A Unification of General Theory of Relativity with Dirac＇s Large Number Hypothesis

Taking a hint from Dirac‘s large number hypothesis, we note the existence of cosmologically combined conservation laws that work cosmologically long time. We thus modify Einstein‘s theory of general relativity with fixed gravitation constant G to a theory for varying G, with a tensor term arising naturally from the derivatives of G in place of the cosmological constant term usually introduced ad hoc. The modified theory, when applied to cosmology, is consistent with Dirac‘s large number hypothesis, and gives a theoretical Hubble‘s relation not contradicting the observational data.For phenomena of duration and distance being short compared with those of the universe, our theory reduces to Einstein‘s theory with G being constant outside the gravitating matter, and thus also passes the crucial tests of Einstein‘s theory.     

Oscillating Flat FRW Dark Energy Dominated Cosmology from Periodic Functional Approach

I discuss the modification of Einstein＇s Theory of General Relativity based on a periodic functional approach. In this new approach, a corrected periodic gravitational coupling constant arises and plays the role of periodic damping term acting on the theory. It is found that it is achievable to have an oscillating universe dominated by dark energy and expanding aceeleratedly in time.     

Variation of the fine-structure constant from the de Sitter invariant special relativity

We discuss the variation of the fine-structure constant, α. There are obvious discrepancies among the results of α-variation from recent Quasi-stellar observation experiments and from the Oklo uranium mine analysis. We use dS Sitter invariant Special Relativity (SR_c,R) and Dirac large number hypothesis to discuss this puzzle, and present a possible solution to the disagreement. By means of the observational data and the discussions presented in this paper, we estimate the radius of the Universe in SR_c,R which is about ~2√5×10¹¹l.y.     

Quantum Spectra of Hydrogen Atoms in Various Magnetic Fields with the Closed Orbit Theory

The quantum spectra of hydrogen atoms in various magnetic fields have been calculated with the closed orbit theory.The magnitude of the magnetic field decreases from 5.96 T to 0.56 T with a step of 0.6T.We demonstrate schematically that the closed orbits disappear with the decrease of the magnitude of the magnetic field when the corresponding finite resolution of experiment is fixed.This may give us a good way to control the shape and the number of the closed orbits in the system,and thus to control where a peak should exist in the Fourier transformation of the quantum spectra.     

Bianchi Type-Ⅱ Inflationary Models with Stiff Matter and Decaying Cosmological Term

We deal with Einstein＇s field equations with a time-decaying cosmological term of the forms （i） ∧=β（a/a） ＋ α/a62 and （ii）∧ = α/a^2, where a is the average scale factor of the universe, α and β are constants for a spatially homogeneous and anisotropic LRS Bianchi type-Ⅱ spacetime. Exact solutions of the field equations for stiff matter are obtained by applying a special law of variation for the Hubble parameter. Anisotropic cosmological models are presented with a constant negative deceleration parameter which corresponds to the accelerated phase of the present universe. The cosmological constant A is obtained as a decreasing function of time that is approaching a small positive value at the present epoch, which is corroborated by the consequences from recent supernovae Ia observations. The physical and kinematical behaviors of the models are also discussed.     

Production of ~(87)Rb Bose–Einstein Condensate with a Simple Evaporative Cooling Method

A Bose–Einstein condensate with a large atom number is an important experimental platform for quantum simulation and quantum information research. An optical dipole trap is the a conventional way to hold the ultracold atoms, where an atomic cloud is evaporatively cooled down before reaching the Bose–Einstein condensate. A carefully designed trap depth controlling curve is typically required to realize the optimal evaporation cooling.We present and demonstrate a simple way to optimize the evaporation cooling in a crossed optical dipole trap.A polyline shape optical power control profile is easily obtained with our method, by which a pure Bose–Einstein condensate with atom number 1.73 × 105 is produced. Theoretically, we numerically simulate the optimal evaporation cooling using the parameters of our apparatus based on a kinetic theory. Compared to the simulation results, our evaporation cooling shows a good performance. We believe that our simple method can be used to quickly realize evaporation cooling in optical dipole traps.     

Phenomenological Scaling of Rapidity Dependence for Anisotropic Flows in 25 MeV/nucleon Ca＋Ca by Quantum Molecular Dynamics Model

Anisotropic flows （v1, v2, v3 and v4） of light fragments up to the mass number 4 as a function of rapidity are studied for 25 MeV/nucleon ^40Ca ＋ ^40Ca at large impact parameters by a quantum molecular dynamics model. A phenomenological scaling behaviour of rapidity dependent flow parameters vn （n = 1, 2, 3 and 4） is found as a function of mass number plus a constant term, which may arise from the interplay of collective and random motions. In addition, v4/v2^2 keeps to be almost independent of rapidity and remains a rough constant of 1/2 for all light fragments.     

Maximal symmetry and mass generation of Dirac fermions and gravitational gauge field theory in six-dimensional spacetime

The relativistic Dirac equation in four-dimensional spacetime reveals a coherent relation between the dimensions of spacetime and the degrees of freedom of fermionic spinors. A massless Dirac fermion generates new symmetries corresponding to chirality spin and charge spin as well as conformal scaling transformations. With the introduction of intrinsic W-parity, a massless Dirac fermion can be treated as a Majorana-type or Weyl-type spinor in a six-dimensional spacetime that reflects the intrinsic quantum numbers of chirality spin. A generalized Dirac equation is obtained in the six-dimensional spacetime with a maximal symmetry. Based on the framework of gravitational quantum field theory proposed in Ref. [1] with the postulate of gauge invariance and coordinate independence, we arrive at a maximally symmetric gravitational gauge field theory for the massless Dirac fermion in six-dimensional spacetime. Such a theory is governed by the local spin gauge symmetry SP(1,5) and the global Poincar′e symmetry P(1,5)= SO(1,5) P~(1,5) as well as the charge spin gauge symmetry SU(2). The theory leads to the prediction of doubly electrically charged bosons. A scalar field and conformal scaling gauge field are introduced to maintain both global and local conformal scaling symmetries. A generalized gravitational Dirac equation for the massless Dirac fermion is derived in the six-dimensional spacetime. The equations of motion for gauge fields are obtained with conserved currents in the presence of gravitational effects. The dynamics of the gauge-type gravifield as a Goldstone-like boson is shown to be governed by a conserved energy-momentum tensor, and its symmetric part provides a generalized Einstein equation of gravity. An alternative geometrical symmetry breaking mechanism for the mass generation of Dirac fermions is demonstrated.     

Spontaneous Emission of a Two-Level Static Atom Coupling with Electromagnetic Vacuum Fluctuations Outside a High-Dimensional Einstein Gauss-Bonnet Black Hole

Using the generalized formalism of Dalibard, Dupont-Roc and Cohen-Tannoudji we investigate the spontaneous excitation of a static atom interacting with electromagnetic vacuum fluctuations outside an Einstein Gauss-Bonnet black hole in d-dimensions. It shows that spontaneous excitation does not occur in a Boulware vacuum, while exists in an Unruh vacuum and Hattie-Hawking vacuum. As to the total rate of change of the atomic energy, it does not receive the contribution from the coupling constant of the Gauss-Bonnet term at spatial infinity, only the dimensional parameter has the contribution to it. Near the event horizon, both the coupling constant and the dimension p contribute to the total rate of change of the atomic energy in all three kinds of vacuum. We discuss the contribution of the coupling constant and dimensional factor to the results in three different kinds of spacetime lastly.     

Thermal properties of a two-dimensional intrinsically curved semiflexible biopolymer

We study the behaviors of mean end-to-end distance and specific heat of a two-dimensional intrinsically curved semiflexible biopolymer with a hard-core excluded volume interaction. We find the mean square end-to-end distance R~2_N∝ N~βat large N, with N being the number of monomers. Both β and proportional constant are dependent on the reduced bending rigidity κ and intrinsic curvature c. The larger the c, the smaller the proportional constant, and 1.5 ≥β≥ 1. Up to a moderate κ = κ_c, or down to a moderate temperature T = T_c, β = 1.5, the same as that of a self-avoiding random walk, and the larger the intrinsic curvature, the smaller the κ_c. However, at a large κ or a low temperature, β is close to 1,and the conformation of the biopolymer can be more compact than that of a random walk. There is an intermediate regime with 1.5 β 1 and the transition from β = 1.5 to β = 1 is smooth. The specific heat of the system increases smoothly with increasing κ or there is no peak in the specific heat. Therefore, a nonvanishing intrinsic curvature seriously affects the thermal properties of a semiflexible biopolymer, but there is no phase transition in the system.     

Locally Rotationally Symmetric Bianchi Type-Ⅰ Model with Time Varying Λ Term

We investigate the locally rotationally symmetric （LRS） Bianchi type-Ⅰ cosmological model for stiff matter and a vacuum solution with a cosmological term proportional to R^-m （R is the scale factor and m is a positive constant）. The cosmological term decreases with time. We obtain that for both the cases the present universe is accelerating with a large fraction of cosmological density in the form of a cosmological term.     

Phase Transitions in the Early Universe with Negatively Induced Supergravity Cosmological Constant

We consider that the observable cosmological constant is the sum of the vacuum （Avac） and the induced term （Aind - 3m^2/4） with m being the ultra-llght masses （≈ Hubble parameter） implemented in the theory from supergravities arguments and non-minimal coupling. In the absence of a scalar buildup of matter fields, we study its effects on spontaneous symmetry breaking with a Higgs potential and show how the presence of the ultra-light masses yields some important consequences for the early universe and new constraints on the Higgs and electroweak gauge bosons masses.     

Investigation of Resistivity of Saturated Porous Media with Lattice Boltzmann Method

The lattice Boltzmann method is employed to study the electrical transport properties of saturated porous media.Electrical current flow through the porous media is simulated and the relationship between resistivity index and water saturation is derived. It is found that this kind of relation is not a straight line as described by the Archie equation with the parameter n being a constant in a log-log scale. A new equation is thus developed to formulate this relation with n being a function of porosity and water saturation. The comparisons between the results by lattice Boltzmann and by the laboratory experiments on rock samples demonstrate that this numerical method can provide an alternative way for the expensive laboratory experiments to investigate the electrical transport properties of saturated porous media and can be used to explore micro mechanisms more conveniently.     

Spin symmetry in the relativistic modified Rosen-Morse potential with the approximate centrifugal term

By applying a Pekeris-type approximation to the centrifugal term, we study the spin symmetry of a Dirac nucleon subjected to scalar and vector modified Rosen-Morse potentials. A complicated energy equation and associated two-component spinors with arbitrary spin-orbit coupling quantum number k are presented. The positive-energy bound states are checked numerically in the case of spin symmetry. The relativistic modified Rosen-Morse potential cannot trap a Dirac nucleon in the limiting case α→ 0.     

Neutrino Mass Generation in SO（4） Model

Generation of neutrino mass in SO（4） model is proposed here. The algebraic structure of SO （4） is same as to that ofSU（2）L x SU（2）R. It is shown that the spontaneous symmetry breaking results three massive as well as three massless gauge bosons. The standard model theory according to which there exist three massive gauge bosons and a massless one is emerged from this model. In the framework ofSU（2）L x SU（2）R a small Dirac neutrino mass is derived. It is also shown that such mass term may vanish with a special choice. The Majorana mass term is not considered here and thus in this model the neutrino mass does not follow seesaw structure.     

A strategy of enhancing the photoactivity of TiO2 containing nonmetal and transition metal dopants

An effective structural codoping approach is proposed to modify the photoelectrochemical （PEC） properties of anatase TiO2 by being doped with nonmetal （N or/and C） and transition metal （Re） elements. The electronic structures and for- mation energies of different doped systems are investigated using spin-polarized density functional theory. We find that （C, Re） doped TiO2, with a low formation energy and a large binding energy, reduces the band gap to a large extent, thus it could contribute to the significant enhancement of the photocatalytic activity in the visible-light region. It should be pointed out that, to be successful, the proper proportion of the dopants C and Re should be controlled, so that reasonable PEC properties can be achieved.     

Different Versions of Perturbation Expansion Based on the SIngle－Trajectory Quadrature Method

The newly developed single trajectory quadrature method is applied to a two-dimensional example,The results based on different versions of new perturbation expansion and the new Green‘s function deduced from this method are compared with each other,also compared with the result from the traditional pertubation theory.As the first application to higher-dimensional non-separable potential the obtained result further confirms the applicability and potential of this new method.     

THERMODYNAMICS OF EQUILIBRIUM AND STABILITY

The dependence of the entropy of a homogeneous system on the composition is investigated with the help of a reversible adiabatic process which allows the change of composition by means of a semipermeable wall. The conditions of equilibrinm for phase transition and for homogeneous chemical reaction are derived in a new way. Next the criterion of minimum energy for constant entropy and volume is derived from the principle of increase of entropy. This criterion is then applied to obtain the conditions of equilibrium and stability with the help of Lagrange's multipliers. The conditions of stability are expressed in several alternative forms. Next the equilibrium properties of a binary system arc considered, and some types of phase diagram are explained by means of equations. The theory is extended to the general heterogeneous equilibrium of a system consisting of any number of independent components. A system of equations for the change of temperature, pressure, and composition are obtained and are solved by means of determinants. Next Planck's theory of a binary solution is extended to a solution consisting of several solnte components, with the same conclusion regarding the lowering of freezing point as for a binary solution. Finally Planck's theory on the number of coexisting phases for aone-component system is extended to a system consisting of k components with the result that a state with, σ coexisting phases is more stable than one with σ-1 phases: where σ is an integer not greater than k + 2.     

A Two-Flux Radiation Model for Helical Instability of Arcs

A two-flux radiation model of the helical instability of arcs in axial magnetic field is presented. The temperature (and electrical conductivity) is approximated in a more realistic way (parabolic instead of flat profile) and a simplified term of radiation losses is included in the energy equation. The magnetohydrodynamic equations in an electrostatic approximation serve as the starting point of the theorv. Using a linear time-dependent perturbation theory, the corresponding equations and an explicit analytic expression that corresponds to the term of radiation losses are derived in the presence of the radiation transfer energy, from which the marginal Maecker number and the growth rate of the helical instability can be given. It is found that, in comparison with the results without radiation, the arc stable area is reduced.     

Capillary Adhesion of Microbeams： Finite Deformation Analysis

Capillary force may cause adhesion of devices at micro- and nano-scales. Considering the fact that large deformation is often involved in adhesion of microbeams, we analysed the capillary adhesion of two beams using finite deformation elasticity theory. The critical adhesion condition can be obtained from the present method as a function of the bending stiffness, Young＇s contact angle, the spacing of the two beams as well as the surface tensions of the solid and liquid phases. The solution for the capillary adhesion of a beam with a rigid substrate is also given. The results from the finite deformation analysis are compared with that of infinitesimal deformation method in order to show the necessity of accounting for the nonlinear effect associated with large deflection. The method adopted in this study can also be used to solve other adhesion problems associated with van der Waals force or electrostatic force.