Stress-energy connection and cosmological constant problem

We study gravitational properties of vacuum energy by erecting a geometry on the stress-energy tensor of vacuum, matter and radiation. Postulating that the gravitational effects of matter and radiation can be formulated by an appropriate modification of the spacetime connection, we obtain varied geometrodynamical equations which properly comprise the usual gravitational field equations with, however, Planck-suppressed, non-local, higher-dimensional additional terms. The prime novelty brought about by the formalism is that, the vacuum energy does act not as the cosmological constant but as the source of the gravitational constant. The formalism thus deafens the cosmological constant problem by channeling vacuum energy to gravitational constant. Nevertheless, quantum gravitational effects, if any, restore the problem via the graviton and graviton-matter loops, and the mechanism proposed here falls short of taming such contributions to cosmological constant.     

溶剂效应对β胡萝卜素分子电子振动耦合的影响

测量了10种典型溶剂中β胡萝卜素分子的紫外-可见吸收谱和共振拉曼光谱.结果表明:溶剂的极化率、介电常数都对β胡萝卜素分子的电子-振动耦合有影响;随着极化率的增大,β胡萝卜素分子的黄昆因子、电子-振动耦合常数减小,拉曼截面增加,且这些影响与溶剂极性无关;随着溶剂介电常数的增加,对于非极性溶剂,β胡萝卜素分子的黄昆因子、电子-振动耦合常数减小,拉曼截面增加,对于极性溶剂,没有获得比较好的规律.给出了溶剂性质对电子-振动耦合的影响规律,为分子的电子-振动耦合研究中溶剂的选择提供了参考.     

Controlling Chaos in Hénon Map by the Constant Feedback Method

We demonstrate the constant feedback and the modified constant feedback method to the Hénon map. Using the convergence of the chaotic orbit in finite time, we can control the system from chaos to the stable fixed point, and even to the stable period-2 orbit or higher periodic orbit by the action of a proper feedback strength and pulse interval. We also find that the multi-steady solutions appear with the same control strength and different initial conditions. The aim of this control method is explicit and the feedback strength is easy to determine. The method is robust under the presence of weak external noise.     

Bianchi-I Space-time with Variable Gravitational and?Cosmological “Constants”

We consider Einstein’s field equations with variable gravitational and cosmological “constants” for a spatially homogeneous and anisotropic Bianchi-I space-time. A law of variation for the Hubble parameter, which is related to the average scale factor and yields a constant value of the deceleration parameter, is assumed to solve the field equations. The gravitational constant is allowed to follow a power-law form. We find that a time-increasing gravitational constant is suitable for describing the present evolution of universe. The solutions reveal the dynamics of a universe, which expands forever. The physical interpretation of the solutions is discussed in detail.     

A Curvature Principle for the interaction between universes

We propose a Curvature Principle to describe the dynamics of interacting universes in a multi-universe scenario and show, in the context of a simplified model, how interaction drives the cosmological constant of one of the universes toward a vanishingly small value. We also conjecture on how the proposed Curvature Principle suggests a solution for the entropy paradox of a universe where the cosmological constant vanishes. Essay selected for an honorable mention by the Gravity Research Foundation, 2007.     

Effects of damping constant on gyrotropic motion and switching of vortex core in permalloy disk

We investigate the influence of damping constant on the dynamics process of the magnetic vortex in submicron-size permalloy disks by micromagnetic simulations and analytical calculations. Both of them reveal that damping constant influences the trajectory of vortex core gyrotropic motion strongly. Comparing with the case of no damping constant, the steady-state trajectory of vortex core motion becomes ellipse as the amplitude of the oscillating magnetic filed is small. The ellipse becomes more slab-sided and tilting with increasing of damping constant, and the tilting direction is also dependent on the vortex core polarization. As the amplitude of the magnetic field increases to a value, the polarization of the vortex core will reverse and a new vortex with opposite polarization will be produced. With increasing of damping constant, the minimum oscillating magnetic field amplitude H_S0 that can reverse the polarization of the vortex core increases proportionally.     

A Note on the Cosmic Neutrino Background and the Cosmological Constant

We point out that by considering the cosmic neutrino background and the recently obtained neutrino mass, we can deduce the correct value of the cosmological constant, thus resolving the so called cosmological constant problem.     

On the alleged equivalence of certain field theories

We critically examine some recent claims that certain field theories with and without boson kinetic energy terms are equivalent. We point out that the crucial element in these claims is the finiteness or otherwise of the boson wavefunction renormalisation constant. We show that when this constant is finite, the equivalence proof offered in the literature fails in a direct way. When the constant is divergent, the claimed equivalence is only a consequence of improper use of divergent quantities.     

Conformal Invariance, Accelerating Universe and the Cosmological Constant Problem

We investigate a conformal invariant gravitational model which is taken to hold at early universe. The conformal invariance allows us to make a dynamical distinction between the two unit systems (or conformal frames) usually used in cosmology and elementary particle physics. In this model we argue that when the universe suffers phase transition, the resulting mass scale introduced by particle physics should have a variable contribution to vacuum energy density. This variation is controlled by the conformal factor which is taken as a dynamical field. We then deal with the cosmological consequences of this model. In particular, we shall show that there is an inationary phase at early times. At late times, on the other hand, it provides a mechanism which makes a large effective cosmological constant relax to a sufficiently small value. Moreover, we shall show that the conformal factor acts as a quintessence field that leads the universe to accelerate at late times.     

利用LED的量子特性设计新型普朗克常数测定仪

采用发光二极管的量子发光原理,通过测两发光二极管的伏安特性,确定阈值电压,根据相关半导体理论,计算出普朗克常数,通过对红黄绿三种颜色的发光二极管进行实验测量,结果表明误差稍大,但作为一种设计性实验开发学生的创新思维还是值得肯定的.     

Categorizing Different Approaches to the Cosmological Constant Problem

We have found that proposals addressing the old cosmological constant problem come in various categories. The aim of this paper is to identify as many different, credible mechanisms as possible and to provide them with a code for future reference. We find that they all can be classified into five different schemes of which we indicate the advantages and drawbacks     

On Symmetric Water Waves with Constant Vorticity

We prove that a solution to the gravity water wave problem with constant vorticity, whose wave profile as well as its horizontal velocity component at the free surface are symmetric at any instant of time, is given by a traveling wave. The proof is based on maximum principles and structural properties of the governing equations.     

Search for a possible variation of the fine structure constant

The determination of the fine structure constant α and the search for its possible variation are considered. We focus on the role of the fine structure constant in modern physics and discuss precision tests of quantum electrodynamics.Different methods of a search for possible variations of fundamental constants are compared and those related to optical measurements are considered in detail.     

Inflationary Cosmology with Two-component Fluid and Thermodynamics

We present a simple and self-consistent cosmology with a phenomenological model of quantum creation of radiation and matter due to the decay of the cosmological constant . The decay drives a non-isentropic inflationary epoch, which exits smoothly to the radiation-dominated era, without reheating, and then evolves to the dust era. The initial vacuum for radiation and matter is a regular Minkowski vacuum. The created radiation and matter obeys standard thermodynamic laws, and the total entropy produced is consistent with the accepted value. This paper is an extension of the model with the decaying cosmological constant considered in [1]. We compare our model with the quantum field theory approach to creation of particles in curved space.     

A General Random Walk Model of Molecular Motor

A general random walk model framework is presented which can be used to statistically describe the internaldynamics and external mechanical movement of molecular motors along filament track. The motion of molecular motorin a periodic potential and a constant force is considered. We show that the molecular motor‘s movement becomesslower with the potential barrier increasing, but if the forceis increased, the molecular motor‘s movement becomesfaster. The relation between the effective rate constant and the potential barrier‘s height, and that between the effectiverate constant and the value of the force are discussed. Our results are consistent with the experiments and relevanttheoretical consideration, and can be used to explain some physiological phenomena.     

Two-particle cluster integral in the expansion of the dielectric constant

We study in detail the two-particle cluster integral in the cluster expansion for the effective dielectric constant of a suspension of spherically symmetric polarizable inclusions embedded in a uniform medium. Although our form for the integrand differs from that derived earlier by Finkel'berg and by Jeffrey, we show that the integral is equivalent. The two-body dielectric problem for particles with an arbitrary radial dependence of the dielectric constant is solved by an expansion in spherical harmonics. Numerical results for some special models illustrate the importance of multipole contributions to the effective dielectric constant.     

The Role of Current Density and Applied Voltage During Anodization for Porous Silicon

Porous silicon is usually formed by means of the anodization under constant current density. In order to study the role of the applied voltage during the anodization, we formed porous silicon on condition that the applied voltage was constant. The current density was not always large when the applied voltage was large. We have found that the thickness of the formed porous layer correlated with the current density while photoluminescent intensity depended on the applied voltage. When the anodization was performed with a comparatively large current density, the constant-voltage condition caused unstable current density accompanied by partial peeling of the surface.     

导电介质中电磁波相移常数与振幅衰减常数的方向关系的讨论

对文献上给出的非均匀电磁波在同一均匀导电介质中传播时,电磁波的相移常数和振幅衰减常数方向之间满足定量关系的结论,重新进行了分析和推导,利用电磁波在导电介质界面的边界条件,给出了两种情况下的相移常数和振幅衰减常数的表达式,以及它们与界面法线的夹角正弦的表达式.结果表明,在同一均匀导电介质中,非均匀电磁波的相移常数的方向和振幅衰减常数的方向之间一般不满足定量关系.     

Cosmological Model with Ω M -Dependent Cosmological Constant

We investigate the evolution of the scale factor in a cosmological model in which the cosmological constant is given by the scalar arisen by the contraction of the stress-energy tensor.