Local properties of gaussian random fields on compact symmetric spaces and theorems of the Jackson-Bernstein type

We consider local properties of smaple functions of Gaussian isotropic random fields on compact Riemannian symmetric spacesM of rank 1. We give conditions under which the sample functions of a field almost surely possess logarithmic and power modulus of continuity. As a corollary, we prove a theorem of the Bernstein type for optimal approximations of functions of this sort by harmonic polynomials in the metric of the spaceL ₂(M). We use theorems of the Jackson-Bernstein-type to obtain sufficient conditions for the sample functions of a field to almost surely belong to the classes of functions associated with the Riesz and Cesàro means. International Mathematical Center, Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Kiev. Translated from Ukrainskii Matematicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 51, No. 1, pp. 60–68, January, 1999.     

Analysis of the Effect of Different Initial States and Structural Defects on the Characteristics of the Nonequilibrium Critical Behavior of the 3D Ising Model

The effect of different initial values m₀ of magnetization and structural defects on the nonequilibrium critical behavior of the 3D Ising model have been analyzed numerically using the Monte Carlo method. Analysis of the two-time dependences of the autocorrelation function and dynamic susceptibility has revealed a substantial influence of the initial states on the aging effects that are characterized by anomalous retardation of relaxation and correlation in the system upon an increase in the waiting time. We have studied the violations of the fluctuation–dissipation theorem and calculated the limiting fluctuation–dissipation ratio. It is shown that in the nonequilibrium critical behavior of the 3D Ising model, two universality subclasses corresponding to the evolution of the system from the high-temperature (with m₀ = 0) and low-temperature (with m₀ = 1) initial states with the values of the limiting fluctuation–dissipation ratio typical of these states can be singled out.     

Observation of channeling and volume reflection in bent crystals for high-energy negative particles

Deflection due to planar channeling and volume reflection in short bent silicon crystals was observed for the first time for 150 GeV/c negative particles, π⁻ mesons, at one of the secondary beams of the CERN SPS. The deflection efficiency was about 30% for channeling and higher than 80% for volume reflection. Volume reflection occurs, in spite of the attractive character of the forces acting between the particles and the crystal planes, in a wide angular range of the crystal orientations determined by the crystal bend angle.     

First observation of multiple volume reflection by different planes in one bent silicon crystal for high-energy protons

Multiple volume reflection by different planes in a bent silicon crystal with its 〈111〉 axis orientation close to the beam direction was observed for the first time for 400 GeV/c protons at the CERN SPS. The proton beam was deflected to the side opposite to the crystal bend by an angle of about 67 μrad, which is five times larger than in a single volume reflection by the (110) bent planes. The registered efficiency of one side deflection was about 84%. It was shown that multiple volume reflection transforms to a single volume reflection when the orientation angle of the 〈111〉 axis relative to the beam direction is increased.     

Monte Carlo Study of the Effect of Initial States and Structural Defects on Nonequilibrium Critical Behavior of the Three-Dimensional Ising Model

The effect of various initial magnetizations m₀ and structural defects the nonequilibrium critical behavior of the three-dimensional Ising model is numerically studied. Based on an analysis of the time dependence of the magnetization and the two-time dependence of the autocorrelation function and dynamic susceptibility, the significant effect of initial states on relaxation magnetizations and aging effects characterized by anomalous relaxation inhibition and correlation in the system with increasing waiting time was revealed. The fluctuation–dissipation theorem violation was studied, and the values of the limit fluctuation–dissipation ratio (FDR) are calculated. It is shown that two universality subclasses can be distinguished in the nonequilibrium critical behavior of the three-dimensional Ising model with random initial magnetization m₀ These subclasses correspond to the system evolution from the high-temperature (m₀ = 0) and low-temperature (m₀ = 1) initial states with limit FDRs characteristic of these states.