Role of Brans-Dicke Theory with?or?without?Self-Interacting Potential in?Cosmic?Acceleration

In this work we have studied the possibility of obtaining cosmic acceleration in Brans-Dicke theory with varying or constant ω (Brans-Dicke parameter) and with or without self-interacting potential, the background fluid being barotropic fluid or Generalized Chaplygin Gas. Here we take the power law form of the scale factor and the scalar field. We show that accelerated expansion can also be achieved for high values of ω for closed Universe.     

Infrared detection by Tl?Ba?Ca?Cu?O superconducting films

The response of polycrystalline Tl–Ba–Ca–Cu–O superconducting thin films on short laser pulses has been investigated for radiation between 10 m and 500 m wavelength. Fast signals with time constants less than 1 ns were observed for wavelengths longer than about 100 m whereas for shorter wavelengths only a bolometric signal could be detected.     

In situ transmission electron microscopy observations of?the?crystallization of?amorphous?Ge?films

The crystallization of amorphous Ge films has been studied as a function of annealing temperature between 400 and 700°C by in situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM). It is found that crystallization does not occur until the annealing temperature reaches 650°C, which is nearly 250°C higher than the crystallization temperature in previous reports. The high crystallization temperature and average crystal size obtained by in situ TEM are in agreement with those from Raman spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction measurement. The kinetics analysis indicates that homogeneous nucleation is the dominant crystallization mode and the activation energy is up to about 3.1 eV.     

The Dynamical Behaviour of Test Particles in?a?Quasi-spherical Spacetime and the?Physical Meaning?of?Superenergy

We calculate the instantaneous proper radial acceleration of test particles (as measured by a locally defined Lorentzian observer) in a Weyl spacetime, close to the horizon. As expected from the Israel theorem, there appear some bifurcations with respect to the spherically symmetric case (Schwarzschild) which are explained in terms of the behaviour of the superenergy, bringing out the physical relevance of this quantity in the study of general relativistic systems.     

Wigner Functions and Tomograms of?the?Klauder-Perelomov Coherent States for?the?Pseudoharmonic Oscillator

Using the coherent state representation of Wigner operator and the technique of integration within an ordered product (IWOP) of operators, the Wigner functions of the Klauder-Perelomov coherent states (KP-CSs) for the pseudoharmonic oscillator (PHO) are obtained and the variations of the Wigner functions with the parameters k and z are discussed. Moreover, the tomograms of the KP-CSs for the PHO are calculated by virtue of intermediate coordinate-momentum representation in quantum optics. Project 10574060 supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and project X071049 supported by Science Foundation of Liaocheng University.     

Quantum Teleportation and Quantum Information Splitting by?Using?a?Genuinely?Entangled Six-Qubit State

A new application of the genuinely entangled six-qubit state introduced recently by Tapiador et al. (J. Phys. A 42:415301, 2009) is investigated for the quantum teleportation of an arbitrary three-qubit state and for quantum information splitting (QIS) of an arbitrary two-qubit state. For QIS, we have shown that it can be completed perfectly with two distinct measurement methods. In our scheme, the joint Bell-state measurement and the joint multi-qubit measurement are needed. This quantum teleportation and QIS schemes are deterministic.     

Spectral structure of 510.6 and 578.2 nm lines in?a?CuBr?vapor?laser

Considering the hyperfine structure and the isotopic splitting of copper active atomic levels, the temporal behavior of the spectral structure of amplified spontaneous emission at 510.6 nm line was calculated. The spectral line shapes of 510.6 and 578.2 nm laser lines were measured and compared with the calculated results at different experimental configurations, i.e., without cavity mirrors, with the back mirror, and with cavity mirrors. The results of the 578.2 nm line revealed that the mode competition was involved in the formation of laser oscillation.     

Wigner Function, Husimi Function and Tomogram of?Atomic?Coherent State as Energy Eigenstate of?Two?Coupled?Oscillators

In this work, we find that a set of energy eigenstates of the Hamiltonian of two coupled oscillators can be classified as the atomic coherent state in the Schwinger Bosonic realization. The statistical properties of these states are also discussed by analytically calculating their Wigner function, Husimi function and tomogram.     

Influence of Gauss-Bonnet Coupling Parameter on?the?Thermodynamic Properties of?Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet and?Einstein-Yang-Mills-Gauss-Bonnet Black Holes

This paper deals in the thermodynamic properties of Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet and Einstein-Yang-Mills-Gauss-Bonnet black holes. It exhibits the various stable and unstable phases of the black holes in these two modified gravity theories. In the first section, that reveals the various aspects of Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet black holes, we chose to study the changes in the Hawking Temperature with variations in the radius of event horizon (r) and charge (Q); and tried to justify them physically. Secondly in case of Einstein-Yang-Mills-Gauss-Bonnet black holes, we have attempted to compare the changes in the various thermodynamic parameters with varying r and Q; with the Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet black holes at a macroscopic level. Here we have considered the Yang Mills tensor, electromagnetic Lagrangian added to the action integrand. Again this very work deals in drawing out the similarities between these two types of black holes, thereby throwing some light on the aspect of black hole stability. Later we have also introspected the effects of the Gauss-Bonnet coupling parameter α, whose function (6αr), is added as a correction term to the black hole entropy. We have especially focused on what changes does it have upon the nature of the plots as to whether it enhances or reduces the effect of Q on the behavior of the curves. Finally this paper has also kept an eye at estimating the stability domains of the black holes described in these two gravity theories.     

Pure Quantum Interpretations Are?not?Viable

Pure interpretations of quantum theory, which throw away the classical part of the Copenhagen interpretation without adding new structure to its quantum part, are not viable. This is a consequence of a non-uniqueness result for the canonical operators.     

相对论要不要动?怎样动?

关于相对论问题的讨论,主要集中两点;要不要动它?怎么动?第一点似较明显,因为: 一、没有充分理由表明光速是宇宙间讯号传递的最高限,相对论必有它的局限性和适用范围,深入地对它进行分析研究无论在哲学上和学术卜都是有意义的. 二、单程光速不变,迄今并未被实验直接证明.虽然相对论的大部分(不是全部)结论已被证实. 三、如果测量出光子有静止质量或发现了超光速的运动,则现有相对论势必要改造. 事实上,弱相互作用的宇称不守恒、时间反演对称的破坏,早已发出了相对性原理被部分破坏的讯号了.秦元勋同志不满足于相对论已取得的成果,敢于动它,…     

Quantum spin fluctuations in the spin-liquid state of Tb?Ti?O?

Neutron scattering experiments on a polycrystalline sample of the frustrated pyrochlore magnet Tb(2)Ti(2)O(7), which does not show any magnetic order down to 50 mK, have revealed that it shows condensation behavior below 0.4 K from a thermally fluctuating paramagnetic state to a spin-liquid ground state with quantum spin fluctuations. Energy spectra change from quasielastic scattering to a continuum with a double-peak structure at energies of 0 and 0.8 K in the spin-liquid state. Specific heat shows an anomaly at the crossover temperature.     

Second-harmonic generation spectroscopy on?organic?nanofibers

Optical second-harmonic generation upon nanosecond laser irradiation of nanofibers grown from nonsymmetrically functionalized para-quarter-phenylene molecules on mica surfaces is investigated in the spectral region around electronic resonances. Strong multiphoton excited luminescence appears together with the second-harmonic signal in the spectra. It is demonstrated how the two components can be separated by analyzing emission spectra recorded over a broad range of wavelengths around the second-harmonic energy. Spectra of the absolute values of the second-harmonic signals are obtained for three differently functionalized molecules. Together with supplementary measurements of the structure of the nanofiber films this forms the basis for estimation of the second-harmonic susceptibility of the fiber materials. Values of the nonlinear susceptibilities are obtained, which are comparable to those of well-known inorganic nonlinear optical crystals.     

Surfactant-free hydrothermal synthesis of?submicron?BiFeO3?powders

Submicron BiFeO₃ powders were successfully synthesized via a simple hydrothermal process with the assistance of mineralizer (NaOH) at 150–190°C, using FeCl₃ and Bi(NO₃)₃⋅5H₂O as reactants. The effects of mineralizer concentration, reaction temperature and time on the phase evolution and crystal morphology of the resulting samples were investigated. X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), thermogravimetry and differential scanning calorimetry (TG-DSC), and vibrating sample magnetometry (VSM) were used to characterize the as-synthesized samples. The experimental results revealed that a pure BiFeO₃ phase could be formed at a temperature ranging from 170 to 190°C for 4–20 h in the presence of 0.03–0.12 M NaOH. It was found that the mineralizer concentration, reaction temperature and time played a key role in controlling the growing speed of nuclei and formation of BiFeO₃ crystallites. The possible formation mechanisms of submicron BiFeO₃ powders with different morphologies were presented. The magnetization of BiFeO₃ powders showed a weak ferromagnetic behavior at room temperature.     

Why Gauge?

The world appears to be well described by gauge theories; why? I suggest that gauge is more than mathematical redundancy. Gauge-dependent quantities can not be predicted, but there is a sense in which they can be measured. They describe “handles” though which systems couple: they represent real relational structures to which the experimentalist has access in measurement by supplying one of the relata in the measurement procedure itself. This observation leads to a physical interpretation for the ubiquity of gauge: it is a consequence of a relational structure of physical quantities.     

Intermediate-range forces?

It is shown that an intermediate-range variation in the gravitational force can be obtained through a generalized scalar-tensor theory of gravity.Supported in part by N.S.F.     

The Husimi Distribution of Circular Billiard with?an?Applied?Uniform Magnetic Field

We present a theoretical computation of the Husimi distribution function in phase-space for studying the semiclassical dynamics of the circular electron billiard subjected to a constant magnetic field in the perpendicular direction. The results reveal that with the increase of the applied magnetic field the peaks of Husimi function tend to the billiard boundaries, along with the movements a periodic splitting-recombining (alternative single-double) peak structure is arisen. This fact implies the localization of the eigenstates and coincides to the classical trajectory distribution what we obtained by use of representation on the billiard boundary. It becomes possible to compare the local properties of the quantum and classical distributions. Our analysis provides a new perspective to understand the quantum-classical correspondence.     

Shape Invariant and Rodrigues Solution of?the?Dirac-shifted Oscillator and?Dirac-Morse Potentials

We show that the Dirac equation for a charged spinor in spherically symmetric electromagnetic potentials as Dirac-shifted oscillator and Dirac-Morse potentials have the conditions of shape invariant symmetry in non-relativistic quantum mechanics. The relativistic spectra of the bound states and spinor wavefunctions can be obtained by the Rodrigues polynomials of one associated differential equation.     

宇宙双折射?

微波背景辐射(CMB)是宇宙中最古老的光,其偏振越来越受到关注,以寻求新物理的迹象。偏振方向的微小旋转即为一种征兆,正如光经过不同偏振方向折射率有异的双折射材料那样。这种"宇宙双折射"未被标准模型预言,可能是由CMB光子跟假想的粒子和场耦合所致。已有的实验尚未发现双折射,但实验灵敏度受到系统误差的限制。日本高能加速器研究机构的Yuto Minami和德国马克思·普朗克天体物理研究所的Eiichiro Komatsu采用一种新方法以减少实验误差,并重新分析普朗克卫星的CMB数据,发现了微弱的双折射迹象。