Post-Newtonian approximation for a rotating frame of reference

The field equations of general relativity are solved to post-Newtonian order for a rotating frame of reference. A new method of approximation is used based on a 3+1 decomposition of the equations. The results are expressed explicitly in terms of the gravitational potentials. The space-time is asymptotically flat but not locally flat. The space-time metric contains gravitational terms, inertial terms, and coupled gravitational-inertial terms. The inertial terms in the equation of motion are in agreement with terms obtained by other authors using kinematic methods. The metric and equation of motion reduce to those for an inertial frame of reference under a simple coordinate transformation. The total energy of a particle is given. For the restricted three-body problem this represents the relativistic extension of Jacobi's integral to post-Newtonian order.This article received an honorable mention from the Gravity Research Foundation for the year 1984—Ed.     

A coupled-mode sound propagation model with complex effective depth

A coupled-mode sound propagation model with complex effective depth is presented,in order to involve the effect of branch line integral for acoustic field in a range-dependent waveguide.The equations of motion and continuity are used to obtain the coupled equations,which satisfy boundary conditions in the waveguide with varying topography and contain one coupling matrix.Meanwhile,the couplings between discrete and continuous spectrum are dealt with based on complex effective depth theory.Numerical simulations show that the accuracy of transmission loss is improved by the coupled mode model when eigenvalues of trapped modes are located near the branch point.The acoustic field in a non-horizontally stratified waveguide can be calculated efficiently and accurately by this model,and the energy corresponding to trapped modes,leaky modes and branch line integral can be considered adequately.     

复等效深度耦合简正波模型

为了考虑海底地形随距离变化的非水平分层介质中割线积分对声场的贡献,提出了复等效深度耦合简正波模型。该耦合简正波模型由介质运动方程和连续性方程推导得到了耦合微分方程组,此方程组满足海底地形随距离变化情况下的边界条件且仅包含一个耦合矩阵,并通过引入复等效深度理论处理连续谱和离散谱之间的相互耦合。仿真计算表明,复等效深度耦合简正波模型提高了波导简正波本征值位于割线枝点附近情况下声传播损失的计算精度,充分考虑了波导简正波、非波导简正波和割线积分对声场的贡献,可快速而准确地计算非水平分层介质中的声场。      

Letter: Path Integral Quantization of 2D-Gravity

2D-gravity is investigated using the Hamilton-Jacobi formalism. The equations of motion and the action integral are obtained as total differential equations in many variables. The integrability conditions lead us to obtain the path integral quantization without any need to introduce any extra un-physical variables.     

Connected kernel methods in nuclear reactions: (III). Effective interactions

The recently derived connected kernel equation (CKE) for N-body scattering operators is applied to direct nuclear reactions. A spectral representation is derived for the kernel of the CKE in order to obtain manageable approximations. This allows the kernel to be split into orders corresponding to the propagation of different numbers of bound clusters. By formally solving one part of the kernel at a time, the CKE is written as a hierarchy of nested equations in increasingly many variables. The first equation of this hierarchy is a set of coupled channel Lippmann-Schwinger equations coupling together all two-cluster channels. These equations reduce to the usual coupled channel equations for inelastic scattering and to the coupled channel Born approximation for rearrangement reactions when weak coupling assumptions are made. The second equation of the hierarchy is a two-variable integral equation for the effective interactions appearing in the coupled channel equations. The driving terms and kernel of this integral equation are obtained from the third equation of the hierarchy which is a three-variable integral equation and so forth. The use of the spectral expansion results in a renormalized theory in the sense that the bound state and reaction problems are separated. This permits the inclusion of nuclear models in the theory in a straightforward manner. The hierarchy is applied to a particular example, that of nucleon-nucleus scattering. For this case the hierarchy is truncated at the level allowing no more than three clusters in the continuum. By suppressing exchange and keeping only one-particle transfer and single-nucléon knockout channels, a set of equations for the optical potentials and transfer operators is obtained. These equations provide a three-body treatment of the single scattering approximation to the optical potential. Iteration of the equations yields the usual single scattering approximation in first order including three-body off-shell effects. After suppression of Fermi motion and off-shell effects, the standard impulse approximation is recovered. Modifications of the method for other cases are discussed and other possible applications suggested.     

Nonlocal conserved quantities,balance laws,and equations of motion

A formalism is developed whereby balance laws are directly obtained from nonlocal (integrodifferential) linear second-order equations of motion for systems described by several dependent variables. These laws augment the equations of motion as further useful information about the physical system and, under certain conditions, are shown to reduce to conservation laws. The formalism can be applied to physical systems whose equations of motion may be relativistic and either classical or quantum. It is shown to facilitate obtaining global conservation laws for quantities which include energy and momentum. Applications of the formalism are given for a nonlocal Schrödinger equation and for a system of local relativistic equations of motion describing particles of arbitrary integral spin.     

The Canonical Path Integral Quantization of CP1 Model

The Hamilton-Jacobi method of quantizing singular systems is discussed. The equations of motion are obtained as total differential equations in many variables. It is shown that if the system is integrable, then one can obtain the canonical phase space coordinates and the set of the canonical Hamilton-Jacobi partial differential equations without any need to introduce unphysical auxiliary fields. As an example we quantize the CP¹ model using the canonical path integral quantization formalism to obtain the path integral as an integration over the canonical phase-space coordinates.     

三自由度二阶非线性耦合动力学系统守恒量的扩展Prelle-Singer求法

用扩展Prelle-Singer法(扩展P-S法)求三自由度二阶非线性耦合动力学系统的守恒量,得到了6个积分乘子满足的确定方程、约束方程和守恒量的一般形式,并讨论了确定积分乘子的方法.最后,用扩展P-S法求得了三质点Tada晶格问题的两个守恒量.     

Canonical Quantization of Systems with Time-Dependent Constraints

The Hamilton-Jacobi method of constrained systems is discussed. The equations of motion for a singular system with time dependent constraints are obtained as total differential equations in many variables. The integrability conditions for the relativistic particle in a plane wave lead us to obtain the canonical phase space coordinates without using any gauge fixing condition. As a result of the quantization, we get the Klein-Gordon theory for a particle in a plane wave. The path integral quantization for this system is obtained using the canonical path integral formulation method.     

A relationship between Gel'fand-Levitan and Marchenko kernels

A new integral equation which relates the output kernels of the Gel'fand-Levitan and Marchenko inverse scattering equations in a continuous range of their variables is specified. Structural details of this integral equation are studied when theS-matrix is a rational function, and the output kernels are separable in terms of Bessel, Hankel and Jost solutions.     

Coupled fractional nonlinear differential equations and exact Jacobian elliptic solutions for exciton–phonon dynamics

An improved quantum model for exciton–phonon dynamics in an α-helix is investigated taking into account the interspine coupling and the influence of power-law long-range exciton–exciton interactions. Having constructed the model Hamiltonian, we derive the lattice equations and employ the Fourier transforms to go in continuum space showing that the long-range interactions (LRI) lead to a nonlocal integral term in the equations of motion. Indeed, the non-locality originating from the LRI results in the dynamic equations with space derivatives of fractional order. New theoretical frameworks are derived, such that: fractional generalization of coupled Zakharov equations, coupled nonlinear fractional Schrödinger equations, coupled fractional Ginzburg–Landau equations, coupled Hilbert–Zakharov equations, coupled nonlinear Hilbert–Ginzburg–Landau equations, coupled nonlinear Schrödinger equations and coupled nonlinear Hilbert–Schrödinger equations. Through the F-expansion method, we derive a set of exact Jacobian solutions of coupled nonlinear Schrödinger equations. These solutions include Jacobian periodic solutions as well as bright and dark soliton which are important in the process of energy transport in the molecule. We also discuss of the impact of LRI on the energy transport in the molecule.     

Importance of the internal shape mode in magnetic vortex dynamics

We investigate the motion of a nonplanar vortex in a circular easy-plane magnet with a rotating in-plane magnetic field. Our numerical simulations of the Landau-Lifshitz equations show that the vortex tends to a circular limit trajectory, with an orbit frequency which is lower than the driving field frequency. To describe this we develop a new collective variable theory by introducing additional variables which account for the internal degrees of freedom of the vortex core, strongly coupled to the translational motion. We derive the evolution equations for these collective variables and find limit-cycle solutions whose characteristics are in qualitative agreement with the simulations of the many-spin system.     

Universal Form of Stochastic Evolution for Slow Variables in Equilibrium Systems

Nonlinear, multiplicative Langevin equations for a complete set of slow variables in equilibrium systems are generally derived on the basis of the separation of time scales. The form of the equations is universal and equivalent to that obtained by Green. An equation with a nonlinear friction term for Brownian motion turns out to be an example of the general results. A key method in our derivation is to use different discretization schemes in a path integral formulation and the corresponding Langevin equation, which also leads to a consistent understanding of apparently different expressions for the path integral in previous studies.     

Effective Action for Scalar Fields in Two-Dimensional Gravity

We consider a general two-dimensional gravity model minimally or nonminimally coupled to a scalar field. The canonical form of the model is elucidated, and a general solution of the equations of motion in the massless case is reviewed. In the presence of a scalar field all geometric fields (zweibein and Lorentz connection) are excluded from the model by solving exactly their Hamiltonian equations of motion. In this way the effective equations of motion and the corresponding effective action for a scalar field are obtained. It is written in a Minkowskian space-time and does not include any geometric variables. The effective action arises as a boundary term and is nontrivial both for open and closed universes. The reason is that unphysical degrees of freedom cannot be compactly supported because they must satisfy the constraint equation. As an example we consider spherically reduced gravity minimally coupled to a massless scalar field. The effective action is used to reproduce the Fisher and Roberts solutions.     

Three-loop vacuum integral with four-propagators using hypergeometry

A hypergeometric function is proposed to calculate the scalar integrals of Feynman diagrams.In this study,we verify the equivalence between the Feynman parametrization and the hypergeometric technique for the scalar integral of the three-loop vacuum diagram with four propagators.The result can be described in terms of generalized hypergeometric functions of triple variables.Based on the triple hypergeometric functions,we establish the systems of homogeneous linear partial differential equations(PDEs)satisfied by the scalar integral of three-loop vacuum diagram with four propagators.The continuation of the scalar integral from its convergent regions to entire kinematic domains can be achieved numerically through homogeneous linear PDEs by applying the element method.     

Integrable and nonintegrable classical spin clusters

The nonlinear dynamics is investigated for a system ofN classical spins. This represents a Hamiltonian system withN degrees of freedom. According to the Liouville theorem, the complete integrability of such a system requires the existence ofN independent integrals of the motion which are mutually in involution. As a basis for the investigation of regular and chaotic spin motions, we have examined in detail the problem of integrability of a two-spin system. It represents the simplest autonomous spin system for which the integrability problem is nontrivial. We have shown that a pair of spins coupled by an anisotropic exchange interaction represents a completely integrable system for any values of the coupling constants. The second integral of the motion (in addition to the Hamiltonian), which ensures the complete integrability, turns out to be quadratic in the spin variables. If, in addition to the exchange anisotropy also singlesite anisotropy terms are included in the two-spin Hamiltonian, a second integral of the motion quadratic in the spin variables exists and thus guarantees integrability, only if the model constants satisfy a certain condition. Our numerical calculations strongly suggest that the violation of this condition implies not only the nonexistence of a quadratic integral, but the nonexistence of a second independent integral of motion in general. Finally, as an example of a completely integrableN-spin system we present the Kittel-Shore model of uniformly interacting spins, for which we have constructed theN independent integrals in involution as well as the action-angle variables explicitly.     

The integral equation approach to four-nucleon bound states

Within the framework of the Yakubovsky four-body equations the 0⁺ bound states of ⁴He are determined. The two-particle interactions used are of the separable Yamaguchi type and include spin-dependent forces. The problem is reduced to the solution of four coupled integral equations in two variables. The separable approximation of the kernels makes it possible to reduce the problem to a set of single variable integral equations. The separable approximation method employed is based on the Hilbert-Schmidt expansion applied to the kernels of four-body equations. The ground state energy of ⁴He is found to be ?45.73 MeV, the excited 0⁺ level lies at ?11.69 MeV. In conclusion we discuss the accuracy of various approximate methods in the four-nucleon problem.     

One-dimensional non-relativistic and relativistic Brownian motions: a microscopic collision model

We study a simple microscopic model for the one-dimensional stochastic motion of a (non-)relativistic Brownian particle, embedded into a heat bath consisting of (non-)relativistic particles. The stationary momentum distributions are identified self-consistently (for both Brownian and heat bath particles) by means of two coupled integral criteria. The latter follow directly from the kinematic conservation laws for the microscopic collision processes, provided one additionally assumes probabilistic independence of the initial momenta. It is shown that, in the non-relativistic case, the integral criteria do correctly identify the Maxwellian momentum distributions as stationary (invariant) solutions. Subsequently, we apply the same criteria to the relativistic case. Surprisingly, we find here that the stationary momentum distributions differ slightly from the standard Jüttner distribution by an additional prefactor proportional to the inverse relativistic kinetic energy.     

Slow neutron scattering parameters for stable nuclei with nucleon numbers betweenA=79 andA=96

The relation between the method of coupled channels for rearrangement reactions (CRC) and the bound state approximation to the channel coupling array formalism (BSCCA), advocated in recent years, is investigated in detail for a simple 3-body system expressed in terms of truncated component wavefunctions of Faddeev type. The system is described by coupled differential or integral equations that are truncated into a model space of strongly-coupled channels. It is shown that CRC can be derived from the truncated coupled equations, either in differential or integral form, provided care is taken to use the entire model space. The corresponding BSCCA in this model space can be obtained from a restrictive condition on the integral from of the coupled equations, while it cannot be obtained consistently from the differential form of the coupled equations. The boundary conditions for the component functions are discussed in detail.     

Galerkin methods for natural frequencies of high-speed axially moving beams

In this paper, natural frequencies of planar vibration of axially moving beams are numerically investigated in the supercritical ranges. In the supercritical transport speed regime, the straight equilibrium configuration becomes unstable and bifurcate in multiple equilibrium positions. The governing equations of coupled planar is reduced to two nonlinear models of transverse vibration. For motion about each bifurcated solution, those nonlinear equations are cast in the standard form of continuous gyroscopic systems by introducing a coordinate transform. The natural frequencies are investigated for the beams via the Galerkin method to truncate the corresponding governing equations without nonlinear parts into an infinite set of ordinary-differential equations under the simple support boundary. Numerical results indicate that the nonlinear coefficient has little effects on the natural frequency, and the three models predict qualitatively the same tendencies of the natural frequencies with the changing parameters and the integro-partial-differential equation yields results quantitatively closer to those of the coupled equations.