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A Review of X-ray Microcalorimeters Based on Superconducting Transition Edge Sensors for Astrophysics and Particle Physics [PDF]

Appl. Sci. 2021, 11, 3793, 2022
The state-of-the-art technology of X-ray microcalorimeters based on superconducting transition edge sensors (TESs), for applications in astrophysics and particle physics, is reviewed. We will show the advance in understanding the detector physics and describe the recent breakthroughs in the TES design that are opening the way towards the fabrication ...
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The Climatological Renewable Energy Deviation Index (CREDI) [PDF]

, 2023
We propose an index to quantify and analyse the impact of climatological variability on the energy system at different timescales. We define the Climatological Renewable Energy Deviation Index (CREDI) as the cumulative anomaly of a renewable resource with respect to its climate over a specific time period of interest.
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Plasma Propulsion of a Metallic Micro-droplet and its Deformation upon Laser Impact [PDF]

Phys. Rev. Applied 6, 014018 (2016), 2016
The propulsion of a liquid indium-tin micro-droplet by nanosecond-pulse laser impact is experimentally investigated. We capture the physics of the droplet propulsion in a scaling law that accurately describes the plasma-imparted momentum transfer, enabling the optimization of the laser-droplet coupling.
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Strategic Plan 2021-2030 for Astronomy in the Netherlands [PDF]

arXiv, 2022
This document describes the Netherlands' decadal strategic planning process for the current decade. We give the scientific rationale for our prioritization of research areas and the facility choices that follow from our scientific priorities. We also describe actions needed for the sustainability of our community and our work, and the budgets needed to
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Hierarchical states in the Compositional Interchange Format [PDF]

EPTCS 32, 2010, pp. 42-56, 2010
CIF is a language designed for two purposes, namely as a specification language for hybrid systems and as an interchange format for allowing model transformations between other languages for hybrid systems. To facilitate the top-down development of a hybrid system and also to be able to express models more succinctly in the CIF formalism, we need a ...
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Linking Unserved Energy to Weather Regimes [PDF]

arXiv, 2023
The integration of renewable energy sources into power systems is expected to increase significantly in the coming decades. This can result in critical situations related to the strong variability in space and time of weather patterns. During these critical situations the power system experiences a structural shortage of energy across multiple time ...
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Geographical Variation in Project Cost Performance: The Netherlands versus Worldwide [PDF]

Journal of Transport Geography, vol. 24, September 2012, 324-331, 2013
Cost overruns in transport infrastructure projects know no geographical limits, overruns are a global phenomenon. Nevertheless, the size of cost overruns varies with location. In the Netherlands, cost overruns appear to be smaller compared to the rest of the world.
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Modeling COVID-19 hospital admissions and occupancy in the Netherlands [PDF]

arXiv, 2021
We describe the models we built for hospital admissions and occupancy of COVID-19 patients in the Netherlands. These models were used to make short-term decisions about transfers of patients between regions and for long-term policy making. We motivate and describe the model we used for predicting admissions and how we use this to make predictions on ...
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Parsec-Scale Bipolar X-ray Shocks Produced by Powerful Jets from the Neutron Star Circinus X-1 [PDF]

Astrophysical Journal Letters 719 (2010) L194-L198, 2010
We report the discovery of multi-scale X-ray jets from the accreting neutron star X-ray binary, Circinus X-1. The bipolar outflows show wide opening angles and are spatially coincident with the radio jets seen in new high-resolution radio images of the region.
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Brightness of a phase-conjugating mirror behind a random medium [PDF]

Europhys. Lett. 38, 651 (1997), 1996
A random-matrix theory is presented for the reflection of light by a disordered medium backed by a phase-conjugating mirror. Two regimes are distinguished, depending on the relative magnitude of the inverse dwell time of a photon in the disordered medium and the frequency shift acquired at the mirror.
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