Visualization of the sound scattering by a cylinder

The schlieren method is applied to visualizing the sound scattering ofa cylinder immersed in the liquids.Images of the echoes,caused by normal andoblique incidence from a cylinder,are obtained for two kinds of liquids:(1)theliquid is composed of a transparent liquid;and(2)the liquid is composed of twonon-mixable transparent liquids.It is found experimentally that the echo canbe caused by the discontinaites in the shadow zone.This fact is utilized to dem-onstrate the locus of the helical surface wave creeping along the surface of thecylinder.For such cases the three-dimensional image can be described by thismethod and has not to use the system with special appliances and complexalgorithm.     

Nonlinear Dicke Quantum Phase Transition and Its Quantum Witness in a Cavity-Bose–Einstein-Condensate System

We investigate nonlinear Dicke quantum phase transition(QPT) induced by inter-atomic nonlinear interaction and its quantum witness in a cavity-Bose–Einstein-condensate(BEC) system. It is shown that inter-atomic nonlinear interaction in a cavity BEC system can induce first-order Dicke QPT. It is found that this nonlinear Dicke QPT can happen in an arbitrary coupling regime of the cavity and atoms. It is demonstrated that the quantum speed limit time can witness the Dicke QPT through its sudden change at the critical point of the QPT.     

Quantum Vacuum and the Structure of Empty Space–Time

We have considered the possibility of formation of a massless particles with spin 1 in the region of negative energies, within the framework of the Weyl-type equation for neutrinos. It is proved that the represented approach allows to get a stable structural formation in the ground state, which can be interpreted as a fundamental massless particle. The structure and properties of this vector boson are studied in detail. The problem of entangling two vector bosons with projections of spins +1 and −1 and, accordingly, the formation of a zero-spin boson is studied within the framework of a complex stochastic matrix equations of the Langevin type. The paper discusses the structure of the Bose particle of a scalar field and the space–time properties of an empty space (quantum vacuum).

     

Apparatus for Real—Time Measurement of Stress in Thin Films at Elevated Temperatures

As a prerequisite of biaxial zero creep experiments, a novel sensitive apparatus is developed for real-time filmstress measurement during thermal cycles. The optical sensor with a fixed multi-beam emitter and a CCD detector is investigated during an annealing process of Ag/Co multilayer thin film. The monitoring plots of stress as functions of temperature and time demonstrate the capability of this set-up. The typical sensitivity for measuring the wafer curvature radius is 2 km.     

Measurement of thermophysical properties by a pulse-heating technique

A technique is described for the dynamic measurement of selected thermophysical properties of electrically conducting solids in the temperature range from 1100 K to the melting point.Based on rapid resistive self-heating of the specimen from room temperature to any desired high temperature in several seconds by the passage of an electical current pulse through it,this technique measures the pertinent quantities such as current,voltage,randiance temperature,with sub-millisecond time resolution.The pulse-heating technique is applied to strip specimens.The radiance temperature is measured by high-speed pyrometry, normal spectral emissivity of the strips is measured by integrating sphere reflectometry.The normal spectral emissivity results are used to compute the true temperature of the specimens.The heat capacity, electrical resistivity,total hemispherical emissivity are evaluated in the temperature range from 1100 K to the melting point.     

Continuous Quantum Nondemolition Measurements of a Particle in Electromagnetic and Gravitational Fields

The detection of a particle in electromagnetic plus gravitational fields is investigated. We obtain a set of quantum nondemolition variables. The continuous measurements of these nondemolition parameters are analyzed in the framework of restricted path integral formalism. We manipulate the corresponding propagators, and deduce the probabilities associated with the possible measurement outputs.     

Features of the Crystal Structure of Tm1–xYbxB12 Dodecaborides near a Quantum Critical Point and at a Metal–Insulator Transition

JETP Letters - The magnetic phase diagram of Tm1–xYbxB12 antiferromagnets is determined from the specific heat measurements performed at low and ultralow temperatures (0.07–10 K)....     

Quantum Statistics of a Forced Oscillator with a Time－Dependent Driving Force

Quantum statistics of a forced harmonic oscillator acted upon by a time-dependent external force are derived usingthe Wilcox trick and the time-dependent inhomogeneous Bogoliubov transformation formalism. The internal energy, fluctuation of the particle-number average and entropy of this nonequilibrium system are presentedexplicitly.     

Theoretical Description and Measurement of the Pion–Photon Transition Form Factor

Detailed predictions for the scaled pion–photon transition form factor are given, derived with the method of light-cone sum rules and using pion distribution amplitudes with two and three Gegenbauer coefficients obtained from QCD sum rules with nonlocal condensates. These predictions agree well with all experimental data that are compatible with QCD scaling (and collinear factorization), but disagree with the high-Q ² data of the BaBar Collaboration that grow with the momentum. A good agreement of our predictions with results obtained from AdS/QCD models and Dyson–Schwinger computations is found.     

Thickness Measurement of a Film on a Substrate by Low-Frequency Ultrasound

We describe a new simple technique for the low-frequency ultrasonic thickness measurement of an air-backed soft thin layer attached on a hard substrate of finite thickness throug-h the frequency-shifts of the substrate resonances by the substrate-side insonification. A plane compressive wave impinging normally on the substrate surface from a liquid is studied. Low frequency here means an interrogating acoustical wave frequency of less than half of the ‘half-wavelength resonance frequency‘ of the thin layer depending on the acoustical impedance ratio of the coating to the substrate. Equations for the frequency-shifts are derived and solved by the Newton iterative method and the Taylor expansion method, respectively, indicating satisfactory agreement within the range of interest of thickness ratio of the thin layer to the substrate for a polymer-aluminium structure. An experimental setup is constructed to verify the validity of the technique.     

Visualization of Type IV shock–shock interference induced by a cylindrical protuberance mounted normal to a hollow cylinder

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Probing the Critical Point of the Jaynes–Cummings Second-Order Dissipative Quantum Phase Transition

We highlight the importance of quantum fluctuations in organizing a dissipative quantum phase transition for the driven Jaynes–Cummings interaction with variable qubit-cavity detuning. The system response presents a substantial difference from the predictions of the semiclassical theory, the extent of which is revealed in the properties of quantum bistability, and visualized with the help of quasi-distribution functions for the cavity field, subject to an appropriate scale parameter. States anticipated by the neoclassical theory of radiation coexist in the quantum picture, following the occurrence of spontaneous dressed-state polarization and phase bistability at resonance.     

Solution of the Schrödinger Equation on a Quantum Computer by the Zalka–Wiesner Method Including Quantum Noise

JETP Letters - The simulation of quantum systems on a quantum computer using the Zalka–Wiesner algorithm including quantum noise has been considered. The efficiency of developed methods and...     

Microwave Absorption Properties of Nickel–Zinc Ferrites Synthesized by Different Means

Ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) characteristics are investigated for Ni_xZn_{1 ? x}Fe₂O₄ ferrites (where x = 0.25, 0.5) synthesized using different organic complexation agents. The microstructure of the synthesized ferrites is studied, and the effect complexation agents have on their microstructure and FMR characteristics is determined.     

Transition of the True Ground State in a Coupled Three—Layer Quantum Dot

Low-lying states of a vertically coupled three-layer quantum-dot system are studied.Each layer contains one electron,and the tunnelling of electrons between layers is neglected.Effects of the interlayer separation d and the external magnetic field B are evaluated by numerical calculations.In the strong coupling case (i.e.d is small),as in a single dot,transitions of the angular momentum L of the true ground states occur when B increases, whereas in the weak coupling case the transition does not occur and L remains zero.Furthermore,it is found that the variation of d may also induce the L transition.As a result,a phase diagram of L of the true ground state is given in the d-B plane.     

Anomalous Hall Effect in GaAs–AlGaAs Quantum Wells Doped by Nonmagnetic Impurities near the Metal–Insulator Transition

Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics - We report on the results of experiments indicating the existence of the anomalous Hall effect associated with the ferromagnetic ordering of spins...     

Quantum Droplets in a Mixture of Bose–Fermi Superfluids

We study the formation of quantum droplets in the mixture of a single-component Bose–Einstein condensate(BEC),and a two-species Fermi superfluid across a wide Feshbach resonance.With repulsive boson-boson and attractive boson-fermion interactions,we show that quantum droplets can be stabilized by attractive fermionfermion interactions on the Bardeen–Cooper–Schrieffer(BCS) side of the resonance,and can also exist in the deep BEC regime under weak boson-fermion interactions.We map out the phase di...     

Phase Transition of Graphitic-C3N4 under High Pressure by In Situ Resistance Measurement in a Diamond Anvil Cell

In situ resistance measurement of Graphitic-C3N4 has been performed under high pressure in a diamond anvil cell. The result reveals that there are changes of electron transport behaviour. As the pressure increases from ambient to 30 GPa, three abnormal resistance changes can be found at room temperature and two are found at 77K. The abnormal resistance dropped at 5 GPa is close to the phase transition pressure from the P6m2 structure to the p structure predicted by Lowther et al. [Phys. Reg. B 59 (1999) 11683] Another abnormal change of resistance at 12 GPa is related to the phase transition from g-C3N4 to cubic-C3N4 [Teter and Hemley, Science 271 (1990) 53].     

Visualization of behaviors of a propagating flame quenching for hydrogen–air gas mixture

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In this research, a flame arrester consisting of a slit structure was experimentally investigated. Experimental data show adequate maximum experimental safe gap (MESG) value for the flame arrester. The flow rate characteristics of the flame arrester were measured and compared with theoretical results. It was made clear that the flow impedance of convergent flow is 20% less than that of divergent flow. The experimental data and theoretical data show good agreement. The performance test by an EN12874 as ‘in-line stable detonation’ flame arrester was examined for a hydrogen–air gas mixture. The experimental data show that the gap was 0.2 times the MESG value in bi-directions for the flame arrester. The quenching and extinguishing processes were visualized by high-speed cameras.