Augmented non-quadratic penalty algorithms

Auslender, Cominetti and Haddou have studied, in the convex case, a new family of penalty/barrier functions. In this paper, we analyze the asymptotic behavior of augmented penalty algorithms using those penalty functions under the usual second order sufficient optimality conditions, and present order of convergence results (superlinear convergence with order of convergence 4/3). Those results are related to the analysis of pure penalty algorithms, as well as augmented penalty using a quadratic penalty function. Limited numerical examples are presented to appreciate the practical impact of this local asymptotic analysis.This research was partially supported by NSERC grant OGP0005491     

Bicomplex Quantum Mechanics: I. The Generalized Schrödinger Equation

We introduce the set of bicomplex numbers which is a commutative ring with zero divisors defined by where We present the conjugates and the moduli associated with the bicomplex numbers. Then we study the bicomplex Schr?dinger equation and found the continuity equations. The discrete symmetries of the system of equations describing the bicomplex Schr?dinger equation are obtained. Finally, we study the bicomplex Born formulas under the discrete symmetries. We obtain the standard Born’s formula for the class of bicomplex wave functions having a null hyperbolic angle.     

Modified Particle Detachment Model for Colloidal Transport in Porous Media

Particle detachment from the rock during suspension transport in porous media was widely observed in laboratory corefloods and for flows in natural reservoirs. A new mathematical model for detachment of particles is based on mechanical equilibrium of a particle positioned on the internal cake or matrix surface in the pore space. The torque balance of drag, electrostatic, lifting and gravity forces, acting on the particle from the matrix and the moving fluid, is considered. The torque balance determines maximum retention concentration during the particle capture. The particle torque equilibrium is determined by the dimensionless ratio between the drag and normal forces acting on the particle. The maximum retention function of the dimensionless ratio (dislodging number) closes system of governing equations for colloid transport with particle release. One-dimensional problem of coreflooding by suspension accounting for limited particle retention, controlled by the torque sum, allows for exact solution under the assumptions of constant filtration coefficient and porosity. The explicit formulae permit the calculation of the model parameters (maximum retention concentration, filtration and formation damage coefficients) from the history of the pressure drop across the core during suspension injection. The values for maximum retention concentration, as obtained from two coreflood tests, have been matched with those calculated by the torque balance on the micro scale.     

Degenerate Landau levels for tripod-type cold atoms in U(2) Abelian gauge field

New data for positronium beam production efficiency are presented. As a converter of positrons to forward-going positronium, O₂ has been found to be as good as CO₂ from ～250 to 400 eV. Preliminary data is also presented for the production efficiency from Ar at 2.8 eV.     

The catalytic tandem oxidation/benzilic ester rearrangement (BER): insights into reaction mechanism and stereoselectivity

This Letter describes an expeditious regiospecific and stereoselective approach to tertiary α-hydroxyesters via a simple one pot tandem catalytic oxidation/benzilic ester rearrangement of acyclic α-hydroxyketone substrates. Mechanistic studies confirming the regioselective nature of this reaction are discussed, including some insights into the nature of the stereoselectivity encountered in this reaction.     

离子声等离子体波的动力屏蔽

本文讨论了离子声等离子体波的激发条件和它们对荷电粒子间相互作用势的动力屏蔽效应.对一些具有两个未完全被充满的外层电子能带的金属,计算了这种屏蔽效应,并研究了此动力效应对金属钯中氘-氘聚变反应率的影响.     

Electron spin resonance in the linear chain compound RbFeS2

ESR measurements have been performed in the linear chain entiferromagnet RbFeS₂ in the temperature range 100–380 K. Both the resonance field and the linewidth are found to change steadily as the temperature is increased, without any discontinuity or singularity at the transition temperature T_N = 185 K. The experimental results are compared with available data on other one-dimensional compounds.     

On a relativistic particle and a relativistic position-dependent mass particle subject to the Klein–Gordon oscillator and the Coulomb potential

The relativistic quantum dynamics of an electrically charged particle subject to the Klein–Gordon oscillator and the Coulomb potential is investigated. By searching for relativistic bound states, a particular quantum effect can be observed: a dependence of the angular frequency of the Klein–Gordon oscillator on the quantum numbers of the system. The meaning of this behaviour of the angular frequency is that only some specific values of the angular frequency of the Klein–Gordon oscillator are permitted in order to obtain bound state solutions. As an example, we obtain both the angular frequency and the energy level associated with the ground state of the relativistic system. Further, we analyse the behaviour of a relativistic position-dependent mass particle subject to the Klein–Gordon oscillator and the Coulomb potential.     

Two-dimensional quantum ring in a graphene layer in the presence of a Aharonov–Bohm flux

In this paper we study the relativistic quantum dynamics of a massless fermion confined in a quantum ring. We use a model of confining potential and introduce the interaction via Dirac oscillator coupling, which provides ring confinement for massless Dirac fermions. The energy levels and corresponding eigenfunctions for this model in graphene layer in the presence of Aharonov–Bohm flux in the centre of the ring and the expression for persistent current in this model are derived. We also investigate the model for quantum ring in graphene layer in the presence of a disclination and a magnetic flux. The energy spectrum and wave function are obtained exactly for this case. We see that the persistent current depends on parameters characterizing the topological defect.