Optimal acoustic fields in compact thermoacoustic refrigerators

Thermoacoustic refrigerators have been developed during the last 15 years, employing quasi-standing resonant acoustic waves inside fluid-filled cavities to transfer heat along a stack region. Because higher efficiency can be reached when a significant travelling wave component exists in the resonator, specific resonant thermoacoustic devices have been designed allowing to adjust more or less the ratio of travelling and standing wave components. However, the acoustic pressure field and the particle velocity field do not appear to be the optimal ones, for the thermal quantities of interest. Thus, it is the aim of the paper to present a new kind of thermoacoustic standing wave-like device which allows to control easily and independently the pressure field and the particle velocity field, after investigating the optimal acoustic field, in the stack region, for the main parameters of interest, i.e. the temperature gradient, the thermoacoustic heat flow and the coefficient of performance.     

基于车载通信标准街道场景的电磁散射信道模型

针对室外无线信道视距(line of sight,LOS)/非视距(non-line of sight,NLOS)传输环境下的车到车(vehicular-to-vehicular,V2V)通信系统,本文提出了一种基于标准街道散射的统计信道模型,其移动发射机(mobile transmitter,MT)与移动接收机(mobile receiver,MR)处于运动状态,街道两旁分布的散射体固定.由几何模型出发又引入了一种随机的参考信道模型,其散射体有无穷多个,均以平行于街道两侧的散射条纹形式均匀分布在三维(three dimensional,3D)空间的一个二维(two dimensional,2D)矩形内部.在室外街道通信环境下,模型推导了散射信道中发射角(angle of departure,AOD)以及到达角(angle of arrival,AOA)的概率密度函数(probability density functions,PDFs)解析式;研究了多普勒功率谱密度(power spectral density,PSD)及其时间自相关函数(autocorrelation function,ACF);分析了模型多普勒参数以及街道散射体等因素对V2V通信系统性能的影响.与城市、农村的测量信道对比分析,表明本模型仿真的统计特性符合理论与实际,拓宽了室外V2V无线通信信道建模的研究.为评估室外V2V通信系统的传输特性、仿真无线通信系统提供了有力的研究工具.     

Spectroscopy of La0.5Sr1.5MnO4 orbital ordering: a cluster many-body calculation

Orbital ordering (OO) in La_0.5Sr_1.5MnO₄ has been studied using soft X-ray resonant diffraction (SXRD) at the Mn L_2,3 edges in combination with many-body cluster calculations. The SXRD intensity is modelled in second quantization using a small planar cluster consisting of a central active Mn site with first-neighbour shells comprising O and Mn sites. The effective Hamiltonian includes Slater-Koster parameters and charge transfer and electron correlation energies obtained from previous measurements on manganites. The energy dependence of the SXRD OO peak is calculated using the Jahn-Teller distortions of the oxygen octahedra and in-plane spin correlations as adjustable parameters. These contributions are clearly distinguished above the Néel temperature with a good spectroscopic agreement. The results also suggest a significant charge separation between the Mn sites.     

The Distance Between Classical and Quantum Systems

In a recent paper, a “distance” function, , was defined which measures the distance between pure classical and quantum systems. In this work, we present a new definition of a “distance”, D, which measures the distance between either pure or impure classical and quantum states. We also compare the new distance formula with the previous formula, when the latter is applicable. To illustrate these distances, we have used 2 × 2 matrix examples and two-dimensional vectors for simplicity and clarity. Several specific examples are calculated.     

Global symmetry breaking in the nonconserved order parameter system during phase ordering

We study global symmetry breaking in the 2D system of scalar nonconserved order parameter following a quench to zero temperature. We show that the instant of time when the symmetry is broken and the final morphology is chosen corresponds to the saturation of the order parameter inside the domains. There are three possible final morphologies: the positive and negative order parameter final morphology, and the state of the coexisting positive and negative order parameter subsystems with a flat interface between them. We find also that each type of the final morphology constitutes about 1/3 of all cases, what agrees with the results obtained recently by Spirin et al. [Phys. Rev. E 65, 016119 (2001)]. Our results are pertinent for the two dimensional systems, but we suspect that there is also a way to apply similar arguments for the three dimensional ones.     

Hamilton–Jacobi Quantization of Singular Lagrangians with Linear Velocities

In this paper, constrained Hamiltonian systems with linear velocities are investigated by using the Hamilton–Jacobi method. The integrablity conditions are considered on the equations of motion and the action function as well in order to obtain the path integral quantization of singular Lagrangians with linear velocities.     

Design of LD in-band direct-pumping side surface polished micro-rod Nd:YVO_4 laser

To diminish the thermal load, two ways, that is, in-band direct pumping and micro-rod crystal, could be adopted at the same time. The efficiency of LD in-band direct-pumping side surface polished micro-rod Nd:YVO_4 laser is numerically analyzed. By optimizing parameters such as crystal length, laser mode radius, pump beam radius, doping concentration and crystal cross-section size, the overall efficiency can reach over 50%. It is found that with micro-rod crystal implemented in the laser oscillator, high overall efficiency LD in-band direct-pumping Nd:YVO_4 laser could be realized. High efficiency combined with low thermal load makes this laser an outstanding scheme for building high-power Nd:YVO_4 lasers.     

Short note on the excitonic Mott phase

An exciton gas on a lattice is analysed in terms of a convergent hopping expansion. For a given chemical potential, our calculation provides a sufficient condition for the hopping rate to obtain an exponential decay of the exciton correlation function. This result indicates the existence of a Mott phase in which strong fluctuations destroy the long range correlations in the exciton gas at any temperature, either by thermal or by quantum fluctuations.     

The thermoelectric working fluid: Thermodynamics and transport

Thermoelectric devices are heat engines, which operate as generators or refrigerators using the conduction electrons as a working fluid. The thermoelectric heat-to-work conversion efficiency has always been typically quite low, but much effort continues to be devoted to the design of new materials boasting improved transport properties that would make them of the electron crystal–phonon glass type of systems. On the other hand, there are comparatively few studies where a proper thermodynamic treatment of the electronic working fluid is proposed. The present article aims at contributing to bridge this gap by addressing both the thermodynamic and transport properties of the thermoelectric working fluid covering a variety of models, including interacting systems.