Caltech Library signs Expression of Interest in SCOAP3

The Caltech Library signed an Expression of Interest in the Sponsoring Consortium of Open Access in Particle Physics Publishing, SCOAP3. It concluded that the High Energy Physics scientists are, indeed, taking a fresh look at the publishing cycle. Through SCOAP3, they have devised a model to put the scientific HEP community in greater control of its work. This is a refreshing and encouraging approach, and one that should serve research well.

Caltech is the 2nd North American library to sign an Expression of Interest in the consortium. The California Digital Library expressed interest earlier this week on behalf of the entire University of California system.

[Post Script: SCOAP3 issued a news release on Caltech's decision. Independently, Peter Suber found the Caltech Library's interest in SCOAP3 to be newsworthy.]

Millikan microfilm collection guide goes online

The Robert Andrews Millikan collection at the California Institute of Technology : guide to a microfilm edition / Judith R. Goodstein, editor, Albert F. Gunns, associate editor, Ann Underleak, associate editor. Pasadena, CA : Archives, California Institute of Technology, 1977. http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechBook:1977.002. [OCLC: 3496172]

Bruck et al. investigate stochastic biochemistry

Brian Fett, Jehoshua Bruck, and Marc D. Riedel (2007) Synthesizing Stochasticity in Biochemical Systems. Technical Report. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA. [CaltechPARADISE:2007.ETR081]

Wunch et al. measure stratospheric HNO3 over 12 year span

M. Toohey, B. M. Quine, K. Strong, P. F. Bernath, C. D. Boone, A. I. Jonsson, C. T. McElroy, K. A. Walker, and D. Wunch (2007) Balloon-borne radiometer measurements of Northern Hemisphere mid-latitude stratospheric HNO3 profiles spanning 12 years. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 7(23):6075-6084, 11 December 2007. CaltechAUTHORS

M. Toohey, B. M. Quine, K. Strong, P. F. Bernath, C. D. Boone, A. I. Jonsson, C. T. McElroy, K. A. Walker, and D. Wunch (2007) Balloon-borne radiometer measurement of Northern Hemisphere mid-latitude stratospheric HNO3 profiles spanning 12 years. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions, 7(4):11561-11586, 6 August 2007. CaltechAUTHORS

© Author(s) 2007. These work are licensed under a Creative Commons License. Published by Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union.

Scherer lab creates photodetector using surface state absorption

T. Baehr-Jones, M. Hochberg, and A. Scherer (2008) Photodetection in silicon beyond the band edge with surface states. Optics Express 16(3):1659-1668, 4 February 2008. CaltechAUTHORS

Scherer, Yariv et al. create room temperature cw laser tunable by varrying photonic crysta lattice contant

Lin Zhu, Xiankai Sun, Guy A. DeRose, Axel Scherer, and Amnon Yariv (2008) Room temperature continuous wave operation of single-mode, edge-emitting photonic crystal Bragg lasers. Optics Express, 16(2):502-506, 21 January 2008. CaltechAUTHORS

PARADISE group releases new, updated technical reports

David Soloveichik, Matthew Cook, Erik Winfree, and Jehoshua Bruck (2008) Computation with Finite Stochastic Chemical Reaction Networks (Revised Version). Technical Report. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA. [CaltechPARADISE:2007.ETR085]

Anxiao (Andrew) Jiang, Robert Mateescu, Moshe Schwartz, and Jehoshua Bruck (2008) Rank Modulation for Flash Memories. Technical Report. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA. [CaltechPARADISE:2008.ETR086]

Bandres et al. study paraxial transformations of Airy-Gauss beams

Miguel A. Bandres and Julio C. Gutiérrez-Vega (2007) Airy-Gauss beams and their transformation by paraxial optical systems. Optics Express, 15(25):16719-16728, 10 December 2007. CaltechAUTHORS

Sun and Yariv analyze modes in annular Bragg lasers

Xiankai Sun and Amnon Yariv (2007) Modal properties and modal control in vertically emitting annular Bragg lasers, Optics Express 15(25):17323-17333, 10 December 2007. CaltechAUTHORS

Caltech SOLIDS launches technical report series

Caltech SOLIDS has launched a technical report series, CaltechSOLIDS. The first three preprints are already online.

Yoshihiro Kaneko, Nadia Lapusta, and Jean-Paul Ampuero (2007) Spectral-element modeling of spontaneous earthquake rupture on rate and state faults: Effect of velocity-strengthening friction at shallow depths. Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth. CaltechSOLIDS:2008.001

Mason A. Porter, Chiara Daraio, Eric B. Herbold, Ivan Szelengowicz, and P. G. Kevrekidis (2007) Highly Nonlinear Solitary Waves in Periodic Dimer Granular Chains. Physical Review E. CaltechSOLIDS:2007.002

Liping Liu (2007) Solutions to the Eshelby Conjectures. Proceedings of Royal Society A. CaltechSOLIDS:2007.001

Vahala et al. review mechanical aspects of radiation pressure in microcavities

T. J. Kippenberg and K. J. Vahala (2007) Cavity Opto-Mechanics. Optics Express 15(25):17172-17205, 10 December 2007. CaltechAUTHORS