Proper Conformal Killing Vectors in Kantowski-Sachs Metric

This paper deals with the existence of proper conformal Killing vectors(CKVs) in Kantowski-Sachs metric.Subject to some integrability conditions, the general form of vector filed generating CKVs and the conformal factor is presented. The integrability conditions are solved generally as well as in some particular cases to show that the nonconformally flat Kantowski-Sachs metric admits two proper CKVs, while it admits a 15-dimensional Lie algebra of CKVs in the case when it becomes conformally flat. The inheriting conformal Killing vectors(ICKVs), which map fluid lines conformally, are also investigated.     

Results on Normal Forms for FPU Chains

In this paper we prove, among other results, that near the equilibirum position, any periodic FPU chain with an odd number N of particles admits a Birkhoff normal form up to order 4, whereas any periodic FPU chain with N even admits a resonant normal form up to order 4. This resonant normal form of order 4 turns out to be completely integrable. Further, for N odd, we obtain an explicit formula of the Hessian of its Hamiltonian at the fixed point. Supported in part by the Swiss National Science Foundation. Supported in part by the Swiss National Science Foundation, the programme SPECT and the European Community through the FP6 Marie Curie RTN ENIGMA (MRTN-CT-2004-5652).     

Soliton strings and interactions in mode-locked lasers

Soliton strings in mode-locked lasers are obtained using a variant of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation, appropriately modified to model power (intensity) and energy saturation. This equation goes beyond the well-known master equation often used to model these systems. It admits mode-locking and soliton strings in both the constant dispersion and dispersion-managed systems in the (net) anomalous and normal regimes; the master equation is contained as a limiting case. Analysis of soliton interactions show that soliton strings can form when pulses are a certain distance apart relative to their width. Anti-symmetric bi-soliton states are also obtained. Initial states mode-lock to these states under evolution. In the anomalous regime individual soliton pulses are well approximated by the solutions of the unperturbed nonlinear Schrödinger equation, while in the normal regime the pulses are much wider and strongly chirped.     

Asymptotic Stability of Breathers in Some Hamiltonian Networks of Weakly Coupled Oscillators

We consider a Hamiltonian chain of weakly coupled anharmonic oscillators. It is well known that if the coupling is weak enough then the system admits families of periodic solutions exponentially localized in space (breathers). In this paper we prove asymptotic stability in energy space of such solutions. The proof is based on two steps: first we use canonical perturbation theory to put the system in a suitable normal form in a neighborhood of the breather, second we use dispersion in order to prove asymptotic stability. The main limitation of the result rests in the fact that the nonlinear part of the on site potential is required to have a zero of order 8 at the origin. From a technical point of view the theory differs from that developed for Hamiltonian PDEs due to the fact that the breather is not a relative equilibrium of the system.     

Spin Entropy for Kerr Black Holes

It is known that the entropy for a singular spacetime metric can be calculated in the framework of classical field theories by applying Noether's theorem to stationary solutions of Einstein's field equations, integrating a suitable form on a trapping surface for the singularity. When the Kerr solution is considered, two different horizons appear. The physical entropy for the system is well known to be related to the outer horizon. We investigate here which is the meaning of the entropy calculated (via first principle of black hole thermodynamics) on the inner horizon. We show that this entropy, which was earlier interpreted as a sort of "spin entropy" of the black hole, admits in fact an interpretation as a quantity associated to a conserved charge which is related to the rotational degrees of freedom of the system.     

On perturbed oscillators in 1–1–1 resonance: the case of axially symmetric cubic potentials

Axially symmetric perturbations of the isotropic harmonic oscillator in three dimensions are studied. A normal form transformation introduces a second symmetry, after truncation. The reduction of the two symmetries leads to a one-degree-of-freedom system. To this end we use a special set of action–angle variables, as well as conveniently chosen generators of the ring of invariant functions. Both approaches are compared and their advantages and disadvantages are pointed out. The reduced flow of the normal form yields information on the original system.We analyse the 2-parameter family of (arbitrary) axially symmetric cubic potentials. This family has rich dynamics, displaying all local bifurcations of co-dimension one. With the exception of six ratios of the parameter values, the dynamical behaviour close to the origin turns out to be completely determined by the normal form of order 1. We also lay the ground for a further study at the exceptional ratios.     

A Super mKdV Equation: Bosonization,Painlevé Property and Exact Solutions

The symmetry of the fermionic field is obtained by means of the Lax pair of the mKdV equation. A new super mKdV equation is constructed by virtue of the symmetry of the fermionic form. The super mKdV system is changed to a system of coupled bosonic equations with the bosonization approach. The bosonized SmKdV(BSmKdV)equation admits Painlevé property by the standard singularity analysis. The traveling wave solutions of the BSmKdV system are presented by the mapping and deformation method. We also provide other ideas to construct new super integrable systems.     

Superfluidity of a perfect quantum crystal

In recent years, experimental data were published which point to the possibility of the existence of superfluidity in solid helium. To investigate this phenomenon theoretically we employ a hierarchy of equations for reduced density matrices which describes a quantum system that is in thermodynamic equilibrium below the Bose-Einstein condensation point, the hierarchy being obtained earlier by the author. It is shown that the hierarchy admits solutions relevant to a perfect crystal (immobile) in which there is a frictionless flow of atoms, which testifies to the possibility of superfluidity in ideal solids. The solutions are studied with the help of the bifurcation method and some their peculiarities are found out. Various physical aspects of the problem, among them experimental ones, are discussed as well.     

Traveling periodic waves of chemical activity

It is shown that within the manifold of exact solutions a system of reaction-diffusion equations admits only travelling waves with planar symmetry. A derivation of the generic form of approximate (asymptotic) cylindrical and spiral travelling periodic wave solutions is given. If an exact solution homogeneous in space and periodic in time is admitted by the system of reaction-diffusion equations, then travelling periodic spiral waves are admissble as approximate solutions. This is the theoretical explanation for the travelling periodic waves of chemical activity observed in recent experiments.     

Control of degenerate Hopf bifurcations in three-dimensional maps

A feedback control method is proposed to create a degenerate Hopf bifurcation in three-dimensional maps at a desired parameter point. The particularity of this bifurcation is that the system admits a stable fixed point inside a stable Hopf circle, between which an unstable Hopf circle resides. The interest of this solution structure is that the asymptotic behavior of the system can be switched between stationary and quasi-periodic motions by only tuning the initial state conditions. A set of critical and stability conditions for the degenerate Hopf bifurcation are discussed. The washout-filter-based controller with a polynomial control law is utilized. The control gains are derived from the theory of Chenciner's degenerate Hopf bifurcation with the aid of the center manifold reduction and the normal form evolution.     

Infinite-order symmetries for quantum separable systems

We develop a calculus to describe the (in general) infinite-order differential operator symmetries of a nonrelativistic Schrödinger eigenvalue equation that admits an orthogonal separation of variables in Riemannian n space. The infinite-order calculus exhibits structure not apparent when one studies only finite-order symmetries. The search for finite-order symmetries can then be reposed as one of looking for solutions of a coupled system of PDEs that are polynomial in certain parameters. Among the simple consequences of the calculus is that one can generate algorithmically a canonical basis for the space. Similarly, we can develop a calculus for conformal symmetries of the time-dependent Schrödinger equation if it admits R separation in some coordinate system. This leads to energy-shifting symmetries.     

The quantum relativistic two-body problem in time-dependent external potentials

A two-body system with scalar constituents of finite masses is described by a pair of coupled Klein-Gordon equations. The modification required for preserving compatibility in the presence of an external field is nontrivial but can be exactly carried out beyond the static case when the external potential admits a suitable invariance. The conditions ensuring this property are exhibited assuming that the external field is either electromagnetic or a pure spin-two tensor (like a weak gravitational field). Special attention is devoted to plane waves. A suitable superposition of linearly polarized waves permits to apply this method when the field is electromagnetic. Another example is given by an external spin-two field obeying the propagation equation with a mass term.     

Integration of the Hamilton–Jacobi and Maxwell Equations in Diagonal Metrics of Stäckel Spaces

Russian Physics Journal - A classification of metrics and electromagnetic potentials is carried out for the case when the Hamilton–Jacobi equation admits a complete separation of variables in...     

广义Chaplygin系统的约化

将广义Chaplygin系统写成含Lagrange函数的形式，它在一定条件下可约化为一个无约束系统.给出这些条件并举例说明结果的应用. 关键词： 分析力学 约化 非完整系统 广义Chaplygin系统     

Reduction of Relativistic Three-Body Kinematics

The Klein—Gordon system describing three scalar particles without interaction is cast into a new form by transformation of the momenta. Two redundant degrees of freedom are eliminated; we are left with a covariant equation for a reduced wave function with three-dimensional arguments. This new formulation of the mass-shell constraints is equivalent to the original KG system in a sector characterized by positivity of the energies and, if the mass differences are not too large, by a moderately relativistic regime. Introducing mutual interactions provides a model which is (at least for three equal masses) tractable and admits a reasonable nonrelativistic limit.     

Cohomological obstructions to the equivariant extension of closed invariant forms

We study under what condition a closed invariant form on a manifold with a group action admits an equivariant extension. We derive a sequence of obstructions in the cohomology groups of the Lie algebra with coefficients in appropriate modules. We illustrate the result with two specific examples. We then discuss when such cohomological obstructions vanish. Finally, we compare our analysis with the spectral sequence point of view.     

Effects of Schwarzschild black hole horizon on isothermal plasma wave dispersion

The 3 + 1 GRMHD equations for Schwarzschild spacetime in Rindler coordinates with isothermal state of plasma are formulated. We consider the cases of non-rotating and rotating backgrounds with non-magnetized and magnetized plasmas. For these cases, the perturbed form of these equations are linearized and Fourier analyzed by introducing plane wave type solutions. The determinant of these equations in each case leads to two dispersion relations which give value of the wave number k. Using the wave number, we obtain information like phase and group velocities etc. which help to discuss the nature of the waves and their characteristics. These provide interesting information about the black hole magnetosphere near the horizon. There are cases of normal and anomalous dispersion. We find a case of normal dispersion of waves when the plasma admits the properties of Veselago medium. Our results agree with those of Mackay et al. according to which rotation of a black hole is required for negative phase velocity propagation.     

Nonlinear Kelvin–Helmholtz instability of magnetized surface waves on a subsonic gas–viscous potential liquid interface

A nonlinear stability analysis, of magnetic fluids, was carried out for interfacial waves between a subsonic inviscid gas and viscous streaming liquid when a normal constant magnetic field is present. The viscosity term in the problem was carried out using the viscous potential theory. The nonlinear analysis results nonlinear partial differential equations, for different cases, using multiple scales method. Using the modulation concept, we have discussed different numerical examples to show the effects of the system parameters on criteria of the interfacial waves (in)stability.     

Annihilation of positronium atoms in an oscillatory field

Annihilation parameters (the angular correlation curve and positronium lifetime) are calculated for annihilation of positronium atoms in a three-dimensional oscillatory well. This well can serve as a model of a positron trap in rigid bodies. The model lends itself to exact mathematical analysis, and it admits separation of variables of the center-of-mass motion and the relative motion of the particle. A calculation is given for the wave functions of a positronium, which oscillatory field. The wave function of the relative motion of the particles at small distances is similar to the wave function of free positronium, which gives us a basis to speak of the annihilation of an electron-positron pair as the annihilation of a positronium atom in an oscillatory field. With a decrease in the size of the trap, broadening of the correlation curve occurs, which has Gaussian form for the annihilation of positronium from the minimum condition for center-of-mass motion. The bound state of the electron and positron exists even in traps of the size of the Bohr radius. The model permits evaluation of the size of traps over an experimentally chosen narrow component of the correlation curve.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 3, pp. 82–87, March, 1989.