邮票上的物理学史⑨--牛顿

"牛顿由于发现了万有引力定律而创立了科学的天文学,由于进行了光的分解而创立了科学的光学,由于建立了二项式定律和无穷理论而创立了科学的数学,由于认识了力的本性而创立了科学的力学."恩格斯的这段话很好地总结了牛顿的科学业绩.为了纪念牛顿在科学上的伟大建树,许多国家发行了多枚一套的邮票.     

物理实验开放式教学初探

网上预约实验实现了各校区资源共享、教学内容有弹性满足了不同层次学生的需求，开放式教学增强了教师的责任心，激发了学生学习的主动性和积极性，提高了实验教学质量，充分利用了实验室的资源，取得了较好的效果。     

自由落体实验的改进

针对教材中自由落体实验操作的不稳定性,改进了实验,增强了实验操作的稳定性,提高了实验的精确度,减少了实验次数,节省了时间,提高了课堂效率.     

大统一理论:回顾与展望

本文系统地讨论了大统一理论的来龙去脉。回顾了大统一理论的发展历史,讨论了其发展现状及存在问题,指出了进一步发展的方向。本文重点介绍了SU(5)和SO(10)两个模型,讨论了Higgs场、规范等级、渐近自由、重正化等问题。文章进而讨论了一些有趣问题,比如提供了对宇宙重子起源的解释、计算了质子衰变寿命、论述了B-L是否守恒以及讨论了中子和中微子可能有的振荡现象等。     

双波段扫描辐射计的研制

介绍了一种新型小视场、高精度的双波段扫描辐射计。描述了系统的特点,分析了系统的总体方案。介绍了系统的工作原理,对系统的NETD进行了估算,对其探测器的选择、光学系统设计、调制系统设计、扫描机构设计、信号处理等方案进行了详细论述,对系统的标定和测量原理进行了分析,并给出了相应的计算公式。给出了系统的检测结果。     

大统一理论:回顾与展望

本文系统地讨论了大统一理论的来龙去脉。回顾了大统一理论的发展历史,讨论了其发展现状及存在问题,指出了进一步发展的方向。本文重点介绍了SU(5)和SO(10)两个模型,讨论了Higgs场、规范等级、渐近自由、重正化等问题。文章进而讨论了一些有趣问题,比如提供了对宇宙重子起源的解释、计算了质子衰变寿命、论述了B-L是否守恒以及讨论了中子和中微子可能有的振荡现象等。     

La/酸化膨润土吸附剂的表征与除磷性能

以酸化改性膨润土为载体,采用浸泡法制备了稀土La掺杂的La/酸化膨润土吸附剂.通过XRD和FTIR对其结构进行了表征,探讨了膨润土的改性机理,研究了该吸附剂对废水的除磷性能.结果表明：酸化过程洗掉了膨润土中的杂质和氧化铝,稀土镧的掺杂在膨润土层间及表面引入了一定数量的羟基化合物,改善了膨润土的层间结构并生成了新的La-O-Si键,实现了La与膨润土的复合,提高了膨润土的吸附性能.     

地磁场测量实验教学设备的改造、替代及软件选取

介绍了周期幅值法测量地磁场的实验方法,指出了原实验设备存在的问题,同时提出了实验设备的改造方案,并详细介绍了如何软选取件模块.该工作降低了实验教学的维护成本,节约了因等待维护耗费的大量时间,保证了实验教学的顺利进行.     

控制环量设计涡轮的实验研究

采用控制环量方法设计了一单级涡轮。该方法打破了传统的设计规律,为验证该方法的可靠性进行了模型试验。在宽广的范围内测定了总特性;在设计点附近作了沿叶高效率分布及动叶进、出口速度三角形的测定。本文给出了主要试验结果并作了简要分析。结果表明基本上达到了设计要求,控制环量设计的主要特征得到了验证,该方法基本可行。     

纳米流体脉动热管的流动与传热性能研究

建立了纳米流体脉动热管的分析模型,将相变传热项合理引入了汽塞能量微分方程;液塞动量方程中考虑了剪切力的影响;纳米流体的物性采用了当量处理方法.采用数值迭代方法进行了求解,得到了汽塞压力、温度、质量的变化波形,分析了波形的频率,进而解释了初始条件、重力等对脉动热管的流动与传热影响的机理.     

On testing objective local theories by using Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger states

The convenience of using Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger (GHZ) stales for disproving a recently proposed hardest-to-beat type of hidden variables theory is analyzed. The experimental conditions for observing a discrepancy from quantum mechanical predictions are obtained, for a GHZ state with an arbitrary number q of particles. It is shown that an Orsay-like experiment is preferable, even for highly idealized conditions and even if the difficulty of preparation of a GHZ state with a large number of particles is not taken into account. The situation may be different for the case q=4 if a proposed theorem is demonstrated true.     

The turning of magnetotactic bacteria

A magnetotactic bacterium aligns itself along the magnetic field. When the field is reversed the bacterium makes a U-turn in the surrounding water. The turning is described by a Fokker-Planck equation for the angle , which is singular at the endpoints =0 and =. The time needed for turning can be found exactly as a first-passage time. The probability distribution itself can be found in terms of an approximation for low temperature. To cover the regions near the endpoints singular perturbation theory is needed.     

Will the real Kasner metric please stand up

The Kasner metric is one of the more widely studied metrics. Its usefulness for the construction of cosmological models and its utility for certain studies of elementary particles has made it particularly attractive for exploitation. Because of its simplicity it has been rediscovered many times and is itself very closely related to metrics given several years earlier by Weyl, Levi-Civita, and Wilson. The form in which Kasner presented it has been virtually forgotten in favor of the dynamic form of the synchronous Bianchi I metric. Kasner metrics may be either static or dynamic. To each static metric there is acognate dynamic metric andvice versa, and the two are related by a complex coordinate transformation. The characterization of a Kasner metric is by means of a set of parameters. It is possible for these to take on complex values with interesting consequences, In the discussion a curious error in the original paper is rectified and some new Kasner metrics are presented. The discussion throughout is confined to the vacuum metric.     

Stochastic differential equations anda posteriori states in quantum mechanics

In recent years a consistent theory describing measurements continuous in time in quantum mechanics has been developed. The result of such a measurement is atrajectoryfor one or more quantities observed with continuity in time. Applications are connected especially with detection theory in quantum optics. In such a theory of continuous measurements one can ask what is the state of the system given that a certain trajectory up to timet has been observed. The response to this question is the notion ofa posteriori states and afilteringequation governing the evolution of such states: this turns out to be a nonlinear stochastic differential equation for density matrices or for pure vectors. The driving noise appearing in such an equation is not an external one, but its probability law is determined by the system itself (it is the probability measure on the trajectory space given by the theory of continuous measurements).     

Radiation Characteristics of Ion Acoustic Solitons Launched from an Antenna

The radiation of ion acoustic solitons launched from a 10-cm × 10-cm metal plate into a large plasma (volume ~0.9 m3) is examined experimentally. It is found that the concept of "near-field" and "far-field" effects for linear waves is also relevant for these nonlinear waves.     

Correlations and conductivity of interacting fermions in a disordered chain—a Monte Carlo simulation

The interplay between disorder and interaction in a one dimensional system of fermions is investigated by the use of a Monte Carlo simulation. The model considered (Hubbard Anderson Model) is a combination of the Anderson model, for noninteracting fermions in a random potential, and the extended Hubbard model, for interacting fermions in a periodic potential. To study the physics of this model, a (Quantum) Monte Carlo simulation is performed for a finite chain of 120 sites. The simulation is done for different band fillings, and several values of the interaction parameters and the strength of disorder. The low frequency behaviour of the conductivity is calculated as well as the static correlation functions for the charge density and the spin density. From the results for these quantities the competition between disorder-induced effects (Anderson localization) and interaction-induced effects (Mott transition, long range order) is studied.     

Analysis of the effects of doping and barrier design on the small-signal modulation characteristics of long-wavelength multiple quantum well lasers

This theoretical work has modelled the small signal response of InGaAsP and InGaAlAs multiple quantum well (MQW) lasers based on an ambipolar carrier transport model. The MQW parameters such as barrier bandgap, barrier width and the number of quantum wells have been optimized for high-speed modulation. The effect of the p-type doping and the strain of the InGaAs well have also been investigated.For the InGaAsP-based system, the optimization for maximum 3 dB bandwitdth shows that the optimum width is about 5 nm for 1.1 m barriers and 7 nm for 1.2 m barriers. The optimum barrier bandgap wavelength is about 1.1 m for the barrier width of 6 nm, about 1.15 m for 8 nm and 10 nm barriers. The p-doped MQW exhibits a higher modulation bandwidth because of its high differential gain and improved carrier distribution among the MQWs. The compressively strained InGaAs quantum well system has the potential for a higher modulation bandwidth. For the InGaAlAs-based system, the optimization for maximum 3 dB bandwidth shows that the optimum width is about 4 nm for a barrier wavelength of 1.10 m, and 6 nm for 1.2 m. The optimum barrier bandgap wavelength is about 1.1 m for a barrier width of 4 nm, and about 1.2 m for 6, 8 and 10 nm.     

Mild Inflation and Modified General Relativity in the Early Universe

This article deals with particle creation andthe production of specific entropy per baryon in theearly universe, which is regarded as a thermodynamicallyopen system in the sense of Prigogine. The modified general relativity (MGR) theory of Rastall,Al-Rawaf, and Taha is employed. It contains an extraindependent constant which is peculiar to thenon-Newtonian regime, besides the usual gravitationalconstant. Usual general relativity (GR) appears here asa special case for = 1. With a modifiedthermodynamic energy conservation law, it is possible toobtain an equation for the expansion scalar byincorporating the epoch dependence of elementary particlemasses. The epoch dependence of particle masses for theRobertson-Walker (RW) universe appears as a consequenceof hadronic matter extension in a microlocal space-time regarded as anisotropic and Finslerian. Thegoverning equations in the present formalism specify theequation of state and give a solution for the expansionscalar. This solution represents a mild inflationary phase in the very early universe. It is alsoshown that there are no 'turn-on' and'turn-off' problems for this mild inflation.It can account for particle creation and production ofspecific entropy per baryon consistent with the observation. Theproduction of specific entropy per baryon is alsoconsidered here in the MGR framework with theintroduction of viscous pressure; the calculated valueis in good agreement with observation for the GR case, butfor the MGR case, in order to have its value withinobservational limits, must lie in the range 0.75 1. It is also argued that this formalismdoes not have horizon and flatnessproblems.     

Regular exact models for a nonstatic gas sphere in general relativity

Some new exact models for an expanding or a contracting gaseous sphere (i.e., the density is to vanish at the outer boundary together with the pressurep) are given. The physical properties of the models are investigated, and it is found that both the pressure and the density are positive inside the outer boundary of the sphere, and their respective gradients are negative. The density is increasing for contracting spheres, and it is decreasing for expanding spheres. It is also shown that this is the case for the pressure at any moment for the layers close to the boundary of the spheres. For these layers it is further shown that the adiabatic speed of sound is less than the speed of light, and the trace of the energy-momentum tensor is positive. The rate of change of the circumference as measured by an observer riding on the boundary of the sphere is increasing for expanding spheres and it is decreasing for collapsing spheres. We also find that the physical radius is an increasing function of comoving radial coordinate. The mass function is further shown to be positive.     

Method of Length Measurement Symmetrical about the Laboratory and Moving Reference Systems in the Special Theory of Relativity

With the use of symmetry it is demonstrated that for equal moduli of non-simultaneity of fixing the ends of the measurable length in both reference systems, the coordinate difference is equal to the length itself. The identity of scales of both reference systems is proved. A method of calculating the coordinate difference for non-simultaneities that differ from those in the symmetrical measurement scheme is described. The method is based on the use of experimental non-simultaneities and obviates the need for the application of the Lorentz transformation of coordinates. It is demonstrated quantitatively that there are no false discontinuities in a closed flow when an increase in the particle flow density is proved for a stationary observer and that the observable sizes of a rotating disk remain unchanged.