Particle tracking velocimetry applied for fireworks

Particle tracking velocimetry (PTV) is applied for measuring the motions of luminous particles in fireworks. The objective of the study is to clarify the technical problems encountering in large-scale quantitative visualization in natural environment. The major problems are found to be uncontrolled background in nature, low pixel resolution relative to particle size, and large perspective. The ways to deal with these problems in current technological level are discussed. In the application, two cameras are located at 1.3 km from the launching point with 30-degree opening angle to implement 3-D PTV. The transient 3-D velocity distributions of around 200 m-scale diameter fireworks are obtained during the light emission from the explosion till burnout. Moreover, the evolution of the mean particle diameter that decreases continuously with the combustion is estimated with the measured velocity information by the particles equation of motion.     

A classical theory of superparamagnetic relaxation

A Fokker-Planck equation for the relaxation of a classical ferromagnetic particle coupled to a classical heat bath is derived from the Nakajima-Zwanzig equation. The equation of motion for the mean magnetization of an ensemble of particles is found to be closed only under special circumstances. In the strong motional narrowing limit the equation of motion reduces to the Bloch equations in the limit MH ? k_BT, i.e. for small particles, and to the Landau-Lifshitz equation in the opposite limit. For the motional narrowing region in toto the particular case of uniaxial anisotropy is analysed, giving an equation of motion which for large particles reduces to a modified Landau-Lifshitz equation with g-shift and a reduced damping constant. This equation cannot be meaningfully identified with the Gilbert equation.Approximate expressions for superparamagnetic relaxation rates by Kramers' method are obtained for the case of (i) triaxial (i.e. orthorhombic) and (ii) cubic (K +ve and ?ve) anisotropy, assuming large energy barriers. The results supplement Brown's expression for uniaxial anisotropy and show a more complicated dependence on the Landau-Lifshitz parameter λ than the linear dependence found by Brown. For small λ the rates tend to constant values compatible with the transition.     

Exact quantum mechanical description of the motion of spin-1/2 particles and of spin motion in a uniform magnetic field

The Dirac-Pauli equation is used to obtain the exact equation of spin motion for spin-1/2 particles with an anomalous magnetic moment in a constant and uniform magnetic field. Exact formulas are established for the angular velocity of the revolution of such particles along circular orbits and the rotation of the particle spin with respect to momentum. Finally, a quantum mechanical equation for the motion of the particles in a strong magnetic field is derived. Zh. éksp. Teor. Fiz. 114, 448–457 (August 1998)     

正弦平方势与小振幅近似下的弯晶沟道辐射

在理想情况下和经典力学框架内,引入正弦平方势,把粒子在弯晶中的运动方程化为具有外力矩的摆方程。并对系统的相平面特征进行了数值分析。在小振幅近似下,把粒子运动方程化为具有硬特性的弹簧-振子系统,用Jacobian椭圆函数和椭圆积分解析地给出系统的解和粒子运动周期。讨论了弯晶沟道辐射频率、无量纲偏转角和辐射谱的一般特征。指出利用沟道辐射作为激光的可能性。以正电子在碳单晶中沟道辐射为例进行了具体计算,得到了与其他工作基本一致的结果。     

Transit of beams of charged particles through a non-adiabatic magnetic field

The possibility of obtaining beams of particles with high transverse energies in a strong magnetic field is discussed. The motion of particles in a weakly non-adiabatic field is described by a linear non-homogeneous equation. The non-adiabaticity of motion is caused, in the first approximation, by the curvature of the magnetic lines of force. The conditions for a small spread of magnetic moments of the beam particles are established by solving the equation of motion. The transverse energy of particles and its spread can be varied by varying the shape of the magnetic field and the initial radial velocities of the particles. As a result of the conditions for a small spread of magnetic moments, a beam traversing a steep magnetic field gains a smaller magnetic moment than a beam passing through a field with a lesser slope.The author is indebted to Dr M. Seidl, DrSc, for valuable discussions on the subject, and to Dr M. Ondráek, CSc for help in the computer calculations.     

Relativistic kinetic theory of quantum systems: III. Transport equation for a neutrino system

On the basis of the quantum-mechanical equations of motion and the statistical assumption that dynamical correlations present in the initial state may be ignored, a kinetic equation for a dilute neutrino system is derived. If the system is sufficiently uniform in space this equation reduces to the relativistic Boltzmann equation for massless particles with a quantum-mechanical transition probability.     

Certain general questions of fast-electron transport II. Kinetic equations and conditions governing the accelerated motion of fast electrons in dielectrics in an electric field

A general kinetic equation for the differential density of fast particles moving in a medium in an external field is derived on the basis of the continuity equation in phase space. An equation is written for the differential flux in the case of fixed target particles. This equation is used to derive equations for fast electrons; account is taken of the coupling of energy-loss and scattering events in an electric field for various particular problems analogous to those studied in the theory of electron transport in the absence of a field. The kinetic equations are used to analyze the conditions governing accelerated motion of electrons in a dielectric in an external electric field in the continuous-deceleration approximation. Account is taken of fluctuations in the energy loss and of multiple scattering. There are two energy ranges of particles moving in a dielectric in which accelerated motion can occur; in the case of an electron beam with a continuous energy spectrum, this acceleration would be accompanied by monochromatization of the beam.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 2, pp. 7–12, February, 1972.     

The Motion of Repulsive Brownian Particles in Quenched Disorder

Brownian motion of the particles with repulsive interaction is investigated. When the potential condition is satisfied, the eigenvalue problem of interaction Fokker-Planck equation under certain conditions can be transformed to that of a many-particle Schrödinger equation. Using the Green's function method, we obtain the effective single-variable Fokker-Planck equation in the low density limit. We find that the diffusion of coupled Brownian particles in quenched disorder media is also anomalous in 2D. The Mittag-Leffler relaxation of pancake vortices is investigated by fractional Fokker-Planck equation.     

Simultaneous Brownian motion of N particles in a temperature gradient

A system of N Brownian particles suspended in a nonuniform heat bath is treated as a thermodynamic system with internal degrees of freedom, in this case their velocities and coordinates. Applying the scheme of nonequilibrium thermodynamics, one then easily obtains the Fokker-Planck equation for simultaneous Brownian motion of N particles in a temperature gradient. This equation accounts for couplings in the motion as a result of hydrodynamic interactions between particles.     

Vlasov moments, integrable systems and singular solutions

The Vlasov equation governs the evolution of the single-particle probability distribution function (PDF) for a system of particles interacting without dissipation. Its singular solutions correspond to the individual particle motions. The operation of taking the moments of the Vlasov equation is a Poisson map. The resulting Lie-Poisson Hamiltonian dynamics of the Vlasov moments is found to be integrable is several cases. For example, the dynamics for coasting beams in particle accelerators is associated by a hodograph transformation to the known integrable Benney shallow-water equation. After setting the context, the Letter focuses on geodesic Vlasov moment equations. Continuum closures of these equations at two different orders are found to be integrable systems whose singular solutions characterize the geodesic motion of the individual particles.     

非Abelianplasmons和它的动力论方程

把QGP中的涨落波动模式处理成等离子激发元(plasmon),从Yang-Mills场方程出发,在线性近似下,建立起plasmons的动力论方程,这是一个描述plasmons数平衡的方程:一方面是plasmons以群速度运动在时空上造成plasmons数的改变(增加或减少);另一方面是等离子体粒子辐射或吸收的plasmons数.     

The Arrow of Time in the Equations of Motion

It is argued that time's arrow is present in all equations of motion. But it is absent in the point particle approximations commonly made. In particular, the Lorentz-Abraham-Dirac equation is time-reversal invariant only because it approximates the charged particle by a point. But since classical electrodynamics is valid only for finite size particles, the equations of motion for particles of finite size must be considered. Those equations are indeed found to lack time-reversal invariance, thus ensuring an arrow of time. Similarly, more careful considerations of the equations of motion for gravitational interactions also show an arrow of time. The existence of arrows of time in quantum dynamics is also emphasized.     

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.     

Heisenberg Equations of Motion in a Nonabelian Gauge Theory

Heisenberg type equations of motion are established in a nonabelian gauge theory with minimal and nonminimal couplings and various relativistic particle equations of motion are derived from them. These equations for pointlike particles possessing a nonabelian gauge interaction (chosen for definiteness to be of SO(4,1) type) ore obtained in classical limit, ħ → 0, or in a semiclassical limit in which contributions of first order in ħ are retained. As a byproduct of the formalism, which can be applied to an arbitrary gauge group, a simple derivation of the Lorentz equation and the Bargmann-Michel-Telegdi equation from spinor electrodynamics with anomalous (i.e. nonminimal) coupling is given starting from the associated quantum mechanical Heisenberg equations of motion and specializing the gauge group to the electromagnetic U(1) group.     

Mathematical combustion model of nanoaluminum-air suspension

This paper presents a combustion model of a nano-aluminum-air (nAl-air) suspension. The special feature of the model is performing a local mathematical model of the oxidant diffusion through an aluminum oxide layer on the particle surface taking into account the aluminum-oxidant reaction to simulate the combustion of nano-size aluminum (nAl) particles. The oxidation rate of the aluminum particles and the associated with this process the rate of heat release are determined from the solution of the local combustion problems for the entire set of nAl particles in the suspension. To obtain the suspension state parameters we solve the equation system, which includes the energy conservation equations for the gas and particles, the mass-conservation equation for the gas-dispersed mixture and the motion equations for the gas and particles controlling for the particle velocity lag. The model considers gas expansion and thus gas and particle motion. The developed model does not require setting the ignition temperature of nAl particles. The study provides the calculated propagation rate of the combustion front in the nAl-air suspension depending on the nAl mass concentration and on the initial temperature of the suspension.     

Eigenvalues and their connection to transition rates for the Brownian motion in an inclined cosine potential

For certain parameters the motion of particles in an inclined cosine potential is bistable, i.e. particles are either in a locked or a running state. Fluctuations will cause transitions between these two states. First the connection of the transition rates with the lowest non-zero eigenvalue and the stationary solution of the Fokker-Planck equation is given. Then the eigenvalues of the Fokker-Planck equation for this Brownian motion problem are calculated using the matrix continued fraction method. Finally explicit results for these (generally complex) eigenvalues as a function of the averaged angle of inclination are shown for three typical friction constants and various temperatures.     

周期场时间导数Ornstein-Uhlenbeck噪声Fokker-Planck方程的小参数展开求解

通过引入变量,周期场中内部时间导数Ornstein-Uhlenbeck噪声驱动的布朗运动可用高维Fokker-Planck方程来描述. 上述系统不能直接应用通常的小参数展开和势谷中心展开近似求解. 用一种变通的小参数展开方法近似求解了系统的Fokker-Planck方程,结果适用于小势垒高度、中等关联时间和较大的相空间区域,近似解析解可获得系统的改进. 关键词： Fokker-Planck方程 周期势 时间导数Ornstein-Uhlenbeck噪声 小参数展开     

Hopping on a zig-zag course

We study the diffusion coefficient of Active Brownian particles in two dimensions. In addition to usual attributes of active motion we let the particles turn in preferred directions over random times. This angular motion is modeled by an effective Lorentz force with time dependent frequency switching between two values at exponentially distributed random times. The diffusion coefficient is calculated by the Taylor-Kubo formula where distributions found from a Fokker-Planck equation or from a continuous time random walk approach have been inserted for averaging. Eventually properties of the diffusion coefficient will be discussed.     

Kinetic equation for the dilute Lorentz gas with attractive forces

The kinetic equation for the dilute Lorentz gas of particles with repulsive-attractive potential, is derived. For that purpose the distribution function is decomposed into two parts: the one corresponding to the bounded motion of the marked particle and the second corresponding to its unbounded motion; only the second part, as representing the diffusion, is considered.After the appropriate modification of the projection operator, a general kinetic equation for the diffusion part of the distribution function is obtained. The low density limit of the scattering operator of this equation is found. The regions of bounded motion are excluded in the integration over position space.For the square-well potential, the Laplace-transformed kinetic equation is also given in full detail.