Dichroism of impurity crystals without inversion center induced by energy term linear in wavevector

The effect of a parity violation in hexagonal crystals without inversion center has been investigated. The transition 1s-2s of an electron bound to a donor is shown to be dipole allowed. In a weak magnetic field the spin-flip transitions take place only at a definite sign of a photon circulation. Their intensities is almost independent of the value of the magnetic field.     

Searches for effects of fundamental-symmetry violation in isomeric nuclear states

The results of broad searches for schemes that are convenient for observing effects of time-inversion-invariance violation (T violation) simultaneously with parity violation (PT violation) in electromagnetic transitions in nuclei are presented. The main problems in observing such effects are discussed. A scheme that seems one of the most promising for this and which relies on measuring the linear polarization of gamma radiation accompanying the deexcitation of isomeric states of nuclei that were oriented by a magnetic field at ultralow temperatures is highlighted.     

Interaction of Three Electromagnetic Fields with a Resonance Medium in EPR. The Case of a Small Local Field in Comparison with the Saturating One

A system of Bloch equations modified with allowance for the presence of a dipole–dipole reservoir for the case where the local magnetic field is small in comparison with the saturating one is suggested. The system is used for solving the problem of interaction of three electromagnetic fields: a saturating field, a probe one, and the third - a combination field resulting from the interaction of the first two in a resonance medium. The imaginary and real parts of the system susceptibility at the probe-field frequency have been investigated in detail at both different frequencies of interacting waves and coinciding ones (degenerate case). For the degenerate case, the dependence of the coefficient of the parametric connection of waves on the frequency is considered. The results of the present work are compared with those obtained by us earlier for the case where the local magnetic field is much in excess of the saturating one (Provotorov's case). It is shown that in the problem considered the amplification of weak waves when they pass through the layer of an absorbing resonance medium is inaccessible.     

Spectra of the quardupole-dipole superlattice

The possible enhancement of quadrupole and magnetic transitions coming into resonance with dipole transitions in superlattices has been studied. The frequency dependences of the effective permittivity tensor of the superlattice are determined. The dispersion functions of hybrid dipole-quadrupole polariton branches are obtained. The effective strength of the quadrupole transition is determined as a function of the parameters of the dipole transition, which makes it possible to control the intensity and frequency of the quadrupole radiation. Polaritons can have a negative group velocity if they propagate in a direction other than the optic axis of the superlattice.     

Coherent forward four-wave mixing of ultrashort radiation pulses in a resonant medium

Forward four-wave mixing (FFWM) of ultrashort light pulses is considered theoretically under their coherent propagation in a resonant-absorbing medium. Nonlinear equations describing FFWM are obtained and studied and it is shown that the energy exchange between pulses of exact resonance may lead to the enhancement of weak radiation. The influence of input radiation parameters and interaction geometry on the FFWM characteristics has been studied.     

On generalized electromagnetism and Dirac algebra

Using a framework of Dirac algebra, the Clifford algebra appropriate for Minkowski space-time, the formulation of classical electromagnetism including both electric and magnetic charge is explored. Employing the two-potential approach of Cabibbo and Ferrari, a Lagrangian is obtained that is dyality invariant and from which it is possible to derive by Hamilton's principle both the symmetrized Maxwell's equations and the equations of motion for both electrically and magnetically charged particles. This latter result is achieved by defining the variation of the action associated with the cross terms of the interaction Lagrangian in terms of a surface integral. The surface integral has an equivalent path-integral form, showing that the contribution of the cross terms is local in nature. The form of these cross terms derives in a natural way from a Dirac algebraic formulation, and, in fact, the use of the geometric product of Dirac algebra is an essential aspect of this derivation. No kinematic restrictions are associated with the derivation, and no relationship between magnetic and electric charge evolves from the (classical) formulation. However, it is indicated that in bound states quantum mechanical considerations will lead to a version of Dirac's quantization condition. A discussion of parity violation of the generalized electromagnetic theory is given, and a new approach to the incorporation of this violation into the formalism is suggested. Possibilities for extensions are mentioned.Work supported by the Department of Energy, contract DE-AC03-76SF00515.     

The radiation of rotating magnetic dipoles in vacuo in general relativity

An approximate solution of Maxwell's equations for the rotating oblique magnetic dipole is given on the geometrical background of the Schwarzschild metric. The energy radiation is calculated for both the case of the Schwarzschild geometry and the linearized Kerr metric on the basis of the Newman-Penrose formalism. It is shown that general relativistic effects are not sufficient to explain by themselves the experimentally measured slowdown laws of realistic pulsars.     

Relationships between Electrodynamic and Quantum-Mechanical Parameters in the Theory of Quantum Transitions

Relationships between the electrodynamic (wave propagation constants) and quantum-mechanical parameters (probability of induced transitions) of interaction between energy quanta and particles of the medium are derived for dipole and paramagnetic interaction types. It is demonstrated that quantum-mechanical parameters are generally complex.     

Dispersion measurements using time-of-flight remote detection MRI

Remote detection nuclear magnetic resonance and magnetic resonance imaging can be used to study fluid flow and dispersion in a porous medium from a purely Eulerian point of view (i.e., in a laboratory frame of reference). Information about fluid displacement is obtained on a macroscopic scale in a long-time regime, while local velocity distributions are averaged out. It is shown how these experiments can be described using the common flow propagator formalism and how experimental data can be analyzed to obtain effective porosity, flow velocity inside the porous medium, fluid dispersion and flow tracing of fluid.     

Effect of radiation and chemical reaction on natural convective MHD flow through a porous medium with double diffusion

The influence of radiation and chemical reaction on a natural convective MHD flow through a porous medium bounded by a vertical infinite surface in the presence of transverse magnetic field is studied. The basic equations governing the flow, heat and mass transfer are reduced to a set of ordinary differential equations by appropriate transformations. Governing equations are solved by perturbation technique for velocity, temperature and concentration, and that has been presented graphically for different values of involved parameters. It is observed that effects of magnetic parameter and radiation parameter in the flow field affect the flow significantly.     

Parity violating neutral current interactions and 2S12→2S′12 transitions in hydrogenic ions

Measurement of parity nonconservation in magnetic dipole transitions between Zeeman split $\text{2}\text{S}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>1</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}$ states in hydrogenic ions is considered as a probe of the weak neutral current interaction between electrons and nucleons.     

Further experimental investigation of the hyperfine structure in the spectrum of atomic niobium

Laser spectroscopy with either optogalvanic or laser induced fluorescence detection have been employed to measure the hyperfine structure of 25 transitions of atomic niobium in the visible and near infrared spectral range. The magnetic dipole hyperfine interaction constants A of 43 energy levels (22 of even and 21 of odd parity) were determined, 30 of which have been investigated for the first time. The values obtained for the even parity levels are compared with the results of a parametric analysis.     

Macroscopic parity violation and supernova asymmetries

Core collapse supernovae are dominated by weakly interacting neutrinos. This provides a unique opportunity for macroscopic parity violation. We speculate that parity violation in a strong magnetic field can lead to an asymmetry in the explosion and a recoil of the newly formed neutron star. We estimate the size of this asymmetry from neutrino polarized-neutron elastic scattering, polarized electron capture and neutrino-nucleus elastic scattering in a (partially) polarized electron gas.     

Dipole emission of a nanostructure system composed of two atoms and dimensional resonances

A stationary solution is obtained for the joint system of equations for atomic and field variables for two different atoms with dipole-dipole interaction in the radiation field taking into account the common radiative friction. The atoms are treated as an Lorentz oscillator with one isolated resonance. The interaction of atoms in the radiation field forms four dimensional resonances at frequencies that are substantially different from the natural frequencies of isolated atoms. Two of the four dimensional resonances are characterized by negative dispersion, and the intensity of dipole emission at these frequencies may be increased with respect to the intensity of emission at the frequencies of natural atomic resonances by a factor of about 10¹².     

Concentration dependence of the wings of a dipole-broadened magnetic resonance line in magnetically diluted lattices

The singularities of the time autocorrelation functions (ACFs) of magnetically diluted spin systems with dipole–dipole interaction (DDI), which determine the high-frequency asymptotics of autocorrelation functions and the wings of a magnetic resonance line, are studied. Using the self-consistent fluctuating local field approximation, nonlinear equations are derived for autocorrelation functions averaged over the independent random arrangement of spins (magnetic atoms) in a diamagnetic lattice with different spin concentrations. The equations take into account the specificity of the dipole–dipole interaction. First, due to its axial symmetry in a strong static magnetic field, the autocorrelation functions of longitudinal and transverse spin components are described by different equations. Second, the long-range type of the dipole–dipole interaction is taken into account by separating contributions into the local field from distant and near spins. The recurrent equations are obtained for the expansion coefficients of autocorrelation functions in power series in time. From them, the numerical value of the coordinate of the nearest singularity of the autocorrelation function is found on the imaginary time axis, which is equal to the radius of convergence of these expansions. It is shown that in the strong dilution case, the logarithmic concentration dependence of the coordinate of the singularity is observed, which is caused by the presence of a cluster of near spins whose fraction is small but contribution to the modulation frequency is large. As an example a silicon crystal with different ²⁹Si concentrations in magnetic fields directed along three crystallographic axes is considered.     

Improved sensitivity in the search for a parity-violating energy difference in the vibrational spectrum of the enantiomers of CHFClBr

The theoretical prediction that enantiomers of chiral molecules have different spectra because of parity violation associated with neutral currents in the weak interaction has been experimentally looked for. Last searches of a frequency difference in the vibrational spectrum of the enantiomers of CHFClBr obtained with our infrared saturation spectrometer is presented. The frequencies of a saturation resonance of separated enantiomers of CHFClBr have been compared at a 5×10^-14 level. A residual pressure shift probably induced by uncontrolled impurities of the samples has been observed and found to limit our experimental sensitivity. Finally no parity violating frequency difference is observed within the present sensitivity of 2.5×10^-13. A new experimental scheme is proposed which should let the parity violation effect observable. Received 22 January 2002 Published online 19 July 2002     

Local field and radiative relaxation rate in a dielectric medium

The effect of macroscopic parameters of a substance on the optical characteristics of impurity particles is investigated. A generalized control equation is derived for two-level emitters forming an ensemble of optical centers in a transparent dielectric medium. In this equation, the effective values of the acting pump field and the radiative relaxation rate of an optical center are taken into account. The formalism developed here is a completely microscopic approach based on the chain of the Bogoliubov-Born-Green-Kirkwood-Yvon equations for reduced density matrices and correlation operators for material particles and modes of a quantized radiation field. The method used here makes it possible to take into account the effects of individual and collective behavior of emitters, which are associated with the presence of an intermediate medium, consistently without using phenomenological procedures. It is shown that the resultant analytic expression for the effective lifetime of the excited state of an optical center conforms with experimental data.     

Nonstationary theory of polarized light pulse propagation through a four-level resonant medium with allowance for nonlinear complex refractive index of medium

Nonstationary theory of polarized light pulse propagation through the medium with resonant transition 1/2 -1/2 is developed with taking into account complexity of the medium nonlinear refractive index. The theory is developed based on the irreducible tensor formalism which allows diagonalizing relaxations matrix and introducing effective decay times associated with the population relaxation, as well as relaxation of coherence between magnetic sublevels of the resonant system. It is shown that as a result of interference of magnetic sublevels in the polarized radiation field the inversionless amplification of radiation occurs due to optical pumping process. The dependence of inversionless amplification on the line broadening and resonance detuning is studied.     

Parity-Violating in <Emphasis Type="Italic">e</Emphasis><Superscript>−</Superscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">e</Emphasis><Superscript>+</Superscript> Scattering at Finite Temperature

Parity violation implies that physics laws are not invariant under spatial coordinate reversal. Electron-positron scattering is a process that displays parity violation. Using the Thermo Field Dynamics formalism this scattering at finite temperature is analyzed. The transition amplitude is calculated as a function of temperature. The parity violation at very high temperatures tend to go to zero.     

电偶极子在磁各向异性介质中的辐射功率

在经典电动力学框架下对磁各向异性介质中的电磁辐射问题进行研究, 得到了电偶极子在磁各向异性介质中的辐射功率表达式. 当介质为磁各向同性时其结果与文献报道的结果相符合, 验证了推导结果的正确性. 利用本文结果可对电偶极子在磁各向异性介质中的辐射效果做出判断, 而且对于进一步研究磁各向异性介质的电磁特性、更有效地开发利用磁各向异性介质具有实际意义.