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The time-domain propagation of scalar waves across a periodic row of inclusions is considered in 2D. As the typical wavelength within the background medium is assumed to be much larger than the spacing between inclusions and the row width, the physical configuration considered is in the low-frequency homogenization regime. Furthermore, a high contrast between one of the constitutive moduli of the inclusions and of the background medium is also assumed. So the wavelength within the inclusions is of the order of their typical size, which can further induce local resonances within the microstructure. In (20), two-scale homogenization techniques and matched-asymptotic expansions have been employed to derive, in the harmonic regime, effective jump conditions on an equivalent interface. This homogenized model is frequency-dependent due to the resonant behavior of the inclusions. In this context, the present article aims at investigating, directly in the time-domain, the scattering of waves by such a periodic row of resonant scatterers. Its effective behavior is first derived in the time-domain and some energy properties of the resulting homogenized model are analyzed. Time-domain numerical simulations are then performed to illustrate the main features of the effective interface model obtained and to assess its relevance in comparison with full-field simulations.

Meta-interface models stem from the homogenization, in a low-frequency dynamic regime, of thin heterogeneous layers that are structured to achieve uncommon properties at the macroscopic level. When the layer is composed of a thin periodic array of highly-contrasted inclusions embedded within a homogeneous background medium then the corresponding effective interface model is characterized by jump conditions that, in the harmonic regime, involve some singular frequency-dependent terms. In this context, the article is concerned with the simulation of transient waves across such resonant meta-interfaces and a numerical method is proposed to handle the associated resonant jump conditions. To do so, a set of auxiliary variables is introduced locally along the interface and an augmented system of first-order equations in time accompanied with local-in-time jump conditions is derived. This system is then discretized on a Cartesian grid and solved using a high-order finite-difference scheme while the complexity associated with the geometry of the interface and the jump conditions is handled using an immersed interface method. A set of numerical examples in 1D and 2D is proposed to illustrate and validate the overall numerical approach, and quantitative comparisons with semi-analytical solutions are also provided.

We have measured the inclusive production properties of D and View the MathML source messons produced from pp interactions at View the MathML source. The differential production cross section is well represented by the empirical form View the MathML source, and the inclusive View the MathML source cross section σView the MathML source is (30.2±3.3) ωb. The QCD fusion model predicts View the MathML source production which is in good agreement with our data except for the magnitude of the cross section which depends sensitively on the assumed mass of the charm quark

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