Zitterbewegung in thin-film topological insulators in the presence of a terahertz pulse

Zitterbewegung (trembling motion) in thin-film topological insulators in the presence of a terahertz pump pulse has been considered. An analytical expression for the electric current density has been derived, which describes the electric current induced by the motion of an electron wave packet. The electron subsystem has been considered in the long-wavelength approximation, and the electromagnetic field has been described classically in the constant-pump approximation. The numerical analysis of the results has been carried out.     

Extremely short optical pulses in strained graphene in terms of the gauge theory

Evolution of optical pulses, which propagate in strained graphene, has been investigated. The effective wave equation for the vector potential of the electromagnetic field has been derived. The tensile strain of graphene layers has been described using the effective vector-potential in terms of the gauge theory. The numerical solution of the derived wave equation has been presented and the dependence of the pulse strength and shape on the magnitude of the external strain has been analyzed.     

Electron transport in semiconductors in the presence of impact ionization

The development of impact ionization in semiconductors has been considered. A transport equation for the electron distribution function in the presence of impact ionization has been derived. It has been found that the collison integral of this equation is nonlinear with respect to the distribution function. The relation between the solutions of this equation and the usual Boltzmann equation have been determined. A Monte Carlo method for numerical calculations in the presence of impact ionization has been developed. The results of numerical calculations carried out using a simplified model of indium antimonide are presented.     

Quasi-phase-matched modulation instability in birefringent fibers

The phase-sensitive nature of polarization modulation instability has been demonstrated in optical fibers whose birefringence has been manipulated to generate phase mismatches. Quasi-phase-matched modulation instability has been demonstrated, and the gain of the quasi-phase-matched sidebands has been investigated. The results are in good agreement with experiment.     

ANSYS在气体探测器电场分布计算中的应用

介绍了气体探测器电场分布的计算方法,以计算MSGC探测器单元电场分布为例说明了如何用ANSYS软件包来计算结构较复杂的气体探测器内部电场分布,同时讨论了电场分布对气体探测器性能的影响.     

Dusty plasma structures in magnetic fields in a dc discharge

The formation of dusty plasma structures has been experimentally investigated in a cylindrical dc discharge in axial magnetic fields up to 2500 G. The rotation of the dusty plasma structures about the discharge symmetry axis with a frequency depending on the magnetic field has been observed. When the field increases to 700 G, the displacement of dust particles from the axial region of the discharge to the periphery, along with the continuation of the rotation, has been observed. The kinetic temperatures of the dust particles, the diffusion coefficients, and the effective nonideality parameter have been determined for various magnetic fields. The explanation of the features in the behavior of the dust particles in the discharge in the magnetic field has been proposed on the basis of the analysis of ambipolar diffusion in the magnetized plasma. The maximum magnetic field at which the levitation of the dust particles in the discharge is possible has been estimated.     

Deflagration-to-detonation transition in spiral channels

The deflagration-to-detonation transition in hydrogen–air mixtures that fill spiral channels has been studied. A spiral channel has been produced in a cylindrical detonation tube with a twisted ribbon inside. The gas mixture has been ignited by means of a spark gap switch. The predetonation distance versus the twisted ribbon configuration and molar ratio between the gas mixture components has been determined. A pulling force exerted by the detonation tube after a single event of hydrogen–air mixture burnout has been found for four configurations of the twisted ribbon. Conditions under which the use of a spiral tube can be more effective (increase the pulling force) have been formulated.     

Current-induced spin polarization of holes in tellurium

The current-induced optical activity in a tellurium single crystal has been experimentally investigated in the mid-infrared spectral region. The phenomenological theory of the current-induced optical activity has been considered and the microscopic mechanism of this phenomenon has been described. The dependence of the degree of spin polarization of holes in tellurium on the electric current density has been determined. An approximate analytical expression relating the current-induced optical activity to the degree of spin polarization of holes has been obtained.     

Nucleation kinetics in a CuCl solid solution in glass: Calculation and comparison with experiment

The kinetics of formation of CuCl nanoparticles in a glass has been studied. The experimental results obtained have been compared with the results of calculations. A method has been developed for calculating the nucleation kinetics, which decreases the time of calculations by a factor of several tens. This has been achieved using the joint kinetic equation for distributions of clusters over the number of particles and over the radius. The distributions over the number of particles and over the radius have been used for small and large clusters, respectively. The concentration of molecules near the surface of clusters has been determined from the asymptotic solution of the diffusion equation. For subcritical clusters, the concentration of molecules near the cluster surface has been taken to be equal to the average concentration in the solid solution. This method has been used to calculate the nucleation kinetics of CuCl nanoparticles in a glass. The results obtained from the calculation of the time dependences of the increase in the concentration and average radius of clusters agree well with experiment.     

Momentum spread in a relativistic electron beam in an undulator

The motion of the relativistic electron beam in the spatially periodic magnetic field of an undulator has been considered taking into account the effect of the incoherent field of the spontaneous undulator radiation on the motion of the electrons. An expression for the rms momentum of the electrons has been obtained. It has been shown that the momentum spread in the ultrarelativistic electron beam increases in the spontaneous incoherent emission mode. Conditions for the self-amplification of the spontaneous undulator radiation in ultrashort-wavelength free-electron lasers have been discussed.     

Magnetoplasma resonance in a GaAs/AlGaAs quantum well in a strong parallel magnetic field

The dispersion of magnetoplasma excitations in two-dimensional electron systems in a strong parallel magnetic field has been studied. A considerable increase in the electron cyclotron mass with an increase in the parallel component of magnetic field has been detected. It has been found that the cyclotron mass increment is a quadratic function of the magnetic field parallel to the interface. It has been shown that the mass anisotropy of 2D electrons induced by the parallel magnetic field reaches nearly 2.5 in B _‖ = 7 T. The energy of space quantization of the electron in the quantum well has been estimated from the magnetic field dependence of the anisotropy.     

Surname distribution in population genetics and in statistical physics

Surnames tend to behave like neutral genes, and their distribution has attracted a growing attention from genetists and physicists. We review the century-long history of surname studies and discuss the most recent developments. Isonymy has been regarded as a tool for the measurement of consanguinity of individuals and populations and has been applied to the analysis of migrations. The analogy between patrilineal surname transmission and the propagation of Y chromosomes has been exploited for the genetic characterization of families, communities and control groups. Surname distribution is the result of a stochastic dynamics, which has been studied either as a Yule process or as a branching phenomenon: both approaches predict the asymptotic power-law behavior which has been observed in many empirical researches. Models of neutral evolution based on the theory of disordered systems have suggested the application of field-theoretical techniques, and in particular the Renormalization Group, to describe the dynamics leading to scale-invariant distributions and to compute the related (critical) exponents.     

Domain structure in ferroelectric-ferromagnetic films

The conditions for the phase transition to the ferroelectromagnetic phase in ferroelectric-ferromagnetic films through the mechanism of the loss of stability of the initial homogeneous state have been considered. The geometry of the domain structure and the temperature of the transition to the inhomogeneous state have been determined. The condition for the phase transition to the ferroelectromagnetic phase has been established and determined by the relationship between the temperature-dependent coefficients of the expansion of the thermodynamic potential into a series in terms of the polarization and magnetization vector components. The influence of free charge carriers on the geometry of the domain structure and the transition temperature has been studied. The possible existence of a single-domain state has been discussed. The permittivity of a multidomain sample has been determined. The feasibility of exploiting the studied material for nondestructive recording and reading of information has been noted.     

Shape of the signal of double radio-optical resonance in 85Rb atomic vapors in strong fields

A transmission peak has been experimentally observed in the center of the signal of double radio-optical resonance in rubidium atomic vapors at the hyperfine splitting frequency of the ground state. It has been shown that this structure appears due to the Doppler detuning of the optical field and the corresponding optical shift of the microwave field. An analytical expression has been obtained for the shape of this resonance and the effect has been qualitatively explained.     

Supersymmetry in complex space-time

An interconnection between superluminal transformation and supersymmetric transformations has been investigated in complex C³-space and the evolution of bosonic and fermionic subspaces in such space has been undertaken. Introducing the suitable anticommuting operators to induce grading in Poincare group in C³-space in terms of components of complex angular momentum operator, the supersymmetric algebra connecting bradyonic and tachyonic bosons and fermions has been constructed and it has been demonstrated that the difference between scales of bosonic and fermionic subspaces in C³-space increases quickly in spite of their closeness initially.     

Temperature dependence of the cyclotron resonance in graphene

The dynamic conductivity of graphene in a magnetic field under the conditions of cyclotron resonance has been calculated. The effect of the temperature on cyclotron resonance has been analyzed. So-called multiple resonances have been considered. A dimensionless quantity determining the width and amplitude of the cyclotron peak in the conductivity has been found. Coulomb corrections to the electronic spectrum have been discussed.     

Flicker Noise in a Locally Nonequilibrium Medium

A model implying that particles of a medium are subjected to external forces with a flicker noise spectrum has been proposed to describe fluctuations in locally nonequilibrium physical media. The Langevin equation with additional integral terms describing the action of the locally nonequilibrium medium has been derived. The spectral density of fluctuations of an electric current flowing in the locally nonequilibrium medium has been calculated. It has been found that this density in the low-frequency spectral range is flicker noise.     

Converging shock waves in metals

Study of propagation of a spherically converging shock wave has been carried out by Whitham’s method. The variation of shock velocity and pressure along the radius of curvature has been calculated numerically for a number of metals. Attempt has also been made to compare the experimental results of velocity of detonation wave with those reported elsewhere by the application of Whitham’s method. A good agreement between experimental and theoretical results has been obtained in this study.     

A cosmological study in massive gravity theory

A detailed study of the various cosmological aspects in massive gravity theory has been presented in the present work. For the homogeneous and isotropic FLRW model, the deceleration parameter has been evaluated, and, it has been examined whether there is any transition from deceleration to acceleration in recent past, or not. With the proper choice of the free parameters, it has been shown that the massive gravity theory is equivalent to Einstein gravity with a modified Newtonian gravitational constant together with a negative cosmological constant. Also, in this context, it has been examined whether the emergent scenario is possible, or not, in massive gravity theory. Finally, we have done a cosmographic analysis in massive gravity theory.     

Collisional Relaxation of Luminescence Anisotropy in Rarefied Gases in the Condensed Phase

The orientational relaxation of optically induced anisotropy in rarefied gases and at a damped rotation has been investigated. It has been found that the anisotropy relaxation in rarefied gases is described by a reduced kinetic equation depending only on free rotation integrals. The behavior of the integral anisotropy of luminescence for free symmetric and asymmetric top molecules has been elucidated. The law of luminescence depolarization has been obtained for asymmetric top molecules in the Gordon J-diffusion model. It represents the sum of two Stern–Volmer-type dependences, whose relative contribution is determined by the orientation of the dipole moments of transitions with absorption and emission of light in the molecular coordinate system and by the principal moments of inertia of the molecular top. It has been established that in the limit of a strongly damped rotation, kinetic equations of the general form reduce to equations of rotational diffusion. A number of modified diffusion equations correctly describing the contribution of inertial effects to the orientational relaxation of anisotropy have been obtained.