Using the Evolution Operator Method to Describe a Particle in a Homogeneous Alternating Field

Using the evolution operator method, we construct coherent states of a nonrelativistic free particle with a variable mass M(t) and a nonrelativistic particle with a variable mass M(t) in a homogeneous alternating field. Under certain physical conditions, they can be regarded as semiclassical states of particles. We discuss the properties (in particular, the completeness relation, the minimization of the uncertainty relations, and the time evolution of the corresponding probability density) of the found coherent states in detail. We also construct exact wave functions of the oscillator type and of the plane-wave type for the considered systems and compute the quantum Wigner distribution functions for the wave functions of coherent and oscillator states. We establish the unitary equivalence of the problems of a free particle and a particle in a homogeneous alternating field.     

The curvature tensor and the einstein equations for a four-dimensional nonholonomic distribution

The space of possible particle velocities is a four-dimensional nonholonomic distribution on a manifold of higher dimension, say, M ⁴ × ?¹. This distribution is determined by the 4-potential of the electromagnetic field. The equations of admissible (horizontal) geodesics for this distribution are the same as those of the motion of a charged particle in general relativity theory. On the distribution, a metric tensor with Lorentzian signature (+, ?, ?, ?) is defined, which gives rise to the causal structure, as in general relativity theory. Covariant differentiation (a linear connection) and the curvature tensor for this distribution are introduced. The Einstein equations are obtained from the variational principle for the scalar curvature of the distribution. It is proved that the Dirac operator for the four-dimensional distribution can be extended to functions defined on the manifold M ⁴ × S ¹, where S ¹ is the circle. For such functions, electric charges are topologically quantized.     

Center-of-mass tomography and probability representation of quantum states for tunneling

We develop a representation of quantum states in which the states are described by fair probability distribution functions instead of wave functions and density operators. We present a one-random-variable tomography map of density operators onto the probability distributions, the random variable being analogous to the center-of-mass coordinate considered in reference frames rotated and scaled in the phase space. We derive the evolution equation for the quantum state probability distribution and analyze the properties of the map. To illustrate the advantages of the new tomography representations, we describe a new method for simulating nonstationary quantum processes based on the tomography representation. The problem of the nonstationary tunneling of a wave packet of a composite particle, an exciton, is considered in detail.Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 142, No. 2, pp. 371–387, February, 2005.     

Coulomb Scattering of a Slow Quantum Particle in a Space of Arbitrary Dimension

We assume that a charged quantum particle moves in a space of dimension d = 2, 3,... and is scattered by a fixed Coulomb center. We derive and study expansions of the wave function and all radial functions of such a particle in integer powers of the wave number and in Bessel functions of a real order. We prove that finite sums of such expansions are asymptotic approximations of the wave functions in the low-energy limit.     

Two-dimensional Coulomb scattering of a quantum particle: Low-energy asymptotic behavior

We consider a charged quantum particle moving in a two-dimensional plane in the three-dimensional coordinate space and scattering on an immovable Coulomb center in the same plane. We derive and investigate expansions of the wave function and of all radial wave functions of the particle in integer powers of the wave number and in Bessel functions of a real order. We prove that finite sums of such expansions are asymptotic in the low-energy limit.     

Two-dimensional Coulomb scattering of a quantum particle: Wave functions and Green’s functions

We solve the problem of the propagation of a charged quantum particle in a two-dimensional plane embedded in the three-dimensional coordinate space. We consider scattering of this particle by a stable Coulomb center situated in the same plane. We study the wave function of this particle, its Green’s function, and all radial components of these functions. We derive uniform majorant bounds on absolute values of these functions and find the wave function representation in terms of regular radial Coulomb functions and the scattering amplitude representation via partial phases. We obtain integral representations of the Greens’s function and all its radial components.     

The resonance interaction of relativistic charged particle and circularly polarized electromagnetic wave

The resonance interaction of a relativistic charged particle in a circularly polarized electromagnetic wave traveling along a uniform magnetic field is considered. The position, momentum and energy of the particle are presented analytically as functions of a free parameter. The results may be of importance for plasma heating, microwave generation or particle acceleration.     

Unnormalized Tomograms and Quasidistributions of Quantum States

We consider tomograms and quasidistributions, such as the Wigner functions, the Glauber–Sudarshan P-functions, and the Husimi Q-functions, that violate the standard normalization condition for probability distribution functions. We introduce special conditions for theWigner function to determine the tomogram with the Radon transform and study three different examples of states like the de Broglie plane wave, the Moshinsky shutter problem, and the stationary state of a charged particle in a uniform constant electric field. We show that their tomograms and quasidistribution functions expressed in terms of the Dirac delta function, the Airy function, and Fresnel integrals violate the standard normalization condition and the density matrix of the state therefore cannot always be reconstructed. We propose a method that allows circumventing this problem using a special tomogram in the limit form.     

Exact solution of the one-dimensional time-dependent Schrödinger equation with a rectangular well/barrier potential and its applications

We obtain an exact one-dimensional time-dependent solution for a wave function ψ(x, t) of a particle moving in the presence of a rectangular well or barrier. We present the solution, which holds for both the well and the barrier, in terms of the integrals of elementary functions; it is the sum of forward- and backward-moving components of the wave packet. We consider and numerically visualize the relative contribution of these components and of their interference to the probability density |ψ(x, t)|² and the particle arrival time and dwell time for the narrow and broad energy (momentum) distributions of the initial Gaussian wave packet. We show that in the case of a broad initial wave packet, the quantum mechanical counterintuitive effect of the influence of the backward-moving components on the considered quantities becomes essential.     

On the existence of extreme waves and the Stokes conjecture with vorticity

This is a study of singular solutions of the problem of traveling gravity water waves on flows with vorticity. We show that, for a certain class of vorticity functions, a sequence of regular waves converges to an extreme wave with stagnation points at its crests. We also show that, for any vorticity function, the profile of an extreme wave must have either a corner of 120° or a horizontal tangent at any stagnation point about which it is supposed symmetric. Moreover, the profile necessarily has a corner of 120° if the vorticity is nonnegative near the free surface.     

完整Coriolis力作用下带有外源强迫的非线性ZK方程

在正压流体中,从包含完整Coriolis参数的准地转位涡方程出发,在弱非线性长波近似下,采用多时空尺度和摄动方法,推导出大气非线性Rossby波振幅演变满足带有外源强迫的二维Zakharov-Kuznetsov(ZK)方程.然后利用Jacobi椭圆函数展开法,求解了ZK方程的椭圆正弦波解和孤立波解.分析结果表明,Coriolis参数的水平分量将影响二维Rossby波传播的频率特征,而外源不仅对二维Rossby波动的传播的频率有影响,对振幅也产生一个调制作用.     

Two-dimensional nuclear Coulomb scattering of a slow quantum particle

We study two-dimensional scattering of a quantum particle by the superposition of a Coulomb potential and a central short-range potential. We analyze the low-energy asymptotic behavior of all radial wave functions, partial phases, and scattering cross sections of such a particle. We propose two approaches for evaluating the scattering length and the effective radius.     

A new kernel function for SPH with applications to free surface flows

Smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) is a popular meshfree Lagrangian particle method, which uses a kernel function for numerical approximations. The kernel function is closely related to the computational accuracy and stability of the SPH method. In this paper, a new kernel function is proposed, which consists of two cosine functions and is referred to as double cosine kernel function. The newly proposed double cosine kernel function is sufficiently smooth, and is associated with an adjustable support domain. It also has smaller second order momentum, and therefore it can have better accuracy in terms of kernel approximation. SPH method with this double cosine kernel function is applied to simulate a dam-break flow and water entry of a horizontal circular cylinder. The obtained SPH results agree very well with the experimental results. The double cosine kernel function is also comparatively studied with two frequently used SPH kernel functions, Gaussian and cubic spline kernel functions.     

卧式加工中心早期故障间隔时间分布模型研究

运用回归分析和假设检验方法 ,对卧式加工中心早期故障间隔时间进行研究 ,找出早期故障间隔时间分布模型 ,求出卧式加工中心早期故障间隔时间的概率密度函数、分布函数及故障函数。卧式加工中心在早期故障期时 ,故障率曲线为递减型 ,间隔时间服从威布尔分布     

The trajectories of particles in Stokes waves

Analyzing a free boundary problem for harmonic functions we show that there are no closed particle paths in an irrotational inviscid traveling wave propagating at the surface of water over a flat bed: within a period each particle experiences a backward-forward motion with a slight forward drift. Mathematics Subject Classification (2000) 76B15, 35J67, 37J35     

Microlocal Analysis of Generalized Pullbacks of?Colombeau Functions

In distribution theory the pullback of a general distribution by a C ^∞-function is well-defined whenever the normal bundle of the C ^∞-function does not intersect the wave front set of the distribution. However, the Colombeau theory of generalized functions allows for a pullback by an arbitrary c-bounded generalized function. It has been shown in previous work that in the case of multiplication of Colombeau functions (which is a special case of a C ^∞ pullback), the generalized wave front set of the product satisfies the same inclusion relation as in the distributional case, if the factors have their wave front sets in favorable position. We prove a microlocal inclusion relation for the generalized pullback (by a c-bounded generalized map) of Colombeau functions. The proof of this result relies on a stationary phase theorem for generalized phase functions, which is given in the Appendix. Furthermore we study an example (due to Hurd and Sattinger), where the pullback function stems from the generalized characteristic flow of a partial differential equation.      

Sediment Transport via Dam-Break Flows over Sloping Erodible Beds

When a semi-infinite body of homogeneous fluid initially at rest behind a vertical retaining wall is suddenly released by the removal of the barrier the resulting flow over either a horizontal or a sloping bed is referred to as a dam-break flow. When resistance to the flow is neglected the exact solution, in the case of a stable horizontal bed with or without "tail water," may be obtained on the basis of shallow-water theory via the method of characteristics and the results are well known. Discrepancies between these shallow-water based solutions and experiments have been partially accounted for by the introduction of flow resistance in the form of basal friction. This added friction significantly modifies the wave speed and flow profile near the head of the wave so that the simple exact solutions no longer apply and various asymptotic or numerical approaches must be implemented to solve these frictionally modified depth-averaged shallow-water equations. When the bed is no longer stable so that solid particles may be exchanged between the bed and the water column the dynamics of the flow becomes highly complex as the buoyancy forces vary in space and time according to the competing rates of erosion and deposition. It is our intention here to study dam-break flows over erodible sloping beds as agents of sediment transport taking into account basal friction as well as the effects of particle concentrations on flow dynamics including both erosion and deposition. We consider shallow flows over initially dry beds and investigate the effects of changes in the depositional and erosional models employed as well as in the nature of the drag acting on the flow. These models include effects hitherto neglected in such studies and offer insights into the transport of sediment in the worst case scenario of the complete and instantaneous collapse of a dam.     

Observations and idealized models of dispersion on the southwestern Puerto Rican insular shelf

Drifter tracks indicate that the mean currents on the southwestern Puerto Rican insular shelf are driven primarily by an alongshore wind stress and an adverse pressure gradient. Observations during periods of low or variable wind indicated large particle dispersion associated with variable flow around island obstacles close to the release site. A simple analogous model is presented to show how periodically fluctuating flow causes dispersion at the junction of three channels. Away from the island obstacles, the particle dispersion is an order of magnitude less than that due to a vacillating flow around island s. A comparison is made between the observed dispersion away from islands and that obtained from an idealized dynamical model of wind driven flow. Using sinusoidal bathymetry with horizontal and vertical scales comparable to the larger scale features of insular shelf geometry results in modeled particle dispersion less than that observed in one day drifter experiments. Considering bathymetry with smaller horizontal scales resulted in particle dispersion rates comparable to observations. The model indicates that variable flow over bathymetric features is a process that contributes substantially to dispersion on the shallow insular shelf at time scales of the order of several days. Over such time scales, the model stretches and folds an initially uniform two-dimensional cloud of particles into a streaky distribution with fractal dimension 1.55 ± 0.05.     

Resonant triad model for studying evolution of the energy spectrum among a large number of internal waves

Internal waves are generally accepted to be responsible for a large fraction of mixing in the deep ocean. Internal waves interact nonlinearly with one another, exchanging energy among themselves to create the background internal wave spectrum. The most important mechanism resulting in the transfer of energy from one wave to another is believed to be resonant triad interactions. In this paper we consider a large number of resonantly interacting triads in order to investigate the evolution of the energy spectrum due to solely resonant triad interactions. To this end we solve the evolution equations for a large number of resonant triads to determine the temporal evolution of the energy distribution among the various possible wave numbers and frequencies. Our model involves internal waves with frequencies spanning the range of possible frequencies, i.e., between a maximum of the buoyancy frequency N for horizontal wave vectors (vertical motion) to a minimum of the inertial frequency f for vertical wave vectors (horizontal motion) [two limiting cases]. Because of the inclusion of high-frequency waves we cannot make the hydrostatic approximation. We investigate the evolution of the wave’s amplitudes to predict the evolution of the internal wave energy spectrum.