Observing the Einstein-de Haas effect with atoms in an optical lattice

The conservation of magnetization, or atomic spin angular momentum, is broken for anisotropic dipolar interactions. As a result, the Einstein-de Haas effect, or the transfer of spin to spatial angular momentum, arises because the total angular momentum is conserved. We identify the regime for observing this with two 87Rb atoms in a single well, stimulated by the recent result for a condensate. The two-atom system is found to be more easily observed and confirmed with the addition of a periodically modulated magnetic field. Our result of utilizing a feeble dipolar interaction may find potential applications in precision measurements.     

Backscattered polarization patterns, optical vortices, and the angular momentum of light

We demonstrate that the polarization patterns observed in backscattering of linearly polarized light are a manifestation of the conservation of angular momentum of light. We will show that this phenomenon can be described in terms of phase vortices that are acquired by the right and left circularly polarized components. The helicity and orbital angular momentum of these components satisfy the requirement for conservation of angular momentum.     

电磁能量-动量转化和守恒定律四维形式的一种推导

定义了电磁场的四维动量流密度张量,并将电磁能量转化和守恒定律及动量转化和守恒定律写成了四维协变形式,给出了三维电磁能量密度、能流密度、动量密度和动量流密度关于两个惯性系之间的变换关系,还给出了四维动量流密度张量与四维电磁场张量之间的依赖关系。     

Non-conservation of k in photoemission into electrolytes

Recent measurements of the photoemission yield from copper single crystals into electrolyte revealed unexplained polarization and crystallographic anisotropies. It is shown that these anisotropies indicate a breakdown of parallel momentum conservation at the interface due to scattering by water molecules. The similarity between the experimental results above and below the interband transition threshold suggests the involvement of evanescent states in photoemission below threshold.     

Electromagnetic momentum conservation in media

That static electric and magnetic fields can store momentum may be perplexing, but is necessary to ensure total conservation of momentum. Simple situations in which such field momentum is transferred to nearby bodies and point charges have often been considered for pedagogical purposes, normally assuming vacuum surroundings. If dielectric media are involved, however, the analysis becomes more delicate, not least since one encounters the electromagnetic energy–momentum problem in matter, the ‘Abraham–Minkowski enigma’, of what the momentum is of a photon in matter. We analyze the momentum balance in three nontrivial examples obeying azimuthal symmetry, showing how the momentum conservation is satisfied as the magnetic field decays and momentum is transferred to bodies present. In the last of the examples, that of point charge outside a dielectric sphere in an infinite magnetic field, we find that not all of the field momentum is transferred to the nearby bodies; a part of the momentum appears to vanish as momentum flux towards infinity. We discuss this and other surprising observations which can be attributed to the assumption of magnetic fields of infinite extent. We emphasize how formal arguments of conserved quantities cannot determine which energy–momentum tensor is more “correct”, and each of our conservation checks may be performed equally well in the Minkowski or Abraham framework.     

Energy and angular momentum transfers from an electromagnetic wave to a copper ring in the UHF band

Electromagnetic waves could carry orbital angular momentum. Such momentum can be transferred to macroscopic objects and can make them rotate under a constant torque. Based on experimental observations, we investigate the origin of orbital angular momentum and energy transfer. Due to angular momentum and energy conservation, we show that angular momentum transfer is due to the change in the sign of angular momentum upon reflection. This leads to a rotational Doppler shift of the electromagnetic wave frequency, ensuring energy conservation.     

On the Constraint of Transverse Momentum Conservation to Dynamic Fluctuations in High Energy Collisions

The influence from the transverse momentum conservation of the final particles to the scaling of factorial moments is studied in some detail.The experimental results on the “falling down”of factorial moments in azimuthal angle variable are explained successfully.Two new methods are proposed for calculating the factorial moments in order to eliminate the influence of momentum conservation partly and resume the inherent scaling of the fractal system.     

General Navier–Stokes-like momentum and mass-energy equations

A new system of general Navier–Stokes-like equations is proposed to model electromagnetic flow utilizing analogues of hydrodynamic conservation equations. Such equations are intended to provide a different perspective and, potentially, a better understanding of electromagnetic mass, energy and momentum behaviour. Under such a new framework additional insights into electromagnetism could be gained. To that end, we propose a system of momentum and mass-energy conservation equations coupled through both momentum density and velocity vectors.     

Self‐Force in 1D Electrostatic Particle‐in‐Cell Codes for NonEquidistant Grids

Effects of non‐equidistant grids on momentum conservation is studied for simple test cases of an electrostatic 1D PIC code. The aim is to reduce the errors in energy and momentum conservation. Assuming an exact Poisson solver only numerical errors for the particle mover are analysed. For the standard electric field calculation using a central‐difference scheme, artificial electric fields at the particle position are generated in the case when the particle is situated next to a cell size change. This is sufficient to destroy momentum conservation. A modified electric field calculation scheme is derived to reduce this error. Independent of the calculation scheme additional fake forces in a two‐particle system are found which result in an error in the total kinetic energy of the system. This contribution is shown to be negligible for many particle systems. To test the accuracy of the two electric field calculation schemes numerical tests are done to compare with an equidistant grid set‐up. All tests show an improved momentum conservation and total kinetic energy for the modified calculation scheme of the electric field. (© 2014 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Cosserat弹性杆动力学普遍定理的守恒量问题

根据Cosserat弹性杆的动力学普遍定理,讨论其守恒量问题. 因弹性杆的动力学方程是以截面为对象,并且是以弧坐标和时间为双自变量,其守恒量必定是以积分的形式给出,分别存在关于弧坐标或时间守恒的问题. 根据弹性杆的动量和动量矩方程,导出其动量守恒和动量矩守恒的存在条件及其表达,并讨论了关于沿中心线弧坐标的守恒问题;再分别根据弹性杆关于时间和弧坐标的能量方程导出了各自的关于时间和弧坐标的守恒量存在条件及其表达, 结果包括了弹性杆的机械能守恒以及平衡时的应变能积分;守恒问题给出了例子. 积分形式的守恒量对于弹性杆动力学的理论分析和数值计算都具有实际意义. 关键词： 守恒量 Cosserat弹性杆 动力学普遍定理 双自变量     

机械能守恒定律及动量守恒定律演示仪器的制作

制作一种可以同时验证机械能守恒和动量守恒的实验装置,并通过这两个实验现象的对比更显著地体现了两个实验的物理现象与原理,有利于学生对机械能守恒与动量守恒原理的理解与认知。     

经典守恒定律的量子力学推导

从量子力学出发,推出了经典动量守恒定律和能量守恒定律,并讨论了在微观领域经典守恒定律适用的条件.     

角速度突变三例

分析了角速度突变的三个例子,以加深对角动量及角动量守恒的认识。     

On the conservation of momentum for a sound pulse reflecting from a pressure-release boundary

When a "massless" one-dimensional sound pulse (mass of a sound pulse is defined as an integral of the perturbation of density over the pulse length) reflects from a pressure-release boundary, its momentum changes sign. This obviously violates momentum conservation. However, in contrast to the case of an unbounded medium, calculation of the momentum in a bounded region includes a second-order term as well. Apparently, the second-order correction to the linear solution ensures momentum conservation in this case. The purpose of this Letter is to find a concrete form of this second-order correction. It appears that, as a result of the nonlinear interaction of the pulse with a pressure-release boundary, the latter experiences second-order net shift. This leads to the generation of a massive second-order rarefaction pulse whose momentum is directed opposite to the direction of propagation of the pulse itself. Appearance of this pulse ensures total momentum conservation.     

Conservation laws for a vortex in a compressible nonequilibrium medium

The problem of conservation of magnitudes is considered for a vortex in a relaxing compressible medium. Heat release due to the relaxation of a nonequilibrium medium leads to the propagation of compression waves, which remove material. Traditional integrals of motion are inapplicable in this case. We pro-pose the concept of integral quantity, which is conserved with an arbitrary degree of accuracy despite the fact that waves cross the boundary of the integration domain. Based on this concept, a broad class of conservation laws is derived for axisymmetric disturbances of columnar vortices, including conservation of the circulation and total angular momentum of the vortex. For nonaxisymmetric disturbances, it is shown that the total angular momentum and properly defined energy integral are conserved. Numerical verification of the derived conservation laws is performed and the perspectives for using these conservation laws in numerical simulations are discussed.     

Der Drehimpulssatz in der Thermodynamik der irreversiblen Prozesse

The conservation law of the angular momentum has not been given sufficient attention in thermodynamics of irreversible processes. It plays an important part, however, when irreversible processes in the presence of electromagnetic fields are examined and the intrinsic angular momentum, due to spins of electrons and nuclei and electron orbits in atoms and molecules, is taken account of. Then the thermodynamic properties of matter with the macroscopic intrinsic angular momentum as an additional extensive parameter can be developed. Thermodynamics of irreversible processes is completed by the fact that a characteristic irreversible process is now associated also with the conservation law of angular momentum and Bloch's equation of nuclear induction is thus obtained in a straightforward way as one of the phenomenological equations.     

牛顿力学形式和相对论力学的协变性

指出若将能量（包括动能）、动量都理解为相对论中的能量和动量，则牛顿力学中的功能原理、动能定理、动量定理、牛顿运动定律及力对物体所作的功率、能量－动量守恒定律及其守恒条件在相对论中都是协变的，并给出了它们的协变形式。     

Quasi-local conservation equations in general relativity

A set of exact quasi-local conservation equations is derived from the Einstein's equations using the first-order Kaluza–Klein formalism of general relativity in the (2,2)-splitting of 4-dimensional spacetime. These equations are interpreted as quasi-local energy, momentum, and angular momentum conservation equations. In the asymptotic region of asymptotically flat spacetimes, it is shown that the quasi-local energy and energy-flux integral reduce to the Bondi energy and energy-flux, respectively. In spherically symmetric spacetimes, the quasi-local energy becomes the Misner–Sharp energy. Moreover, on the event horizon of a general dynamical black hole, the quasi-local energy conservation equation coincides with the conservation equation studied by Thorne et al. We discuss the remaining quasi-local conservation equations briefly.     

Conservation law for multimoded nonlinear optical waveguide interactions and its physical interpretation

The swapping of power between the modes of cw waves in lossless nonlinear optical waveguides always admit two conserved quantities, the total power and one other, which is sometimes identified as a Hamiltonian. We show that a general formulation of this Hamiltonian is in fact the weak guidance limit for cw waves of a more general conservation law. We make the link between this more general conservation law and the conservation of "wave" momentum, where wave momentum is a combination of both real momentum and so-called pseudomomentum. This allows us to interpret the conserved Hamiltonian in physical terms.