Thursday, February 28, 2008

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.]

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

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]

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

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]

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

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.

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Scherer lab creates photodetector using surface state absorption

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

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

Friday, February 08, 2008

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]

Thursday, February 07, 2008

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

Wednesday, February 06, 2008

Sun and Yariv analyze modes in annular Bragg lasers

Tuesday, February 05, 2008

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

Monday, February 04, 2008

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