The existence of maximal slicings in asymptotically flat spacetimes

We consider Cauchy data (g, ) on IR³ that are asymptotically Euclidean and that satisfy the vacuum constraint equations of general relativity. Only those (g, ) are treated that can be joined by a curve of sufficiently bounded initial data to the trivial data (, 0). It is shown that in the Cauchy developments of such data, the maximal slicing condition tr =0 can always be satisfied. The proof uses the recently introduced weighted Sobolev spaces of Nirenberg, Walker, and Cantor.Research partially supported by National Science Foundation Grants GP-39060 and GP-15735Research partially supported by National Science Foundation Grant GP-43909 to the University of North Carolina     

Fluctuating hydrodynamics and principal oscillation pattern analysis

Principal oscillation pattern (POP) analysis was recently introduced into climatology to analyze multivariate time series x_i(t) produced by systems whose dynamics are described by a linear Markov process x=Bx + . The matrixB gives the deterministic feedback and is a white noise vector with covariances (t) _j (t*Q _ij (t–t. The POP method is applied to data from a direct simulation Monte Carlo program. The system is a dilute gas with 50,000 particles in a Rayleigh-Bénard configuration. The POP analysis correctly reproduces the linearized Navier-Stokes equations (in the matrixB) and the stochastic fluxes (in the matrixQ) as given by Landau-Lifschitz fluctuating hydrodynamics. Using this method, we find the Landau-Lifschitz theory to be valid both in equilibrium and near the critical point of Rayleigh-Bénard convection.     

A microrealistic explanation of fundamental quantum phenomena

We abandon as redundant the assumption that there exists something more in the physical world than action quanta, which constitute the atoms of the events of which the four-dimensional world consists. We derive metric, energy, matter, etc., from action and the structure formed by the quanta. In the microworld thequantization of space so introduced implies deviations from conventional metrics that make it possible in particular to explain nonlocality. The uncertainty relations, then, in conjunction with the action-based metric, appear to play an essential role in making direct physical contact between emission and absorption events (i.e., retroactivity) possible, which concretely answers Bohr's conjecture that microprocesses constitute wholes. All of this appears to afford a realistic explanation of wave-particle duality, the EPR and other quantum paradoxes, the hidden variable problem, the collapse of wave packets, and the wave interference mechanism with the ¦ ¦² rule.     

Humidity dependence of the atmospheric absorption coefficient in the transparency windows centered at 0.88 and 0.73 MM

A dependence is investigated of the absorption coefficient of atmospheric water vapor on absolute air humidity in the spectral intervals =11.1+12.0 and 13.2+14.3 cm^–1 by a radiospectrometer with a multipass vacuum cell. Measurements are carried out in the humidity range 3+23 g/m³ at 140 m length of the optical path.Parts of the absorption coefficient linearly and quadratically depending on have been separately defined from the experimental data. In particular, it has been obtained for the centers of transparency windows: (=0.73mm) [dB/km]=1.68 (±0.08) +0.019 (±0.004) ², (=0.88 mm) [dB/km]=0.83 (±0.06) +0.013 (±0.002) ². The given values correspond to the temperature of 306 K and the pressure of dry air of 735 Torr.A comparison is made between our results and theoretical calculations and data of other measurements.     

On the possible temperatures of a dynamical system

A simpleC*-algebra and a continuous one-parameter automorphism group are constructed such that the set of inverse temperatures at which there exist equilibrium states (i.e., KMS states, or, for =±, ground or ceiling states) is an arbitrary closed subset of IR{±}.With partial support of the National Science Foundation     

Stationary non-equilibrium states of infinite harmonic systems

We investigate the existence, properties and approach to stationary non-equilibrium states of infinite harmonic crystals. For classical systems these stationary states are, like the Gibbs states, Gaussian measures on the phase space of the infinite system (analogues results are true for quantum systems). Their ergodic properties are the same as those of the equilibrium states: e.g. for ordered periodic crystals they are Bernoulli. Unlike the equilibrium states however they are not stable towards perturbations in the potential.We are particularly concerned here with states in which there is a non-vanishing steady heat flux passing through every point of the infinite system. Such superheat-conducting states are of course only possible in systems in which Fourier's law does not hold: the perfect harmonic crystal being an example of such a system. For a one dimensional system, we find such states (explicitely) as limits, whent, of time evolved initial states _i in which the left and right parts of the infinite crystal are in equilibrium at different temperatures, _L ^–L _R ^–1 , and the middle part is in an arbitrary state. We also investigate the limit of these stationary (t) states as the coupling strength between the system and the reservoirs goes to zero. In this limit we obtain a product state, where the reservoirs are in equilibrium at temperatures _L ^–1 and _R ^–1 and the system is in the unique stationary state of the reduced dynamics in the weak coupling limit.On leave of absence from the Fachbereich Physik der Universität München. Work supported by a Max Kade Foundation FellowshipResearch supported in part by NSF Grant MPS75-20638     

More inequalities for critical exponents

A variety of rigorous inequalities for critical exponents is proved. Most notable is the low-temperature Josephson inequalitydv +2 2–. Others are 1 1 +v, 1 1 , 1,d 1 + 1/ (for d),dv, ₃ + (for d), ₄ , and _{2m 2m+2} (form 2). The hypotheses vary; all inequalities are true for the spin-1/2 Ising model with nearest-neighbor ferromagnetic pair interactions.NSF Predoctoral Fellow (1976–1979). Research supported in part by NSF Grant PHY 78-23952.     

Solutions without phase-slip for the Ginsburg-Landau equation

We consider the Ginsburg-Landau equation for a complex scalar field in one dimension and consider initial data which have two different stationary solutions as their limits in space asx±. If these solutions are not very different, then we show that the initial data will evolve to a stationary solution by a phase melting process which avoids phase slips, i.e., which does not go through zero amplitude.     

On the critical exponent for random walk intersections

The exponent _d for the probability of nonintersection of two random walks starting at the same point is considered. It is proved that 1/2<₂3/4. Monte Carlo simulations are done to suggest ₂=0.61 and ₃0.29.     

The pivot algorithm: A highly efficient Monte Carlo method for the self-avoiding walk

The pivot algorithm is a dynamic Monte Carlo algorithm, first invented by Lal, which generates self-avoiding walks (SAWs) in a canonical (fixed-N) ensemble with free endpoints (hereN is the number of steps in the walk). We find that the pivot algorithm is extraordinarily efficient: one effectively independent sample can be produced in a computer time of orderN. This paper is a comprehensive study of the pivot algorithm, including: a heuristic and numerical analysis of the acceptance fraction and autocorrelation time; an exact analysis of the pivot algorithm for ordinary random walk; a discussion of data structures and computational complexity; a rigorous proof of ergodicity; and numerical results on self-avoiding walks in two and three dimensions. Our estimates for critical exponents are=0.7496±0.0007 ind=2 and= 0.592±0.003 ind=3 (95% confidence limits), based on SAWs of lengths 200N10000 and 200N 3000, respectively.     

Cooperative plasticity due to the motion of disorientation and phase separation boundaries

Conclusions As has already been noted above, the theory of planar defects organically includes the mechanics of twinning, grain boundaries, Somigliani dislocations, translational dislocations, disclination, and dispiration. The fundamental propositions of the theory and methods of giving the tensor T are listed in Table 4. The mathematical formalism remains the same throughout, and it is applicable to both discrete objects (it is then necessary to conserve the -function apparatus), and to a continuous (then appropriate smoothing is needed, which usually reduces to replacement of the multiplication procedure by the normal n or by the direction , to operations of finding the gradient, divergence, and curl of regular expressions, and discarding the -functional), In particular, the problem of thermoelasticity is formulated successfully by such a method in the terminology of the present theory.In a broad sence of the word, the development of the theory should be perceived as an extension of the concept of imperfection to defects of sufficiently arbitrary origin. A completely developed formalism was worked out earlier for just linear defects; in the symbols used here, for the case b=b₀ + X (r – r₀) for constant b₀,, and r₀, and without taking account of processes on the boundary S if the linear defect contained such a feature. Let us emphasize that to describe three-dimensional defects occurring because of homogeneous distortion = (V)., it is sufficient to use the apparatus of just the theory of planar defects since the fundamental phenomena are associated with precisely the presence of boundaries and in a formal plane, with the spatial derivatives of , they are always expressed in terms of the functional (S), while in the case of finite surface gradients in terms of (L). The time derivatives of the distortion T, i.e., is written down in the developed representations in terms of the form with all the resulting consequences.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 6, pp. 83–102, June, 1981.     

Type N solutions of the vacuum scalar-tensor field equations

All solutions of the vacuum relativistic scalar-tensor field equations R=–,, are given in the case where the Weyl tensor is of Petrov-Penrose type N. These eight solutions are listed according to the Petrov-Plebaski classification of their trace-free Ricci tensor components and belong to the three classes[T–3S]_[1–1] (R,N), [3T–S]_[1–1](R,N) and [4N]_[2](O,N).     

Grassmann-Cartan algebra and Klein-Gordon equations

Given a Riemannian structure (M, g), a hypothesis is investigated that if= _p=0 ⁿ _p (M) is submitted to the differential condition (g++)=0, =mc/—which implies that each component of fulfills the Klein-Gordon equation (- ²) _p =0, ought to be interpreted as a natural complex of the bosonic fields. Then it is found that the complex admits the interpretation in the sense of first quantization with (M) being a convex set of states, with the structure of a Hilbert space over . The definite spin states of bosons are then pure states which are not conserved by the temporal evolution.     

Self-avoiding random walks on the hexagonal lattice

We use the algorithm recently introduce by A. Berretti and A. D. Sokal to compute numerically the critical exponents for the self-avoiding random walk on the hexagonal lattice. We find=1.3509±0.0057±0.0023v=0.7580±0.0049±0.0046=0.519±0.082±0.077 where the first error is the systematic one due to corrections to scaling and the second is the statistical error. For the effective coordination number we find=1.84779±0.00006±0.0017 The results support the Nienhuis conjecture=43/32 and provide a rough numerical check of the hyperscaling relationdv=2–. An additional analysis, taking the Nienhuis value of=(2+2^1/2)^1/2 for granted, gives=1.3459±0.0040±0.0008     

Power-law falloff in the kosterlitz-Thouless phase of a two-dimensional lattice Coulomb gas

We give a rigorous proof of power-law falloff in the Kosterlitz-Thouless phase of a two-dimensional Coulomb gas in the sense that there exists a critical inverse temperaturegb and a constant >0 such that for all> and all external charges R we have , whereG (x) is the two-point external charges correlation function,=dist(, Z), and for 0$$ " align="middle" border="0"> . In the case of a hard-core or standard Coulomb gas with activityz, we may choose=(z) such that(z)24 asz0.     

Measurement of the πmeson polarizabilities via the γp → γπ+n reaction

An experiment on the radiative ^{+}-meson photoproduction from the proton ( p ^{+}n) was carried out at the Mainz Microtron MAMI in the kinematic region 537MeV < E < 817MeV, 140^° 180^°. The ^{+}-meson polarizabilities have been determined from a comparison of the data with the predictions of two different theoretical models, the first one being based on an effective pole model with pseudoscalar coupling while the second one is based on diagrams describing both resonant and nonresonant contributions. The validity of the models has been verified by comparing the predictions with the present experimental data in the kinematic region where the pion polarizability contribution is negligible ( s₁ < 5m²) and where the difference between the predictions of the two models does not exceed 3%. In the region, where the pion polarizability contribution is substantial ( 5 < s₁/m² < 15, -12 < t/m² < - 2), the difference of the electric () and the magnetic () polarizabilities has been determined. As a result we find . This result is at variance with recent calculations in the framework of chiral perturbation theory.     

Decay of the Bethe–Salpeter Kernel and Bound States for Lattice Classical Ferromagnetic Spin Systems at High Temperature

We consider lattice classical ferromagnetic spin systems at high temperature (1) with nearest neighbor interactions and even single-spin distributions (ssd). Associated with each system is an imaginary time lattice quantum field theory. It is known that there is a particle of mass m–ln in the energy-momentum spectrum. If s ⁴–3s ²²<0, where s ^k is the kth moment of the ssd, and is sufficiently small, we show that in the two-particle subspace there is no mass spectrum up to 2m. For >0 we show that the only mass spectrum in (m, 2m) is a bound state of mass m _b=2m+ln(1–)+O(), where =(+2s ²²)^–1. A bound on the decay of the kernel of a Bethe–Salpeter equation is obtained and used to prove these results.     

К ВОПРОСУ O КРИТИЧЕСКО Й ЧАСТОТЕ ПРИ ПРЕРЫВИСТОМ ОСВЕ ЩЕНИИ

c , c n , n AgBr. .     

Inertial range spectrum of a fractal model for turbulence

The present study deals with a model for 3D turbulence which is based on a fractal set ink-space (massM(k)logk, i.e.d _f=0). The energy spectrumE(_k) is calculated by a method similar to the Monte Carlo renormalization technique of Ma [1]. To apply this we decouple the set into next-neighbour pairs of energy shells.E _k is calculated iteratively by simulating the pairs. Their rough scales are forced and their fine scales are damped by an eddy viscosity ^e. We start in the viscous range where ^e is neglected. An intertial range shows up with a spectrumE(k)k^–, =1.68±0.07, and an eddy viscosity ^e(k)k ^-,=1.3±. The possible benefit for the simulation of turbulent flows is pointed out.     

The temperature vibrations of urea molecules

The structural and dynamic parameters of urea at 112°K and 295°K were determined by the least squares method. The characteristic temperature of the torsional optical vibrations of a molecule about a C-O bond was determined and is in good agreement with the value determined by Raman scattering. The fractional X-coordinate of the nitrogen atom corrected for torsional vibrations was determined and it was found that the magnitude of the projection of the C-N bond in the given temperature range changes only within the limits of observational errors. A new method, called temperature difference synthesis, is described and it is shown that it is suitable for rapid qualitative determination of the thermal anisotropy of the vibrations of atoms in a crystal lattice.

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