Evolution of entropy in the Gay-Lussac experiment

Local entropy conservation is closely connected with the existence of an adiabatic invariant. As a particular case the Gay-Lussac experiment is analyzed. No entropy production takes place before the gas has reached the opposite wall. Subsequent shock formation strongly violates the adiabatic invariant, thus triggering intense entropy increase at standard densities. In the case of infinite mean free path the gas indefinitely persists in a state of constant entropy.     

Third adiabatic invariant and the collisionless distribution function of particles in a tokamak

It has been shown that the distribution function of an ensemble of particles with a given energy in a collisionless regime in a tokamak is formed as a function primarily of the third adiabatic invariant, particularly in the near-axis region. In the periphery of the plasma column, the contribution of the toroidal component of the canonical momentum/longitudinal adiabatic invariant to the distribution function becomes noticeable. The coordinate dependence of the ensemble distribution function in the velocity space is determined predominantly by the trajectories of charged particles.     

Exponentially Long Stability Times for a Nonlinear Lattice in the Thermodynamic Limit

In this paper, we construct an adiabatic invariant for a large 1–d lattice of particles, which is the so called Klein Gordon lattice. The time evolution of such a quantity is bounded by a stretched exponential as the perturbation parameters tend to zero. At variance with the results available in the literature, our result holds uniformly in the thermodynamic limit. The proof consists of two steps: first, one uses techniques of Hamiltonian perturbation theory to construct a formal adiabatic invariant; second, one uses probabilistic methods to show that, with large probability, the adiabatic invariant is approximately constant. As a corollary, we can give a bound from below to the relaxation time for the considered system, through estimates on the autocorrelation of the adiabatic invariant.     

Changes in the adiabatic invariant and streamline chaos in confined incompressible Stokes flow

The steady incompressible flow in a unit sphere introduced by Bajer and Moffatt [J. Fluid Mech. 212, 337 (1990)] is discussed. The velocity field of this flow differs by a small perturbation from an integrable field whose streamlines are almost all closed. The unperturbed flow has two stationary saddle points (poles of the sphere) and a two-dimensional separatrix passing through them. The entire interior of the unit sphere becomes the domain of streamline chaos for an arbitrarily small perturbation. This phenomenon is explained by the nonconservation of a certain adiabatic invariant that undergoes a jump when a streamline crosses a small neighborhood of the separatrix of the unperturbed flow. An asymptotic formula is obtained for the jump in the adiabatic invariant. The accumulation of such jumps in the course of repeated crossings of the separatrix results in the complete breaking of adiabatic invariance and streamline chaos. (c) 1996 American Institute of Physics.     

Contribution to the symplectic structure in the quantization rule due to noncommutativity of adiabatic parameters

A geometric construction of the `ala Planck action integral (quantization rule) determining adiabatic terms for fast-slow systems is considered. We demonstrate that in the first (after zero) adiabatic approximation order, this geometric rule is represented by a deformed fast symplectic 2-form. The deformation is controlled by the noncommutativity of the slow adiabatic parameters. In the case of one fast degree of freedom, the deformed symplectic form incorporates the contraction of the slow Poisson tensor with the adiabatic curvature.The same deformed fast symplectic structure is used to represent the improved adiabatic invariant in a geometric form.     

Jump of the adiabatic invariant at a separatrix crossing: Degenerate cases

An expression for the quasi-random jump of the adiabatic invariant at a separatrix crossing is obtained for a slow-fast Hamiltonian system with two degrees of freedom in the case when the separatrix passes through a degenerate saddle point in the phase plane of the fast variables. The general case with an arbitrary degree of degeneracy was considered, and this degree is assumed to remain fixed in the process of evolution of the slow variables. The typical value of the jump is larger than in the non-degenerate case studied earlier. Though strongly degenerate, such a setting can be relevant for physical problems. The influence of the asymmetry of a phase portrait on the magnitude of adiabatic invariant jumps was considered as well. An example of this kind is studied, namely the motion of ions in current sheets with complex inner structure.     

Adiabatic theory,Liapunov exponents,and rotation number for quadratic Hamiltonians

We consider the adiabatic problem for general time-dependent quadratic Hamiltonians and develop a method quite different from WKB. In particular, we apply our results to the Schrödinger equation in a strip. We show that there exists a first regular step (avoiding resonance problems) providing one adiabatic invariant, bounds on the Liapunov exponents, and estimates on the rotation number at any order of the perturbation theory. The further step is shown to be equivalent to a quantum adiabatic problem, which, by the usual adiabatic techniques, provides the other possible adiabatic invariants. In the special case of the Schrödinger equation our method is simpler and more powerful than the WKB techniques.     

Nonlinear internal waves over the inclined bottom: Observations with the use of an acoustic profiler

Experimental data on propagation of solitary internal waves on the shelf of the Sea of Japan are presented and analyzed. The data are obtained by using an acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP). The process of propagation of the waves over the inclined bottom, up to their coming out to the coastal zone, is discussed for the case in which the pycnocline is closer to the surface than to the bottom. By using the approximation of an adiabatic invariant, it is shown that the height of the internal wave increases as it becomes closer to the overturning point. Qualitative agreement between the experimental data and the calculations is found.     

A new type of adiabatic invariants for nonconservative systems of generalized classical mechanics

The perturbations to symmetries and adiabatic invariants for nonconservative systems of generalized classical mechanics are studied. The exact invariant in the form of Hojman from a particular Lie symmetry for an undisturbed system of generalized mechanics is given. Based on the concept of high-order adiabatic invariant in generalized mechanics, the perturbation to Lie symmetry for the system under the action of small disturbance is investigated, and a new adiabatic invariant for the nonconservative system of generalized classical mechanics is obtained, which can be called the Hojman adiabatic invariant. An example is also given to illustrate the application of the results.     

El-Nabulsi动力学模型下非Chetaev型非完整系统的精确不变量与绝热不变量

研究El-Nabulsi动力学模型下非Chetaev型非完整系统精确不变量与绝热不变量问题. 首先, 导出El-Nabulsi-d'Alembert-Lagrange原理并建立系统的运动微分方程. 其次, 建立El-Nabulsi模型下未受扰动的非Chetaev 型非完整系统的Noether对称性与Noether对称性导致的精确不变量之间的关系; 再次, 引入力学系统的绝热不变量概念, 研究受小扰动作用下非Chetaev型非完整系统Noether对称性的摄动导致绝热不变量问题, 给出了绝热不变量存在的条件及其形式. 作为特例, 本文讨论了El-Nabulsi模型下Chetaev型非完整系统的精确不变量与绝热不变量问题. 最后分别给出非Chetaev型和Chetaev型两种约束下的算例以说明结果的应用.     

Self-induced transparency in a resonance medium with the dipole-dipole interaction

Propagation of a pulse of self-induced transparency in a resonance medium is discussed for the case when it is necessary to take into account the direct electric dipole-dipole interaction between atoms. An equation for the envelope of a wave packet—the sine-Gordon equation—is obtained for the case of durations short compared to ω ₀ ^?1 (ω₀ is the transition frequency). The dependence of the velocity and the amplitude of the soliton on the magnitude of the dipole-dipole interaction of atoms is examined in the adiabatic approximation.     

El-Nabulsi动力学模型下Birkhoff系统Noether对称性的摄动与绝热不变量

基于El-Nabulsi动力学模型,研究了小扰动作用下Birkhoff系统Noether对称性的摄动与绝热不变量问题.首先,将El-Nabulsi提出的在分数阶微积分框架下基于Riemann-Liouville分数阶积分的非保守系统动力学模型拓展到Birkhoff系统,建立El-Nabulsi-Birkhoff方程;其次,基于在无限小变换下El-Nabulsi-Pfaff作用量的不变性,给出Noether准对称性的定义和判据,得到了Noether对称性导致的精确不变量;再次,引入力学系统的绝热不变量概念,研究El-Nabulsi动力学模型下受小扰动作用的Birkhoff系统Noether对称性的摄动与绝热不变量之间的关系,得到了对称性摄动导致的绝热不变量的条件及其形式.作为特例,给出了El-Nabulsi动力学模型下相空间中非保守系统和经典Birkhoff系统的Noether对称性的摄动与绝热不变量.以著名的Hojman-Urrutia问题为例,研究其在El-Nabulsi动力学模型下的Noether对称性,得到了相应的精确不变量和绝热不变量.     

A slowly moving particle in a two-dimensional magnetic field

We consider the behavior of a slowly moving classical point particle in a magnetic field in two dimensions, and show that, although energy conservation would permit the particle to escape to infinity, it in fact does not escape but is permanently trapped in the field. For any given magnetic field, this is true for particles of slow enough velocity. For such motion the magnetic flux enclosed by the Larmor orbits is an adiabatic invariant. Our results may be described by saying the deviations from conservation of this invariant are not cumulative but remain bounded over arbitrary time intervals, and are small if the velocity is small.     

Equilibrium state of charged particles in a wave propagating along the magnetic field

This investigation examines the adiabatic motion of a charged particle near the equilibrium state in a field of a plane, circularly polarized, electromagnetic wave which is propagating with a changing velocity phase along the magnetic field. Approximate equations are found which describe the behavior of the equilibrium state parameters when the wave leaves the medium and enters a vacuum. It is shown that compared to the equilibrium value in this situation under the adiabatic approximation there is a decrease in amplitude of the particle energy fluctuation; this establishes the possibility of a prolonged acceleration of the particle to high energies. It is further demonstrated that a particle moving close to equilibrium state can appear to be in the autoresonance regime when the wave enters vacuum.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 10, pp. 117–122, October, 1976.     

THE APPLICATION OF ADIABATIC THEOREM TO THE BEAA DYNAMICS IN ACCELERATORS

In this paper, the adiabatic criterion and the formulae for calculating the increment of adiabatic invariant due to the nonadiabatic change of paramters in Hamiltonian are derived and we have found that this increment is quite small, even in the case where the Landau's adiabatic criterion^[1] is violated.     

Theoretical Studies of the Laser Induced Plasma Profile Near the Critical Density Region for an Adiabatic Plasma Model

A theoretical study of the variation of density and flow velocity due to pondermotive force, near critical density region of a laser – produced plasma, obeying an adiabatic pressure law is reported. The ion-continuity, momentum and wave equations are solved in a steady state. The density and flow velocity as a function of incident laser intensity are calculated and plotted for both underdense and overdense regions for adiabatic exponent γ = 4/3, 5/3, 2. The velocity decreases and density increases in the overdense region and velocity increase and density decreases in the underdense region with the increase of larger power at sonic point. It is found that the velocity is subsonic in the overdense region and supersonic in the underdense region. The nature of variation is similar to the isothermal model.     

Weak magnetohydrodynamic turbulence of a magnetized plasma

A weak turbulence of the magnetohydrodynamic waves in a strongly magnetized plasma was studied in the case when the plasma pressure is small as compared to the magnetic field pressure. In this case, the principal nonlinear mechanism is the resonance scattering of fast magnetoacoustic and Alfvén waves on slow magnetoacoustic waves. Since the former waves are high-frequency (HF) with respect to the latter, the total number of HF waves in the system is conserved (adiabatic invariant). In the weak turbulence regime, this integral of motion generates a Kolmogorov spectrum with a constant flux of the number of HF waves toward the longwave region. The shortwave region features a Kolmogorov spectrum with a constant energy flux. An exact angular dependence of the turbulence spectra is determined for the wave propagation angles close to the average magnetic field direction.     

Breaking of stationary waves in nonlinear dispersive media

A nontrivial behaviour of a nonlinear wave under influence of small disturbing factors like dissipation, smooth inhomogeneity of medium parameters, etc. is considered by the example of sine-Gordon equation. The stage of slow “adiabatic” variation of the parameters of quasi-stationary wave is shown to change at some finite distance due to strong instability. The wave form becomes essentially nonstationary (breaking of stationary wave structure). The breaking condition is defined by the extremum of the wave adiabatic invariant. The behaviour of a wave at the nonadiabatic stage is described using a Galerkin procedure.     

Perturbation of Symmetries and Hojman Adiabatic Invariants for Mechanical Systems with Unilateral Holonomic Constraints

The perturbation of symmetries and adiabatic invariants for mechanical systems with unilateral holonomic constraints are studied. The exact invariant in the form of Hojman led by special Lie symmetries for an undisturbed system with unilateral constraints is given. Based on the concept of high-order adiabatic invariant of mechanical systems, the perturbation of Lie symmetries for the system under the action of small disturbance is investigated, and a new adiabatic invariant for the system with unilateral holonomic constraints is obtained, which can be called Hojman adiabatic invariant. In the end of the paper, an example is given to illustrate the application of the results.