Energy-transport by radiative diffusion

A new derivation of the general-relativistic Fourier equation is given for radiation transport by using the principle of conservation of momentum plus some rather simple assumptions. The Fourier equation at which I arrive is not the usual one but has an additional term. For this reason it leads to a hyperbolic equation for heat conduction, thus avoiding the paradox of infinite velocity of heat propagation, which is a consequence of the usual Fourier equation, as the latter one leads to a parabolic equation for heat conduction. The new Fourier equation is compared with the one that was given by Kranys by using ad hoc assumptions.     

Exact Stationary Solution of Fokker-Planck Equation and Generalized Potential for Non-Equilibrium Systems Without Detailed Balance

An exact analogy is approached between systems in thermal equilibrium and those far from equilibrium which can be the cases without detailed balance. The analogy is based on the requirement that a given drift in the Fokker-Planck equation can be decomposed into two parts, one of which is divergence-free and the other can be derived from a potential which is invariant along the direction of the first part. If the conditions are fulfilled the Fokker-Planck equation changes in to a standard Poisson equation. The relations of this requirement to other conditions are diecussed. As a concrete example, the stationary Fokker-Planck equation for optical bistability is solved by using"this method.     

On the Dromion Solutions of a (2+l)-Dimensional KdV-Type Equation

A general curve soliton which is finite on a curved line and localized apart from the curve for a (2+1)-dimensional KdV-type equation is found. For the KdV-type equation, we find that the dromion solutions can be obtained not only by two perpendicular line solitons, two nonperpendicular (with one is parallel to x-axis) line solitons, but also by one line soliton and one curve soliton. Various types of multi-dromion solutions which are constituted by n straight line solitons parallel to the x axis and one curve soliton can be cast in a simple formula with two arbitrary functions. The KdV-type equation is not integrable because it cannot pass through the three nonparallel line soliton test.     

Principle of Maximum Entropy and Reduced Dynamics

A new method to obtain a series of reduced dynamics at various stages of coarse-graining is proposed. This ranges from the most coarse-grained one which agrees with the deterministic time evolution equation for averages of the relevant variables to the least coarse-grained one which is the generalized Fokker-Planck equation for the probability distribution function of the relevant variables. The method is based on the extention of the Kawasaki-Gunton operator with the help of the principle of maximum entropy.     

Theory of open systems I

A new method of treating open systems is presented. The normal treatment using the generalized master equation with the projection of Argyres and Kelley is meaningful only if the state of the reservoir never deviates appreciably from the reference state which appears in the projection. Otherwise, one must make at least a partial resummation of the perturbative expansion of the kernel of the generalized master equation. The present method avoids the introduction of a projection operator and allows us to overcome such resummation difficulties. It is based on an integrodifferential equation for the statistical operator of the composite system, which naturally provides a hierarchy of equations involving the statistical operator ?(t) of the open system and suitable quantities describing higher and higher order bath-system correlations. Treating the deviations of the bath from its initial equilibrium or stationary state as expansion parameters, one gets an approximation scheme, each step of which gives a closed system of equations for ?(t) and a suitable set of correlation quantities.Eliminating such quantities one obtains a closed linear integrodifferential equation for ?(t). The zeroth approximation in the deviations coincides with the Born approximation of the generalized master equation which uses the projection of Argyres and Kelley.On the other hand, even the first approximation is equivalent to the resummation of infinite contribution of the Born series of such a generalised master equation. When it is suitable, the concentration of the bath can also be used as an expansion parameter to handle the hierarchy.     

Kaon and τ-decay rates in QCD

The derivation of string type equations from QCD is reexamined in the framework of renormalized perturbation theory. Renormalizing the equation for the second functional derivative of the Wilson functional at different points one observes a short distance problem which is studied by the help of OPE and RG. On this line the reduction of the equation to a linear one of string-type can be understood.     

Generalized maxwell equations and quantum mechanics. I. Dirac equation for the free electron

Some preliminary results presented in two previous papers are expanded upon. In the first it was shown that the Maxwell equations are equivalent to a nonlinear Dirac-like spinor equation. In the present paper it is shown that, in that formalism, the Dirac equation for the free electron is susceptible to a puzzling reinterpretation. In fact, it is shown that the Dirac equation is equivalent to the Maxwell equations for an electromagnetic field generated by two currents: one electric in nature and one, magnetic-monopolar. The elaboration of this result brings a nonlinear generalization of Maxwell's equations, as well as a nonlinear Dirac-like equation fully equivalent to them, from which both the electron mass as well as the magnetic monopole mass appear to be fully electromagnetic in nature, and the magnetic monopole to be tachyonic. The corresponding nonlinear Dirac equation reduces, under suitable approximations, to the ordinary Dirac equation for the free electron.     

On the asymptotic equivalence between the Enskog and the Boltzmann equations

An asymptotic equivalence theorem is proven between the solutions of the initial value problem in all space for the Boltzmann and Enskog equations for initial data which assure global existence for the solutions to the initial value problem for one of the two equations. The proof is given starting from the solution of the Boltzmann equation, then the proof line is simply indicated when one starts from the Enskog equation. The proof holds for Knudsen numbers of the order of unity and equivalence is proven when the scale of the dimensions of the gas particles characterizing the Enskog equation tends to zero.On leave from Department of Mathematics, University of Warsaw, Poland.     

Energy approach to determination of the instantaneous damage level

A kinetic equation similar to the Kachanov-Rabotnov equation is derived from the law of conservation of mass for the case of isotropic damage. The energy balance is used to estimate the initial level of damage (instantaneous damage). The notion of instantaneous damage is akin to the concept of instantaneous deformation, which arises immediately after a load has been applied to a specimen in creep or toughness-elasticity tests. Using instantaneous damage as the initial condition for the standard evolutionary equation of damage like the Kachanov-Rabotnov equation, one can construct a more correct creep rupture diagram of structural materials than those currently available.     

From Discreteness to Continuity： Dislocation Equation for Two-Dimensional Triangular Lattice

A systematic method from the discreteness to the continuity is presented for the dislocation equation of the triangular lattice. A modification of the Peierls equation has been derived strictly. The modified equation includes the higher order corrections of the discrete effect which are important for the core structure of dislocation. It is observed that the modified equation possesses a universal form which is model-independent except the factors. The factors, which depend on the detail of the model, are related to the derivatives of the kernel at its zero point in the wave-vector space. The results open a way to deal with the complicated models because what one needs to do is to investigate the behaviour near the zero point of the kernel in the wave-vector space instead of calculating the kernel completely.     

On quantum electrodynamics of two-particle bound states containing spinless particles

We develop here the general treatment arising from the Bethe-Salpeter equation for a two-particle bound system in which at least one of the particles is spinless. It is shown that a natural two-component formalism can be formulated for describing the propagators of scalar particles. This leads to a formulation of the Bethe-Salpeter equation in a form very reminiscent of the fermion-fermion case. It is also shown, that using this two-component formulation for spinless particles, the perturbation theory can be systematically developed in a manner similar to that of fermions. Quantum electrodynamics for scalar particles is then developed in the two component formalism, and the problem of bound states, in which one of the constituent particles is spinless, is examined by means of the means of the Bethe-Salpeter equation. For this case, the Bethe-Salpeter equation is cast into a form which is convenient to perform a Foldy-Woutyhuysen transformation which we carry out, keeping the lowest-order relativistic corrections to the nonrelativistic equation. The results are compared with the corresponding fermion-fermion case. It is shown, as might have been expected, that the only spin-independent terms that occur for the fermion-fermion system which do not occur for bound scalar particle cases, is the zitterbewegung contribution. The relevance of the above considerations for systems that are essentially bound by electromagnetic interactions, such as kaonic hydrogen, is discussed.     

The electromagnetic coupling in Kemmer-Duffin-Petiau theory

We analyze the electromagnetic coupling in the Kemmer-Duffin-Petiau (KDP) equation. Since the KDP equation which describes spin-0 and spin-1 bosons is of Dirac type, we examine some analogies with and differences from the Dirac equation. The main difference with the Dirac equation is that the KDP equation contains redundant components. We will show that as a result certain interaction terms in the Hamilton form of the KDP equation do not have a physical meaning and will not affect the calculation of physical observables. We point out that a second order KDP equation derived by Kemmer as an analogy to the second order Dirac equation is of limited physical applicability as (i) it belongs to a class of second order equations which can be derived from the original KDP equation and (ii) it lacks a back-transformation which would allow one to obtain solutions of the KDP equation out of solutions of the second order equation.     

A modified Lippmann-Schwinger equation for Coulomb-like interactions

It is known that amplitudes which differ from the Coulomb one by an overall phase factor and by a distribution with a support at zero scattering angle, describe the same scattering process. We utilize this fact to derive new partial-wave expansions, which have finite expansion coefficients, for amplitudes of Coulomb-like interactions. A modified form of the Lippmann-Schwinger equation is derived. For the case of the Coulomb interaction this equation leads to a different amplitude from the Coulomb one, but equivalent to it as both describe the same scattering process. The method can be extended to derive (free of infinities) partial-wave expansions of some field theoretical amplitudes.     

Efficient Markets and Contingent Claims Valuation: An Information Theoretic Approach

This research article shows how the pricing of derivative securities can be seen from the context of stochastic optimal control theory and information theory. The financial market is seen as an information processing system, which optimizes an information functional. An optimization problem is constructed, for which the linearized Hamilton–Jacobi–Bellman equation is the Black–Scholes pricing equation for financial derivatives. The model suggests that one can define a reasonable Hamiltonian for the financial market, which results in an optimal transport equation for the market drift. It is shown that in such a framework, which supports Black–Scholes pricing, the market drift obeys a backwards Burgers equation and that the market reaches a thermodynamical equilibrium, which minimizes the free energy and maximizes entropy.     

Solutions of Two Kinds of Non-Isospectral Generalized Nonlinear Schrodinger Equation Related to Bose-Einstein Condensates

Two non-isospectral generalized nonlinear Schrodinger （ONLS） equations, which are two important models of nonlinear excitations of matter waves in Bose-Einstein condensates, are studied. Two novel transformations are constructed such that these two GNLS equations are transformed to the well-known nonlinear Schr6dinger （NLS） equation, which is an isospectral equation. Therefore, once one solution of the NLS equation is provided, we can immediately obtain one solution for two ONLS equations by these transformations. Thus it is unnecessary to solve these two non-isospectral GNLS equations directly. Soliton solutions and periodic solutions are obtained for them by two transformations from the corresponding solutions of the NLS equation, which are generated by Darboux transformation.     

Inverse scattering by a continuation method with initial guesses from a direct imaging algorithm

A novel continuation method is presented for solving the inverse medium scattering problem of the Helmholtz equation, which is to reconstruct the shape of the inhomogeneous medium from boundary measurements of the scattered field. The boundary data is assumed to be available at multiple frequencies. Initial guesses are chosen from a direct imaging algorithm, multiple signal classification (MUSIC), along with a level set representation at a certain wavenumber, where the Born approximation may not be valid. Each update via recursive linearization on the wavenumbers is obtained by solving one forward and one adjoint problem of the Helmholtz equation.     

Foundations of quantum mechanics: The Langevin equations for QM

Stochastic derivations of the Schrödinger equation are always developed on very general and abstract grounds. Thus, one is never enlightened which specific stochastic process corresponds to some particular quantum mechanical system, that is, given the physical system—expressed by the potential function, which fluctuation structure one should impose on a Langevin equation in order to arrive at results identical to those comming from the solutions of the Schrödinger equation. We show, from first principles, how to write the Langevin stochastic equations for any particular quantum system. We also show the relation between these Langevin equations and those proposed by Bohm in 1952. We present numerical simulations of the Langevin equations for some quantum mechanical problems and compare them with the usual analytic solutions to show the adequacy of our approach. The model also allows us to address important topics on the interpretation of quantum mechanics.     

Variational derivation of improved KP-type of equations

The Kadomtsev-Petviashvili equation describes nonlinear dispersive waves which travel mainly in one direction, generalizing the Korteweg-de Vries equation for purely uni-directional waves. In this Letter we derive an improved KP-equation that has exact dispersion in the main propagation direction and that is accurate in second order of the wave height. Moreover, different from the KP-equation, this new equation is also valid for waves on deep water. These properties are inherited from the AB-equation (E. van Groesen, Andonowati, 2007 [1]) which is the unidirectional improvement of the KdV equation. The derivation of the equation uses the variational formulation of surface water waves, and inherits the basic Hamiltonian structure.     

Kinetic equations for dense fluids

It is demonstrated that the kinetic equation of Davis's effective potential theory follows directly from the application of well-defined approximations to the three-body correlations involved in the second equation of the BBGKY hierarchy. The same, simple mathematical techniques involved in this demonstration are used to derive two other kinetic equations, one of which is a generalization to high densities of the Boltzmann equation. In order to facilitate its application to the calculation of the van Hove and other correlation functions, the kinetic equation of the effective potential theory is Fourier-Laplace transformed: explicit formulae are given for the matrix elements of all operators that occur in this equation.