Four‐dimensional couplings among BF and matter theories from BRST cohomology

The local and manifestly covariant Lagrangian interactions in four spacetime dimensions that can be added to a “free” model that describes a generic matter theory and an abelian BF theory are constructed by means of deforming the solution to the master equation on behalf of specific cohomological techniques.     

Conductance of a multiterminal ballistic wire

JETP Letters - An experimental study of the two-, three-, and four-terminal resistance of a ballistic wire is carried out. The wire is fabricated on the basis of high-mobility 2D electron gas in an...     

Coexistence of different vacua in the effective quantum field theory and multiple point principle

According to the Multiple Point Principle, our Universe is on the coexistence curve of two or more phases of the quantum vacuum. The coexistence of different quantum vacua can be regulated by the exchange of the global fermionic charges between the vacua, such as baryonic, leptonic, or family charge. If the coexistence is regulated by the baryonic charge, all the coexisting vacua exhibit the baryonic asymmetry. Due to the exchange of the baryonic charge between the vacuum and matter, which occurs above the electroweak transition, the baryonic asymmetry of the vacuum induces the baryonic asymmetry of matter in our Standard Model phase of the quantum vacuum. The present baryonic asymmetry of the Universe indicates that the characteristic energy scale, which regulates the equilibrium coexistence of different phases of quantum vacua, is about 10⁶ GeV.     

Hybrid Parametric Solitons in Nonlinear Photonic Crystals

We analyze the characteristics of a three-frequency spatial parametric soliton formed by virtue of the cascade frequency tripling in quadratic, periodically poled crystals. A variational approach and a method of averaging are developed, which make it possible to describe analytically, with good accuracy, the characteristics of the spatial solitons studied numerically.     

Short-and long-range order effects on resonance energy transfer in crystals and glasses

Resonance energy transfer by the Förster-Dexter mechanism in a cubic crystal and in a rigid homogeneous medium is studied. The homogeneous medium is modeled using a hard-sphere fluid (HSF) radial distribution function. This distribution is more realistic than the commonly used uniform distribution with excluded volume (UDEV) function. For the dipole-dipole mechanism, both models yield essentially the same donor luminescence decay, except for small critical radii. For the exchange mechanism, however, the two models differ significantly. In particular, to fit a given experimental decay, the UDEV model requires both a larger effective Bohr radius and a larger rate constant at collisional distance than the HSF model.     

Evaluation of the Degree of Cross-Linking of Epoxy-Acrylate Polymers with a Luminescence Probe

Luminophores, 4,4'-diaminodiphenylmethane and Oxazine-17, were introduced into a photopolymerizable formulation based on an epoxy-acrylate oligomer, and their behavior in thin-film polymerization was studied.     

Spectrophotometric Study of Interaction of Comenic Acid with Cetylpyridinium Chloride

The interaction of comenic acid with cetylpyridinium chloride in aqueous solutions was studied by spectrophotometry. Compositions of ionic associates formed depending on cetylpyridinum chloride concentration were found, and logarithms of equilibrium constants of corresponding association reactions were determined.