Dynamics of scalar fields in an expanding/contracting cosmos at finite temperature

This study extends the investigation of quantum dissipative effects of a cosmological scalar field by taking into account cosmic expansion and contraction.Cheung,Drewes,Kang,and Kim calculated the effective action and quantum dissipative effects of a cosmological scalar field in a recent work,where analytical expressions for the effective potential and damping coefficient were presented using a simple scalar model with quartic interactions,and the work was conducted using Minkowski-space propagators in loop diagrams.In this work,we incorporate the Hubble expansion and contraction of the cosmic background and focus on the thermal dynamics of a scalar field in a regime where the effective potential changes slowly.Given that the Hubble parameter,H,attains a small but non-zero value,we carry out calculations to the first order in H.If we set H=0,all results match those in flat spacetime.Interestingly,we must integrate over the resonances,which in turn leads to an amplification of the effects of a non-zero H.This is an intriguing phenomenon,which cannot be uncovered in flat spacetime.The implications on particle creations in the early universe will be studied in a forthcoming study.     

Quantum to classical crossover under dephasing effects in a two-dimensional percolation model

Scaling theory predicts complete localization in d = 2 in quantum systems belonging to the orthogonal class(i.e., with timereversal symmetry and spin-rotation symmetry). The conductance g behaves as g^exp(-L/l) with system size L and localization length l in the strong disorder limit. However, classical systems can always have metallic states in which Ohm’s law shows a constant g in d=2. We study a two-dimensional quantum percolation model by controlling dephasing effects. The numerical investigation of g aims at simulating a quantum-to-classical percolation evolution. An unexpected metallic phase, where g increases with L, generates immense interest before the system becomes completely classical. Furthermore, the analysis of the scaling plot of g indicates a metal-insulator crossover.     

Antibacterial Effects of Flavonoids and Their Structure-Activity Relationship Study: A Comparative Interpretation

According to the latest report released by the World Health Organization, bacterial resistance to well-known and widely available antibacterial drugs has become a significant and severe global health concern and a grim challenge to tackle in order to cure infections associated with multidrug-resistant pathogenic microorganisms efficiently. Consequently, various strategies have been orchestrated to cure the severe complications related to multidrug-resistant bacteria effectively. Some approaches involved the retardation of biofilm formation and multidrug-resistance pumps in bacteria as well as the discovery of new antimicrobial agents demonstrating different mechanisms of action. In this regard, natural products namely alkaloids, terpenoids, steroids, anthraquinone, flavonoids, saponins, tannins, etc., have been suggested to tackle the multidrug-resistant bacterial strains owing to their versatile pharmacological effects. Amongst these, flavonoids, also known as polyphenolic compounds, have been widely evaluated for their antibacterial property due to their tendency to retard the growth of a wide range of pathogenic microorganisms, including multidrug-resistant bacteria. The hydroxylation of C5, C7, C3′, and C4′; and geranylation or prenylation at C6 have been extensively studied to increase bacterial inhibition of flavonoids. On the other hand, methoxylation at C3′ and C5 has been reported to decrease flavonoids’ antibacterial action. Hence, the latest information on the antibacterial activity of flavonoids is summarized in this review, with particular attention to the structure–activity relationship of this broad class of natural compounds to discover safe and potent antibacterial agents as natural products.     

大功率光纤放大器分段泵浦方式下的理论分析

利用数值算法计算了掺镱双包层光纤放大器分段泵浦方式下的稳态速率方程组,分析比较了双端泵浦和多段泵浦方式下的最佳光纤长度,最高温度和效率,并采用遗传算法对分布泵浦功率的大小和每段光纤长度同时进行了优化。结果表明,通过优化,大功率分段泵浦光纤放大器获得了较为平坦的温度分布,与双端泵浦相比,大大降低了最高工作温度,斜率效率略有下降。     

Memory Effects in High-Dimensional Systems Faithfully Identified by Hilbert–Schmidt Speed-Based Witness

A witness of non-Markovianity based on the Hilbert–Schmidt speed (HSS), a special type of quantum statistical speed, has been recently introduced for low-dimensional quantum systems. Such a non-Markovianity witness is particularly useful, being easily computable since no diagonalization of the system density matrix is required. We investigate the sensitivity of this HSS-based witness to detect non-Markovianity in various high-dimensional and multipartite open quantum systems with finite Hilbert spaces. We find that the time behaviors of the HSS-based witness are always in agreement with those of quantum negativity or quantum correlation measure. These results show that the HSS-based witness is a faithful identifier of the memory effects appearing in the quantum evolution of a high-dimensional system with a finite Hilbert space.     

在苯基苯甲酰甲基亚砜体系中高氯酸铥对高氯酸镝的荧光增强效应

合成了九种不同摩尔比的苯基苯甲酰甲基亚砜高氯酸镝、铥异核配合物,通过元素分析、稀土滴定确定其组成为(DyxTmy)L5(ClO4)3·2H2O(x∶y=1.000∶0.000,0.999∶0.001,0.995∶0.005,0.990∶0.010,0.900∶0.100,0.800∶0.200,0.700∶0.300,0.600∶0.400,0.500∶0.500,L=C6H5SOCH2COC6H5).红外光谱及摩尔电导表明,配体通过亚砜基上的氧原子与稀土离子配位,羰基氧不参与配位,三个ClO4-均在外界不参与配位.荧光光谱表明:当Tm3 的掺入量在0.001～0.300 mol之间时,对Dy3 的荧光有极强的敏化作用,且当Tm3 的掺入量为0.010 mol时,敏化强度最大,可使Dy3 荧光强度增加246%.     

Ultrafast softening in InMnAs

We have used two-color time-resolved magneto-optical Kerr effect spectroscopy to manipulate and detect dynamic processes of spin/magnetic order in a ferromagnetic semiconductor InMnAs. We observed ultrafast photo-induced “softening” (i.e., transient decrease of coercivity) due to spin-polarized transient carriers. This transient softening persists only during the carrier lifetime (2 ps) and returns to its original value as soon as the carriers recombine to disappear. Our data clearly demonstrates that magnetic properties, e.g., coercivity, can be strongly and reversibly modified in an ultrafast manner. We attribute the origin of this unusual phenomenon to carrier-mediated ferromagnetic exchange interactions between Mn ions. We discuss the dependence of data on the pump polarization, pump intensity, and sample temperature. Our observation opens up new possibilities for ultrafast optical manipulation of ferromagnetic order as well as providing a new avenue for studying the dynamics of long-range collective order in strongly correlated many-body systems.     

Surface roughness influence on the pull-in voltage of microswitches in presence of thermal and quantum vacuum fluctuations

In this work we investigate the influence of the combined effect from random self-affine roughness, finite conductivity, and finite temperature on the pull-in voltage in microswitches influenced by thermal and quantum vacuum fluctuations through the Casimir force and electrostatic forces. It is shown that for separations within the micron or sub-micron range the roughness influence plays a dominant role, while temperature starts to show its influence well above micron separations. Indeed, increasing the temperature leads to higher pull-in voltages since it leads to an increased Casimir force. The temperature influence is more significant for relatively large roughness exponent H ∼ 1, while its influence is significantly lower with increasing lateral roughness correlation length ξ or due to long wavelength surface smoothness.     

铀在Nd_2Zr_2O_7烧绿石中的固溶量及重离子辐照效应

Nd_2Zr_2O_7烧绿石因其稳定的物理化学性质和辐照稳定性可以作为高放废物中锕系核素的固化基材.通过溶胶凝胶—喷雾热解—高温烧结方法制备了含铀的Nd_2Zr_2O_7烧绿石固化体;开展了Nd_2Zr_2O_7和Nd_(1.9)U_(0.1)Zr_2O_7固化体的重离子辐照实验,辐照剂量为1 dpa和3 dpa;利用X射线衍射和Raman光谱对固化体结构进行了分析.研究发现铀在Nd_2Zr_2O_7烧绿石体系的固溶量仅为10 at%,高价态铀掺杂导致固化体结构向无序化转变.重离子辐照实验表明, Nd_2Zr_2O_7烧绿石基材具有较高的抗辐照稳定性;而Nd_(1.9)U_(0.1)Zr_2O_7在较低辐照剂量下,固化体烧绿石体系结构破坏,重离子辐照诱导固化体结构转变为更加无序化的萤石结构.低固溶量和抗辐照能力减弱主要是由于锕系核素烧绿石固化体的结构无序化所致.     

One-neutron stripping reactions of <Superscript>11</Superscript>Be and <Superscript>19</Superscript>C on light target

We have calculated the one-neutron absorption cross-section and the longitudinal momentum distribution of the core fragment coming out from the breakup of ¹¹Be and ¹⁹C on ⁹Be target at 63 MeV/A and 88 MeV/A beam energies respectively. The reaction mechanism is treated within the framework of the eikonal approximation. The effective range of the nuclear interaction between the core and the valence neutron within the projectile has been determined by comparing the predicted stripping cross-section with the recently measured one. The effective range for ¹⁹C has been found to be smaller than that for ¹¹Be. It qualitatively indicates that ¹⁹C is slightly more halo than ¹¹Be. The smaller width, predicted as well as measured, of the LMD of ¹⁸C than ¹⁰Be also strengthens this fact. The experimental data concerning the LMD of core fragments have been well represented.