Effects of Spatial Variation of Thermal Electrons on Whistler-Mode Waves in Magnetosphere

A ray-tracing method is developed to evaluate the wave growth/damping and specifically propagation trajectories of the magnetospherically reflected Whistler-mode waves. The methodology is valid for weak wave growth/damping when plasma is comprised of a cold electron population and a hot electron population, together with background neutralizing ions, e.g. protons. The effect of anisotropic thermal electrons on the propagation of Whistler-mode waves is studied in detail. Numerical results are obtained for a realistic spatial variation model of plasma population, including the cold electron density distribution, and the thermal electron density and temperature distribution. It is found that, analogous to the case of the typical cold plasma approximation, the overall ray path of Whistler-mode waves is insensitive to the thermal electron density and temperature anisotropy, and the ray path reflects where wave frequency is below or comparable to the local lower hybrid resonance frequency flhr. However, the wave growth is expected to be influenced by the thermal electron population. The results present a first detailed verification for the validity of the typical cold plasma approximation for the propagation of Whistler-mode waves and may account for the observation that the Whistler-mode waves tend to propagate on a particular magnetic shell L where the wave frequency is comparable to fthe.     

Quantum tunneling: A general study in multi-dimensional potential barriers with and without dissipative coupling

Quantum tunneling is formulated in terms of the time evolution of a localized state and thus shown to be dependent upon the eigenspectrum of the system Hamiltonian. A number of exactly solvable models with local and non-local double-well potentials are discussed, and it is shown how, for local potentials, other solvable models can be generated by using Gelfand-Levitan and Darboux transformations. Tunneling in multi-dimensional potential barriers is investigated under semi-classical approximation by developing the method of asymptotic expansion of the wave function for large quantum numbers and the WKB approximation for separable systems. General expressions for the imaginary-time tunneling trajectory are obtained in both methods and specific applications are discussed. Approximation schemes for non-separable systems are also presented. A general study of dissipative multi-dimensional tunneling is carried out by using the Gisin equation, the Schrödinger-Langevin equation and the complex potential model. It is shown that, in general, different models of dissipation are not equivalent in the tunneling context. Using these models one can show (a) the existence of critical damping beyond which no tunneling can occur, (b) that tunneling trajectories are dependent on the damping constant and (c) that dissipation may stabilize the excited state rather than the ground state. Finally the tunneling time delay in one-dimensional systems for undamped and for dissipative systems is formulated in terms of the phase shift, and this has been used to show that the effect of damping on the time delay is ignorable.     

Investigation on the Doppler shifts induced by 1-D ocean surface wave displacements by the first order small slope approximation theory: comparison of hydrodynamic models

Based on the first order small slope approximation theory (SSA-I) for oceanic surface electromagnetic scattering,this paper predicts the Doppler shifts induced by wave displacements.Theoretical results from three distinct hydrodynamic models are compared:a linear model,the nonlinear Barrick model,and the nonlinear Creamer model.Meanwhile,the predicted Doppler shifts are also compared with the results associated to the resonant Bragg waves and the so-called long waves in the framework of the two-scale model.The dependences of the predicted Doppler shifts on the incident angle,the radar frequency,and the wind speed are discussed.At large incident angles,the predicted Doppler shifts for the linear and nonlinear Barrick models are found to be insensitive to the wind speed and this phenomenon is not coincident with the experimental data.The conclusions obtained in this paper are promising for better understanding the properties of time dependent radar echoes from oceanic surfaces.     

Multi-hump bright solitons in a Schrödinger–mKdV system

We consider the problem of energy transport in a Davydov model along an anharmonic crystal medium obeying quartic longitudinal interactions corresponding to rigid interacting particles. The Zabusky and Kruskal unidirectional continuum limit of the original discrete equations reduces, in the long wave approximation, to a coupled system between the linear Schrödinger (LS) equation and the modified Korteweg–de Vries (mKdV) equation. Single- and two-hump bright soliton solutions for this LS–mKdV system are predicted to exist by variational means and numerically confirmed. The one-hump bright solitons are found to be the anharmonic supersonic analogue of the Davydov's solitons while the two-hump (in both components) bright solitons are found to be a novel type of soliton consisting of a two-soliton solution of mKdV trapped by the wave function associated to the LS equation. This two-hump soliton solution, as a two component solution, represents a new class of polaron solution to be contrasted with the two-soliton interaction phenomena from soliton theory, as revealed by a variational approach and direct numerical results for the two-soliton solution.     

Wave Breaking in a Class of Nonlocal Dispersive Wave Equations

Abstract

The Korteweg de Vries (KdV) equation is well known as an approximation model for small amplitude and long waves in di!erent physical contexts, but wave breaking phenomena related to short wavelengths are not captured in. In this work we consider a class of nonlocal dispersive wave equations which also incorporate physics of short wavelength scales. The model is identified by a renormalization of an infinite dispersive di!erential operator, followed by further specifications in terms of conservation laws associated with the underlying equation. Several well-known models are thus rediscovered. Wave breaking criteria are obtained for several models including the Burgers-Poisson system, the Camassa-Holm type equation and an Euler-Poisson system. The wave breaking criteria for these models are shown to depend only on the negativity of the initial velocity slope relative to other global quantities.     

Frequency/time domain modeling of a direct drive point absorber wave energy converter

Two different methods to model a point absorber wave energy converter(WEC)with direct drive linear power take-off(PTO)are proposed in the present study:the frequency domain(FD)method and the time domain(TD)method.In the FD analysis,the frequency response function(FRF)of the WEC device is obtained via the equation of motion,and the expressions of power capture width in regular and random waves are derived as well.In the TD modeling,based on a state space approximation of the convolution term in the motion equation,both regular wave and random wave simulations are carried out.The regular wave simulation results indicate that the state space approximation is sufficiently accurate and the capture width reaches the maximum in the vicinity of the natural frequency.In the random wave simulations,the effects of buoy size,the PTO damping and wave climate on the power capture width are discussed in detail,which leads to the conclusion that the capture widths are influenced by the natural frequency of the WEC device,peak frequency of the wave spectrum,the amplitude of FRF and PTO damping.Furthermore,the increase of the capture width is at the cost of a relatively large buoy size and PTO damping when control is not included.     

近垂直传播电子回旋寻常波的传播和吸收特性的解析研究

对近垂直入射的电子回旋寻常波的传播和吸收，用相对论等离子体色散关系进行了分区分析，获得了共振层附近内区O－模与X－模的耦合的准确表达式，该结果与非相对论近似下的结论有重大差别，获得了波衰减因子的解析表达式，波的衰减因子由两部分组成：O－模的相对论衰减及与O－模耦的X－模的衰减。     

GYRAC: a compact, cyclic electron accelerator

The concept of the gyro-resonant accelerator (GYRAC), which is based on cyclotron resonance in a magnetic field that is increasing slowly in time, is presented. Previously published work shows that this results in an autoresonance in which the wave provides a synchronous acceleration of the electrons. Using a simple model makes it possible to design a particularly compact, cyclic electron accelerator; in a cavity with a 1-m radius and final magnetic field of 5 T, electron energy reaches 680 MeV, giving rise to synchrotron radiation of 1 keV. Assuming uniform fields and rescaling time, a Hamiltonian system is arrived at which has one degree of freedom and which, in first-order approximation is time independent. In a second-order approximation, a slow damping of the autoresonant oscillation is found. A paraxial model for beam and fields allows evaluation of the charge effects-the GYRAC then resembles the betatron. These results are illustrated by numerical three-dimensional simulations     

Regular asymptotic expansion of the linearized Bhatnagar-Gross-Krook equation

The dissipative relaxation of a plane acoustic wave in a quiescent homogeneous gas is studied with the linearized Bhatnagar-Gross-Krook equation. For small Knudsen numbers, a solution is constructed with the multiscale expansion technique. A self-consistent solution uniformly applicable in the large-time limit is extended to the fourth super-Barnett approximation. Expressions for the parameters of the wave, including Knudsen corrections to the damping rate, are derived. A value of the solutions obtained in this paper is that they make it possible to estimate the validity of assumptions.     

Transverse hysteretic damping characteristics of a serpentine belt: Modeling and experimental investigation

In this paper, the transverse dynamic hysteretic damping characteristics (HDC) of a serpentine belt are investigated. The variable stiffness and variable damping model (VSDM) constituted of a variable-stiffness spring and a variable-damping damper is developed to estimate the HDC of the belt. A test rig is designed to test the force–displacement hysteresis damping curve and resonance frequencies of serpentine belts with different lengths under diverse loading conditions. The force–displacement hysteresis damping curve getting from the experiment is then used to determine the transverse stiffness and damping coefficients needed for the VSDM. The experiment particularly shows that the orientation of the hysteresis curve swings left and right around each natural frequency as it is a symmetrical point. This interesting phenomenon is explicated in detail with the loss angle which is calculated by two methods. Moreover, two sub-analytical models included in the VSDM are proposed to model the dependence of transverse dynamic stiffness and damping coefficient of a belt on belt length, pretension and excitation frequency. A comparison of the hysteresis curves obtained from the VSDM and experiment indicates that they are in good agreement.     

Matching of asymptotic models in scattering of a plane acoustic wave by an elastic cylindrical shell

Scattering of a plane harmonic acoustic wave by an elastic cylindrical shell is considered. The procedure based on matching of asymptotic models is developed. The long-wave models (the Kirchhoff-Love theory (or its refinement) and the long-wave high-frequency approximation) are exploited in the vicinities of zero frequency and thickness resonance frequencies, whilst the model of a fluid-loaded flat elastic layer is utilized outside the aforementioned vicinities. Comparison with the exact solution demonstrates that the proposed approach is highly efficient for total synthesis of the scattered pressure as well as for uniform approximation of the resonant curves associated with partial modes.     

Muonic atoms in the neighbourhood of lead

In a previous paper the electroexcitation of various giant multipole resonances in heavy nuclei has been discussed in Born approximation. This has given only the qualitative features of the cross section, since the electron wave functions in heavy nuclei are considerably distorted by the nuclear charge. Therefore we derive in this paper the corresponding cross sections using a phase shift analysis for the electron wave functions. Moreover, the coupling between giant resonances and surface oscillations has been taken into account. This leads to transitions not only to the several giant resonances itself but also to their “satellites” (i.e. giant resonance plus surface oscillations). Since the giant resonances have rather large widths, the calculated differential cross sections have been folded using a Lorentz shape and plotted against excitation energy. It is shown that the quadrupole giant resonance levels should be observed very clearly at scattering angles of the electron of about 40° (primary energy of the electrons about 200 MeV). It seems, however, unlikely to observe the monopole giant resonance as a distinct peak of the electron cross section because of the relatively large damping to be expected.     

颗粒离散元模拟中的阻尼系数标定

离散元模型中所采用的阻尼系数是不确定的,经常凭主观经验设定.为了使得物理模型与现实中的颗粒动力学属性符合更好,通过采用声频采样技术对物理模型中的阻尼系数进行标定,得出与实验符合的阻尼系数应为0.5左右.利用标定后的阻尼系数模拟了一元颗粒在圆柱形容器里的随机堆积过程,得到最终的堆积密度为0.625,与经典的实验结果一致.研究证明,在得到模型阻尼系数的同时,也确认了数值模型的正确性和用声频采样技术进行高精度碰撞时间检测的可行性. 关键词： 颗粒堆积 阻尼系数标定 声频采样 离散元法     

Dipole resonances of an ionized cluster

We study the resonance properties of an ionized spherical cluster that interacts with an optical radiation field in terms of linear hot-plasma polarizability models. Based on a generalization that includes spatial dispersion in the well-known Mie problem of the diffraction of a plane wave by a small-size plasma sphere, we calculate the eigenfrequencies, the radiative and collisional damping constants, and the resonance amplitudes of the cluster surface and bulk plasmon fields. The role of collisionless dissipation processes is analyzed in terms of a one-dimensional kinetic model. The latter allows the corresponding damping constants for both types of plasmons to be determined as functions of the characteristic electron-plasma boundary collision frequency. We show that both types of plasmons in certain domains of cluster and external-radiation parameters can undergo a strong resonance that causes both the amplitude of the scattered wave and the absorbed power and the field inside the cluster to increase significantly.     

Energy-momentum quanta in Fresnel's evanescent wave II

Four generalisations of results appearing in a previous paper, referred to as I, are here produced. (1) Formulas for the field strengths of the evanescent wave generated inside a vacuum sandwiched between two identical refracting media propagating symmetrical incident plane waves; the classical exponential damping factor being then replaced by hyperbolic cosines or sines (according to the field components), an extremely close approximation to a plane tachyon wave is thus obtained; (2) Compact formulas for the case where the evanescent wave is generated by a superposition of plane incident waves with propagation vectors k parallel to a common incidence plane; (3) Compact formulas for the other typical case where the dispersion on k is parallel to the reflecting plane; (4) Formulas for refraction and total reflection of a photon with a non-zero rest mass.We take the opportunity of this paper to review briefly various articles that had escaped us, where a transverse energy flux inside Fresnel's evanescent wave was discussed, and also some recent papers dealing with quantisation of the evanescent wave or related topics.     

Nonlocal potentials and their exact and approximate local and velocity-dependent equivalents

We show that good approximations to the exact equivalent local potential (ELP) and damping factor of a nonlocal Perey-Buck potential can be calculated in the partial wave WKB approximation of Horiuchi. The exact ELP and damping factor are obtained by means of a method previously given by one of us. We also confirm that an approximate ELP proposed by Bauhoff et al. is of comparable accuracy as the Horiuchi approximation. Thesel-dependent ELP's exhibit reduced attraction in the interior and provide a test for higher order WKB approximations. We subsequently obtain an equivalent velocity dependent potential (EVDP) which is even exactly wave function equivalent to the original nonlocal potential. This almost local potential, unlike the trivial equivalent local potential, is smooth and well-behaved and is therefore particularly useful in nuclear reactions where the off-shell behaviour of the potential is important.     

Spectrum and relaxation of longwavelength magnons in disordered ferromagnetic metals

In the framework of the spin operator diagram technique the spectrum and relaxation frequency of longwavelength magnons in disordered ferromagnetic metals described by s-d(f)-exchange model are considered. The damping and the stiffness constant renormalization of Goldstone magnon mode due to combined magnon-electron-atomic inhomogeneity scattering process are calculated. The comparison of results obtained with available experimental data on spin wave resonance linewidths is carried out.     

Comparison of several equivalent local potentials for microscopic nonlocal Nα potentials

The phase shifts obtained in the Perey-Saxon, Horiuchi and Peierls-Vinh Mau approximations for the microscopic nonlocal Nα interaction of Lassaut and Vinh Mau have been compared at 10 and 20 MeV to the exact results, without the customary approximation of Perey and Buck, which neglects part of the angular dependence of the nonlocality and is inadequate. We have also compared the equivalent local potentials with the corresponding local wave functions and damping factors to their exact wronskian counterparts and obtained the corresponding nonlocal wave functions as a product of the approximate local wave function and the damping factor in all cases. The results show that of all the approximations the Peierls-Vinh Mau approximation is the most accurate one for s-waves and that the Perey-Saxon approximation is inadequate for Nα scattering. The accuracy of all the approximations is dependent on the degree of repulsiveness of the effective nuclear force. For the exact wronskian equivalent local potential and damping factor however, we reproduce the exact nonlocal wave function to high accuracy in all cases, confirming the accuracy of our numerical methods. The implications for nuclear reactions where the off-shell behaviour of the Nα interaction is important are discussed.     

双层耦合非对称反应扩散系统中的超点阵斑图

通过线性耦合Brusselator模型和Lengyel-Epstein模型,数值研究了双层耦合非对称反应扩散系统中图灵模之间的相互作用以及斑图的形成机理.模拟结果表明,合适的波数比以及相同的对称性是两个图灵模之间达到空间共振的必要条件,而耦合强度则直接影响了图灵斑图的振幅大小.为了保证对称性相同,两个图灵模的本征值高度要位于一定的范围内.只有失稳模为长波模时,才能对另一个图灵模产生调制作用,并形成多尺度时空斑图.随着波数比的增加,短波模子系统依次经历黑眼斑图、白眼斑图以及时序振荡六边形斑图的转变.研究表明失稳图灵模与处于短波不稳定区域的高阶谐波模之间的共振是产生时序振荡六边形的主要原因.