An energy-conserving spectral solution

An energy-conserving spectral solution is derived and tested. A range-dependent medium is approximated by a sequence of range-independent regions. In each region, the acoustic field is represented in terms of the horizontal wave-number spectrum. A condition corresponding to energy conservation is derived for the vertical interfaces between regions. The accuracy of the approach is demonstrated for problems involving sloping ocean bottoms. The energy-conserving spectral solution is less efficient than the energy-conserving parabolic equation solution, but might be suitable for generalization to problems involving elastic bottoms.     

A single-scattering correction for large contrasts in elastic layers

The single-scattering solution is implemented in a formulation that makes it possible to accurately handle solid-solid interfaces with the parabolic equation method. Problems involving large contrasts across sloping stratigraphy can be handled by subdividing a vertical interface into a series of two or more scattering problems. The approach can handle complex layering and is applicable to a large class of seismic problems. The solution of the scattering problem is based on an iteration formula, which has improved convergence in the new formulation, and the transverse operator of the parabolic wave equation, which is implemented efficiently in terms of banded matrices. Accurate solutions can often be obtained by using only one iteration.     

Generalization of the rotated parabolic equation to variable slopes

The rotated parabolic equation [J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 87, 1035-1037 (1990)] is generalized to problems involving ocean-sediment interfaces of variable slope. The approach is based on approximating a variable slope in terms of a series of constant slope regions. The original rotated parabolic equation algorithm is used to march the field through each region. An interpolation-extrapolation approach is used to generate a starting field at the beginning of each region beyond the one containing the source. For the elastic case, a series of operators is applied to rotate the dependent variable vector along with the coordinate system. The variable rotated parabolic equation should provide accurate solutions to a large class of range-dependent seismo-acoustics problems. For the fluid case, the accuracy of the approach is confirmed through comparisons with reference solutions. For the elastic case, variable rotated parabolic equation solutions are compared with energy-conserving and mapping solutions.     

Parabolic equation solution of seismo-acoustics problems involving variations in bathymetry and sediment thickness

Recent improvements in the parabolic equation method are combined to extend this approach to a larger class of seismo-acoustics problems. The variable rotated parabolic equation [J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 120, 3534-3538 (2006)] handles a sloping fluid-solid interface at the ocean bottom. The single-scattering solution [J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 121, 808-813 (2007)] handles range dependence within elastic sediment layers. When these methods are implemented together, the parabolic equation method can be applied to problems involving variations in bathymetry and the thickness of sediment layers. The accuracy of the approach is demonstrated by comparing with finite-element solutions. The approach is applied to a complex scenario in a realistic environment.     

A single-scattering correction for the seismo-acoustic parabolic equation

An efficient single-scattering correction that does not require iterations is derived and tested for the seismo-acoustic parabolic equation. The approach is applicable to problems involving gradual range dependence in a waveguide with fluid and solid layers, including the key case of a sloping fluid-solid interface. The single-scattering correction is asymptotically equivalent to a special case of a single-scattering correction for problems that only have solid layers [Ku?sel et al., J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 121, 808-813 (2007)]. The single-scattering correction has a simple interpretation (conservation of interface conditions in an average sense) that facilitated its generalization to problems involving fluid layers. Promising results are obtained for problems in which the ocean bottom interface has a small slope.     

A new bistatic model for electromagnetic scattering from perfectly conducting random surfaces

In this paper, we extend the Kirchhoff approach, which is widely used for near-nadir backscattering calculations, to include the proper polarization sensitivity for general bistatic scattering from gently sloping, perfectly conducting surfaces. Previously, Holliday has shown how the inclusion of terms from the second iteration of the surface-current integral equation is required to obtain agreement with the small perturbation method for backscattering conditions. Here we employ a similar approach by retaining all terms in this iterative expansion through first order in the surface slope to derive expressions for the standard Kirchhoff field as well as for a supplementary field that contains the polarization sensitivity. A polarization vector notation is introduced to simplify the inclusion of tilting effects from larger-scale features on the scattering surface. In connection with this latter development, we provide a clarification of the earlier work by Valenzuela on this topic together with an extension to the bistatic problem. These extensions to the standard Kirchhoff approach form the basis for our composite bistatic scattering model which should provide a convenient and powerful tool for calculations involving passive as well as active microwave scattering from random surfaces.     

Modeling Rayleigh and Stoneley waves and other interface and boundary effects with the parabolic equation

An improved approach for handling boundaries, interfaces, and continuous depth dependence with the elastic parabolic equation is derived and benchmarked. The approach is applied to model the propagation of Rayleigh and Stoneley waves. Depending on the choice of dependent variables, the operator in the elastic wave equation may not factor or the treatment of interfaces may be difficult. These problems are resolved by using a formulation in terms of the vertical displacement and the range derivative of the horizontal displacement. These quantities are continuous across horizontal interfaces, which permits the use of Galerkin's method to discretize in depth. This implementation extends the capability of the elastic parabolic equation to handle arbitrary depth dependence and should lead to improvements for range-dependent problems.     

Stochastic and parastochastic aspects of supersymmetric functional measures: A new non-perturbative approach to supersymmetry

We study the properties of supersymmetric models having a local Nicolai mapping. In these cases the Nicolai mapping can be interpreted as a stochastic differential equation, and hence we can use all the standard stochastic techniques to extract physical information from the theory. The corresponding Langevin equation does not describe, in general, a system approaching (asymptotically) a thermal equilibrium. We construct explicitly and nonperturbatively the Nicolai mapping for a large class of two dimensional models. In particular, this is the first non-perturbative proof of the existence of the mapping. The properties of the mapping agree with the expectations from general arguments. We show how the Nicolai mapping can be used to eliminate completely the fermions from the perturbative expansion, leaving a simpler set of diagrammatric rules involving only scalars. Finally, we argue that the present approach may be very powerful for studying finiteness properties of extended supersymmetric theories.     

Contiguity relations for linearisable systems of Gambier type

We introduce the Schlesinger transformations for the Gambier, linearisable, equation and by combining the former construct the contiguity relations of the solutions of the latter. We extend the approach to the discrete domain obtaining thus the Schlesinger transformations and the contiguity relations of the solutions of the Gambier mapping. In all cases the resulting contiguity relation is a linearisable equation, involving free functions, and which can be related to the generic Gambier mapping.     

Spontaneous generation of Nambu-Jona-Lasinio interaction in QCD involving two light quarks

Within QCD involving two light quarks, the possibility of a spontaneous generation of effective interaction leading to Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model is studied by using the Bogolyubov quasiaverage approach. The compensation equation for the form factor of this interaction is shown to have a nontrivial solution that leads to a theory involving two parameters: the average value of the low-energy constant α _s and a dimensional parameter f _π. All of the remaining parameters, including the current and constituent quark masses, the quark condensate, the pion mass, and the sigma-meson mass and width, are expressed in terms of the input parameters in satisfactory agreement with experimental phenomenology. The results obtained here give sufficient grounds to conclude that the proposed approach is applicable in low-energy hadron physics and that it can be used in dealing with other problems.     

One-dimensional mappings of the eigenelements of the Schrodinger problem

An approach is proposed for analyzing the inverse spectral problems for the Schrodinger equation based on writing the equation for the analog of the number-of-quanta operator for a harmonic oscillator. This equation makes it possible to determine not only the one-dimensional mapping of the energy eigenvalues but also the linear equation for the point spectrum shift operator of the Schrodinger problem. The solvability conditions of the latter lead to a nonlinear equation that determines the class of allowable potentials. Two classes of potentials regular in R(1) and symmetrical are isolated on the basis of the proposed approach. The first of these leads to equidistant spectra with a gap of arbitrary size and location. The spectrum of the second potential class is a combination of three rigorously equidistant spectra with ground states that are shifted by an arbitrary amount. Generalizations to the case of essentially nonequidistant spectra are shown to be possible.     

Explicit and Exact Solutions to N-Order Schrödinger System via an Extended Mapping Approach

In this paper, we extend the mapping approach to the N-order Schrödinger equation. In terms of the extended mapping approach, new families of variable separation solutions with some arbitrary functions are derived.     

Langevin Equation Involving Three Fractional Orders

In this paper, the existence and uniqueness of initial value problems for nonlinear Langevin equation involving three fractional orders are discussed. We use a new norm that is convenient for the fractional and singular differential equations. This norm and the contraction mapping principles are the main tools for investigating the existence and uniqueness of the desired issue. The fractional derivatives are described in Caputo sense.

     

Semiclassical approximation of the Dirac equation with supersymmetry

The general scheme of the successive construction of semiclassical approximation for the classical Dirac equation in a background Yang-Mills field, where the usual Dirac operator is replaced by that with supersymmetry, is suggested. The first two terms of the semiclassical expansion in Planck’s constant are derived in an explicit form. It is shown that supersymmetry of the initial Dirac operator leads to appearance of new additional terms in the classical equation of motion for spin of a particle and ipso facto requires appropriate modification for the Lagrangian of the spinning particle. The result obtained is used for the construction of one-to-one mapping between two Lagrangians of a classical color-charged spinning particle, one of which possesses local supersymmetry, and another doesn’t. It is demonstrated that for recovery of the one-to-oneness the additional terms obtained above in the semiclassical approximation of the Dirac operator with supersymmetry should be added to the Lagrangian without supersymmetry.     

The contribution of a lateral wave in simulating low-frequency sound fields in an irregular waveguide with a liquid bottom

A further development of a previously proposed approach to calculating the sound field in an arbitrarily irregular ocean is presented. The approach is based on solving the first-order causal mode equations, which are equivalent to the boundary-value problem for acoustic wave equations in terms of the cross-section method. For the mode functions depending on the horizontal coordinate, additional terms are introduced in the cross-section equations to allow for the multilayer structure of the medium. A numerical solution to the causal equations is sought using the fundamental matrix equation. For the modes of the discrete spectrum and two fixed low frequencies, calculations are performed for an irregular two-layer waveguide model with fluid sediments, which is close to the actual conditions of low-frequency sound propagation in the coastal zone of the oceanic shelf. The calculated propagation loss curves are used as an example for comparison with results that can be obtained for the given waveguide model with the use of adiabatic and one-way propagation approximations.     

Simulation of low-frequency sound propagation in an irregular shallow-water waveguide with a fluid bottom

A further development of a previously proposed approach to calculating the sound field in an arbitrarily irregular ocean is presented. The approach is based on solving the first-order causal mode equations, which are equivalent to the boundary-value problem for acoustic wave equations in terms of the cross-section method. For the mode functions depending on the horizontal coordinate, additional terms are introduced in the cross-section equations to allow for the multilayer structure of the medium. A numerical solution to the causal equations is sought using the fundamental matrix equation. For the modes of the discrete spectrum and two fixed low frequencies, calculations are performed for an irregular two-layer waveguide model with fluid sediments, which is close to the actual conditions of low-frequency sound propagation in the coastal zone of the oceanic shelf. The calculated propagation loss curves are used as an example for comparison with results that can be obtained for the given waveguide model with the use of adiabatic and one-way propagation approximations.     

Structure-mechanical approach to surface tension of solids

Some problems of applying the Lippmann equation to adsorption studies on solid electrodes are shortly reviewed. A novel nonthermodynamic approach to consider the role of elastic and plastic deformation of electrode surfaces during adsorption is proposed. The extremely thin electrode surface layers affected electrically and mechanically by adsorbate are supposed to be free of dislocations because of volume discrepancy. The nearest structure-mechanical analogs of such layers are the whisker crystals whose side surface could have one- and two-dimensional defects, but have no active dislocations. Like whiskers, surface metal layers should possess a high ultimate strength close to the theoretical one and a purely elastic deformation. Affected only by adsorbate, the surface electrode layer should be considered as absolutely elastic body, whose plastic deformation is impossible, i.e. the Lippmann equation and other equations containing terms of plastic deformation cannot be used in thermodynamics of the solid metal surface.     

Energy levels of one-dimensional systems satisfying the minimal length uncertainty relation

The standard approach to calculating the energy levels for quantum systems satisfying the minimal length uncertainty relation is to solve an eigenvalue problem involving a fourth- or higher-order differential equation in quasiposition space. It is shown that the problem can be reformulated so that the energy levels of these systems can be obtained by solving only a second-order quasiposition eigenvalue equation. Through this formulation the energy levels are calculated for the following potentials: particle in a box, harmonic oscillator, Pöschl–Teller well, Gaussian well, and double-Gaussian well. For the particle in a box, the second-order quasiposition eigenvalue equation is a second-order differential equation with constant coefficients. For the harmonic oscillator, Pöschl–Teller well, Gaussian well, and double-Gaussian well, a method that involves using Wronskians has been used to solve the second-order quasiposition eigenvalue equation. It is observed for all of these quantum systems that the introduction of a nonzero minimal length uncertainty induces a positive shift in the energy levels. It is shown that the calculation of energy levels in systems satisfying the minimal length uncertainty relation is not limited to a small number of problems like particle in a box and the harmonic oscillator but can be extended to a wider class of problems involving potentials such as the Pöschl–Teller and Gaussian wells.     

On the melt line slope of alloys

An equation is derived that gives the slope in the temperature-pressure plane of the boundaries of the melt region for certain metal alloys. This equation is in terms of the macroscopic thermodynamic properties that can be determined by atmospheric pressure experiments. The equation includes terms that are not present for a pure material. When these terms are omitted, the result reduces to the well-known Clausius-Clapeyron equation.Numerical results are given for the aluminum alloy 2024. The predicted melt slope is 60–70% higher than that for pure aluminum. This example illustrates that it may be important to distinguish between the behavior of pure metals and alloys in studies involving the behavior in the melt region, as, for example, in recent studies of dynamic response at elevated temperatures.     

高速公路交通流元胞自动机模型的一种统计平均解耦处理

对于高速公路交通流的一维元胞自动机模型，提出一种从微观格点状态更新规则出发，经过逐步的统计系综平均和截断退耦近似处理，推导宏观演化规律，从而获得描述车流稳态平均速度与车辆密度之间关系的基本图曲线的平均场方程方法.宏观演化规律表现为相继两个时刻车流平均速度的一个非线性映射.平均场论可以作为这一非线性映射的吸引子得到.将此法应用于Fukui-Ishibashi建议的高速运动车模型，计算表明：在单辆车最大速度为M的情形，可以采用截断退耦到仅保留M+1格点耦合的近似法计算空间关联函数.对于不考虑随机减速的决定论模