Advances in Atomic Physics: An Overview,by Claude Cohen-Tannoudji and David Guéry-Odelin

There are seemingly compelling reasons for expecting the laws of physics to be unchanged under various symmetry transformations. However, during the last fifteen years it has been discovered that many of these symmetries are in fact broken. The search for the electric dipole moment of the neutron has already made, and will continue to make, an important contribution to the understanding of this fascinating and fundamental problem. The experimental limits of sensitivity can be understood in terms of the Heisenberg uncertainty principle and the achievable limits for such things as the electric field strengths and observation times in various systems. The two experimental methods used to date are neutron beam magnetic resonance and crystal diffraction. New methods which have been proposed, such as that using bottled neutrons and further work on existing methods, promise a considerable improvement in sensitivity in the next few years.     

An unstaggered constrained transport method for the 3D ideal magnetohydrodynamic equations

Numerical methods for solving the ideal magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations in more than one space dimension must either confront the challenge of controlling errors in the discrete divergence of the magnetic field, or else be faced with nonlinear numerical instabilities. One approach for controlling the discrete divergence is through a so-called constrained transport method, which is based on first predicting a magnetic field through a standard finite volume solver, and then correcting this field through the appropriate use of a magnetic vector potential. In this work we develop a constrained transport method for the 3D ideal MHD equations that is based on a high-resolution wave propagation scheme. Our proposed scheme is the 3D extension of the 2D scheme developed by Rossmanith [J.A. Rossmanith, An unstaggered, high-resolution constrained transport method for magnetohydrodynamic flows, SIAM J. Sci. Comput. 28 (2006) 1766], and is based on the high-resolution wave propagation method of Langseth and LeVeque [J.O. Langseth, R.J. LeVeque, A wave propagation method for threedimensional hyperbolic conservation laws, J. Comput. Phys. 165 (2000) 126]. In particular, in our extension we take great care to maintain the three most important properties of the 2D scheme: (1) all quantities, including all components of the magnetic field and magnetic potential, are treated as cell-centered; (2) we develop a high-resolution wave propagation scheme for evolving the magnetic potential; and (3) we develop a wave limiting approach that is applied during the vector potential evolution, which controls unphysical oscillations in the magnetic field. One of the key numerical difficulties that is novel to 3D is that the transport equation that must be solved for the magnetic vector potential is only weakly hyperbolic. In presenting our numerical algorithm we describe how to numerically handle this problem of weak hyperbolicity, as well as how to choose an appropriate gauge condition. The resulting scheme is applied to several numerical test cases.     

磁性物质的热力学系统和对气候的影响

本文首先对单组分或组成不变的多组分系统给出磁场下的热力学系统的基本方程,导出熵为温度和磁场强度的函数S(T,H)的微分方程TdS=C_H_HT+μVT((aM)/(aT))_H dH并进一步证明顺磁性物质等温可逆放热,即Q<0,会导致系统磁场增高.根据宏观热力学理论这一结论,则磁铁矿的存在会导致地区气候温和宜人.     

磁性物质的热力学系统和对气候的影响

本文首先对单组分或组成不变的多组分系统给出磁场下的热力学系统的基本方程, 导出熵为温度和磁场强度的函数 的微分方程 并进一步证明顺磁性物质等温可逆放热,即 ,会导致系统磁场增高.根据宏观热力学理论这一结论,则磁铁矿的存在会导致地区气候温和宜人.     

磁原胞与化学原胞不一致的磁性晶体的磁结构

本文发展了一个讨论磁原胞与化学原胞不一致的磁性晶体的自旋位形的宏观方法。引进一个有限羣,其元素乃是分布于一个磁原胞内的空间羣的元素。该羣的对称元素作用于次晶格的自旋密度上,使热力势保持不变。利用这原理可以建立热力势按次晶格自旋密度的展式。由热力势取极小条件决定磁性晶体的自旋位形。应用这个方法具体地讨论了四类磁性晶体的自旋位形,对每一类情况得到了与中子衍射实验一致的结果。利用本方法在某些情况下,也可以得到螺旋形的自旋位形。     

三维光晶格中玻色凝聚气体基态波函数及干涉演化

基于Gross-Pitaevskii方程，运用有效化学势概念，研究了囚禁在组合势(由磁阱和三维光 晶格组成)中玻色凝聚气体在三维光晶格中的分布规律，并由此得到玻色凝聚气体的归 一化基态波函数.在取消组合势和仅取消光晶格而保留磁阱的两种情况下，运用传播子方 法求解出玻色凝聚气体密度分布的解析表达式.取消组合势后，理论计算所得到的玻色凝聚 气体聚随时间的演化规律与Greiner等的实验结果相一致.仅取消光晶格而保留磁阱时，研 究表明玻色凝聚气体的干涉模式呈现周期性的振荡行为.此外，在磁阱为各向异性的情况下 ， 关键词： 玻色凝聚气体 磁阱 光晶格 干涉模式     

Concerning Measurement of Gravitomagnetism in Electromagnetic Systems

Measurement of gravitomagnetic field is of fundamental importance as a test of general relativity. Here we present a new theoretical project for performing such a measurement based on detection of the electric field arising from the interplay between the gravitomagnetic and magnetic fields in the stationary axial-symmetric gravitational field of a slowly rotating massive body. Finally it is shown that precise magnetometers based on superconducting quantum interferometers could not be designed for measurement of the gravitomagnetically induced magnetic field in the cavity of a charged capacitor since they measure the circulation of a vector potential of electromagnetic field, i.e., an invariant quantity including the sum of electric and magnetic fields, and the general-relativistic magnetic part will be totally cancelled by the electric one which is in good agreement with the experimental results.     

Xe-NH (X3∑-)体系的势能面和冷碰撞动力学研究

以超冷Xe原子感应冷却NH（X³∑^-）分子实验为背景,理论研究磁场中Xe和NH的冷碰撞动力学性质.通过从头算方法得到了解析表达的Xe-NH体系势能面,并在此基础上采用量子动力学计算方法,研究了磁场条件下NH低场追索态（n=0,m_j=1）的冷碰撞塞曼弛豫截面.结果表明超冷Xe原子感应冷却NH分子可能在实验上难以实施.     

Controlling domain wall chirality by combining hard and soft magnetic materials in planar nanostructures with wire-ring morphology

Vortex domain walls (DWs) are characterized by their chirality, an important property that needs to be controlled for the use of such walls in potential technological applications. In this work we explore a wire-ring structure in which we have alternate hard and soft magnetic materials. Our results evidence that, depending on the materials, it is possible to control the DW chirality when it goes through the ring section. Therefore, this system can be used as a device that controls domain wall chirality.     

在JYFL开展的研究工作：等离子体势的测量、电子加热的模拟、JYFL-MMPS及高温炉子

Extensive plasma potential measurements have been carried out using a device developed at JYFL. In this article the main results of the measurements will be summarized.A new simulation code to study the electron heating is being developed.One objective of the code is to determine the change of the electron loss cone when the magnetic field component of the electromagnetic wave is taken into account along with the permittivity of the plasma.As a part of the work,accurate X-ray measurements have been initiated. A new plasma chamber based on the MMPS-concept(Modified MultiPole Structure)has successfully been constructed and tested with the JYFL 6.4GHz ECRIS.The results and conclusions will be presented elsewhere in these proceedings.In the same article,a new concept of ECRIS and first results will be presented.The active development work of evaporation ovens has been carried out in a joint European collaboration(ISIBHI). The objective of the task is to make the operation of the oven reliable at 2000℃for several days.Both resistively and inductively heated ovens have been studied and further developed.The status of this work will be presented.     

磁梯度张量不变量的椭圆误差消除方法研究

基于磁梯度张量不变量定位方法, 可以实现对目标的单点实时定位, 且定位目标不限于静止目标, 这一方法目前得到了人们的广泛关注, 但该方法由于存在着椭圆系数导致目标定位误差较大的问题. 针对该问题, 提出了一种基于正六面体磁梯度张量测量系统的单点实时定位改进方法, 该方法通过消除原定位方法中不变量存在的椭圆系数, 从而克服椭圆误差对定位精度的影响. 具体做法是通过求解测量系统中正六面体的六个平面中心点处磁梯度张量的特征值, 并把这些特征值按照一定关系进行组合来消除椭圆系数, 来获得六个平面的新不变量, 再对这些新不变量求其梯度值, 根据这些梯度值对目标进行定位, 这样该定位方法可以有效的克服椭圆误差, 可对目标进行单点实时定位. 对改进定位方法进行了仿真实验分析, 结果表明改进方法可以实现目标的单点实时定位, 定位的平均相对误差较现有方法减少10.9%. 改进方法对所搭载平台的机动性要求较低, 其平台可做直线或曲线运动对目标实现单点实时定位.     

Arbitrary order exactly divergence-free central discontinuous Galerkin methods for ideal MHD equations

Ideal magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations consist of a set of nonlinear hyperbolic conservation laws, with a divergence-free constraint on the magnetic field. Neglecting this constraint in the design of computational methods may lead to numerical instability or nonphysical features in solutions. In our recent work [F. Li, L. Xu, S. Yakovlev, Central discontinuous Galerkin methods for ideal MHD equations with the exactly divergence-free magnetic field, Journal of Computational Physics 230 (2011) 4828–4847], second and third order exactly divergence-free central discontinuous Galerkin methods were proposed for ideal MHD equations. In this paper, we further develop such methods with higher order accuracy. The novelty here is that the well-established H(div)-conforming finite element spaces are used in the constrained transport type framework, and the magnetic induction equations are extensively explored in order to extract sufficient information to uniquely reconstruct an exactly divergence-free magnetic field. The overall algorithm is local, and it can be of arbitrary order of accuracy. Numerical examples are presented to demonstrate the performance of the proposed methods especially when they are fourth order accurate.     

纳米复合永磁材料中软磁性相交换硬化的研究

本文就纳米复合永磁材料中软磁相被交换硬化问题,从一维模型和三维模拟计算进行了分析研究. 一维和三维各向异性样品研究表明,在相同微结构下,当硬磁相的各向异性降低时,除矫顽力降低外,在磁矩全部反转之前退磁曲线是一样的. 因此,硬磁相各向异性的降低不会导致最大磁能积(BH)_max增大和剩磁增加. 对于三维各向同性样品的模拟计算表明,降低硬磁相的各向异性会使剩磁和(BH)_max都明显降低. 因此,增强硬磁相的各向异性并增大硬磁相晶粒尺寸是提高 关键词： 纳米复合永磁 矫顽力 剩磁 磁能积     

Power laws in surface physics: the deep, the shallow and the useful

The growth and dynamics of solid surfaces displays a multitude of power law relationships, which are often associated with geometric self-similarity. In many cases the mechanisms behind these power laws are comparatively trivial, and require little more than dimensional analysis for their derivation. The information of interest to surface physicists then resides in the prefactors. This point will be illustrated by recent experimental and theoretical work on the growth-induced roughening of thin films and step fluctuations on vicinal surfaces. The conventional distinction between trivial and nontrivial power laws will be critically examined in general, and specifically in the context of persistence of step fluctuations.     

Effect of a magnetic field on the track structure of low-energy electrons: a Monte Carlo study

The increasing use of MRI-guided radiation therapy evokes the necessity to investigate the potential impact of a magnetic field on the biological effectiveness of therapeutic radiation beams. While it is known that a magnetic field, applied during irradiation, can improve the macroscopic absorbed dose distribution of electrons in the tumor region, effects on the microscopic distribution of energy depositions and ionizations have not yet been investigated. An effect on the number of ionizations in a DNA segment, which is related to initial DNA damage in form of complex strand breaks, could be beneficial in radiation therapy. In this work we studied the effects of a magnetic field on the pattern of ionizations at nanometric level by means of Monte Carlo simulations using the Geant4-DNA toolkit. The track structure of low-energy electrons in the presence of a uniform static magnetic field of strength up to 14 T was calculated for a simplified DNA segment model in form of a water cylinder. In the case that no magnetic field is applied, nanodosimetric results obtained with Geant4-DNA were compared with those from the PTB track structure code. The obtained results suggest that any potential enhancement of complexity of DNA strand breaks induced by irradiation in a magnetic field is not related to modifications of the low-energy secondary electrons track structure.     

Quantum critical scaling in graphene

We show that the emergent relativistic symmetry of electrons in graphene near its quantum critical point (QCP) implies a crucial importance of the Coulomb interaction. We derive scaling laws, valid near the QCP, that dictate the nontrivial magnetic and charge response of interacting graphene. Our analysis yields numerous predictions for how the Coulomb interaction will be manifested in experimental observables such as the diamagnetic response and electronic compressibility.     

Oxide heterostructures grown by molecular beam epitaxy: Spin injection in superconductors and magnetic coupling phenomena

Interfacial phenomena control the performance of devices employing various oxides and designed to realize phenomena such as spin injection and magnetic coupling. Here we review our work on spin injection into oxide superconductors and briefly mention work on magnetic heterostructures. The focus will be on geometries prepared using ozone-assisted, oxide-molecular beam epitaxy. The implications for our results of recent applications of probes of buried interfaces will be discussed.     

Pinning-force density of superconducting Bi-2223 tape wires

The pinning-force density and the irreversibility field are measured for Bi-2223 tape wires at various temperatures under the magnetic fields normal and parallel to the c-axis. It is found that the scaling laws of pinning-force density in the low- and high-temperature regions and the temperature dependence of the irreversibility field are formally the same between the two field directions in spite of some anisotropy factor, suggesting that the pinning mechanism is essentially the same for the two field directions. These results are compared with the numerical calculation based on the flux-creep model. The experimental results are well explained by the theory including the anisotropic property.

The pinning potential estimated from the flux-creep theory at 80 K and 1.0 T is of the order of several 10 meV and the factor of the anisotropy is about 1.3. The value of the pinning potential under the magnetic field along the c-axis suggests that the flux lines are strongly connected along this direction. The longitudinal elastic correlation length of the flux lines is of the order of several μm and this supports the hypothesis.

The pinning characteristics of a Bi-2223 tape wire to which the strong pinning centers are successfully introduced are discussed using the flux-creep theory for evaluating the potential of this material for application. The irreversibility field for the direction parallel to the c-axis is estimated to be sufficiently high even at 77.3 K and it is concluded that Bi-2223 has a sufficient potential for application.     

Variations on a Wignerian theme

The Wigner distribution and its equation of motion in the scalar potential case are arrived at in an unusual way. This in turn suggests (a) a departure from the standard Wigner distribution treatment for a charged particle in a magnetic field and (b) a new approach to quantization of nonconservative systems. Suggestion (a) is found to be, like the standard treatment, in agreement with Schrödinger's equation but, unlike it, also satisfies local classical-type conservation laws and employs a distribution which is gauge-invariant rather than merely gauge-covariant. Suggestion (b) gives a clear result only in the case of resistance proportional to velocity, when it agrees with the Schrödinger-Langevin equation; for other dissipative systems a fresh assumption is required, and a proposal in that direction is put forward.