Trees at an Interface

A lattice tree at an interface between two solvents of different quality is examined as a model of a branched polymer at an interface. Existence of the free energy is shown, and the existence of critical lines in its phase diagram is proven. In particular, there is a line of first order transitions separating a positive phase from a negative phase (the tree being predominantly on either side of the interface in these phases), and a curve of localization–delocalization transitions which separate the delocalized positive and negative phases from a phase where the tree is localized at the interface. This model is generalized to a branched copolymer which is examined in a certain averaged quenched ensemble. Existence of a thermodynamic limit is shown for this model, and it is also shown that the model is self-averaging. Lastly, a model of branched polymers interacting with one another through a membrane is considered. The existence of a limiting free energy is shown, and it is demonstrated that if the interaction is strong enough, then the two branched polymers will adsorb on one another.     

Poisson brackets and the Feynman problem

A derivation of a pair of Maxwell equations which is based on the concept of a Poisson structure on a manifold is given. The idea is geometric in character, and is extended to a generalized algebra. The special case of the dynamics for a particle in a Yang-Mills field is obtained as a consequence of the generalized case.     

Design of a Reflective Aspherical Surface of a Compact Beam-Shaping Device

A compact beam-shaping device with a reflective aspherical surface is proposed. The device converts a circular symmetric Gaussian beam from a laser into a uniform distribution on a target plane. The device consists of a laser, a reflective aspherical surface formed on the base plane inclined by 45° against the optical axis, and a spacer. The surface is designed for an optical device used as a transmitter of indoor wireless optical communication, which is one of the promising applications. The designed surface is obtained by approximation using polynomial. Beam shaping of a simulated surface and a uniform intensity distribution on the target plane is obtained. The intensity distribution generated by the surface is numerically simulated and evaluated if the surface is misaligned. It is clarified that the generated distribution is tolerable for the misalignment.     

The interaction between a disclination in a nematic liquid crystal and a rubbed surface

For the case of a rubbed surface with a finite anisotropic surface tension, a model is developed for the structure and energy of a surface disclination and of an edge disclination near the surface. It is found that there is an energy barrier against detaching a disclination from the surface, and also that there is a critical distance within which a disclination is attracted, and beyond which it is repelled, by the surface. These properties may provide a measurement of the anisotropy of the surface tension.     

Relativistic motion of a free particle in a uniform gravitational field

The problem of the motion of a free particle in a uniform gravitational field is considered. A relativistic solution based on the assumption that the motion is a consequence of the curvature of spacetime is obtained. The results are compared with various results based on the assumption that spacetime is flat in a region in which the gravitational field is uniform. In the curved spacetime approach, if a particle is projected from a point in a uniform gravitational field, the vertical distance covered by the particle in infinite coordinate time is infinite, but the horizontal distance covered and the elapsed proper time of the particle are finite. If spacetime is assumed to be flat and the gravitational motion of a particle a consequence of a relativistic force proportional to the relative mass of the particle, then the results obtained for the motion of a particle in a uniform gravitational field are close to the curved spacetime results. All other assumptions, including the assumption that the motion of a particle in a uniform gravitational field is equivalent to the motion of a particle in a uniformly accelerating frame of reference, lead to results in serious disagreement with the curved spacetime results.     

Bose-Einstein condensation and the glassy state

The distinction between a classical glass and a classical liquid is difficult, since both are disordered. The difference is in the fact that a glass is frozen while the liquid is not. In this Letter an equilibrium measure is suggested that distinguishes between a glass and a liquid. The choice of this measure is based on the idea that in a system which is not frozen symmetry under permutation of particles is physically relevant, because particles can be permuted by actual physical motion. This is not the case in a frozen system. In this Letter it is shown how to generalize naturally the quantum mechanical concept of Bose condensed fraction to classical systems in order to distinguish between the glass and the liquid. It is finite in the liquid and zero in the frozen state. The actual value of the condensed fraction in the liquid may serve also as a measure of the glassiness in the liquid.     

Distribution corresponding to classical thermodynamics

A distribution corresponding to classical thermodynamics is constructed. The concept of degrees of freedom is generalized and a concept of temperature-dependent number of collective degrees of freedom is introduced. A relationship between the theory of numbers and mesoscopic physics is established. A geometric interpretation of spinodal as a curve of maximum entropy and as a catastrophe in a quasi-static Caratheodory process is given. A concept of local ideal gas is introduced. The phase transition of fluids to a dispersed system is determined. The distribution obtained is numerically compared with the distribution for a van der Waals gas in the Hougen-Watson diagram.     

Mean curvature flow of a hyperbolic surface

A four-parameter family of self-similar solutions is obtained to the mean curvature flow equation for a surface. This family is shown to be stable with respect to a small deformation of a hyperbolic surface. At time instant t*, a singular point is formed within a finite time interval, that is accompanied by a change in the topology of the surface. The solution is continued beyond the singular point. A relationship between the parameters describing the hyperbolic surface before and after the change in the surface topology is obtained. A particular case is analyzed when the unperturbed surface is a cylinder. A cylindrical surface is weakly unstable with respect to a perturbation in the form of a “wide neck.” At the final stage of the development of the neck when its transverse size becomes much less than the cylinder radius at large distances from the neck, the surface flow in a wide region in the neighborhood of the neck is described by a universal two-parameter family of self-similar solutions. These solutions are stable with respect to small perturbations of the surface.     

On the fluctuation enhanced conductivity of a superconductor: The correct evaluation of the Maki graph

According to Maki, a particular diagram—the Maki graph—gives a contribution to the fluctuation enhanced conductivity of a superconductor which is infinite in the case of a thin film. It is shown that this result is spurious and that it is due to a breakdown of the standard Green function impurity technique. A new method is developed which is strictly based on the Boltzmann equation. It is shown that the temperature dependent contribution of the Maki graph to the conductivity is negligibly small in a dirty metal.     

Reproduction of a protocell by replication of a minority molecule in a catalytic reaction network

For understanding the origin of life, it is essential to explain the development of a compartmentalized structure, which undergoes growth and division, from a set of chemical reactions. In this study, a hypercycle with two chemicals that mutually catalyze each other is considered in order to show that the reproduction of a protocell with a growth-division process naturally occurs when the replication speed of one chemical is considerably slower than that of the other chemical, and molecules are crowded as a result of replication. It is observed that the protocell divides after a minority molecule is replicated at a slow synthesis rate, and thus, a synchrony between the reproduction of a cell and molecule replication is achieved. The robustness of such protocells against the invasion of parasitic molecules is also demonstrated.     

Gain calculation of a free-electron laser operating with a non-uniform ion-channel guide

Amplification of an electromagnetic wave by a free electron laser (FEL) with a helical wiggler and an ion channel with a periodically varying ion density is examined. The relativistic equation of motion for a single electron in the combined wiggler and the periodic ion-channel fields is solved and the classes of possible trajectories in this configuration are discussed. The gain equation for the FEL in the low-gain-per-pass limit is obtained by adding the effect of the periodic ion channel. Numerical calculation is employed to analyse the gain induced by the effects of the non-uniform ion density. The variation of gain with ion-channel density is demonstrated. It is shown that there is a gain enhancement for group I orbits in the presence of a non-uniform ion-channel but not in a uniform one. It is also shown that periodic ion-channel guiding is used to reach the maximum peak gain in a low ion-channel frequency (low ion density).     

Displacement measurement technique for beam kinematics

It is proposed to develop a digital image correlation procedure that is suitable for beams whose kinematics is described by an Euler–Bernoulli hypothesis. As a direct output, the degrees of freedom corresponding to flexural and axial loads are directly measured. The performance of the correlation algorithm is evaluated by using a picture of a cantilever beam experiment. One load level is analyzed with the present algorithm. The latter is validated by comparing the displacement field with that given by a finite element based correlation algorithm. It is also shown that a locally buckled zone is detectable with the present procedure.     

Focusing of an X-ray spherical wave by a uniaxially bent crystal: Johann scheme and logarithmic spiral

Focusing of a spherical wave in the well-known Johann scheme is considered theoretically. An analytical formula for the size of the crystal bent surface reflecting radiation in the Johann scheme is derived. The intensity distribution near the focus is found. The spherical aberration of the diffracted beam is analyzed. Back scattering is shown to minimize the aberration. Spectral characteristics of an Johann spectrometer are discussed. The focusing of a spherical wave by a crystal bent into a logarithmic spiral is considered. It is shown that the Johann scheme is a specific case of a logarithmic spiral.     

Mathematical modeling of a diode system based on a field emitter

A mathematical model of a diode system based on a field emitter is considered. The field emitter is modeled in the following way: the tip is a conducting sphere; the “body” is a solid dielectric with a spindle surface of revolution. The anode is a part of the spherical surface and the substrate of the emitter is a spherical surface or a plane. The influence of a space charge is not taken into account. To find the electrostatic potential distribution, the methods of separation of variables and paired equations are used. The problem of finding unknown coefficients in the eigenfunction expansion of the potential is reduced to the solution of the system of equations, which includes linear algebraic equations and the Fredholm equation of the second kind. Thus, the computational problem of the distribution of electrostatic potential in the entire domain of the investigated system is solved.     

Spontaneous formation of a plasma hole in a rotating magnetized plasma: a giant burgers vortex in a compressible fluid

Spontaneous formation of a cylindrical density cavity, or "plasma hole," has been observed in a rotating magnetized plasma. Density of the plasma hole is one-tenth of that of ambient plasma and is bounded by a steep transition layer of the order of several ion Larmor radii. The flow velocity field associated with the plasma hole is experimentally determined, exhibiting a monopole vortical structure. It is found that the vorticity distribution is localized near the center of the hole and is identified as a Burgers vortex. This is the first experimental observation of a Burgers vortex in a plasma.     

Interaction of Double Sine-Gordon Solitons with External Potentials:an Analytical Model

Interaction of double sine-Gordon solitons with a space dependent potential wall as well as a potential well is investigated by employing an analytical model based on the collective coordinate approach.The potential is added to the model through a suitable nontrivial metric for the background spacetime.The model is able to predict most of the features of the soliton-potential interaction.It is shown that a soliton can pass through a potential barrier if its velocity is larger than a critical velocity which is a function of the initial soliton conditions and also characters of the potential.It is interesting that the solitons of the double sine-Gordon model can be trapped by a potential barrier and oscillate there.This situation is very important in applied physics.The soliton-well system is investigated by using the presented model.Analytical results are also compared with the results of the direct numerical solutions.     

Heat transfer in locally heated liquid films moving under the action of gravity and gas flow

Heat transfer in a viscous liquid film moving under the action of gravity and a gas flow on a substrate with a locally heated rectangular area is investigated. The heat exchange coefficient is given on the liquid-gas surface; the heat flux to the liquid is given on the heated area; the substrate surface outside the heated area is heat-insulated. An analytical solution in a form of a convergent series is obtained for the liquid temperature distribution in the film. The influence of the dimensionless criteria on the obtained solution is analyzed. The effect of heat flux inhomogeneity on the temperature distribution is considered.     

一种新的可逆二维混沌映射图像加密算法

提出了一种用于图像加密的可逆二维混沌映射,该映射由左映射和右映射两个子映射组成。通过对图像的拉伸和折叠处理,实现了图像的混沌加密。首先沿图像的对角线方向将正方形图分为上下两个部分并重新组合成一个平行四边形的图像;然后利用平行四边形图像的两列像素之间的像素数目差将某列中的像素插入到相邻下一列像素之间。经过这样的过程,原始图像拉伸成为一条直线。最后按照原始图像的大小将这条直线折叠成为一个新的图像。推导出了映射的数学表达式,设计了密钥产生的方法,分析了图像加密算法的安全性问题。仿真验证了该图像加密算法的有效性。     

Integrability of Characteristic Hamiltonian Systems on Simple Lie Groups with Standard Poisson Lie Structure

Phase space of a characteristic Hamiltonian system is a symplectic leaf of a factorizable Poisson Lie group. Its Hamiltonian is a restriction to the symplectic leaf of a function on the group which is invariant with respect to conjugations. It is shown in this paper that such a system is always integrable.