基于有限元法的光子并矢格林函数重整化及其在自发辐射率和能级移动研究中的应用

任意微纳结构中量子点的自发辐射率和能级移动均可用并矢格林函数表达.当源点和场点在同一位置时,格林函数的实部是发散的.为解决这一发散问题,可采用重整化格林函数方法.本文提出一种计算重整化格林函数和散射格林函数的方法.该方法利用有限元,计算点电偶极子的辐射场,将其在量子点体积内做平均得到重整化的并矢格林函数,减去均匀空间中解析的重整化格林函数,得到重整化的散射格林函数.在均匀空间情况下,本方法所得数值结果与解析解一致.将该方法应用到银纳米球系统,以解析的散射格林函数作为参考,结果表明该方法能准确处理散射格林函数的重整化问题.将该方法应用到表面等离激元纳米腔中,发现有极大的自发辐射增强和能级移动,且该结果不依赖于量子点的体积.这些研究在光与物质相互作用领域具有积极的意义.     

理论预测超重核274-291Cn和266-287Ds的衰变模式

自发裂变和α衰变是影响超重核稳定性的两个主要因素。为了探索270Ds附近的长寿命的超重核,系统地计算了电荷数在104 ≤ Z ≤ 112范围内的α衰变与自发裂变之间的竞争。采用推广的液滴模型和唯象的解析公式计算了α衰变半衰期。基于包括壳效应和同位旋效应的WKB近似方法估算了相同超重核的自发裂变半衰期,进而预测了未知超重核274-276,279Cn与267-269Ds的衰变模式。The stability of superheavy nuclei (SHN) is controlled mainly by spontaneous fission and α decay processes. To investigate whether long lived SHN could really exist around 270Ds, the competition between α decay and spontaneous fission in the region 104 ≤ Z ≤ 112 are studied systematically. The α decay half-lives are investigated by employing a generalized liquid drop model (GLDM) and phenomenological analytical formula. Calculations of spontaneous fission half-lives for the same SHN are carried out based on the Wenzel-Kramers-Brillouin(WKB) approximation with both the shell effect and the isospin effect included. Decay modes are predicted for the unknown nuclei 274-276,279Cn and 267-269Ds.     

Dihydroisatropolone C from Streptomyces and Its Implication in Tropolone-Ring Construction for Isatropolone Biosynthesis

Isatropolones/isarubrolones are actinomycete secondary metabolites featuring a tropolone-ring in their structures. From the isatropolone/isarubrolone producer Streptomyces sp. CPCC 204095, 7,12-dihydroisatropolone C (H₂ITC) is discovered and identified as a mixture of two interchangeable diastereomers differing in the C-6 configuration. As a major metabolite in the mycelial growth period of Streptomyces sp. CPCC 204095, H₂ITC can be oxidized spontaneously to isatropolone C (ITC), suggesting H₂ITC is the physiological precursor of ITC. Characterization of H₂ITC makes us propose dihydrotropolone-ring construction in the biosynthesis of isatropolones.     

Yoichiro Nambu and the Concept of Apparent Vacuum: A Stepping Stone to Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking

The processes of discovery and concept formation are as mysterious as they are intriguing. In this article, they give a sketch of Yoichiro Nambu's long path toward the concept of spontaneous symmetry breaking focusing on the pivotal role played by his notion of “apparent vacuum”. This is instrumental to draw the original analogical correspondence between the vacuum of quantum field theory and solid matter, which, transforming over time in its use and purpose, enables Nambu to arrive at the concept of spontaneous symmetry breaking. From this historical episode they draw a methodological lesson and emphasise the broad cultural influences that conditioned the conceptual development.