The influence of a transverse magnetic field on a subnormal glow discharge in air

In subnormal glow discharge under d.c. excitation at different pressure in a varying transverse magnetic field (0 to 30 G) some measurements have been carried out for various initial average tube currents. The voltage across the discharge increases and average tube current and residual current decreases in the magnetic field. With the help of Beckman’s expression [4] for the axial field and the electron density distribution in a transverse magnetic field the observed variation of current and voltage can be satisfactorily explained. The variation of axial electric field with transverse magnetic field can be represented to a fair degree of accuracy by the derived equation. The behaviour of residual current with magnetic field has been observed in these oscillations.     

Formation and focusing of electron beams in an electron-optical system with a plasma emitter placed in a magnetic field

The configuration and strength of a magnetic field are calculated in the regions of electron generation, acceleration, and transport in the electron-optical system of the plasma electron source. A magnetic field necessary for discharge initiation and maintenance is generated with a permanent magnet placed in a discharge chamber. It is shown that the magnetic field strength and configuration in these regions can be considerably varied by appropriately choosing the materials of electrodes forming the magnetic circuit. It is found that the beam focusing can be significantly improved by producing a quasi-uniform magnetic field in the electron-optical system of the plasma electron source.     

Entanglement Teleportation Via a Two-qubit Heisenberg Chain under a Nonuniform Magnetic Field

By introducing the nonuniform magnetic field, we investigate the entanglement teleportation via two-qubit Heisenberg chain. We show that for ferromagnetic chain, the opposite direction magnetic field on the two-qubit chain can excite the teleported entanglement C _out, while the uniform magnetic field can not do it. The effect of the uniform magnetic field B and the nonuniform magnetic field b on the threshold temperature T _c is also plotted. Our study on the average fidelity of this quantum channel system shows that the magnetic field in opposite direction can result in the ideal average fidelity no matter whether the chain is ferromagnetic or antiferromagnetic.     

Two-dimensional oscillator in a magnetic field

The energy and eigenstate spectrum of a charged particle in the electric field of a 2D anisotropic oscillator and in a uniform magnetic field is considered. The exact analytic solution to the problem is obtained for an arbitrary magnetic field strength. The characteristic features of variation of the energy spectrum depending on the magnetic field strength are analyzed. The results of this study are of interest for the quantum-mechanical theory of magnetism and can be used to simulate the magnetic properties of atoms and molecules.     

Nonlinear magnetoelectric response of a bulk magnetostrictive-piezoelectric composite

Magnetoelectric effect in a bulk composite of nickel ferrite and lead zirconate titanate has been investigated by applying an ac magnetic field with no bias field. The measurements were carried out in the low-frequency region for harmonic magnetic field modulation with amplitude up to 3 kOe. The electric field induced by out-of-plane magnetic field exceeds that induced by in-plane magnetic field by approximately 4 times. Nonlinearity of ferrite magnetostriction of the sample results in a doubling in the frequency and a strong distortion of the ME signals. The magnetically induced voltage can be found by integrating the ordinary ME voltage coefficient over magnetic field.     

Effects of rotation on Landau states of electrons on a spherical shell

Based on a previously observed analogy between electromagnetic and non-inertial effects, we investigate the competition between magnetic field and rotation in the quantum motion of an electron constrained to the surface of a sphere. We solve numerically the Schrödinger equation of the problem for the energy eigenvalues and the eigenfunctions and compare the effects of the magnetic field and rotation. We obtain that, for a weak magnetic field, an electron can not distinguish between magnetic field and rotation, since they lead to equivalent behavior. But this is no longer true for strong magnetic fields. However, surprisingly, even though the rotation and magnetic fields play different roles in the electronic properties of the system, when together, each influence of the magnetic field on the energy levels can be separately balanced by rotation. We also show that no matter the intensity of the magnetic field, it is always possible to destroy the Landau levels in the sphere by rotation.     

Experimental results on a hydrostatic bearing lubricated with a magnetorheological fluid

Magnetorheological fluids can be used as a smart lubricant as a result of the fact that its properties can be changed with the use of a magnetic field. Local flow resistance and local pressure can be generated by applying a local magnetic field. This work presents a hydrostatic bearing in which the pressure profile of a conventional hydrostatic bearing is recreated with solely the use of a magnetic field and a magnetorheological fluid. The magnetic field is applied only locally at the outer edges of the bearing with the use of an electromagnet. The principle is demonstrated with the use of an experimental setup and a model from literature.     

Electron transport in a double quantum dot governed by a nuclear magnetic field

We investigate theoretically electron transfer in a double dot in a situation where spin blockade is lifted by nuclear magnetic field: this has been recently achieved in experiment [F. Koppens, Science 309, 1346 (2005)]. We show that for a given realization of nuclear magnetic field spin blockade can be restored by tuning external magnetic field; this may be useful for quantum manipulation of the device.     

Gain of a free-electron laser in the Magneto-Compton regime

The gain of a free-electron laser in the presence of a guide magnetic field is calculated for the Raman and Compton regimes. It is found that the external magnetic field enhances the gains, and that for non-monoenergetic relativistic electron beams with a guide magnetic field the Compton process can become important.     

Avian magnetoreception model realized by coupling a magnetite-based mechanism with a radical-pair-based mechanism

Many animal species have been proven to use the geomagnetic field for their navigation, but the biophysical mechanism of magnetoreception has remained enigmatic. In this paper, we present a special biophysical model that consists of magnetite-based and radical-pair-based mechanisms for avian magnetoreception. The amplitude of the resultant magnetic field around the magnetic particles corresponds to the geomagnetic field direction and affects the yield of singlet/triplet state products in the radical-pair reactions. Therefore, in the proposed model, the singlet/triplet state product yields are related to the geomagnetic field information for orientational detection. The resultant magnetic fields corresponding to two materials with different magnetic properties are analyzed under different geomagnetic field directions. The results show that ferromagnetic particles in organisms can provide more significant changes in singlet state products than superparam- agnetic particles, and the period of variation for the singlet state products with an included angle in the geomagnetic field is approximately 180 when the magnetic particles are ferromagnetic materials, consistent with the experimental results obtained from the avian magnetic compass. Further, the calculated results of the singlet state products in a reception plane show that the proposed model can explain the avian magnetoreception mechanism with an inclination compass.     

Optical spin orientation of a single manganese atom in a quantum dot

The magnetic state of a single magnetic atom (Mn) embedded in an individual semiconductor quantum dot is optically probed using micro-spectroscopy. A high degree of spin polarization can be achieved for an individual Mn atom localized in a quantum dot using quasi-resonant or fully-resonant optical excitation at zero magnetic field. Optically created spin polarized carriers generate an energy splitting of the Mn spin and enable magnetic moment orientation controlled by the photon helicity and energy. The dynamics and the magnetic field dependence of the optical pumping mechanism shows that the spin lifetime of an isolated Mn atom at zero magnetic field is controlled by a magnetic anisotropy induced by the built-in strain in the quantum dots. The Mn spin distribution prepared by optical pumping is fully conserved for a few microseconds. This opens the way to full optical control of the spin state of an individual magnetic atom in a solid state environment.     

Effects of a magnetic field on a modulated phase

The effects of a magnetic field on a modulated phase are studied. A modulated phase is found to have two critical fields H₁ and H₂. For a large enough magnetic field, H₁ and H₂ can be approximated by a linear law. As a result, the minimum magnetic field needed to destroy a modulated phase is a constant. The minimum magnetic field also greatly depends on the order of a commensurate phase. A very high order commensurate phase and an incommensurate phase cannot survive a magnetic field. The behaviour of a magnetoelastic chain in a magnetic field can be described by a harmless devil's staircase. The inverse temperature is found to play a role similar to that of a special magnetic field. The deeper physics underlying these new phenomena is the breaking of the left-right symmetry of a phase diagram. As a result a controllable path to a modulated phase is found.     

Controllable Optical Bistability in a Crystal of Molecular Magnets System

We investigate the formation of optical bistability (OB) in a crystal of molecular magnets contained in a unidirectional ring cavity. The crystal is subjected to one dc magnetic field and two (probe and coupling) ac resonant magnetic field. The results show that OB can be controlled efficiently by adjusting the intensity of the control field, the detuning of probe magnetic field and the cooperation parameter. Furthermore, within certain parameter range, the optical multistablity (OM) can also be observed in the crystal medium. This investigation can be used for designing new types of nonelectronic devices for realizing switching process.     

Thermal entanglement of two interacting qubits in a static magnetic field

We study systematically the entanglement of a two-qubit Heisenberg XY model in thermal equilibrium in the presence of an external arbitrarily-directed static magnetic field, thereby generalizing our prior work [G. Lagmago Kamta, A.F. Starace, Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 107901 (2002)]. We show that a magnetic field having a component in the xy-plane containing the spin-spin interaction components produces different entanglement for ferromagnetic (FM) and antiferromagnetic (AFM) couplings. In particular, quantum phase transitions induced by the magnetic field-driven level crossings always occur for the AFM-coupled qubits, but only occur in FM-coupled qubits when the coupling is of Ising type or when the magnetic field has a component perpendicular to the xy-plane. When the magnetic field has a component in the xy-plane, the cut-off temperature above which the entanglement of both the FM- and AFM-coupled qubits vanishes can always be controlled using the magnetic field for any value of the XY coupling anisotropy parameter. Thus, by adjusting the magnetic field, an entangled state of two spins can be produced at any finite temperature. Finally, we find that a higher level of entanglement is achieved when the in-plane component of the magnetic field is parallel to the direction in which the XY exchange coupling is smaller.     

Mode selection in a neuron driven by Josephson junction current in presence of magnetic field

Josephson junction is an active electric component and its channel current can be adjusted by external magnetic field, which can trigger additive phase error along the junction. From physical viewpoint, the Josephson junction can capture and release field energy when it is exposed to a magnetic field, and this time-varying current can be used to excite neural circuit for generating target firing patterns. In this paper, a Josephson junction is connected to a simple neural circuit, which is made of a capacitor, induction coil, a nonlinear resistor, two linear resistors and one constant voltage source in the branch, and the improved neural circuit is adjusted to percept external magnetic field and estimate the potential application of Josephson junction in nonlinear circuits. Bifurcation analysis is applied to explore the mode selection and dynamics dependence on parameters setting in the biophysical neural circuits. Furthermore, the neural circuit is exposed to external magnetic field and its physical effect is estimated by applying scale transformation on the variables and parameters in the neural circuit. It is confirmed that the neural circuit can be controlled and the neural activity shows distinct mode transition by taming the intensity (or angular frequency in periodic field) of external magnetic field. This kind of neural circuit can be further used as smart sensor for detecting weak magnetic field.     

强磁场中弱相互作用费米气体的热力学性质

基于赝势法和局域密度近似研究了强磁场中弱相互作用费米气体的热力学性质,得出化学势、总能和热容量的解析式,同时分析了磁场及相互作用对系统热力学性质的影响.研究表明,无论是高温情况还是低温情况下,磁场都能调节相互作用的影响.低温下,与无磁场的系统相比,磁场降低系统的化学势、总能和热容量;与无相互作用系统相比,排斥作用增加化学势而降低总能及热容量.高温下,磁场和排斥作用均可降低系统的总能而增加热容量,强磁场可以改变相互作用对总能及热容量的影响. 关键词： 强磁场 弱相互作用 费米气体 热力学性质     

Bipartite entanglement of a two-qubit system with anisotropic couplings under nonuniform magnetic fields

This paper investigates bipartite entanglement of a two-qubit system with anisotropic couplings under an inhomogeneous magnetic field. This work is mainly to investigate the characteristics of a Heisenberg XYZ chain and obtains some meaningful results. By the concept of negativity, it finds that the inhomogeneity of magnetic field may induce entanglement and the critical magnetic field is independent of J_z. The inhomogeneous magnetic field can increase the value of critical magnetic field B_c. It also finds that the magnetic field not only suppresses the entanglement but also can induce it to revival for some time.     

Analysis of a non-contact magnetoelastic torque transducer

Results are presented for the performance of a magnetoelastic torque transducer that converts a torque-induced strain in a non-magnetic shaft into changes in a measurable magnetic field. The magnetic field is generated by a thin magnetostrictive layer that is coated onto the circumference of the shaft. The layer is magnetized and has an initial residual strain. The magnetization within the layer rotates in response to changes in the strain which occur when the shaft is torqued. The magnetic field produced by the layer changes with the magnetization and this can be sensed by a magnetometer to monitor the torque on the shaft. In this paper, a phenomenological theory is developed for predicting the performance of the transducer. The theory can be used to predict the magnetic field distribution of the transducer as a function of the physical properties of the magnetic coating, its residual strain, and the applied torque. It enables rapid parametric analysis of transducer performance, which is useful for the development and optimization of novel non-contact torque sensors.     

Neutrino interaction with nucleons in the envelope of a collapsing star with a strong magnetic field

The interaction of neutrinos with nucleons in the envelope of a remnant of collapsing system with a strong magnetic field during the passage of the main neutrino flux is investigated. General expressions are derived for the reaction rates and for the energy-momentum transferred to the medium through the neutrino scattering by nucleons and in the direct URCA processes. Parameters of the medium in a strong magnetic field are calculated under the condition of quasi-equilibrium with neutrinos. Numerical estimates are given for the neutrino mean free paths and for the density of the force acting on the envelope along the magnetic field. It is shown that, in a strong toroidal magnetic field, the envelope region partially transparent to neutrinos can acquire a large angular acceleration on the passage time scales of the main neutrino flux.     

目标场法在悬浮超导球体的球形线圈设计中的应用

文中把目标场法引入到悬浮超导球体的球形线圈设计中,根据目标场法产生均匀磁场的原理,通过离散化绕组来近似处理球形线圈在超导球体和球形线圈的间隙内产生均匀磁场的电流密度分布规律。利用有限元分析和验证,在超导球体与球形线圈之间的间隙内产生了具有很好均匀性的悬浮磁场,这会明显提高超导球体悬浮的刚度和稳定性。