The angular intensity correlation functions C(1) and C(10) for the scattering of light from randomly rough dielectric and metal surfaces

We study the statistical properties of the scattering matrix S(q|k) for the problem of the scattering of light of frequency ω from a randomly rough one-dimensional surface, defined by the equation x₃=ζ(x₁), where the surface profile function ζ(x₁) constitutes a zero-mean, stationary, Gaussian random process. This is done by studying the effects of S(q|k) on the angular intensity correlation function C(q,k|q',k')=〈I(q|k)I(q'|k')〉-〈I(q|k)〉〈I(q'|k')〉, where the intensity I(q|k) is defined in terms of S(q|k) by I(q|k)=L^-1₁(ω/c)|S(q|k)|², with L₁ the length of the x₁ axis covered by the random surface. We focus our attention on the C⁽¹⁾ and C⁽¹⁰⁾ correlation functions, which are the contributions to C(q,k|q',k') proportional to δ(q-k-q'+k') and δ(q-k+q'-k'), respectively. The existence of both of these correlation functions is consistent with the amplitude of the scattered field obeying complex Gaussian statistics in the limit of a long surface and in the presence of weak surface roughness. We show that the deviation of the statistics of the scattering matrix from complex circular Gaussian statistics and the C⁽¹⁰⁾ correlation function are determined by exactly the same statistical moment of S(q|k). As the random surface becomes rougher, the amplitude of the scattered field no longer obeys complex Gaussian statistics but obeys complex circular Gaussian statistics instead. In this case the C⁽¹⁰⁾ correlation function should therefore vanish. This result is confirmed by numerical simulation calculations.     

1-forms over the moduli space of irreducible connections defined by the spectrum of Dirac operators

Let (P) be the moduli space of irreducible connections of a G-principal bundle P over a closed Riemannian spin manifold M. Let D_A be the Dirac operator of M coupled to a connection A of P and f a smooth function on M. We consider a smooth variation A(u) of A with tangent vector ω and denote T_ω:= (D_A(u)−f) (u=0. The coefficients of the asymptotic expansion of trace (T_ω · e^-t(D_A−f)2) near t=0 define 1-forms a^(k)_f, K=0, 1, 2, … on (P). In this paper we calculate aa⁽⁰⁾_f, a⁽¹⁾_f, a⁽²⁾_f and study some of their properties. For instance using the 1-form a⁽²⁾_f for suitable functions f we obtain a foliation of codimension 5 of the space of G-instantons of S⁴.     

On the control of complex dynamic systems

A method is described for the limited control of the dynamics of systems which generally have several dynamic attractors. associated either with maps or first order ordinary differential equations (ODE) in ⁿ. The control is based on the existence of ‘convergent’ regions, C_C(k = 1,2,…), in the phase space of such systems, where there is ‘local convergence’ of all nearby orbits. The character of the control involves the ‘entrainment’ and subsequent possible ‘migration’ of the experimental system from one attractor to another. Entrainment means that lim_{t > → ∞} |x(t) − g(t)| = 0, where is the system's controlled dynamics, and the goal-dynamics, g(t) ε G_k, has any topological form but is limited dynamically and to regions of phase space, G_k, contained in some C_k, G_k C_k. The control process is initiated only when the system enters a ‘basin of entrainment’, BE_k G_k, associated with the goal-region G_k. Aside from this ‘macroscopic’ initial-state information about the system, no further feedback of dynamic information concerning the response of the system is required. The experimental reliability of the control requires that the regions, BE_k, be convex regions in the phase space, which can apparently be assured if G_k C_k. Simple illustrations of these concepts are given, using a general linear and a piecewise-linear ODE in . In addition to these entrainment-goals, ‘migration-goal’ dynamics is introduced, which intersects two convergent regions G ∩ C_j ≠ , G ∩ C_j ≠ (i ≠ j), and permits transferring the dynamics of a system from one attractor to another, or from one convergent region to another. In the present study these concepts are illustrated with various one-dimensional maps involving one or more attractors and convergent regions. Several theorems concerning entrainment are derived for very general, continuous one-dimensional maps. Sufficient conditions are also established which ensure ‘near-entrainment’ for a system, when the dynamic model of the system is not exactly known. The applications of these concepts to higher dimensional maps and flows will be presented in subsequent studies.     

Deux trajectoires de regge dans la reaction πp → πn

The possibility of describing the high-energy reaction π⁻p^→π⁰n with two Regge trajectories (t) and _'(t) is studied in more detail. These trajectories are assumed to be exactly linear in t, with (t) constrained to pass through (m²) = 1. We examine hypotheses in which (t) obeys either the Gell-Mann mechanism or the Chew mechanism, and in which '(t) is or is not a conspiring trajectory. The model is in good agreement with the data in practically all cases; greater experimental accuracy would be necessary to distinguish between the various hypothesis. Predictions are given for the neutron polarization at |t| < 1 GeV².     

A generalized Vlasov equation

A two-special dimension electronic system characterized by a plasma parameter Γ 1 is analyzed; then, by using a rigorous non-equilibrium statistical mechanical theory, the evolution of distribution function is considered. A generalized Vlasov equation (GVE) is derived. Compared to the usual Vlasov equation, GVE presents an additional velocity-dependent correlation term. Taking as a starting point the GVE, the phenomenological approximation to two-particles function, ƒ₂(r₁r₂p₁p₂; t) = ƒ₁(r₁p₁;t)f₁(r₂p₂;t)g(r₁−r₂), proposed by Singwi, Tosi, Landi and Sjolander is analyzed.     

Interactions between a tetraanionic porphyrin and the methylviologen dication in methanol studied by fluorescence quenching reaction

Fluorescence decay curves for 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(4-sulfonatophenyl)-21H,23H-porphine tetraanion (TPPS⁴⁻) have been measured in the absence and presence of the methylviologen dication (MV²⁺) with various ionic strengths in methanol. In the presence of MV²⁺ the fluorescence decays can be expressed by a double exponential function, I(t = I₁exp(−t/τ₁) + I₂exp(−t/τ₂). The contribution by the faster decay component to the total fluorescence signal increases with increasing MV²⁺ concentration. The faster decay process is attributed to fluorescence from the excited state of a solvent-separated ion pair (SSIP) formed between TPPS⁴⁻ and MV²⁺, and the slower process is attributed to fluorescence from free TPPS⁴⁻ ions in the solution. Rate constants for the quenching of fluorescence from free TPPS⁴⁻ by MV²⁺ (k_q) and formation constants for the SSIP (K_SSIP) were calculated and both are found to decrease with increasing ionic strength. The decrease in k_q and K_SSIP values can be interpreted in terms of the shielding of electrostatic attraction between the ions.     

Measurement of the neutron electric form factor

The neutron electric form factor G_E,n has been measured at three different four-momentum transfer in a D(|e|→, e′|e|→)p experiment. Neutronwere detected in a recoil 0 polarimeter, using a spin precession method. We present the experiment and the status of data analysis.     

Monte Carlo optimisation of correlated wave functions for normal two-electron systems

A simple, new type of correlated wave function is proposed for the studies of normal two-electron atomic systems: ψ(r₁, r₂) = Σc_mΦ_m(r₁, r₂) with Φ_m(r₁, r₂) = exp[−(r₁ + r₂)]/(br₁₂ + a)^m, where , a, b are non-linear variational parameters. A notable feature of this basis function is that only three terms are required within the framework of the Raleigh-Ritz variational principle to obtain fairly accurate energy eigenvalues and satisfactory cusp conditions. The non-linear variational parameters are optimised by using the Monte Carlo technique.     

Topology change and θ-vacua in 2D Yang-Mills theory

We discuss the existence of θ-vacua in pure Yang-Mills theory in two space-time dimensions. More precisely, a procedure is given which allows one to classify the distinct quantum theories possessing the same classical limit for an arbitrary connected gauge group G and compact space-time manifold M (possibly with boundary) possessing a special basepoint. For any such G and M it is shown that the above quantizations are in one-to-one correspondence with the irreducible unitary representations (IUR's) of π₁(G) if M is orientable, and with the IUR's of π₁(G)/2π₁(G) if M is non-orientable.     

Calogero-Moser and Toda systems for twisted and untwisted affine Lie algebras

The elliptic Calogero-Moser Hamiltonian and Lax pair associated with a general simple Lie algebra G are shown to scale to the (affine) Toda Hamiltonian and Lax pair. The limit consists in taking the elliptic modulus τ and the Calogero-Moser couplings m to infinity, while keeping fixed the combination M = m e^iδθτ for some exponent δ. Critical scaling limits arise when 1/δ equals the Coxeter number or the dual Coxeter number for the untwisted and twisted Calogero-Moser systems respectively; the limit consists then of the Toda system for the affine Lie algebras G⁽¹⁾ and (G⁽¹⁾)^V. The limits of the untwisted or twisted Calogero-Moser system, for δ less than these critical values, but non-zero, consists of the ordinary Toda system, while for δ = 0, it consists of the trigonometric Calogero-Moser systems for the algebras G and G^V respectively.     

Ultrasonic and viscometric studies of molecular interactions in binary mixtures of formamide with ethanol, 1-propanol, 1,2-ethanediol and 1,2-propanediol at different temperatures

The ultrasonic speeds, u and viscosities, η of binary mixtures of formamide (FA) with ethanol, 1-propanol, 1,2-ethanediol, and 1,2-propanediol, including those of pure liquids, over the entire composition range were measured at 293.15, 298.15, 303.15, 308.15, 313.15, and 318.15 K. From the experimental values of u and η, the deviations in isentropic compressibility, Δk_s, in ultrasonic speed, Δu, and in viscosity, Δη were calculated. The variation of these parameters with composition and temperature of the mixtures are discussed in terms of molecular interaction in these mixtures. The observed trends in Δk_s values indicate the presence of specific interactions between FA and alkanol molecules. The Δk_s values follow the order: ethanol < 1-propanol < 1,2-propanediol < 1,2-ethanediol. It is observed that the Δk_s values depend upon the number of hydroxyl groups and alkyl chain length in these alkanol molecules. Furthermore, the free energies, ΔG, enthalpies, ΔH and entropies, ΔS of activation of viscous flow have also been obtained by using Eyring viscosity equation and their dependence on composition of the mixtures have been discussed.     

Stochastically excited waves in a 1D random medium - the mean field and power spectrum

Scalar wave propagation is examined when both the wave source and the propagation speed are random. Results are derived for the mean field and the power spectrum using the second-order Born approximation. The results depend on whether the source S(x, t) and the propagation speed c(x, t) are correlated or not. When they are uncorrelated, the mean field is zero. When they are correlated, the mean field is non-zero only when the source is non-stationary. The power spectrum is incoherent to leading order. There is a transfer of energy from lower to higher frequencies owing to wave scattering. The corresponding frequency upshift of the power profile in the (k, ω) domain is mainly caused by the cross power between the direct and the twice scattered field, which represents a second-order incoherent power contribution. The results are confirmed using a numerical solution of the wave equation where the scattered field is expanded to fifth order.     

The adsorption position of Hg on Ni(100): a transmission channeling study

The adsorption position of Hg on Ni(100) has been studied with transmission channeling. It is shown that for coverages up to 0.5 monolayer (ML), Hg adsorbs in the four-fold hollow site (FFHS) at a height of 2.25 ± 0.10 rA. This is at variance with an earlier report of adsorption in the bridge site. For a crystal temperature of 115 K and low coverage (θ_Hg t 0.18 ML), the two-dimensional vibration amplitude parallel to the surface, ρ_Hg, is 0.10 +- 0.03 rA, but at higher coverage, θ_Hg 0.45 ML, there is an apparent increase in the root-mean-square displacement of the Hg atoms from the FFHS. Possible origins of this increase are discussed.     

Antibunching and sub-poissonian photon statistics in the Jaynes-Cummings model

Sub-poissonian photon statistics and antibunching by the definition based on the positive derivative of g⁽²⁾ (t, t+τ) as a function of the delay time τ at τ=0 are treated in a single-mode single-two-level-atom model. It is shown, in particular, that sub-poissonian behaviour may be accompanied by bunching or antibunching and photon-antibunching may be accompanied by sub-poissonian or super-poissonian field statistics. It is also shown that the photon-antibunching persists with increasing mean photon number of an initial chaotic state while the sub-Poisson behaviour disappears.     

Kondo screening in gapless magnetic alloys

The low-energy physics of a spin- Kondo impurity in a gapless host, in which the density of band states ρ₀(ε)=|ε|^r/(|ε|^r+β^r) vanishes at the Fermi level ε=0, is studied by the Bethe ansatz. It is shown that the growth of the parameter Γ_r=βg^−1/r (where g is an exchange coupling constant) drives the ground state of the system from the Kondo regime with a screened impurity spin to the Anderson regime, where the impurity spin is unscreened. However, in a weak magnetic field H, the impurity spin exceeds its free value, , due to a strong coupling to a band.     

Perturbative–nonperturbative interference in the static QCD interaction at small distances

Short distance static quark–antiquark interaction is studied systematically using the background perturbation theory with nonperturbative background described by field correlators. A universal linear term 6N_csσr/2π is observed at small distance r due to the interference between perturbative and nonperturbative contributions. Possible modifications of this term due to additional subleading terms are discussed and implications for systematic corrections to OPE are formulated.     

Off-energy-shell continuation of the two-nucleon transition matrix in the presence of tensor forces

For a coupled partial wave with a bound state, the entire T-matrix is determined by the bound-state energy and wave function, the on-shell mixing parameter and a real symmetric matrix function σ(k₂,₂ k₁₁) of the continuous momentum variables k and the discrete eigenchannel labels . The on-shell part of σ is given by the eigenphases, the arbitrariness of the T-matrix is the off-shell continuation of this phase-shift matrix σ(k₂, k₁) into two dimensions. Three possible techniques are suggested to go from to the entire T-matrix. This construction procedure for T avoids the usual complications of a potential fit.     

Solvent fluctuations and viscosity-dependent rates of solution reactions in a regime indescribable by the transition state theory

An organic molecule isomerizes in viscous solvents when appropriate cavities are formed around it in the course of slow diffusive thermal fluctuations of solvent molecules. The isomerization occurs when fast twisting (vibrational) fluctuations around a bond get to have large amplitudes in such cavities. This situation can be described by the two-reaction-coordinate model of Sumi and Marcus originally proposed for electron transfer reactions. In fact, the rate constant derived from this model fits nicely to that observed for thermal Z→E isomerization of substituted azobenzenes and N-benzylideneanilines. The rate constant is influenced by slow speeds of diffusive motions of solvent molecules, whose relaxation time τ is usually proportional to the solvent viscosity η. It has a form of k = 1/(k_TST⁻¹+k_f⁻¹), where k_TST, independent of τ, represents the rate constant expected from the transition state theory (TST), while k_f ∝ τ⁻ with 0 < ≤ 1 represents the part controlled by solvent fluctuations. An analytic expression of for the isomerization reactions is given in terms of physical parameters underlying the reaction mechanism with cavity formation.

This rate-constant formula is a general one applicable widely also to other solution reactions, covering from the TST-validated regime for a small τ to the TST-invalidated one for a large τ. In the former, k approaches k_TST since k_f k_TST, while in the latter, k approaches k_f since k_f k_TST, becoming decreasing with a decrease in the typical speed (∝ τ⁻¹) of solvent fluctuations. The dependence of k ≈ k_f ∝ η⁻ in the non-TST regime has often been observed also in biological reactions such as enzymatic ones. In this case, it is not appropriate to say that reactions are controlled by slow speeds of solvent fluctuations, but we should rather say that enzymes utilize this situation, which has been called conformational gating, in the course of solvent-fluctuation-driven conformational fluctuations of proteins. It has important meanings in protein functions.     

Incommensurability in an exactly-soluble quantal and classical model for a kicked rotator

The Hamiltonian H = 2πp + V(θ) Σ^∞_−∞ δ(t − n)(0 θ < 2π) is solved exactly, classically and quantally; the so lutions depend strongly on . There is no classical chaos and the phase cylinder p, θ is filled with invariant curves, which are finite loops around the cylinder if is sufficiently irrational and are translates of the infinitely long p axis if is rational. Quantal quasi-energy states correspond exactly to these invariant curves: localized in p and extended in θ if is sufficiently irrational, and extended in p and localized in θ if is rational. For a classical or quantal initial pure-momentum state, the energy at time t = n grows as n² if is rational (resonance) and remains bounded if is sufficiently irrational (non-resonance). If is very nearly rational (marginal resonance), the energy may grow as n^λ where λ is expressed in terms of exponents describing the irrationality of and the continuity class of V(θ). If the value of is uncertain, ensemble-averaging over shows that the energy grows ultimately as n, i.e. diffusively, as though under random impulses.