Another glance at the rainbow

Inflationary cosmology predicts the generation of both density perturbation and relic gravitons. Tests of these predictions, especially the relic gravitons, will be crucial to the verification of inflation. Efforts have been made to distinguish different inflation models using observed anisotropies of the cosmic microwave background radiation. However, the fact that both scalar and tensor modes contribute to the Sachs-Wolfe effect renders such determination difficult. We point out that, mediated by the primordial magnetic field, the relic gravitons can resonantly convert into photons at the same frequencies. Measurement of the spectrum of these long wavelength EM waves can help to determine the power law index directly, which will distinguish different inflationary models. This opens up a new window for another glance at gravity's rainbow.This essay received the fourth award from the Gravity Research Foundation, 1995—Ed.     

Temperature of the inflaton and duration of inflation from Wilkinson microwave anisotropy probe data

If the initial state of the inflaton field is taken to have a thermal distribution instead of the conventional zero particle vacuum state then the curvature power spectrum gets modified by a temperature dependent factor such that the fluctuation spectrum of the microwave background radiation is enhanced at larger angles. We compare this modified cosmic microwave background spectrum with Wilkinson microwave anisotropy probe data to obtain an upper bound on the temperature of the inflaton at the time our current horizon crossed the horizon during inflation. We further conclude that there must be additional -foldings of inflation beyond what is needed to solve the horizon problem.     

Detecting relics of a thermal gravitational wave background in the early Universe

A thermal gravitational wave background can be produced in the early Universe if a radiation dominated epoch precedes the usual inflationary stage. This background provides a unique way to study the initial state of the Universe. We discuss the imprint of this thermal spectra of gravitons on the cosmic microwave background (CMB) power spectra, and its possible detection by CMB observations. Assuming the inflationary stage is a pure de Sitter expansion we find that, if the number of e-folds of inflation is smaller than 65, the signal of this thermal spectrum can be detected by the observations of Planck and PolarBear experiments, or the planned EPIC experiments. This bound can be even looser if inflation-like stage is the sub-exponential.     

Temperature effect on the power spectrum in inflation

We examine the effect of the thermal vacuum on the power spectrum of inflation by using the thermal field dynamics. We find that the thermal effect influences the CMB anisotropy at large length scale. After removing the divergence by using the holographic cutoff, we observe that the thermal vacuum explains well the observational CMB result at low multipoles. This shows that the temperature dependent factor should be considered in the study of power spectrum in inflation, especially at large length scale.     

The thermodynamics of gravitational radiation

I conjecture, and show for a large class of cases, that given a spacelike hypersurface on which is an arbitrary distribution of linearized gravitons and matter, the latter satisfying the positive energy condition, the expectation value of the number of events in which a graviton is absorbed by or scattered inelastically from the matter within any future time,t, is always less then the expectation value of the number of gravitons in the initial state (except for a set of initial configurations of measure zero). Consequences of this result are: (1) the impossibility of any system containing gravitational radiation reaching thermal equilibrium in a finite time, (2) the absence of an ultraviolet catastrophe for gravitational radiation, (3) the impossibility of measuring accurately the quantum state of the linearized gravitational field, and (4) the impossibility of constructing a gravitational wave laser.This essay received the second award from the Gravity Research Foundation for the year 1983 [Ed.].     

连续波激光器腔内倍频晶体半解析分析方法的研究

连续波激光器系统腔内倍频非线性光学晶体吸收基频光辐射产生谐波的同时,也会在晶体内部产生非均匀温升,引起折射率变化,破坏位相匹配条件,影响激光器谐波转换效率.解决问题的关键是准确得出晶体内部温度场.由于激光器中激光模式和边界条件的复杂性,无法得到温度场的解析解.利用半解析热分析方法得出了晶体工作在TEM00模式下产生的温度场计算公式,分析了对温度场分布的各种影响.所得结果对连续波腔内倍频激光系统设计将起到指导作用.     

Horizon feedback inflation

We consider the effect of the Gibbons–Hawking radiation on the inflaton in the situation where it is coupled to a large number of spectator fields. We argue that this will lead to two important effects – a thermal contribution to the potential and a gradual change in parameters in the Lagrangian which results from thermodynamic and energy conservation arguments. We present a scenario of hilltop inflation where the field starts trapped at the origin before slowly experiencing a phase transition during which the field extremely slowly moves towards its zero temperature expectation value. We show that it is possible to obtain enough e-folds of expansion as well as the correct spectrum of perturbations without hugely fine-tuned parameters in the potential (albeit with many spectator fields). We also comment on how initial conditions for inflation can arise naturally in this situation.     

气动光学头罩热辐射效应数值仿真研究

气动热环境下高速飞行器的光学头罩由于受气动热效应作用,其温度急剧升高,产生严重的气动热辐射效应。为评估气动热环境下高速飞行器光学头罩热辐射对探测系统性能的影响,采用有限光线代表连续辐射的方法,并引入热瞳概念建立了气动光学头罩热辐射传输计算模型并对气动光学头罩自身干扰辐射光线在光学系统内的传输进行了数值仿真,考察了光学头罩温度场为非均匀分布时其自身干扰辐射在探测器接收面的辐照度分布。研究结果表明:由头罩顶点求得的热瞳是光学头罩热辐射能的公共入口,它可将光线追迹的时间减小至追迹全部光线所需时间的十几分之一;根据探测器接受面干扰辐射随时间的变化趋势可知在飞行数秒后头罩干扰辐射将淹没目标信号,气动光学头罩热辐射效应不容忽视。     

高功率Nd:YVO_4/KTP腔内倍频晶体温度分布的半解析热分析

非线性晶体KTP采用Ⅱ类相位匹配腔内倍频时,不仅要求晶体满足基频光的偏振匹配条件,而且所选用的晶体要求符合λ/2波片的条件,才能使晶体的谐波转换效率达到最佳。由于倍频晶体吸收基频光能量引起晶体内部非均匀温升,改变晶体内部各点的折射率,也会使晶体产生不应有的热形变,破坏晶体初始的位相匹配条件,严重影响输出激光的品质和倍频效率。减弱、改善这种情况的关键是准确得出在实际工作条件下晶体内部温度场。利用半解析热分析方法得出了KTP晶体内部温度场的计算方法,分析了各种热参量变化对KTP晶体内部温度场的影响。得出的结果具有一定的普适性,可以应用到具有轴对称形式内热源的其它热模型温度场的计算分析中,对连续波腔内倍频激光系统的设计将起到指导作用。     

等离子体源离子注入过程中半圆形碗状样品的两维温度分布

等离子体源离子注入过程(PSII)中样品温度是一个非常重要的参量。由于注入到样品上的能量很大，导致样品温度很高，所以在实验中获知样品的温度分布有着很重要的意义。本文利用热传导方程建立了半圆形碗状样品内部温度升高模型，研究样品内温度演化过程。以注入离子束流作为能量输入项，热辐射为能量损失项，并考虑了热辐射过程中样品的形状因子的影响。考察了离子注入过程中样品上所施加负偏压的脉冲宽度和频率对样品温度分布的影响。研究结果显示，脉冲频率达到一定值后，样品温度不再随频率增加而升高。     

Finite-temperature gravitational Čerenkov radiation

The graviton action in vacuum is generalized for a medium with a constant gravitational index of refraction. From this generalized action the power spectrum of the erenkov radiation of gravitons is derived in the framework of source theory at zero and nonzero temperature.     

Gravitons in Minkowski space-time interactions and results of astrophysical interest

A review is presented of the quantization procedures applicable to linear gravitational fields in Minkowski space-time and of various interactions processes involving gravitons. The discussion is mainly concerned with those processes that in the Feynman diagrammatic approach involve gravitons on external lines and are of particular astrophysical interest because of their contribution to background gravitational radiation in the universe. More specifically they are graviton production from particle-antiparticle annihilation, gravitational bremsstrahlung, scattering of gravitons and photoproduction. Among the topics discussed are also, the graviton-particle vertex and some of its applications, and the problem of coherent emission of gravitational radiation in the laboratory.     

A quantum viewpoint of gravitational radiation

A simple quantum viewpoint of gravitational radiation is given. The starting point is the definition of the amplitude that a given source distribution of matter emits a graviton of goven momentum and helicity. From the corresponding probability distribution of the number of gravitons of a given energy, the classic slow motion expression for the power loss follows in a simple and lucid manner. Special attention is also given to the gauge terms in the analysis.     

用于显示乳房局部病灶组织红外热图像的伪彩色方法

通过检测人体体表每点的红外热辐射能量,可以得到反映体表温度分布的红外热图像。当乳房内部出现恶性肿瘤时,由于局部病灶组织具有异常的血运状态,会引起乳房表面病灶区域的温度显著升高。医生通过对乳房红外热图像病灶区域进行视觉分析、判断,可以实现对乳腺癌的检测。为了便于医生更好地发现这些病灶区域,本论文通过引入视觉因素,改进了传统的伪彩色显示方法,使病灶区域具有更鲜明的显示效果。这一方法的效果在47例乳腺癌病人的乳房红外热图像上得到了证实。采用这一方法对红外热图像病灶区域进行视觉分析所得到的结果,可以和采用近红外光谱等方法得到的组织血运状态进行对照比较,从而获得更为确切的诊断信息。     

Effective temperature of thermal radiation from non-uniform temperature distributions and nanoparticles

We study thermal radiation properties from non-uniform temperature distributions and nanoparticles, and define effective temperature. Conventionally, the temperature of a body is measured by fitting with the blackbody radiation spectrum, which assumes a uniform temperature throughout the body. We show the energy density of thermal radiation for non-uniform temperature distribution of the body and derive the effective temperature. Furthermore, the energy density of thermal radiation from nanoparticles is derived and the effective temperature of the body is shown to depend on the particle size.     

城市典型地物的热辐射特性研究

运用热红外技术监测地表温度已获得成熟的发展,城市化进程的加快使得城市热岛效应日益显现,有关城市典型地物热辐射特性的研究对于分析城市热岛现象的成因和分布具有重要意义。本文通过对保定市地面实测数据的研究发现,地物类型、观测时间和墙面朝向是影响城市典型地物热辐射亮度温度的主要因素。结果显示,地物类型的不同显著影响其亮度温度,但仍存在同谱异物现象;不同时间观测到的地物热辐射强度不同,且在很大程度上影响其在各通道上的亮温差异;不同朝向墙面的亮温也有差异,且这种差异随观测时间而改变。对城市典型地物热辐射特性的研究具有理论和实践意义,为热红外遥感监测城市热岛效应提供了依据。     

Gauge Model with Massive Gravitons

Gauge theory of gravity is formulated based on principle of local gauge invariance. Because the model hasstrict local gravitational gauge symmetry, and gauge theory of gravity is a perturbatively renormalizable quantum model.However, in the original model, all gauge gravitons are massless. We want to ask whether there exist massive gravitonsin Nature. In this paper, we will propose a gauge model with massive gravitons. The mass term of gravitational gaugefield is introduced into the theory without violating the strict local gravitational gauge symmetry. Massive gravitons canbe considered to be possible origin of dark energy and dark matter in the Universe.     

载人航天器舱壁温度动态分析

本文分析了采用三层结构舱壁的载人航天器在轨飞行时由于热辐射环境的变化引起的舱壁温度波动及温度分布,数值计算结果表明内防护层的温度分布比较均匀,受外部辐射变化影响很小,而对内部空气温度的波动响应比较大。并根据此结果提出了地面模拟的简化模型,分析了模型时间常数的影响因素,用数值计算验证了缩小实验周期的可能。     

Warm natural inflation

In warm inflation models there is the requirement of generating large dissipative couplings of the inflaton with radiation, while at the same time, not de-stabilising the flatness of the inflaton potential due to radiative corrections. One way to achieve this without fine tuning unrelated couplings is by supersymmetry. In this Letter we show that if the inflaton and other light fields are pseudo-Nambu–Goldstone bosons then the radiative corrections to the potential are suppressed and the thermal corrections are small as long as the temperature is below the symmetry breaking scale. In such models it is possible to fulfil the contrary requirements of an inflaton potential which is stable under radiative corrections and the generation of a large dissipative coupling of the inflaton field with other light fields. We construct a warm inflation model which gives the observed CMB-anisotropy amplitude and spectral index where the symmetry breaking is at the GUT scale.     

Infrared hierarchy,thermal brane inflation and superstrings as superheavy dark matter

In theories with TeV scale quantum gravity the standard model particles live on a brane propagating in large extra dimensions. Branes may be stabilized at large (sub-millimeter) distances from each other, either due to weak Van der Waals type interactions, or due to an infrared analog of Witten's inverse hierarchy scenario. In particular, this infrared stabilization may be responsible for a large size of extra dimensions. In either case, thermal effects can drive a brief period of the late inflation necessary to avoid the problems with high reheating temperature and the stable unwanted relics. The main reason is that the branes which repel each other at zero temperature can be temporarily glued together by thermal effects. It is crucial that the temperature needed to stabilize branes on top of each other can be much smaller than the potential energy of the bound-state, which drives inflation. After 10–15 e-foldings bound-states cool below the critical temperature and decay ending inflation. The parallel brane worlds get separated at this stage and superstrings (of a sub-millimeter size) get stretched between them. These strings can have the right density in order to serve as a superheavy dark matter.