 2005, Toronto, Canada
Strings 2004, Paris, France
Strings 2003, Kyoto, Japan
Strings 2002, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Strings 2001, Mumbai, India
Strings 2000, Ann Arbor, USA
Strings 1999, Potsdam, Germany
Strings 1998, Santa Barbara, USA
Strings 1997, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Strings 1996, Santa Barbara, USA
Strings 1995, Los Angeles, USA

Solar Panel Revolution in the Wind?

           By AleSpa - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=29290121

 

 I am encouraged by some research that is currently going on that is improving the efficiency of solar panels up and coming. This encouragement is based on designs I have seen in corollary manufacturing processes that could created a whole new industry.

It is a whole new research path that could greatly improve the energy retention otherwise seemingly at a standstill,  although these manufacturing processes for solar panels are currently inexpensive.

I have been pondering these ideas for sometime now and since the move to electrics for transportation is now more important then ever as I open the door to the studious and bright innovators who wonder about these potentials.

New solar panel design could increase efficiency by 125%

 Dr. Christian Schuster, researcher from the Department of Physics, told The Week news “We found a simple trick for boosting the absorption of slim solar cells. Our investigations show that our idea actually rivals the absorption enhancement of more sophisticated designs, while also absorbing more light deep in the plane and less light near the surface structure itself. Our design rule meets all relevant aspects of light trapping for solar cells, clearing the way for simple, practical, and yet outstanding diffractive structures, with a potential impact beyond photonic applications.” He added, “This design offers potential to further integrate solar cells into thinner, flexible materials and therefore create more opportunity to use solar power in more products.”

 

 

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