Steady parallel flow in an evaporating fluid heated from sidewalls

Evaporation is ubiquitous in nature, but very few attempts have been made in the past to couple the effects of evaporation with fluid flow behavior. In this theoretical paper we have discussed the effects of evaporation on the dynamics of steady state thermocapillary convection in a two-dimensional rectangular container. The liquid is heated by differentially heated sidewalls and mass loss from the interface due to evaporation is compensated by the liquid entering into the container through a lower inlet, thus keeping the thickness of the liquid layer constant. We show that for an evaporating liquid one can obtain a plane parallel base state profile which depends on the evaporative mass flux.     

The Riemann Problem for the one-dimensional,free-surface Shallow Water Equations with a bed step: Theoretical analysis and numerical simulations

In this paper, the solution of the Riemann Problem for the one-dimensional, free-surface Shallow Water Equations over a bed step is analyzed both from a theoretical and a numerical point of view. Particular attention has been paid to the wave that is generated at the location of the bed discontinuity. Starting from the classical Shallow Water Equations, considering the bed level as an additional variable, and adding to the system an equation imposing its time invariance, we show that this wave is a contact wave, across which one of the Riemann invariants, namely the energy, is not constant. This is due to the fact that the relevant problem is nonconservative. We demonstrate that, in this type of system, Riemann Invariants do not generally hold in contact waves. Furthermore, we show that in this case the equations that link the flow variables across the contact wave are the Generalized Rankine–Hugoniot relations and we obtain these for the specific problem. From the numerical point of view, we present an accurate and efficient solver for the step Riemann Problem to be used in a finite-volume Godunov-type framework. Through a two-step predictor–corrector procedure, the solver is able to provide solutions with any desired accuracy. The predictor step uses a well-balanced Generalized Roe solver while the corrector step solves the exact nonlinear system of equations that consitutes the problem by means of an iterative procedure that starts from the predictor solution. In order to show the effectiveness and the accuracy of the proposed approach, we consider several step Riemann Problems and compare the exact solutions with the numerical results obtained by using a standard Roe approach far from the step and the novel two-step algorithm for the fluxes over the step, achieving good results.     

Exact solutions of Einstein-conformal scalar equations

The massless scalar field which satisfies a conformally invariant equation is in some respects more interesting than the ordinary one. Unfortunately, few, if any, exact solutions of Einstein's equations for a conformal scalar stress-energy have appeared previously. Here we present a theorem by means of which one can generate two Einstein-conformal scalar solutions from a single Einstein-ordinary scalar solution (of which many are known). As an example we show how to obtain Weyl-like solutions with a conformal scalar field. We obtain and analyze in some detail two families of spherically symmetric static Einstein-conformal scalar solutions. We also exhibit a family of static spherically symmetric Einstein-Maxwell-conformal scalar solutions (parametrized by both electric and scalar charge), which have black-hole geometries but are not genuine black holes. Finally, we present all the Robertson-Walker cosmological models which contain both incoherent radiation and a homogeneous conformal scalar field. One class of these represents open universes which bounce and never pass through a singular state; they circumvent the “singularity theorems” by violating the energy condition.     

The Resultant on Compact Riemann Surfaces

We introduce a notion of the resultant of two meromorphic functions on a compact Riemann surface and demonstrate its usefulness in several respects. For example, we exhibit several integral formulas for the resultant, relate it to potential theory and give explicit formulas for the algebraic dependence between two meromorphic functions on a compact Riemann surface. As a particular application, the exponential transform of a quadrature domain in the complex plane is expressed in terms of the resultant of two meromorphic functions on the Schottky double of the domain.     

Dynamics of Bose-Einstein condensates near Feshbach resonance in external potential

We review our recent theoretical advances in the dynamics of Bose-Einstein condensates with tunable interactions using Feshbach resonance and external potential. A set of analytic and numerical methods for Gross-Pitaevskii equations are developed to study the nonlinear dynamics of Bose-Einstein condensates. Analytically, we present the integrable conditions for the Gross-Pitaevskii equations with tunable interactions and external potential, and obtain a family of exact analytical solutions for one- and two-component Bose-Einstein condensates in one and two-dimensional cases. Then we apply these models to investigate the dynamics of solitons and collisions between two solitons. Numerically, the stability of the analytic exact solutions are checked and the phenomena, such as the dynamics and modulation of the ring dark soliton and vector-soliton, soliton conversion via Feshbach resonance, quantized soliton and vortex in quasi-two-dimensional are also investigated. Both the exact and numerical solutions show that the dynamics of Bose-Einstein condensates can be effectively controlled by the Feshbach resonance and external potential, which offer a good opportunity for manipulation of atomic matter waves and nonlinear excitations in Bose-Einstein condensates.     

Dependence of chaotic diffusion on the size and position of holes

A particle driven by deterministic chaos and moving in a spatially extended environment can exhibit normal diffusion, with its mean square displacement growing proportional to the time. Here, we consider the dependence of the diffusion coefficient on the size and the position of areas of phase space linking spatial regions ('holes') in a class of simple one-dimensional, periodically lifted maps. The parameter dependent diffusion coefficient can be obtained analytically via a Taylor-Green-Kubo formula in terms of a functional recursion relation. We find that the diffusion coefficient varies non-monotonically with the size of a hole and its position, which implies that a diffusion coefficient can increase by making the hole smaller. We derive analytic formulas for small holes in terms of periodic orbits covered by the holes. The asymptotic regimes that we observe show deviations from the standard stochastic random walk approximation. The escape rate of the corresponding open system is also calculated. The resulting parameter dependencies are compared with the ones for the diffusion coefficient and explained in terms of periodic orbits.     

Solitons in Bose-Einstein Condensates with Time-Dependent Atomic Scattering Length in a Harmonic Trap

We obtain the integrable relation for the one-dimensional nonlinear Schrödinger equations which describes the dynamics of a Bose-Einstein Condensates with time-dependent scattering length in a harmonic potential. The exact one- and two-soliton solutions are constructed analytically by using the Hirota method. Then we further discuss the dynamics of the one soliton and the interactions between two solitons in currently experimental conditions.     

Instability of black hole horizon with respect to electromagnetic excitations

Analyzing exact solutions of the Einstein–Maxwell equations in the Kerr–Schild formalism we show that black hole horizon is instable with respect to electromagnetic excitations. Contrary to perturbative smooth harmonic solutions, the exact solutions for electromagnetic excitations on the Kerr background are accompanied by singular beams which have very strong back reaction to metric and break the horizon, forming the holes which allow radiation to escape interior of black-hole. As a result, even the weak vacuum fluctuations break the horizon topologically, covering it by a set of fluctuating microholes. We conclude with a series of nontrivial consequences, one of which is that there is no information loss inside of black-hole.     

Exactly solving some typical Riemann-Liouville fractional models by a general method of separation of variables

Finding exact solutions for Riemann–Liouville(RL) fractional equations is very difficult. We propose a general method of separation of variables to study the problem. We obtain several general results and, as applications, we give nontrivial exact solutions for some typical RL fractional equations such as the fractional Kadomtsev–Petviashvili equation and the fractional Langmuir chain equation. In particular, we obtain non-power functions solutions for a kind of RL time-fractional reaction–diffusion equation. In addition, we find that the separation of variables method is more suited to deal with high-dimensional nonlinear RL fractional equations because we have more freedom to choose undetermined functions.     

Exactly solvable Fokker-Planck equation with time-dependent nonlinear drift and diffusion coefficients – the Lie-algebraic approach

In this paper we have analytically solved the Fokker-Planck equation (FPE) associated with a fairly large class of multiplicative stochastic processes with time-varying nonliner drift and diffusion coefficients, which has wide applicability in various areas of physics, e.g. nonlinear optics and chemical reaction dynamics. By exploiting the dynamical symmetry of the FPE, we apply the Lie-algebraic approach to derive the time-dependent analytical closed-form solutions. The derived solutions fall into two different categories, namely (i) one with a moving absorbing boundary, and (ii) one with a fixed absorbing boundary at the origin, depending upon the model parameters. The corresponding escape (or survival) probabilities are also evaluated analytically. We believe that not only our analytically exact results can serve as standard models upon which the discussion of more complicated problems can be based, but they can also be useful as a benchmark to test approximate numerical or analytical procedures.     

Soliton solutions for the space-time nonlinear partial differential equations with fractional-orders

Many practical models in interdisciplinary fields can be described with the help of fractional-order nonlinear partial differential equations(NPDEs). Fractional-order NPDEs such as the space-time fractional Fokas equation, the space-time Kaup–Kupershmidt equation and the space-time fractional (2+1)-dimensional breaking soliton equation have been widely applied in many branches of science and engineering. So, finding exact traveling wave solutions are very helpful in the theories and numerical studies of such equations. More precisely, fractional sub-equation method together with the proposed technique is implemented to obtain exact traveling wave solutions of such physical models involving Jumarie’s modified Riemann–Liouville derivative. As a result, some new exact traveling wave solutions for them are successfully established. Also, (1+1)-dimensional plots and 1-dimensional plots of some of the derived solutions are given to visualize the dynamics of the considered NPDEs. The obtained results reveal that the proposed technique is quite effective and convenient for obtaining exact solutions of NPDEs with fractional-order.     

Fermionic Zero Modes in Self-dual Vortex Background on a Torus

We study fermionic zero modes in the self-dual vortex background on an extra two-dimensional Riemann surface in （5＋1） dimensions. Using the generalized Abelian-Higgs model, we obtain the inner topological structure of the self-dual vortex and establish the exact self-duality equation with topological term. Then we analyze the Dirac operator on an extra torus and the effective Lagrangian of four-dimensional fermions with the self-dual vortex background. Solving the Dirac equation, the fermionic zero modes on a torus with the self-dual vortex background in two simple cases are obtained.     

On Effective Potential in Tortoise Coordinate

In this paper, we study the field dynamics in Tortoise coordinate where the equation of motion of a scalar can be written as Schrodinger-like form. We obtain a general form for effective potential by finding the Schrodinger equation for scalar and spinor fields and study its global behavior in some black hole backgrounds in three dimension such as BTZ black holes, new type black holes and black holes with no horizon.     

Semiclassical and quantum Liouville theory on the sphere

We solve the Riemann–Hilbert problem on the sphere topology for three singularities of finite strength and a fourth one infinitesimal, by determining perturbatively the Poincaré accessory parameters. In this way we compute the semiclassical four point vertex function with three finite charges and a fourth infinitesimal. Some of the results are extended to the case of n finite charges and m infinitesimal. With the same technique we compute the exact Green function on the sphere with three finite singularities. Turning to the full quantum problem we address the calculation of the quantum determinant on the background of three finite charges and the further perturbative corrections. The zeta function technique provides a theory which is not invariant under local conformal transformations. Instead by employing a regularization suggested in the case of the pseudosphere by Zamolodchikov and Zamolodchikov we obtain the correct quantum conformal dimensions from the one loop calculation and we show explicitly that the two loop corrections do not change such dimensions. We expect such a result to hold to all order perturbation theory.     

Deterministic escape of a dimer over an anharmonic potential barrier

In the present paper we consider the deterministic escape dynamics of a dimer from a metastable state over an anharmonic potential barrier. The underlying dynamics is conservative and noiseless and thus, the allocated energy has to suffice for barrier crossing. The two particles comprising the dimer are coupled through a spring. Their motion takes place in a two-dimensional plane. Each of the two constituents for itself is unable to escape, but as the outcome of strongly chaotic coupled dynamics the two particles exchange energy in such a way that eventually exit from the domain of attraction may be promoted. We calculate the corresponding critical dimer configuration as the transition state and its associated activation energy vital for barrier crossing. It is found that there exists a bounded region in the parameter space where a fast escape entailed by chaotic dynamics is observed. Interestingly, outside this region the system can show Fermi resonance which, however turns out to impede fast escape.     

Accuracies and conservation errors of various ghost fluid methods for multi-medium Riemann problem

Since the (original) ghost fluid method (OGFM) was proposed by Fedkiw et al. in 1999 [5], a series of other GFM-based methods such as the gas–water version GFM (GWGFM), the modified GFM (MGFM) and the real GFM (RGFM) have been developed subsequently. Systematic analysis, however, has yet to be carried out for the various GFMs on their accuracies and conservation errors. In this paper, we develop a technique to rigorously analyze the accuracies and conservation errors of these different GFMs when applied to the multi-medium Riemann problem with a general equation of state (EOS). By analyzing and comparing the interfacial state provided by each GFM to the exact one of the original multi-medium Riemann problem, we show that the accuracy of interfacial treatment can achieve “third-order accuracy” in the sense of comparing to the exact solution of the original mutli-medium Riemann problem for the MGFM and the RGFM, while it is of at most “first-order accuracy” for the OGFM and the GWGFM when the interface approach is actually near in balance. Similar conclusions are also obtained in association with the local conservation errors. A special test method is exploited to validate these theoretical conclusions from the numerical viewpoint.     

Free Bosonic Vertex Operator Algebras on Genus Two Riemann Surfaces I

We define the partition and n-point functions for a vertex operator algebra on a genus two Riemann surface formed by sewing two tori together. We obtain closed formulas for the genus two partition function for the Heisenberg free bosonic string and for any pair of simple Heisenberg modules. We prove that the partition function is holomorphic in the sewing parameters on a given suitable domain and describe its modular properties for the Heisenberg and lattice vertex operator algebras and a continuous orbifolding of the rank two fermion vertex operator super algebra. We compute the genus two Heisenberg vector n-point function and show that the Virasoro vector one point function satisfies a genus two Ward identity for these theories.     

Nonlinearity of the zigzag graphene nanoribbons with antidots via the f-deformed Dirac oscillator in (2+1)-dimensions

We study the nonlinearity for the zigzag graphene nanoribbons (ZGNRs) with zigzag triangular holes (ZTHs). We show that in the presence of an external uniform magnetic field, a two-dimensional f-deformed Dirac oscillator can be used to describe the dynamics of the electrons in the ZGNRs with ZTHs. It is shown for the first time that the magnetic field direction has effect on the chirality of charge carriers in the ZGNRs punched with triangular holes. We also obtain the Landau-level spectrum in the weak and strong magnetic field regimes. Additionally, we compare Landau-level spectrum of this graphene-based device in the f-deformed scenario and original one. Our results provide a general viewpoint for the development of the zigzag graphene nanoribbons.     

Carriers escape mechanisms in shallow InGaAs/GaAs quantum wells grown on vicinal (001) GaAs substrates

We used photoluminescence spectroscopy in order to investigate the carriers escape mechanisms in In_0.15Ga_0.85As/GaAs quantum wells grown on top of nominal (001) and 2°-, 4°- and 6°-off (001) towards (111)A GaAs substrates. We described the escape processes using two models that fit the Arrhenius plot of the integrated PL intensity as a function of the inverse of the sample temperature. In the first model, we considered equal escape probability for electrons and holes. In the second one, we assumed that a single type of carrier can escape from the well. At high temperature, the first model fits the experimental data well, whereas, between 50 K and 100 K, the second model has to be taken into account to describe the data. We observed that the escape activation energy depends on the misorientation angle. An unusual behavior was noted when the full width at half maximum of the photoluminescence main emission was plotted as a function of the sample temperature. We showed that the escape process of the less-confined carriers drives this behavior.