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2022-07-14
The Damped Wave Equation with Acoustic Boundary Conditions and Non-locally Reacting Surfaces
The aim of the paper is to study the problem $$u_{tt}+du_t-c^2\Delta u=0 \qquad \text{in $\mathbb{R}\times\Omega$,}$$ $$\mu v_{tt}- \text{div}_\Gamma (\sigma \nabla_\Gamma v)+\delta v_t+\kappa v+\rho u_t =0\qquad \text{on $\mathbb{R}\times \Gamma_1$,}$$ $$v_t =\partial_\nu u\qquad \text{on $\mathbb{R}\times \Gamma_1$,}$$ $$\partial_\nu u=0 \text{on $\mathbb{R}\times \Gamma_0$,}$$ $$u(0,x)=u_0(x),\quad u_t(0,x)=u_1(x)\quad \text{in $\Omega$,}$$ $$v(0,x)=v_0(x),\quad v_t(0,x)=v_1(x) \quad \text{on $\Gamma_1$,}$$ where $\Omega$ is a open domain of $\mathbb{R}^N$ with uniformly $C^r$ boundary ($N\ge 2$, $r\ge 1$), $\Gamma=\partial\Omega$, $(\Gamma_0,\Gamma_1)$ is a relatively open partition of $\Gamma$ with $\Gamma_0$ (but not $\Gamma_1$) possibly empty. Here $\text{div}_\Gamma$ and $\nabla_\Gamma$ denote the Riemannian divergence and gradient operators on $\Gamma$, $\nu$ is the outward normal to $\Omega$, the coefficients $\mu,\sigma,\delta, \kappa, \rho$ are suitably regular functions on $\Gamma_1$ with $\rho,\sigma$ and $\mu$ uniformly positive, $d$ is a suitably regular function in $\Omega$ and $c$ is a positive constant. In this paper we first study well-posedness in the natural energy space and give regularity results. Hence we study asymptotic stability for solutions when $\Omega$ is bounded, $\Gamma_1$ is connected, $r=2$, $\rho$ is constant and $\kappa,\delta,d\ge 0$.
2207.07047v2
2022-12-07
Finite-time blow-up to hyperbolic Keller-Segel system of consumption type with logarithmic sensitivity
This paper deals with a hyperbolic Keller-Segel system of consumption type with the logarithmic sensitivity \begin{equation*} \partial_{t} \rho = - \chi\nabla \cdot \left (\rho \nabla \log c\right),\quad \partial_{t} c = - \mu c\rho\quad (\chi,\,\mu>0) \end{equation*} in $\mathbb{R}^d\; (d \ge1)$ for nonvanishing initial data. This system is closely related to tumor angiogenesis, an important example of chemotaxis. We firstly show the local existence of smooth solutions corresponding to nonvanishing smooth initial data. Next, through Riemann invariants, we present some sufficient conditions of this initial data for finite-time singularity formation when $d=1$. We then prove that for any $d\ge1$, some nonvanishing $C^\infty$-data can become singular in finite time. Moreover, we derive detailed information about the behaviors of solutions when the singularity occurs. In particular, this information tells that singularity formation from some initial data is not because $c$ touches zero (which makes $\log c$ diverge) but due to the blowup of $C^1\times C^2$-norm of $(\rho,c)$. As a corollary, we also construct initial data near any constant equilibrium state which blows up in finite time for any $d\ge1$. Our results are the extension of finite-time blow-up results in \cite{IJ21}, where initial data is required to satisfy some vanishing conditions. Furthermore, we interpret our results in a way that some kinds of damping or dissipation of $\rho$ are necessarily required to ensure the global existence of smooth solutions even though initial data are small perturbations around constant equilibrium states.
2212.03758v4
2023-02-06
Cosmologically Varying Kinetic Mixing
The portal connecting the invisible and visible sectors is one of the most natural explanations of the dark world. However, the early-time dark matter production via the portal faces extremely stringent late-time constraints. To solve such tension, we construct the scalar-controlled kinetic mixing varying with the ultralight CP-even scalar's cosmological evolution. To realize this and eliminate the constant mixing, we couple the ultralight scalar within $10^{-33}\text{eV} \lesssim m_0 \ll \text{eV}$ with the heavy doubly charged messengers and impose the $\mathbb{Z}_2$ symmetry under the dark charge conjugation. Via the varying mixing, the $\text{keV}-\text{MeV}$ dark photon dark matter is produced through the early-time freeze-in when the scalar is misaligned from the origin and free from the late-time exclusions when the scalar does the damped oscillation and dynamically sets the kinetic mixing. We also find that the scalar-photon coupling emerges from the underlying physics, which changes the cosmological history and provides the experimental targets based on the fine-structure constant variation and the equivalence principle violation. To ensure the scalar naturalness, we discretely re-establish the broken shift symmetry by embedding the minimal model into the $\mathbb{Z}_N$-protected model. When $N \sim 10$, the scalar's mass quantum correction can be suppressed much below $10^{-33}\text{eV}$.
2302.03056v2
2023-09-08
Minimum-dissipation model for large-eddy simulation in OpenFoam -A study on channel flow, periodic hills and flow over cylinder
The minimum-dissipation model is applied to turbulent channel flows up to $Re_\tau = 2000$, flow past a circular cylinder at $Re=3900$, and flow over periodic hills at $Re=10595$. Numerical simulations are performed in OpenFOAM which is based on finite volume methods for discretizing partial differential equations. We use both symmetry-preserving discretizations and standard second-order accurate discretization methods in OpenFOAM on structured meshes. The results are compared to DNS and experimental data. The results of channel flow mainly demonstrate the static QR model performs equally well as the dynamic models while reducing the computational cost. The model constant $C=0.024$ gives the most accurate prediction, and the contribution of the sub-grid model decreases with the increase of the mesh resolution and becomes very small (less than 0.2 molecular viscosity) if the fine meshes are used. Furthermore, the QR model is able to predict the mean and rms velocity accurately up to $Re_\tau = 2000$ without a wall damping function. The symmetry-preserving discretization outperforms the standard OpenFOAM discretization at $Re_\tau=1000$. The results for the flow over a cylinder show that mean velocity, drag coefficient, and lift coefficient are in good agreement with the experimental data. The symmetry-preserving scheme with the QR model predicts the best results. The various comparisons carried out for flows over periodic hills demonstrate the need to use the symmetry-preserving discretization or central difference schemes in OpenFOAM in combination with the minimum dissipation model. The model constant of $C=0.024$ is again the best one.
2309.04415v1
2023-11-02
Minimum-dissipation model for large-eddy simulation using symmetry-preserving discretization in OpenFOAM
The minimum-dissipation model is applied to channel flow up to $Re_\tau = 2000$, flow past a circular cylinder at $Re=3900$, and flow over periodic hills at $Re=10595$. Numerical simulations were performed in OpenFOAM which is based on the finite volume methods. We used both symmetry-preserving and standard second-order accurate discretization methods in OpenFOAM on structured meshes. The results are compared to DNS and experimental data. The results of channel flow demonstrate a static QR model performs equally well as the dynamic models while reducing the computational cost. The model constant of $C=0.024$ gives the most accurate prediction, and the contribution of the sub-grid model decreases with the increase of the mesh resolution and becomes very small (less than 0.2 molecular viscosity) if a fine mesh is used. Furthermore, the QR model is able to predict the mean and rms velocity accurately up to $Re_\tau = 2000$ without a wall damping function. The symmetry-preserving discretization outperforms the standard OpenFOAM discretization at $Re_\tau=1000$. The results for the flow over a cylinder show that the mean velocity, drag coefficient, and lift coefficient are in good agreement with the experimental data and the central difference schemes conjugated with the QR model predict better results. The various comparisons carried out for flows over periodic hills demonstrate the need to use central difference schemes in OpenFOAM in combination with the minimum dissipation model. The best model constant is again $C=0.024$. The single wind turbine simulation shows that the QR model is capable of predicting accurate results in complex rotating scenarios.
2311.01360v1
2024-01-22
Axions and Primordial Magnetogenesis: the Role of Initial Axion Inhomogeneities
The relic density of dark matter in the $\Lambda$CDM model restricts the parameter space for a cosmological axion field, constraining the axion decay constant, the initial amplitude of the axion field and the axion mass. It is shown via lattice simulations how the relic density of axion-like particles with masses close to the one of the QCD axion is affected by axion-gauge field interactions and by initial axion inhomogeneities. For pre-inflationary axions, once the Hubble parameter becomes smaller than the axion mass, the latter starts to oscillate, and part of its energy density is spent producing gauge fields via parametric resonance. If the gauge fields are dark photons and Standard Model photons, the energy density of dark photons becomes higher than the one of the axion, while the high conductivity of the primordial plasma damps the oscillations of the photon field. Such a scenario allows for the production of small-scale, primordial magnetic fields, and it is found that the relic density of axions with a low decay constant are within the bounds set by the $\Lambda$CDM model, while GUT-scale axions are far too abundant. It is also shown that initial inhomogeneities of the axion field can change substantially the gauge field production, boosting or suppressing (depending on the axion parameters and couplings) the magnetogenesis mechanism with respect to an homogeneous axion field. It is found that when the axion mass is far lighter than the QCD axion model and the initial axion field is inhomogeneous, weak but cosmologically relevant magnetic field seeds can be generated on scales of the order of $0.1$ kpc.
2401.11822v1
2024-01-28
Perturbation of parabolic equations with time-dependent linear operators: convergence of linear processes and solutions
In this work we consider parabolic equations of the form \[ (u_{\varepsilon})_t +A_{\varepsilon}(t)u_{{\varepsilon}} = F_{\varepsilon} (t,u_{{\varepsilon} }), \] where $\varepsilon$ is a parameter in $[0,\varepsilon_0)$ and $\{A_{\varepsilon}(t), \ t\in \mathbb{R}\}$ is a family of uniformly sectorial operators. As $\varepsilon \rightarrow 0^{+}$, we assume that the equation converges to \[ u_t +A_{0}(t)u_{} = F_{0} (t,u_{}). \] The time-dependence found on the linear operators $A_{\varepsilon}(t)$ implies that linear process is the central object to obtain solutions via variation of constants formula. Under suitable conditions on the family $A_{\varepsilon}(t)$ and on its convergence to $A_0(t)$ when $\varepsilon \rightarrow 0^{+}$, we obtain a Trotter-Kato type Approximation Theorem for the linear process $U_{\varepsilon}(t,\tau)$ associated to $A_{\varepsilon}(t)$, estimating its convergence to the linear process $U_0(t,\tau)$ associated to $A_0(t)$. Through the variation of constants formula and assuming that $F_{\varepsilon}$ converges to $F_0$, we analyze how this linear process convergence is transferred to the solution of the semilinear equation. We illustrate the ideas in two examples. First a reaction-diffusion equation in a bounded smooth domain, obtaining convergence of the linear process and solution. As a consequence, we also obtain upper-semicontinuity of the family of pullback attractors associated to each problem. The second example is a nonautonomous strongly damped wave equation and we analyze convergence of solution as we perturb the fractional powers of the associated linear operator.
2401.15799v1
1999-11-24
Damped Lyman alpha absorber and the faint end of the galaxy luminosity function at high redshift
We combine predictions for several hierarchical cosmogonies with observational evidence on damped Lyman alpha systems to establish a correspondence between the high redshift galaxy population and the properties of damped Lyman alpha systems. We assume that high redshift galaxies and damped Lyman alpha systems are hosted by the same dark matter halos and require consistency between the predicted halo space density, the rate of incidence and the velocity width distribution of damped Lyman alpha systems, and the observed galaxy luminosity function at the bright end. We arrive at the following results: (1) predicted impact parameters between the damped absorption system and the luminous part of the absorbing galaxy are expected to be very small (0.3 - 1arcsec) for most galaxies; (2) luminosities of galaxies causing damped absorption are generally fainter than m_R = 25 and damped Lyman alpha systems are predicted to sample preferentially the outer regions of galaxies at the faint end of the galaxy luminosity function at high redshift. Therefore, DLAS should currently provide the best probe of the progenitors of normal present-day galaxies.
9911447v1
2003-03-13
An explicit unconditionally stable numerical method for solving damped nonlinear Schrödinger equations with a focusing nonlinearity
This paper introduces an extension of the time-splitting sine-spectral (TSSP) method for solving damped focusing nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equations (NLS). The method is explicit, unconditionally stable and time transversal invariant. Moreover, it preserves the exact decay rate for the normalization of the wave function if linear damping terms are added to the NLS. Extensive numerical tests are presented for cubic focusing nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equations in 2d with a linear, cubic or a quintic damping term. Our numerical results show that quintic or cubic damping always arrests blowup, while linear damping can arrest blowup only when the damping parameter $\dt$ is larger than a threshold value $\dt_{\rm th}$. We note that our method can also be applied to solve the 3d Gross-Pitaevskii equation with a quintic damping term to model the dynamics of a collapsing and exploding Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC).
0303158v1
2004-11-03
Quantum probability applied to the damped harmonic oscillator
In this introductory course we sketch the framework of quantum probability in order to discuss open quantum systems, in particular the damped harmonic oscillator.
0411024v1
2006-11-23
Path integrals and wavepacket evolution for damped mechanical systems
Damped mechanical systems with various forms of damping are quantized using the path integral formalism. In particular, we obtain the path integral kernel for the linearly damped harmonic oscillator and a particle in a uniform gravitational field with linearly or quadratically damped motion. In each case, we study the evolution of Gaussian wavepackets and discuss the characteristic features that help us distinguish between different types of damping. For quadratic damping, we show that the action and equation of motion of such a system has a connection with the zero dimensional version of a currently popular scalar field theory. Furthermore we demonstrate that the equation of motion (for quadratic damping) can be identified as a geodesic equation in a fictitious two-dimensional space.
0611239v1
2007-07-05
Damping of bulk excitations over an elongated BEC - the role of radial modes
We report the measurement of Beliaev damping of bulk excitations in cigar shaped Bose Einstein condensates of atomic vapor. By using post selection, excitation line shapes of the total population are compared with those of the undamped excitations. We find that the damping depends on the initial excitation energy of the decaying quasi particle, as well as on the excitation momentum. We model the condensate as an infinite cylinder and calculate the damping rates of the different radial modes. The derived damping rates are in good agreement with the experimentally measured ones. The damping rates strongly depend on the destructive interference between pathways for damping, due to the quantum many-body nature of both excitation and damping products.
0707.0776v1
2008-09-22
Damping in 2D and 3D dilute Bose gases
Damping in 2D and 3D dilute gases is investigated using both the hydrodynamical approach and the Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov (HFB) approximation . We found that the both methods are good for the Beliaev damping at zero temperature and Landau damping at very low temperature, however, at high temperature, the hydrodynamical approach overestimates the Landau damping and the HFB gives a better approximation. This result shows that the comparison of the theoretical calculation using the hydrodynamical approach and the experimental data for high temperature done by Vincent Liu (PRL {\bf21} 4056 (1997)) is not proper. For two-dimensional systems, we show that the Beliaev damping rate is proportional to $k^3$ and the Landau damping rate is proportional to $ T^2$ for low temperature and to $T$ for high temperature. We also show that in two dimensions the hydrodynamical approach gives the same result for zero temperature and for low temperature as HFB, but overestimates the Landau damping for high temperature.
0809.3632v3
2008-12-08
Landau Damping and Alfven Eigenmodes of Neutron Star Torsion Oscillations
Torsion oscillations of the neutron star crust are Landau damped by the Alfven continuum in the bulk. For strong magnetic fields (in magnetars), undamped Alfven eigenmodes appear.
0812.1570v1
2010-09-24
Spatial Damping of Propagating Kink Waves in Prominence Threads
Transverse oscillations and propagating waves are frequently observed in threads of solar prominences/filaments and have been interpreted as kink magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) modes. We investigate the spatial damping of propagating kink MHD waves in transversely nonuniform and partially ionized prominence threads. Resonant absorption and ion-neutral collisions (Cowling's diffusion) are the damping mechanisms taken into account. The dispersion relation of resonant kink waves in a partially ionized magnetic flux tube is numerically solved by considering prominence conditions. Analytical expressions of the wavelength and damping length as functions of the kink mode frequency are obtained in the Thin Tube and Thin Boundary approximations. For typically reported periods of thread oscillations, resonant absorption is an efficient mechanism for the kink mode spatial damping, while ion-neutral collisions have a minor role. Cowling's diffusion dominates both the propagation and damping for periods much shorter than those observed. Resonant absorption may explain the observed spatial damping of kink waves in prominence threads. The transverse inhomogeneity length scale of the threads can be estimated by comparing the observed wavelengths and damping lengths with the theoretically predicted values. However, the ignorance of the form of the density profile in the transversely nonuniform layer introduces inaccuracies in the determination of the inhomogeneity length scale.
1009.4871v1
2012-08-27
Optimization of the damped quantum search
The damped quantum search proposed in [A. Mizel, Phys. Rev. Lett., 102 150501 (2009)] was analyzed by calculating the highest possible probability of finding the target state in each iteration. A new damping parameter that depends on the number of iterations was obtained, this was compared to the critical damping parameter for different values of target to database size ratio. The result shows that the range of the new damping parameter as a function of the target to database size ratio increases as the number of iterations is increased. Furthermore, application of the new damping parameter per iteration on the damped quantum search scheme shows a significant improvement on some target to database size ratio (i.e. greater than or equal to 50% maximum percentage difference) over the critically damped quantum search.
1208.5475v1
2013-04-03
Damping the zero-point energy of a harmonic oscillator
The physics of quantum electromagnetism in an absorbing medium is that of a field of damped harmonic oscillators. Yet until recently the damped harmonic oscillator was not treated with the same kind of formalism used to describe quantum electrodynamics in a arbitrary medium. Here we use the techniques of macroscopic QED, based on the Huttner--Barnett reservoir, to describe the quantum mechanics of a damped oscillator. We calculate the thermal and zero-point energy of the oscillator for a range of damping values from zero to infinity. While both the thermal and zero-point energies decrease with damping, the energy stored in the oscillator at fixed temperature increases with damping, an effect that may be experimentally observable. As the results follow from canonical quantization, the uncertainty principle is valid for all damping levels.
1304.0977v2
2015-05-28
Damping factors for head-tail modes at strong space charge
This paper suggests how feedback and Landau damping can be taken into account for transverse oscillations of bunched beam at strong space charge.
1505.07704v1
2015-06-18
Damping of MHD turbulence in partially ionized plasma: implications for cosmic ray propagation
We study the damping from neutral-ion collisions of both incompressible and compressible magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence in partially ionized medium. We start from the linear analysis of MHD waves applying both single-fluid and two-fluid treatments. The damping rates derived from the linear analysis are then used in determining the damping scales of MHD turbulence. The physical connection between the damping scale of MHD turbulence and cutoff boundary of linear MHD waves is investigated. Our analytical results are shown to be applicable in a variety of partially ionized interstellar medium (ISM) phases and solar chromosphere. As a significant astrophysical utility, we introduce damping effects to propagation of cosmic rays in partially ionized ISM. The important role of turbulence damping in both transit-time damping and gyroresonance is identified.
1506.05585v1
2016-02-04
Damping Evaluation for Free Vibration of Spherical Structures in Elastodynamic-Acoustic Interaction
This paper discusses the free vibration of elastic spherical structures in the presence of an externally unbounded acoustic medium. In this vibration, damping associated with the radiation of energy from the confined solid medium to the surrounding acoustic medium is observed. Evaluating the coupled system response (solid displacement and acoustic pressure) and characterizing the acoustic radiation damping in conjunction with the media properties are the main objectives of this research. In this work, acoustic damping is demonstrated for two problems: the thin spherical shell and the solid sphere. The mathematical approach followed in solving these coupled problems is based on the Laplace transform method. The linear under-damped harmonic oscillator is the reference model for damping estimation. The damping evaluation is performed in frequency as well as in time domains; both investigations lead to identical damping factor expressions.
1604.06738v1
2017-01-10
Magnetic properties in ultra-thin 3d transition metal alloys II: Experimental verification of quantitative theories of damping and spin-pumping
A systematic experimental study of Gilbert damping is performed via ferromagnetic resonance for the disordered crystalline binary 3d transition metal alloys Ni-Co, Ni-Fe and Co-Fe over the full range of alloy compositions. After accounting for inhomogeneous linewidth broadening, the damping shows clear evidence of both interfacial damping enhancement (by spin pumping) and radiative damping. We quantify these two extrinsic contributions and thereby determine the intrinsic damping. The comparison of the intrinsic damping to multiple theoretical calculations yields good qualitative and quantitative agreement in most cases. Furthermore, the values of the damping obtained in this study are in good agreement with a wide range of published experimental and theoretical values. Additionally, we find a compositional dependence of the spin mixing conductance.
1701.02475v1
2017-06-14
Temperature-dependent Gilbert damping of Co2FeAl thin films with different degree of atomic order
Half-metallicity and low magnetic damping are perpetually sought for in spintronics materials and full Heusler alloys in this respect provide outstanding properties. However, it is challenging to obtain the well-ordered half-metallic phase in as-deposited full Heusler alloys thin films and theory has struggled to establish a fundamentals understanding of the temperature dependent Gilbert damping in these systems. Here we present a study of the temperature dependent Gilbert damping of differently ordered as-deposited Co2FeAl full Heusler alloy thin films. The sum of inter- and intraband electron scattering in conjunction with the finite electron lifetime in Bloch states govern the Gilbert damping for the well-ordered phase in contrast to the damping of partially-ordered and disordered phases which is governed by interband electronic scattering alone. These results, especially the ultralow room temperature intrinsic damping observed for the well-ordered phase provide new fundamental insights to the physical origin of the Gilbert damping in full Heusler alloy thin films.
1706.04670v2
2017-09-05
Enhancement of space-charge induced damping due to reactive impedances for head-tail modes
Landau damping of head-tail modes in bunches due to spreads in the tune shift can be a deciding factor for beam stability. We demonstrate that the coherent tune shifts due to reactive impedances can enhance the space-charge induced damping and change the stability thresholds (here, a reactive impedance implies the imaginary part of the impedance of both signs). For example, high damping rates at strong space-charge, or damping of the $k=0$ mode, can be possible. It is shown and explained, how the negative reactive impedances (causing negative coherent tune shifts similarly to the effect of space-charge) can enhance the Landau damping, while the positive coherent tune shifts have an opposite effect. It is shown that the damping rate is a function of the coherent mode position in the incoherent spectrum, in accordance with the concept of the interaction of a collective mode with resonant particles. We present an analytical model, which allows for quantitative predictions of damping thresholds for different head-tail modes, for arbitrary space-charge and coherent tune-shift conditions, as it is verified using particle tracking simulations.
1709.01425v1
2018-05-21
Critical damping in nonviscously damped linear systems
In structural dynamics, energy dissipative mechanisms with non-viscous damping are characterized by their dependence on the time-history of the response velocity, mathematically represented by convolution integrals involving hereditary functions. Combination of damping parameters in the dissipative model can lead the system to be overdamped in some (or all) modes. In the domain of the damping parameters, the thresholds between induced oscillatory and non--oscillatory motion are called critical damping surfaces (or manifolds, since we can have a lot of parameters). In this paper a general method to obtain critical damping surfaces for nonviscously damped systems is proposed. The approach is based on transforming the algebraic equations which defined implicitly the critical curves into a system of differential equations. The derivations are validated with three numerical methods covering single and multiple degree of freedom systems.
1805.08022v1
2018-11-01
Hereditary effects of exponentially damped oscillators with past histories
Hereditary effects of exponentially damped oscillators with past histories are considered in this paper. Nonviscously damped oscillators involve hereditary damping forces which depend on time-histories of vibrating motions via convolution integrals over exponentially decaying functions. As a result, this kind of oscillators are said to have memory. In this work, initialization for nonviscously damped oscillators is firstly proposed. Unlike the classical viscously damped ones, information of the past history of response velocity is necessary to fully determine the dynamic behaviors of nonviscously damped oscillators. Then, initialization response of exponentially damped oscillators is obtained to characterize the hereditary effects on the dynamic response. At last, stability of initialization response is proved and the hereditary effects are shown to gradually recede with increasing of time.
1811.00216v1
2019-02-22
Strongly Enhanced Gilbert Damping in 3d Transition Metal Ferromagnet Monolayers in Contact with Topological Insulator Bi2Se3
Engineering Gilbert damping of ferromagnetic metal films is of great importance to exploit and design spintronic devices that are operated with an ultrahigh speed. Based on scattering theory of Gilbert damping, we extend the torque method originally used in studies of magnetocrystalline anisotropy to theoretically determine Gilbert dampings of ferromagnetic metals. This method is utilized to investigate Gilbert dampings of 3d transition metal ferromagnet iron, cobalt and nickel monolayers that are contacted by the prototypical topological insulator Bi2Se3. Amazingly, we find that their Gilbert dampings are strongly enhanced by about one order in magnitude, compared with dampings of their bulks and free-standing monolayers, owing to the strong spin-orbit coupling of Bi2Se3. Our work provides an attractive route to tailoring Gilbert damping of ferromagnetic metallic films by putting them in contact with topological insulators.
1902.08700v1
2019-07-01
Magnon decay theory of Gilbert damping in metallic antiferromagnets
Gilbert damping is a key property governing magnetization dynamics in ordered magnets. We present a theoretical study of intrinsic Gilbert damping induced by magnon decay in antiferromagnetic metals through $s$-$d$ exchange interaction. Our theory delineates the qualitative features of damping in metallic antiferromagnets owing to their bipartite nature, in addition to providing analytic expressions for the damping parameters. Magnon-induced intraband electron scattering is found to predominantly cause magnetization damping, whereas the N\'eel field is found to be damped via disorder. Depending on the conduction electron band structure, we predict that magnon-induced interband electron scattering around band crossings may be exploited to engineer a strong N\'eel field damping.
1907.01045v1
2019-08-01
The Temperature-dependent Damping of Propagating Slow Magnetoacoustic Waves
The rapid damping of slow magnetoacoustic waves in the solar corona has been extensively studied in previous years. Most studies suggest that thermal conduction is a dominant contributor to this damping, albeit with a few exceptions. Employing extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) imaging data from SDO/AIA, we measure the damping lengths of propagating slow magnetoacoustic waves observed in several fan-like loop structures using two independent methods. The dependence of the damping length on temperature has been studied for the first time. The results do not indicate any apparent decrease in damping length with temperature, which is in contrast to the existing viewpoint. Comparing with the corresponding theoretical values calculated from damping due to thermal conduction, it is inferred that thermal conduction is suppressed in hotter loops. An alternative interpretation that suggests thermal conduction is not the dominant damping mechanism, even for short period waves in warm active region loops, is also presented.
1908.00384v1
2019-10-14
Decay rates for the damped wave equation with finite regularity damping
Decay rates for the energy of solutions of the damped wave equation on the torus are studied. In particular, damping invariant in one direction and equal to a sum of squares of nonnegative functions with a particular number of derivatives of regularity is considered. For such damping energy decays at rate $1/t^{2/3}$. If additional regularity is assumed the decay rate improves. When such a damping is smooth the energy decays at $1/t^{4/5-\delta}$. The proof uses a positive commutator argument and relies on a pseudodifferential calculus for low regularity symbols.
1910.06372v3
2022-07-01
Seismic Response of Yielding Structures Coupled to Rocking Walls with Supplemental Damping
Given that the coupling of a framing structure to a strong, rocking wall enforces a first-mode response, this paper investigates the dynamic response of a yielding single-degree-of-freedom oscillator coupled to a rocking wall with supplemental damping (hysteretic or linear viscous) along its sides. The full nonlinear equations of motion are derived, and the study presents an earthquake response analysis in term of inelastic spectra. The study shows that for structures with preyielding period T1<1.0 s the effect of supplemental damping along the sides of the rocking wall is marginal even when large values of damping are used. The study uncovers that occasionally the damped response matches or exceeds the undamped response; however, when this happens, the exceedance is marginal. The paper concludes that for yielding structures with strength less than 10% of their weight the use of supplemental damping along the sides of a rocking wall coupled to a yielding structure is not recommended. The paper shows that supplemental damping along the sides of the rocking wall may have some limited beneficial effects for structures with longer preyielding periods (say T1>1.0 s). Nevertheless, no notable further response reduction is observed when larger values of hysteretic or viscous damping are used.
2207.00641v1
2022-11-24
Influence of non-local damping on magnon properties of ferromagnets
We study the influence of non-local damping on magnon properties of Fe, Co, Ni and Fe$_{1-x}$Co$_{x}$ ($x=30\%,50\%$) alloys. The Gilbert damping parameter is typically considered as a local scalar both in experiment and in theoretical modelling. However, recent works have revealed that Gilbert damping is a non-local quantity that allows for energy dissipation between atomic sites. With the Gilbert damping parameters calculated from a state-of-the-art real-space electronic structure method, magnon lifetimes are evaluated from spin dynamics and linear response, where a good agreement is found between these two methods. It is found that non-local damping affects the magnon lifetimes in different ways depending on the system. Specifically, we find that in Fe, Co, and Ni the non-local damping decreases the magnon lifetimes, while in $\rm Fe_{70}Co_{30}$ and Fe$_{50}$Co$_{50}$ an opposite, non-local damping effect is observed, and our data show that it is much stronger in the former.
2211.13486v1
2023-03-08
Material-Geometry Interplay in Damping of Biomimetic Scale Beams
Biomimetic scale-covered substrates are architected meta-structures exhibiting fascinating emergent nonlinearities via the geometry of collective scales contacts. In spite of much progress in understanding their elastic nonlinearity, their dissipative behavior arising from scales sliding is relatively uninvestigated in the dynamic regime. Recently discovered is the phenomena of viscous emergence, where dry Coulomb friction between scales can lead to apparent viscous damping behavior of the overall multi-material substrate. In contrast to this structural dissipation, material dissipation common in many polymers has never been considered, especially synergestically with geometrical factors. This is addressed here for the first time, where material visco-elasticity is introduced via a simple Kelvin-Voigt model for brevity and clarity. The results contrast the two damping sources in these architectured systems: material viscoelasticity, and geometrical frictional scales contact. It is discovered that although topically similar in effective damping, viscoelsatic damping follows a different damping envelope than dry friction, including starkly different effects on damping symmetry and specific damping capacity.
2303.04920v1
2009-04-30
Wavelength Accuracy of the Keck HIRES Spectrograph and Measuring Changes in the Fine Structure Constant
We report on an attempt to accurately wavelength calibrate four nights of data taken with the Keck HIRES spectrograph on QSO PHL957, for the purpose of determining whether the fine structure constant was different in the past. Using new software and techniques, we measured the redshifts of various Ni II, Fe II, Si II, etc. lines in a damped Ly-alpha system at z=2.309. Roughly half the data was taken through the Keck iodine cell which contains thousands of well calibrated iodine lines. Using these iodine exposures to calibrate the normal Th-Ar Keck data pipeline output we found absolute wavelength offsets of 500 m/s to 1000 m/s with drifts of more than 500 m/s over a single night, and drifts of nearly 2000 m/s over several nights. These offsets correspond to an absolute redshift of uncertainty of about Delta z=10^{-5} (Delta lambda= 0.02 Ang), with daily drifts of around Delta z=5x10^{-6} (Delta lambda =0.01 Ang), and multiday drifts of nearly Delta z=2x10^{-5} (0.04 Ang). The causes of the wavelength offsets are not known, but since claimed shifts in the fine structure constant would result in velocity shifts of less than 100 m/s, this level of systematic uncertainty makes may make it difficult to use Keck HIRES data to constrain the change in the fine structure constant. Using our calibrated data, we applied both our own fitting software and standard fitting software to measure (Delta alpha)/alpha, but discovered that we could obtain results ranging from significant detection of either sign, to strong null limits, depending upon which sets of lines and which fitting method was used. We thus speculate that the discrepant results on (Delta alpha)/alpha reported in the literature may be due to random fluctuations coming from under-estimated systematic errors in wavelength calibration and fitting procedure.
0904.4725v2
2017-12-11
Self-acceleration in scalar-bimetric theories
We describe scalar-bimetric theories where the dynamics of the Universe are governed by two separate metrics, each with an Einstein-Hilbert term. In this setting, the baryonic and dark matter components of the Universe couple to metrics which are constructed as functions of these two gravitational metrics. The scalar field, contrary to dark energy models, does not have a potential whose role is to mimic a late-time cosmological constant. The late-time acceleration of the expansion of the Universe can be easily obtained at the background level in these models by appropriately choosing the coupling functions appearing in the decomposition of the vierbeins for the baryonic and dark matter metrics. We explicitly show how the concordance model can be retrieved with negligible scalar kinetic energy. This requires the scalar coupling functions to show variations of order unity during the accelerated expansion era. This leads in turn to deviations of order unity for the effective Newton constants and a fifth force that is of the same order as Newtonian gravity, with peculiar features. The baryonic and dark matter self-gravities are amplified although the gravitational force between baryons and dark matter is reduced and even becomes repulsive at low redshift. This slows down the growth of baryonic density perturbations on cosmological scales, while dark matter perturbations are enhanced. In our local environment, the upper bound on the time evolution of Newton's constant requires an efficient screening mechanism that both damps the fifth force on small scales and decouples the local value of Newton constant from its cosmological value. This cannot be achieved by a quasi-static chameleon mechanism, and requires going beyond the quasi-static regime and probably using derivative screenings, such as Kmouflage or Vainshtein screening, on small scales.
1712.04520v2
1998-03-28
Landau damping and the echo effect in a confined Bose-Einstein condensate
Low energy collective mode of a confined Bose-Einstein condensate should demonstrate the echo effect in the regime of Landau damping. This echo is a signature of reversible nature of Landau damping. General expression for the echo profile is derived in the limit of small amplitudes of the external pulses. Several universal features of the echo are found. The existence of echo in other cases of reversible damping -- Fano effect and Caldeira-Leggett model -- is emphasized. It is suggested to test reversible nature of the damping in the atomic traps by conducting the echo experiment.
9803351v1
2000-07-10
Dephasing of Electrons on Helium by Collisions with Gas Atoms
The damping of quantum effects in the transport properties of electrons deposited on a surface of liquid helium is studied. It is found that due to vertical motion of the helium vapour atoms the interference of paths of duration $t$ is damped by a factor $\exp - (t/\tau_v)^3$. An expression is derived for the weak-localization lineshape in the case that damping occurs by a combination of processes with this type of cubic exponential damping and processes with a simple exponential damping factor.
0007160v1
1997-10-07
Damping rate of plasmons and photons in a degenerate nonrelativistic plasma
A calculation is presented of the plasmon and photon damping rates in a dense nonrelativistic plasma at zero temperature, following the resummation program of Braaten-Pisarski. At small soft momentum $k$, the damping is dominated by $3 \to 2$ scattering processes corresponding to double longitudinal Landau damping. The dampings are proportional to $(\alpha/v_{F})^{3/2} k^2/m$, where $v_{F}$ is the Fermi velocity.
9710260v1
2002-12-16
Influence of damping on the vanishing of the electro-optic effect in chiral isotropic media
Using first principles, it is demonstrated that radiative damping alone cannot lead to a nonvanishing electro-optic effect in a chiral isotropic medium. This conclusion is in contrast with that obtained by a calculation in which damping effects are included using the standard phenomenological model. We show that these predictions differ because the phenomenological damping equations are valid only in regions where the frequencies of the applied electromagnetic fields are nearly resonant with the atomic transitions. We also show that collisional damping can lead to a nonvanishing electrooptic effect, but with a strength sufficiently weak that it is unlikely to be observable under realistic laboratory conditions.
0212089v1
2005-08-28
Simultaneous amplitude and phase damping of a kind of Gaussian states and their separability
We give out the time evolution solution of simultaneous amplitude and phase damping for any continuous variable state. For the simultaneous amplitude and phase damping of a wide class of two- mode entangled Gaussian states, two analytical conditions of the separability are given. One is the sufficient condition of separability. The other is the condition of PPT separability where the Peres-Horodecki criterion is applied. Between the two conditions there may exist bound entanglement. The simplest example is the simultaneous amplitude and phase damping of a two-mode squeezed vacuum state. The damped state is non-Gaussian.
0508209v2
2007-08-28
Ising Dynamics with Damping
We show for the Ising model that is possible construct a discrete time stochastic model analogous to the Langevin equation that incorporates an arbitrary amount of damping. It is shown to give the correct equilibrium statistics and is then used to investigate nonequilibrium phenomena, in particular, magnetic avalanches. The value of damping can greatly alter the shape of hysteresis loops, and for small damping and high disorder, the morphology of large avalanches can be drastically effected. Small damping also alters the size distribution of avalanches at criticality.
0708.3855v1
2008-02-08
On the scaling of the damping time for resonantly damped oscillations in coronal loops
There is not as yet full agreement on the mechanism that causes the rapid damping of the oscillations observed by TRACE in coronal loops. It has been suggested that the variation of the observed values of the damping time as function of the corresponding observed values of the period contains information on the possible damping mechanism. The aim of this Letter is to show that, for resonant absorption, this is definitely not the case unless detailed a priori information on the individual loops is available.
0802.1143v1
2008-10-02
Critically damped quantum search
Although measurement and unitary processes can accomplish any quantum evolution in principle, thinking in terms of dissipation and damping can be powerful. We propose a modification of Grover's algorithm in which the idea of damping plays a natural role. Remarkably, we have found that there is a critical damping value that divides between the quantum $O(\sqrt{N})$ and classical O(N) search regimes. In addition, by allowing the damping to vary in a fashion we describe, one obtains a fixed-point quantum search algorithm in which ignorance of the number of targets increases the number of oracle queries only by a factor of 1.5.
0810.0470v1
2009-07-01
Modal approximations to damped linear systems
We consider a finite dimensional damped second order system and obtain spectral inclusion theorems for the related quadratic eigenvalue problem. The inclusion sets are the 'quasi Cassini ovals' which may greatly outperform standard Gershgorin circles. As the unperturbed system we take a modally damped part of the system; this includes the known proportionally damped models, but may give much sharper estimates. These inclusions are then applied to derive some easily calculable sufficient conditions for the overdampedness of a given damped system.
0907.0167v1
2010-01-14
Multi-Error-Correcting Amplitude Damping Codes
We construct new families of multi-error-correcting quantum codes for the amplitude damping channel. Our key observation is that, with proper encoding, two uses of the amplitude damping channel simulate a quantum erasure channel. This allows us to use concatenated codes with quantum erasure-correcting codes as outer codes for correcting multiple amplitude damping errors. Our new codes are degenerate stabilizer codes and have parameters which are better than the amplitude damping codes obtained by any previously known construction.
1001.2356v1
2011-09-05
Spectral theory of damped quantum chaotic systems
We investigate the spectral distribution of the damped wave equation on a compact Riemannian manifold, especially in the case of a metric of negative curvature, for which the geodesic flow is Anosov. The main application is to obtain conditions (in terms of the geodesic flow on $X$ and the damping function) for which the energy of the waves decays exponentially fast, at least for smooth enough initial data. We review various estimates for the high frequency spectrum in terms of dynamically defined quantities, like the value distribution of the time-averaged damping. We also present a new condition for a spectral gap, depending on the set of minimally damped trajectories.
1109.0930v1
2012-06-07
From resolvent estimates to damped waves
In this paper we show how to obtain decay estimates for the damped wave equation on a compact manifold without geometric control via knowledge of the dynamics near the un-damped set. We show that if replacing the damping term with a higher-order \emph{complex absorbing potential} gives an operator enjoying polynomial resolvent bounds on the real axis, then the "resolvent" associated to our damped problem enjoys bounds of the same order. It is known that the necessary estimates with complex absorbing potential can also be obtained via gluing from estimates for corresponding non-compact models.
1206.1565v1
2012-12-03
Inviscid limit of stochastic damped 2D Navier-Stokes equations
We consider the inviscid limit of the stochastic damped 2D Navier- Stokes equations. We prove that, when the viscosity vanishes, the stationary solution of the stochastic damped Navier-Stokes equations converges to a stationary solution of the stochastic damped Euler equation and that the rate of dissipation of enstrophy converges to zero. In particular, this limit obeys an enstrophy balance. The rates are computed with respect to a limit measure of the unique invariant measure of the stochastic damped Navier-Stokes equations.
1212.0509v3
2014-01-13
NLSE for quantum plasmas with the radiation damping
We consider contribution of the radiation damping in the quantum hydrodynamic equations for spinless particles. We discuss possibility of obtaining of corresponding non-linear Schrodinger equation (NLSE) for the macroscopic wave function. We compare contribution of the radiation damping with weakly (or semi-) relativistic effects appearing in the second order by v/c. The radiation damping appears in the third order by v/c. So it might be smaller than weakly relativistic effects, but it gives damping of the Langmuir waves which can be considerable.
1401.2829v1
2014-09-26
An ultimate storage ring lattice with vertical emittance generated by damping wigglers
We discuss the approach of generating round beams for ultimate storage rings using vertical damping wigglers (with horizontal magnetic field). The vertical damping wigglers provide damping and excite vertical emittance. This eliminates the need to generate large linear coupling that is impractical with traditional off-axis injection. We use a PEP-X compatible lattice to demonstrate the approach. This lattice uses separate quadrupole and sextupole magnets with realistic gradient strengths. Intrabeam scattering effects are calculated. The horizontal and vertical emittances are 22.3 pm and 10.3 pm, respectively, for a 200 mA, 4.5 GeV beam, with a vertical damping wiggler of a total length of 90 meters, peak field of 1.5 T and wiggler period of 100 mm.
1409.7452v2
2016-08-14
Mechanical energy and mean equivalent viscous damping for SDOF fractional oscillators
This paper addresses the total mechanical energy of a single degree of freedom fractional oscillator. Based on the energy storage and dissipation properties of the Caputo fractional derivatives, the expression for total mechanical energy in the single degree of freedom fractional oscillator is firstly presented. The energy regeneration due to the external exciting force and the energy loss due to the fractional damping force during the vibratory motion are analyzed. Furthermore, based on the mean energy dissipation of the fractional damping element in steady-state vibration, a new concept of mean equivalent viscous damping is suggested and the value of the damping coefficient is evaluated.
1608.04071v1
2017-03-01
Behaviors of the energy of solutions of two coupled wave equations with nonlinear damping on a compact manifold with boundary
In this paper we study the behaviors of the the energy of solutions of coupled wave equations on a compact manifold with boundary in the case of indirect nonlinear damping . Only one of the two equations is directly damped by a localized nonlinear damping term. Under geometric conditions on both the coupling and the damping regions we prove that the rate of decay of the energy of smooth solutions of the system is determined from a first order differential equation .
1703.00172v1
2017-06-02
Vanishing viscosity limit for global attractors for the damped Navier--Stokes system with stress free boundary conditions
We consider the damped and driven Navier--Stokes system with stress free boundary conditions and the damped Euler system in a bounded domain $\Omega\subset\mathbf{R}^2$. We show that the damped Euler system has a (strong) global attractor in~$H^1(\Omega)$. We also show that in the vanishing viscosity limit the global attractors of the Navier--Stokes system converge in the non-symmetric Hausdorff distance in $H^1(\Omega)$ to the the strong global attractor of the limiting damped Euler system (whose solutions are not necessarily unique).
1706.00607v1
2018-01-20
Long time dynamics for weakly damped nonlinear Klein-Gordon equations
We continue our study of damped nonlinear Klein-Gordon equations. In our previous work we considered fixed positive damping and proved a form of the soliton resolution conjecture for radial solutions. In contrast, here we consider damping which decreases in time to 0. In the class of radial data we again establish soliton resolution provided the damping goes to 0 sufficiently slowly. While our previous work relied on invariant manifold theory, here we use the Lojasiewicz-Simon inequality applied to a suitable Lyapunov functional.
1801.06735v1
2018-02-28
Nonexistence of global solutions of wave equations with weak time-dependent damping and combined nonlinearity
In our previous two works, we studied the blow-up and lifespan estimates for damped wave equations with a power nonlinearity of the solution or its derivative, with scattering damping independently. In this work, we are devoted to establishing a similar result for a combined nonlinearity. Comparing to the result of wave equation without damping, one can say that the scattering damping has no influence.
1802.10273v1
2018-11-12
Choking non-local magnetic damping in exchange biased ferromagnets
We investigated the temperature dependence of the magnetic damping in the exchange biased Pt/ Fe50Mn50 /Fe20Ni80 /SiOx multilayers. In samples having a strong exchange bias, we observed a drastic decrease of the magnetic damping of the FeNi with increasing temperature up to the blocking temperature. The results essentially indicate that the non-local enhancement of the magnetic damping can be choked by the adjacent antiferromagnet and its temperature dependent exchange bias. We also pointed out that such a strong temperature dependent damping may be very beneficial for spintronic applications.
1811.04821v1
2019-05-23
Escaping Locally Optimal Decentralized Control Polices via Damping
We study the evolution of locally optimal decentralized controllers with the damping of the control system. Empirically it is shown that even for instances with an exponential number of connected components, damping merges all local solutions to the one global solution. We characterize the evolution of locally optimal solutions with the notion of hemi-continuity and further derive asymptotic properties of the objective function and of the locally optimal controllers as the damping becomes large. Especially, we prove that with enough damping, there is no spurious locally optimal controller with favorable control structures. The convoluted behavior of the locally optimal trajectory is illustrated with numerical examples.
1905.09915v1
2019-08-22
Some remarks on the asymptotic profile of solutions to structurally damped $σ$-evolution equations
In this paper, we are interested in analyzing the asymptotic profiles of solutions to the Cauchy problem for linear structurally damped $\sigma$-evolution equations in $L^2$-sense. Depending on the parameters $\sigma$ and $\delta$ we would like to not only indicate approximation formula of solutions but also recognize the optimality of their decay rates as well in the distinct cases of parabolic like damping and $\sigma$-evolution like damping. Moreover, such results are also discussed when we mix these two kinds of damping terms in a $\sigma$-evolution equation to investigate how each of them affects the asymptotic profile of solutions.
1908.08492v1
2019-09-18
Global smooth solutions of the damped Boussinesq equations with a class of large initial data
The global regularity problem concerning the inviscid Boussinesq equations remains an open problem. In an attempt to understand this problem, we examine the damped Boussinesq equations and study how damping affects the regularity of solutions. In this paper, we consider the global existence to the damped Boussinesq equations with a class of large initial data, whose $B^{s}_{p,r}$ or $\dot{B}^{s}_{p,r}$ norms can be arbitrarily large. The idea is splitting the linear Boussinesq equations from the damped Boussinesq equations, the exponentially decaying solution of the former equations together with the structure of the Boussinesq equations help us to obtain the global smooth solutions.
1909.08360v1
2020-02-15
Asymptotic profile and optimal decay of solutions of some wave equations with logarithmic damping
We introduce a new model of the nonlocal wave equations with a logarithmic damping mechanism. We consider the Cauchy poroblem for the new model in the whole space. We study the asymptotic profile and optimal decay and blowup rates of solutions as time goes to infinity. The damping terms considered in this paper is not studied so far, and in the low frequency parameters the damping is rather weakly effective than that of well-studied fractional type of nonlocal damping. In order to get the optimal estimates in time we meet the so-called hypergeometric functions with special parameters.
2002.06319v1
2020-05-13
Weak Input to state estimates for 2D damped wave equations with localized and non-linear damping
In this paper, we study input-to-state (ISS) issues for damped wave equations with Dirichlet boundary conditions on a bounded domain of dimension two. The damping term is assumed to be non-linear and localized to an open subset of the domain. In a first step, we handle the undisturbed case as an extension of a previous work, where stability results are given with a damping term active on the full domain. Then, we address the case with disturbances and provide input-to-state types of results.
2005.06206v3
2020-07-25
Decay for the Kelvin-Voigt damped wave equation: Piecewise smooth damping
We study the energy decay rate of the Kelvin-Voigt damped wave equation with piecewise smooth damping on the multi-dimensional domain. Under suitable geometric assumptions on the support of the damping, we obtain the optimal polynomial decay rate which turns out to be different from the one-dimensional case studied in \cite{LR05}. This optimal decay rate is saturated by high energy quasi-modes localised on geometric optics rays which hit the interface along non orthogonal neither tangential directions. The proof uses semi-classical analysis of boundary value problems.
2007.12994v2
2020-08-12
From Lieb-Thirring inequalities to spectral enclosures for the damped wave equation
Using a correspondence between the spectrum of the damped wave equation and non-self-adjoint Schroedinger operators, we derive various bounds on complex eigenvalues of the former. In particular, we establish a sharp result that the one-dimensional damped wave operator is similar to the undamped one provided that the L^1 norm of the (possibly complex-valued) damping is less than 2. It follows that these small dampings are spectrally undetectable.
2008.05176v1
2021-08-02
Wide-Area Damping Control for Interarea Oscillations in Power Grids Based on PMU Measurements
In this paper, a phasor measurement unit (PMU)-based wide-area damping control method is proposed to damp the interarea oscillations that threaten the modern power system stability and security. Utilizing the synchronized PMU data, the proposed almost model-free approach can achieve an effective damping for the selected modes using a minimum number of synchronous generators. Simulations are performed to show the validity of the proposed wide-area damping control scheme.
2108.01193v1
2021-09-05
Regularity of the semigroups associated with some damped coupled elastic systems II: a nondegenerate fractional damping case
In this paper, we examine regularity issues for two damped abstract elastic systems; the damping and coupling involve fractional powers $\mu, \theta$, with $0 \leq \mu , \theta \leq 1$, of the principal operators. The matrix defining the coupling and damping is nondegenerate. This new work is a sequel to the degenerate case that we discussed recently in \cite{kfl}. First, we prove that for $1/2 \leq \mu , \theta \leq 1$, the underlying semigroup is analytic. Next, we show that for $\min(\mu,\theta) \in (0,1/2)$, the semigroup is of certain Gevrey classes. Finally, some examples of application are provided.
2109.02044v1
2021-09-28
A robust and efficient line search for self-consistent field iterations
We propose a novel adaptive damping algorithm for the self-consistent field (SCF) iterations of Kohn-Sham density-functional theory, using a backtracking line search to automatically adjust the damping in each SCF step. This line search is based on a theoretically sound, accurate and inexpensive model for the energy as a function of the damping parameter. In contrast to usual damped SCF schemes, the resulting algorithm is fully automatic and does not require the user to select a damping. We successfully apply it to a wide range of challenging systems, including elongated supercells, surfaces and transition-metal alloys.
2109.14018v3
2021-11-17
Spectral asymptotics for the vectorial damped wave equation
The eigenfrequencies associated to a scalar damped wave equation are known to belong to a band parallel to the real axis. In [Sj{\"o}00] J. Sj{\"o}strand showed that up to a set of density 0, the eigenfrequencies are confined in a thinner band determined by the Birkhoff limits of the damping term. In this article we show that this result is still true for a vectorial damped wave equation. In this setting the Lyapunov exponents of the cocycle given by the damping term play the role of the Birkhoff limits of the scalar setting.
2111.08982v1
2021-12-13
Rotons and their damping in elongated dipolar Bose-Einstein condensates
We discuss finite temperature damping of rotons in elongated Bose-condensed dipolar gases, which are in the Thomas-Fermi regime in the tightly confined directions. The presence of many branches of excitations which can participate in the damping process, is crucial for the Landau damping and results in significant increase of the damping rate. It is found, however, that even rotons with energies close to the roton gap may remain fairly stable in systems with the roton gap as small as 1nK.
2112.06835v2
2022-03-03
Stability results of locally coupled wave equations with local Kelvin-Voigt damping: Cases when the supports of damping and coupling coefficients are disjoint
In this paper, we study the direct/indirect stability of locally coupled wave equations with local Kelvin-Voigt dampings/damping and by assuming that the supports of the dampings and the coupling coefficients are disjoint. First, we prove the well-posedness, strong stability, and polynomial stability for some one dimensional coupled systems. Moreover, under some geometric control condition, we prove the well-posedness and strong stability in the multi-dimensional case.
2203.01632v1
2022-03-12
Asymptotic expansion of solutions to the wave equation with space-dependent damping
We study the large time behavior of solutions to the wave equation with space-dependent damping in an exterior domain. We show that if the damping is effective, then the solution is asymptotically expanded in terms of solutions of corresponding parabolic equations. The main idea to obtain the asymptotic expansion is the decomposition of the solution of the damped wave equation into the solution of the corresponding parabolic problem and the time derivative of the solution of the damped wave equation with certain inhomogeneous term and initial data. The estimate of the remainder term is an application of weighted energy method with suitable supersolutions of the corresponding parabolic problem.
2203.06360v1
2022-10-27
Sharp polynomial decay for polynomially singular damping on the torus
We study energy decay rates for the damped wave equation with unbounded damping, without the geometric control condition. Our main decay result is sharp polynomial energy decay for polynomially controlled singular damping on the torus. We also prove that for normally $L^p$-damping on compact manifolds, the Schr\"odinger observability gives $p$-dependent polynomial decay, and finite time extinction cannot occur. We show that polynomially controlled singular damping on the circle gives exponential decay.
2210.15697v3
2023-09-26
Qualitative properties of solutions to a nonlinear transmission problem for an elastic Bresse beam
We consider a nonlinear transmission problem for a Bresse beam, which consists of two parts, damped and undamped. The mechanical damping in the damped part is present in the shear angle equation only, and the damped part may be of arbitrary positive length. We prove well-posedness of the corresponding PDE system in energy space and establish existence of a regular global attractor under certain conditions on nonlinearities and coefficients of the damped part only. Moreover, we study singular limits of the problem when $l\to 0$ or $l\to 0$ simultaneously with $k_i\to +\infty$ and perform numerical modelling for these processes.
2309.15171v2
2023-09-27
Dispersion and damping of ion-acoustic waves in the plasma with a regularized kappa-distribution
The dispersion and damping of ion-acoustic waves in the plasma with a regularized kappa-distribution are studied. The generalized dispersion relation and damping rate are derived, which both depend significantly on the parameters alpha and kappa. The numerical analyses show that the wave frequency and the damping rate of ion-acoustic waves in the plasma with the regularized kappa-distribution are both generally less than those in the plasma with the kappa-distribution, and if kappa is less than a value, the ion-acoustic waves and their damping rate exist in the plasma with the regularized kappa-distribution.
2309.15885v1
2023-11-16
Near-optimal Closed-loop Method via Lyapunov Damping for Convex Optimization
We introduce an autonomous system with closed-loop damping for first-order convex optimization. While, to this day, optimal rates of convergence are only achieved by non-autonomous methods via open-loop damping (e.g., Nesterov's algorithm), we show that our system is the first one featuring a closed-loop damping while exhibiting a rate arbitrarily close to the optimal one. We do so by coupling the damping and the speed of convergence of the system via a well-chosen Lyapunov function. We then derive a practical first-order algorithm called LYDIA by discretizing our system, and present numerical experiments supporting our theoretical findings.
2311.10053v1
2024-02-05
Fractional damping induces resonant behavior in the Duffing oscillator
The interaction between the fractional order parameter and the damping parameter can play a relevant role for introducing different dynamical behaviors in a physical system. Here, we study the Duffing oscillator with a fractional damping term. Our findings show that for certain values of the fractional order parameter, the damping parameter, and the forcing amplitude high oscillations amplitude can be induced. This phenomenon is due to the appearance of a resonance in the Duffing oscillator only when the damping term is fractional.
2402.02940v1
2024-03-13
Impact of Decoherence on Average Correlation
This article presents a comprehensive study of the impact of decoherence on the average correlation for pure quantum states. We explore two primary mechanisms of decoherence: phase damping and amplitude damping, each having distinct effects on quantum systems. Phase damping, which describes the loss of quantum coherence without energy loss, primarily affects the phase relationships between the components of a quantum system while amplitude damping involves energy dissipation and also affects the state's occupation probabilities. We show that the average correlation follows a predictable decaying pattern in both scenarios. Our analysis can be understood in the context of quantum computing, by focusing on how phase damping influences the entanglement and correlation between qubits, key factors in quantum computational efficiency and error correction protocols.
2403.10551v1
2001-10-29
Kinetic equilibrium of iron in the atmospheres of cool dwarf stars II. Weak Fe I lines in the solar spectrum
NLTE line formation calculations of FeI in the solar atmosphere are extended to include weak optical lines. Previously established atomic models are used to discriminate between different ways of treating collisional interaction processes. To derive a common solar FeI abundance from both strong and weak lines, fine-tuning of the microturbulence velocity parameter and the van-der- Waals damping constants is required. The solar FeI abundances based on all available f-values are dominated by the large scatter already found for the stronger lines. In particular the bulk of the data from the work of May et al. and O'Brian et al. is not adequate for accurate abundance work. Based on f-values measured by the Hannover and Oxford groups alone, the FeI LTE abundances are eps(FeI,Sun)=7.57 for the empirical and eps(FeI,Sun) = 7.48 ... 7.51 for the line-blanketed solar model. The solar Fe ionization equilibrium obtained for different atomic and atmospheric models rules out NLTE atomic models with a low efficiency of hydrogen collisions. At variance with Paper I, it is now in better agreement with laboratory FeII f-values for all types of line-blanketed models. Our final model assumptions consistent with a single unique solar Fe abundance eps(Fe,Sun) = 7.48 ... 7.51 calculated from NLTE line formation are (a) a line-blanketed solar model atmosphere, (b) an iron model atom with hydrogen collision rates 0.5 < S_H < 5 times the standard value to compensate for the large photoionization cross-sections, (c) a microturbulence velocity xi = 1.0 kms, (d) van-der-Waals damping parameters decreased by Delta(log C6) = -0.10...-0.15 as compared to Anstee & O'Mara's calculations, depending on S_H, (e) FeII f-values as published by Schnabel et al., and (f) FeI f-values published by the Hannover and Oxford groups.
0110605v1
2003-11-05
Are rotating strange quark stars good sources of gravitational waves?
We study the viscosity driven (Jacobi-like) bar mode instability of rapidly rotating strange stars in general relativity. A triaxial, "bar shaped" compact star could be an efficient source of continuous wave gravitational radiation in the frequency range of the forthcoming interferometric detectors. We locate the secular instability point along several constant baryon mass sequences of uniformly rotating strange stars described by the MIT bag model. Contrary to neutron stars, strange stars with T/|W| (the ratio of the rotational kinetic energy to the absolute value of the gravitational potential energy) much lower than the corresponding value for the mass-shed limit can be secularly unstable to bar mode formation if shear viscosity is high enough to damp out any deviation from uniform rotation. The instability develops for a broad range of gravitational masses and rotational frequencies of strange quark stars. It imposes strong constraints on the lower limit of the frequency at the innermost stable circular orbit around rapidly rotating strange stars. The above results are robust for all linear self-bound equations of state assuming the growth time of the instability is faster than the damping timescale. We discuss astrophysical scenarios where triaxial instabilities (r-mode and viscosity driven instability) could be relevant in strange stars described by the standard MIT bag model of normal quark matter. Taking into account actual values of viscosities in strange quark matter and neglecting the magnetic field we show that Jacobi-like instability cannot develop in any astrophysicaly interesting temperature windows. The main result is that strange quark stars described by the MIT bag model can be accelerated to very high frequency in Low Mass X-ray binaries if the strange quark mass is ~ 200 MeV or higher.
0311128v1
2003-11-24
Sulphur and zinc abundances in Galactic stars and damped Lyman-alpha systems
High resolution spectra of 34 halo population dwarf and subgiant stars have been obtained with VLT/UVES and used to derive sulphur abundances from the 8694.0, 8694.6 A and 9212.9, 9237.5 A SI lines. In addition, iron abundances have been determined from 19 FeII lines and zinc abundances from the 4722.2, 4810.5 ZnI lines. The abundances are based on a classical 1D, LTE model atmosphere analysis, but effects of 3D hydrodynamical modelling on the [S/Fe], [Zn/Fe] and [S/Zn] ratios are shown to be small. We find that most halo stars with metallicities in the range -3.2 < [Fe/H] < -0.8 have a near-constant [S/Fe] = +0.3; a least square fit to [S/Fe] vs. {Fe/H] shows a slope of only -0.04 +/- 0.01. Among halo stars with -1.2 < [Fe/H] < -0.8 the majority have [S/Fe] ~ +0.3, but two stars (previously shown to have low [alpha/Fe] ratios) have [S/Fe] ~ 0. For disk stars with [Fe/H] > -1, [S/Fe] decreases with increasing [Fe/H]. Hence, sulphur behaves like other typical alpha-capture elements, Mg, Si and Ca. Zinc, on the other hand, traces iron over three orders of magnitude in [Fe/H], although there is some evidence for a small systematic Zn overabundance ([Zn/Fe] ~ +0.1) among metal-poor disk stars and for halo stars with [Fe/H] < -2.0. Recent measurements of S and Zn in ten damped Ly-alpha systems (DLAs) with redshifts between 1.9 and 3.4 and zinc abundances in the range -2.1 < [Zn/H] < -0.15 show an offset relative to the [S/Zn] - [Zn/H] relation in Galactic stars. Possible reasons for this offset are discussed, including low and intermittent star formation rates in DLAs.
0311529v1
2004-12-13
Atomistic simulations of dislocation mobility in Al, Ni and Al/Mg alloys
Dislocation velocities and mobilities are studied by Molecular Dynamics simulations for edge and screw dislocations in pure aluminum and nickel, and edge dislocations in Al-2.5%Mg and Al-5.0%Mg random substitutional alloys using EAM potentials. In the pure materials, the velocities of all dislocations are close to linear with the ratio of (applied stress)/(temperature) at low velocities, consistent with phonon drag models and quantitative agreement with experiment is obtained for the mobility in Al. At higher velocities, different behavior is observed. The edge dislocation velocity remains dependent solely on (applied stress)/(temperature) up to approximately 1.0 MPa/K, and approaches a plateau velocity that is lower than the smallest "forbidden" speed predicted by continuum models. In contrast, above a velocity around half of the smallest continuum wave speed, the screw dislocation damping has a contribution dependent solely on stress with a functional form close to that predicted by a radiation damping model of Eshelby. At the highest applied stresses, there are several regimes of nearly constant (transonic or supersonic) velocity separated by velocity gaps in the vicinity of forbidden velocities; various modes of dislocation disintegration and destabilization were also encountered in this regime. In the alloy systems, there is a temperature- and concentration-dependent pinning regime where the velocity drops sharply below the pure metal velocity. Above the pinning regime but at moderate stresses, the velocity is again linear in (applied stress)/(temperature) but with a lower mobility than in the pure metal.
0412324v1
2009-12-28
Resonant Interactions Between Protons and Oblique Alfvén/Ion-Cyclotron Waves
Resonant interactions between ions and Alfv\'en/ion-cyclotron (A/IC) waves may play an important role in the heating and acceleration of the fast solar wind. Although such interactions have been studied extensively for "parallel" waves, whose wave vectors ${\bf k}$ are aligned with the background magnetic field ${\bf B}_0$, much less is known about interactions between ions and oblique A/IC waves, for which the angle $\theta$ between ${\bf k}$ and ${\bf B}_0$ is nonzero. In this paper, we present new numerical results on resonant cyclotron interactions between protons and oblique A/IC waves in collisionless low-beta plasmas such as the solar corona. We find that if some mechanism generates oblique high-frequency A/IC waves, then these waves initially modify the proton distribution function in such a way that it becomes unstable to parallel waves. Parallel waves are then amplified to the point that they dominate the wave energy at the large parallel wave numbers at which the waves resonate with the particles. Pitch-angle scattering by these waves then causes the plasma to evolve towards a state in which the proton distribution is constant along a particular set of nested "scattering surfaces" in velocity space, whose shapes have been calculated previously. As the distribution function approaches this state, the imaginary part of the frequency of parallel A/IC waves drops continuously towards zero, but oblique waves continue to undergo cyclotron damping while simultaneously causing protons to diffuse across these kinetic shells to higher energies. We conclude that oblique A/IC waves can be more effective at heating protons than parallel A/IC waves, because for oblique waves the plasma does not relax towards a state in which proton damping of oblique A/IC waves ceases.
0912.5184v1
2011-06-14
The most metal-poor damped Lyman-alpha systems: Insights into chemical evolution in the very metal-poor regime
We present a high spectral resolution survey of the most metal-poor damped Lyman-alpha absorption systems (DLAs) aimed at probing the nature and nucleosynthesis of the earliest generations of stars. Our survey comprises 22 systems with iron abundance less than 1/100 solar; observations of seven of these are reported here for the first time. Together with recent measures of the abundances of C and O in Galactic metal-poor stars, we reinvestigate the trend of C/O in the very metal-poor regime and we compare, for the first time, the O/Fe ratios in the most metal-poor DLAs and in halo stars. We confirm the near-solar values of C/O in DLAs at the lowest metallicities probed, and find that their distribution is in agreement with that seen in Galactic halo stars. We find that the O/Fe ratio in very metal-poor (VMP) DLAs is essentially constant, and shows very little dispersion, with a mean [<O/Fe>] = +0.39 +/- 0.12, in good agreement with the values measured in Galactic halo stars when the oxygen abundance is measured from the [O I] 6300 line. We speculate that such good agreement in the observed abundance trends points to a universal origin for these metals. In view of this agreement, we construct the abundance pattern for a typical very metal-poor DLA and compare it to model calculations of Population II and Population III nucleosynthesis to determine the origin of the metals in VMP DLAs. Our results suggest that the most metal-poor DLAs may have been enriched by a generation of metal-free stars; however, given that abundance measurements are currently available for only a few elements, we cannot yet rule out an additional contribution from Population II stars.
1106.2805v2
2012-07-24
Doppler Signatures of the Atmospheric Circulation on Hot Jupiters
The meteorology of hot Jupiters has been characterized primarily with thermal measurements, but recent observations suggest the possibility of directly detecting the winds by observing the Doppler shift of spectral lines seen during transit. Motivated by these observations, we show how Doppler measurements can place powerful constraints on the meteorology. We show that the atmospheric circulation--and Doppler signature--of hot Jupiters splits into two regimes. Under weak stellar insolation, the day-night thermal forcing generates fast zonal jet streams from the interaction of atmospheric waves with the mean flow. In this regime, air along the terminator (as seen during transit) flows toward Earth in some regions and away from Earth in others, leading to a Doppler signature exhibiting superposed blueshifted and redshifted components. Under intense stellar insolation, however, the strong thermal forcing damps these planetary-scale waves, inhibiting their ability to generate jets. Strong frictional drag likewise damps these waves and inhibits jet formation. As a result, this second regime exhibits a circulation dominated by high-altitude, day-to-night airflow, leading to a predominantly blueshifted Doppler signature during transit. We present state-of-the-art circulation models including nongray radiative transfer to quantify this regime shift and the resulting Doppler signatures; these models suggest that cool planets like GJ 436b lie in the first regime, HD 189733b is transitional, while planets hotter than HD 209458b lie in the second regime. Moreover, we show how the amplitude of the Doppler shifts constrains the strength of frictional drag in the upper atmospheres of hot Jupiters. If due to winds, the ~2-km/sec blueshift inferred on HD 209458b may require drag time constants as short as 10^4-10^6 seconds, possibly the result of Lorentz-force braking on this planet's hot dayside.
1207.5639v2
2013-01-30
Tickling the CMB damping tail: scrutinizing the tension between the ACT and SPT experiments
The Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) and the South Pole Telescope (SPT) have recently provided new, very precise measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropy damping tail. The values of the cosmological parameters inferred from these measurements, while broadly consistent with the expectations of the standard cosmological model, are providing interesting possible indications for new physics that are definitely worth of investigation. The ACT results, while compatible with the standard expectation of three neutrino families, indicate a level of CMB lensing, parametrized by the lensing amplitude parameter A_L, that is about 70% higher than expected. If not a systematic, this anomalous lensing amplitude could be produced by modifications of general relativity or coupled dark energy. Vice-versa, the SPT experiment, while compatible with a standard level of CMB lensing, prefers an excess of dark radiation, parametrized by the effective number of relativistic degrees of freedom N_eff. Here we perform a new analysis of these experiments allowing simultaneous variations in both these, non-standard, parameters. We also combine these experiments, for the first time in the literature, with the recent WMAP9 data, one at a time. Including the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) prior on the Hubble constant and information from baryon acoustic oscillations (BAO) surveys provides the following constraints from ACT: N_eff=3.23\pm0.47, A_L=1.65\pm0.33 at 68% c.l., while for SPT we have N_eff=3.76\pm0.34, A_L=0.81\pm0.12 at 68% c.l.. In particular, the A_L estimates from the two experiments, even when a variation in N_eff is allowed, are in tension at more than 95% c.l..
1301.7343v2
2014-12-16
Role of the basin boundary conditions in gravity wave turbulence
Gravity wave turbulence is studied experimentally in a large wave basin where irregular waves are generated unidirectionally. The role of the basin boundary conditions (absorbing or reflecting) and of the forcing properties are investigated. To that purpose, an absorbing sloping beach opposite to the wavemaker can be replaced by a reflecting vertical wall. We observe that the wave field properties depend strongly on these boundary conditions. Quasi-one dimensional field of nonlinear waves propagate before to be damped by the beach whereas a more multidirectional wave field is observed with the wall. In both cases, the wave spectrum scales as a frequency-power law with an exponent that increases continuously with the forcing amplitude up to a value close to -4, which is the value predicted by the weak turbulence theory. The physical mechanisms involved are probably different according to the boundary condition used, but cannot be easily discriminated with only temporal measurements. We have also studied freely decaying gravity wave turbulence in the closed basin. No self-similar decay of the spectrum is observed, whereas its Fourier modes decay first as a time power law due to nonlinear mechanisms, and then exponentially due to linear viscous damping. We estimate the linear, nonlinear and dissipative time scales to test the time scale separation that highlights the important role of a large scale Fourier mode. By estimation of the mean energy flux from the initial decay of wave energy, the Kolmogorov-Zakharov constant is evaluated and found to be compatible with a recent theoretical value.
1412.5144v2
2015-02-11
Exclusive production of heavy charged Higgs boson pairs in the $p p \to p p H^+ H^-$ reaction at the LHC and a future circular collider
We calculate differential cross sections for exclusive production of heavy charged scalar, weakly interacting particles (charged Higgs bosons, charged technipions, etc.) via photon-photon exchanges in the $p p \to p p H^+ H^-$ reaction with exact $2 \to 4$ kinematics. We present distributions in rapidities, transverse momenta, and correlations in azimuthal angles between the protons and between the charged Higgs bosons. As an example, the integrated cross section for $\sqrt{s}$ = 14~TeV (LHC) is about 0.1~fb and about 0.9~fb at the Future Circular Collider (FCC) for $\sqrt{s}$ = 100~TeV when assuming $m_{H^{\pm}} = 150$~GeV. The results are compared with results obtained within standard equivalent-photon approximation known from the literature. We discuss the role of the Dirac and Pauli electromagnetic form factors of the proton. We have also performed first calculations of cross sections for the exclusive diffractive Khoze-Martin-Ryskin mechanism. We have estimated limits on the $g_{h H^+ H^-}$ coupling constant within two-Higgs dublet model based on recent experimental data from the LHC. The diffractive contribution is, however, much smaller than the $\gamma \gamma$ one. The $Z \gamma$, $\gamma Z$, and $ZZ$ exchanges give even smaller contributions. Absorption corrections are calculated for the first time differentially for various distributions. In general, they lead to a damping of the cross section. The damping depends on the $M_{H^{+}H^{-}}$ invariant mass and on $t$ four-momentum transfers squared. In contrast to diffractive processes, the larger the collision energy, the smaller the effect of absorption. We discuss a possibility to measure the exclusive production of two charged Higgs bosons with the help of so-called "forward proton detectors" at the LHC experiments.
1502.03323v2
2015-07-29
The chemistry of the most metal-rich damped Lyman $α$ systems at z$\sim2$ II. Context with the Local Group
Using our sample of the most metal-rich damped Lyman $\alpha$ systems (DLAs) at z$\sim2$, and two literature compilations of chemical abundances in 341 DLAs and 2818 stars, we present an analysis of the chemical composition of DLAs in the context of the Local Group. The metal-rich sample of DLAs at z$\sim2$ probes metallicities as high as the Galactic disc and the most metal-rich dwarf spheroidals (dSphs), permitting an analysis of many elements typically observed in DLAs (Fe, Zn, Cr, Mn, Si, and S) in comparison to stellar abundances observed in the Galaxy and its satellites (in particular dSphs). Our main conclusions are: (1) non-solar [Zn/Fe] abundances in metal-poor Galactic stars and in dSphs over the full metallicity range probed by DLAs, suggest that Zn is not a simple proxy for Fe in DLAs and therefore not a suitable indicator of dust depletion. After correcting for dust depletion, the majority of DLAs have subsolar [Zn/Fe] similar to dSphs; (2) at [Fe/H]$\sim-0.5$, a constant [Mn/Fe]$\sim-0.5$ and near-solar [$\alpha$/Fe] (requiring an assumption about dust depletion) are in better agreement with dwarf galaxies than Galactic disc stars; (3) [$\alpha$/Zn] is usually solar or subsolar in DLAs. However, although low ratios of [$\alpha$/Fe] are usually considered more `dwarf-like' than `Milky Way-like', subsolar [Zn/Fe] in Local Group dwarfs leads to supersolar [$\alpha$/Zn] in the dSphs, in contrast with the DLAs. Therefore, whilst DLAs exhibit some similarities with the Local Group dwarf population, there are also notable differences.
1507.08311v1
2015-09-01
Excitation of surface and volume plasmons in metal nanocluster by fast electrons
Surface and volume plasmons excited in a metal cluster by moving electron and corresponding inelastic scattering spectra are studied based on the hydrodynamic approach. Along with the bulk losses traditionally taken into account, the surface and radiative ones are also considered as the physical mechanisms responsible for the plasmon damping. The second and third mechanisms are found to be essential for the surface plasmons and depend very differently on the multipole mode order. The differential equations are obtained which describe the temporal evolution of every particular mode as that one of a linear oscillator excited by the given external force, and the electron energy loss spectra are calculated. The changes in spectrum shape with the impact parameter and with the electron passage time are analyzed and found to be in good enough agreement with the data of scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) experiments. It is shown that, in the general case, a pronounced contribution to the formation of the loss spectrum is given by the both surface and volume plasmons with low and high multipole indices. In particular, at long electron passage time, the integral loss spectrum which is calculated for the free-electron cluster model contains two main peaks: a broad peak from merging of many high-order multipole resonances of the surface plasmons and a narrower peak of nearly the same height from merged volume plasmons excited by the electrons that travel through the central region of the cluster. Comparatively complex dependences of the calculated excitation coefficients and damping constants of various plasmons on the order of the excited multipole result in wide diversity of possible types of the loss spectrum even for the same cluster material and should be taken into account in interpretation of corresponding electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) experiments.
1509.00405v2
2017-11-19
Role of Helium-Hydrogen ratio on energetic interchange mode behaviour and its effect on ion temperature and micro-turbulence in LHD
In the Large helical device, a change of energetic particle mode is observed as He concentration is varied in ion-ITB type experiments, having constant electron density and input heating power but with a clear increase of central ion temperature in He rich discharges. This activity consists of bursty, but damped energetic interchange modes (EICs, X Du et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 114 p.155003 (2015)), whose occurrence rate is dramatically lower in the He-rich discharges. Mechanisms are discussed for the changes in drive and damping of the modes with He concentration. These EIC bursts consist of marked changes in the radial electric field, which is derived from the phase velocity of turbulence measured with the 2D phase contrast imaging (PCI) system. Similar bursts are detected in edge fast ion diagnostics. Ion thermal transport by gyro-Bohm scaling is recognised as a contribution to the change in ion temperature, though fast ion losses by these EIC modes may also contribute to the ion temperature dependence on He concentration, most particularly controlling the height of an "edge-pedestal" in the $T_{i}$ profile. The steady-state level of fast ions is shown to be larger in Helium rich discharges on the basis of a compact neutral particle analyser (CNPA), and the fast-ion component of the diamagnetic stored energy. These events also have an influence on turbulence and transport. The large velocity shear induced produced during these events transiently improves confinement and suppresses turbulence, and has a larger net effect when bursts are more frequent in Hydrogen discharges. This exactly offsets the increased gyro-Bohm related turbulence drive in Hydrogen which results in the same time-averaged turbulence level in Hydrogen as in Helium.
1711.07097v2
2018-09-02
CEPC Conceptual Design Report: Volume 1 - Accelerator
The Circular Electron Positron Collider (CEPC) is a large international scientific project initiated and hosted by China. It is located in a 100-km circumference underground tunnel. The accelerator complex consists of a linear accelerator (Linac), a damping ring (DR), the Booster, the Collider and several transport lines. In the tunnel, space is reserved for a future pp collider, SPPC. The CEPC center-of-mass energy is 240 GeV, and at that collision energy will serve as a Higgs factory. The design also allows operation at 91 GeV for a Z factory and at 160 GeV for a W factory. The heart of the CEPC is a double-ring collider. It has two interaction points where are located large detectors. The Booster is in the same tunnel above the Collider. It is a synchrotron with a 10 GeV injection energy and extraction energy equal to the beam collision energy. The repetition cycle is 10 seconds. Top-up injection will be used to maintain constant luminosity. The 10 GeV Linac, injector to the Booster, built at ground level, accelerates both electrons and positrons. A 1.1 GeV damping ring reduces the positron emittance. Transport lines made of permanent magnets connect the Linac to the Booster. In addition to particle physics, the Collider can operate simultaneously as a powerful synchrotron radiation (SR) light source. It will extend the usable SR spectrum into an unprecedented energy and brightness range. Two gamma-ray beamlines are included in the design. Prior to the construction will be a five-year R&D period (2018-2022). Construction is expected to start in ~2022 and be completed in ~2030. This report is a summary of work accomplished during the past several years by hundreds of scientists and engineers at home and abroad. The current volume, Volume I, is on the accelerators. A separate volume, Volume II, will be on physics and the detectors.
1809.00285v1
2018-10-10
3D Simulations and MLT: II. Onsager's Ideal Turbulence
We simulate stellar convection at high Reynolds number (Re$\lesssim$7000) with causal time stepping but no explicit viscosity. We use the 3D Euler equations with shock capturing (Colella & Woodward 1984). Anomalous dissipation of turbulent kinetic energy occurs as an emergent feature of advection ("Onsager damping"), caused by the moderate shocks which terminate the turbulent kinetic energy spectrum; see also (Perry 2021). In strongly stratified stellar convection the asymptotic limit for the global damping length of turbulent kinetic energy is $\ell_d \sim \langle u^3 \rangle /\langle \epsilon \rangle$. This "dissipative anomaly" (Onsager 1949) fixes the value of the "mixing length parameter", $\alpha = \ell_{\rm MLT}/H_P =\overline{\langle\Gamma_1\rangle}$, which is $\sim\, 5/3$ for complete ionization. The estimate is numerically robust, agrees to within 10% with estimates from stellar evolution with constant $\alpha$. For weak stratification $\ell_d$ shrinks to the depth of a thin convective region. Our flows are filamentary, produce surfaces of separation at boundary layers, resolve the energy-containing eddies, and develop a turbulent cascade down to the grid scale which agrees with the $4096^3$ direct numerical simulation of Kaneda (2003). The cascade converges quickly, and satisfies a power-law velocity spectrum similar to Kolmogorov (1941). Our flows exhibit intermittency, anisotropy, and interactions between coherent structures, features missing from K41 theory. We derive a dissipation rate from Reynolds stresses which agrees with (i) our flows, (ii) experiment (Warhaft 2002), and (iii) high Re simulations of the Navier-Stokes equations (Iyer, et al. 2018).
1810.04659v4
2018-12-10
H$_2$/HD molecular data for analysis of quasar spectra in search of varying constants
Absorption lines of H$_2$ and HD molecules observed at high redshift in the line of sight towards quasars are a test ground to search for variation of the proton-to-electron mass ratio $\mu$. For this purpose, results from astronomical observations are compared with a compilation of molecular data of the highest accuracy, obtained in laboratory studies as well as in first-principles calculations. Aims: A comprehensive line list is compiled for H$_2$ and HD absorption lines in the Lyman ($B^1\Sigma_u^+$ - $X^1\Sigma_g^+$) and Werner ($C^1\Pi_u$ - $X^1\Sigma_g^+$) band systems up to the Lyman cutoff at 912 Angstroms. Molecular parameters listed for each line $i$ are the transition wavelength $\lambda_i$, the line oscillator strength $f_i$, the radiative damping parameter of the excited state $\Gamma_i$, and the sensitivity coefficient $K_i$ for a variation of the proton-to-electron mass ratio. Methods: The transition wavelengths $\lambda_i$ for the H$_2$ and HD molecules are determined by a variety of advanced high-precision spectroscopic experiments involving narrowband vacuum ultraviolet lasers, Fourier-transform spectrometers, and synchrotron radiation sources. Results for the line oscillator strengths $f_i$, damping parameters $\Gamma_i$, and sensitivity coefficients $K_i$ are obtained in theoretical quantum chemical calculations. Results: A new list of molecular data is compiled for future analyses of cold clouds of hydrogen absorbers, specifically for studies of $\mu$-variation from quasar data. The list is applied in a refit of quasar absorption spectra of B0642$-$5038 and J1237$+$0647 yielding constraints on a variation of the proton-to-electron mass ratio $\Delta\mu/\mu$ consistent with previous analyses.
1812.03628v2
2019-04-26
Thermal equilibration in a one-dimensional damped harmonic crystal
The features for the unsteady process of thermal equilibration ("the fast motions") in a one-dimensional harmonic crystal lying in a viscous environment (e.g., a gas) are under investigation. It is assumed that initially the displacements of all the particles are zero and the particle velocities are random quantities with zero mean and a constant variance, thus, the system is far away from the thermal equilibrium. It is known that in the framework of the corresponding conservative problem the kinetic and potential energies oscillate and approach the equilibrium value that equals a half of the initial value of the kinetic energy. We show that the presence of the external damping qualitatively changes the features of this process. The unsteady process generally has two stages. At the first stage oscillations of kinetic and potential energies with decreasing amplitude, subjected to exponential decay, can be observed (this stage exists only in the underdamped case). At the second stage (which always exists), the oscillations vanish, and the energies are subjected to a power decay. The large-time asymptotics for the energy is proportional to $t^{-3/2}$ in the case of the potential energy and to $t^{-5/2}$ in the case the kinetic energy. Hence, at large values of time the total energy of the crystal is mostly the potential energy. The obtained analytic results are verified by independent numerical calculations.
1904.11902v7
2019-11-04
The shape of the cosmic ray proton spectrum
Recent observations of cosmic ray protons in the energy range $10^2$--$10^5$~GeV have revealed that the spectrum cannot be described by a simple power law. A hardening of the spectrum around an energy of order few hundred~GeV, first observed by the magnetic spectrometers PAMELA and AMS02, has now been confirmed by several calorimeter detectors (ATIC, CREAM, CALET, NUCLEON and DAMPE). These new measurements reach higher energy and indicate that the hardening corresponds to a larger step in spectral index than what estimated by the magnetic spectrometers. Data at still higher energy (by CREAM, NUCLEON and DAMPE) show that the proton spectrum undergoes a marked softening at $E \approx 10^4$~GeV. Understanding the origin of these unexpected spectral features is a significant challenge for models of the Galactic cosmic rays. An important open question is whether additional features are present in the proton spectrum between the softening and the "Knee". Extensive Air Shower detectors, using unfolding procedures that require the modeling of cosmic ray showers in the atmosphere, estimated the proton flux below and around the Knee (at $E \simeq 3$~PeV). These results however have large systematic uncertainties and are in poor agreement with each other. The measurement in the PeV energy range, recently presented by IceTop/IceCube, indicates a proton flux higher than extrapolations of the direct measurements calculated assuming a constant slope, and therefore requires the existence of an additional spectral hardening below the Knee. A clarification of this point is very important for an understanding of the origin of the Galactic cosmic rays, and is also essential for a precise calculation of the spectra of atmospheric neutrinos in the energy range ($E \gtrsim 10$~TeV) where they constitute the foreground for the emerging astrophysical $\nu$ signal.
1911.01311v1
2021-08-31
Toward 100% Spin-Orbit Torque Efficiency with High Spin-Orbital Hall Conductivity Pt-Cr Alloys
5d transition metal Pt is the canonical spin Hall material for efficient generation of spin-orbit torques (SOTs) in Pt/ferromagnetic layer (FM) heterostructures. However, for a long while with tremendous engineering endeavors, the damping-like SOT efficiencies (${\xi}_{DL}$) of Pt and Pt alloys have still been limited to ${\xi}_{DL}$<0.5. Here we present that with proper alloying elements, particularly 3d transition metals V and Cr, a high spin-orbital Hall conductivity (${\sigma}_{SH}{\sim}6.5{\times}10^{5}({\hbar}/2e){\Omega}^{-1}{\cdot} m^{-1}$) can be developed. Especially for the Cr-doped case, an extremely high ${\xi}_{DL}{\sim}0.9$ in a Pt$_{0.69}$Cr$_{0.31}$/Co device can be achieved with a moderate Pt$_{0.69}$Cr$_{0.31}$ resistivity of ${\rho}_{xx}{\sim}133 {\mu}{\Omega}{\cdot}cm$. A low critical SOT-driven switching current density of $J_{c}{\sim}3.2{\times}10^{6} A{\cdot}cm^{-2}$ is also demonstrated. The damping constant (${\alpha}$) of Pt$_{0.69}$Cr$_{0.31}$/FM structure is also found to be reduced to 0.052 from the pure Pt/FM case of 0.078. The overall high ${\sigma}_{SH}$, giant ${\xi}_{DL}$, moderate ${\rho}_{xx}$, and reduced ${\alpha}$ of such a Pt-Cr/FM heterostructure makes it promising for versatile extremely low power consumption SOT memory applications.
2108.13857v3
2022-04-06
Universal Relations for Neutron Star F-Mode and G-Mode Oscillations
Among the various oscillation modes of neutron stars, f- and g- modes are the most likely to be ultimately observed in binary neutron star mergers. The f-mode is known to correlate in normal neutron stars with their tidal deformability, moment of inertia and quadrupole moment. Using a piecewise polytropic parameterization scheme to model the uncertain hadronic high-density EOS and a constant sound-speed scheme to model pure quark matter, we refine this correlation and show that these universal relations also apply to both self-bound stars and hybrid stars containing phase transitions. We identify a novel 1-node branch of the f-mode that occurs in low-mass hybrid stars in a narrow mass range just beyond the critical mass necessary for a phase transition to appear. This 1-node branch shows the largest, but still small, deviations from the universal correlation we have found. The g-mode frequency only exists in matter with a non-barotropic equation of state involving temperature, chemical potential or composition, or a phase transition in barotropic matter. The g-mode therefore could serve as a probe for studying phase transitions in hybrid stars. In contrast with the f-mode, discontinuity g-mode frequencies depend strongly on properties of the transition (the density and the magnitude of the discontinuity) at the transition. Imposing causality and maximum mass constraints, the g-mode frequency in hybrid stars is found to have an upper bound of about 1.25 kHz. However, if the sound speed c_s in the inner core at densities above the phase transition density is restricted to c_s^2 < c^2/3, the g-mode frequencies can only reach about 0.8 kHz, which are significantly lower than f-mode frequencies, 1.3-2.8 kHz. Also, g-mode gravitational wave damping times are extremely long, >10^4 s (10^2 s) in the inner core with c_s^2< c^{2/3} (c^2), in comparison with the f-mode damping time, 0.1-1 s.
2204.03037v2
2022-09-26
Partially dissipative systems in the critical regularity setting, and strong relaxation limit
Many physical phenomena may be modelled by first order hyperbolic equations with degenerate dissipative or diffusive terms. This is the case for example in gas dynamics, where the mass is conserved during the evolution, but the momentum balance includes a diffusion (viscosity) or damping (relaxation) term, or, in numerical simulations, of conservation laws by relaxation schemes. Such so-called partially dissipative systems have been first pointed out by S.K. Godunov in a short note in Russian in 1961. Much later, in 1984, S. Kawashima highlighted in his PhD thesis a simple criterion ensuring the existence of global strong solutions in the vicinity of a linearly stable constant state. This criterion has been revisited in a number of research works. In particular, K. Beauchard and E. Zuazua proposed in 2010 an explicit method for constructing a Lyapunov functional allowing to refine Kawashima's results and to establish global existence results in some situations that were not covered before. These notes originate essentially from the PhD thesis of T. Crin-Barat that was initially motivated by an earlier observation of the author in a Chapter of the handbook coedited by Y. Giga and A. Novotn{\'y}. Our main aim is to adapt the method of Beauchard and Zuazua to a class of symmetrizable quasilinear hyperbolic systems (containing the compressible Euler equations), in a critical regularity setting that allows to keep track of the dependence with respect to e.g. the relaxation parameter. Compared to Beauchard and Zuazua's work, we exhibit a 'damped mode' that will have a key role in the construction of global solutions with critical regularity, in the proof of optimal time-decay estimates and, last but not least, in the study of the strong relaxation limit. For simplicity, we here focus on a simple class of partially dissipative systems, but the overall strategy is rather flexible, and adaptable to much more involved situations.
2209.12734v1
2023-05-09
Lower semicontinuity of pullback attractors for a non-autonomous coupled system of strongly damped wave equations
The aim of this paper is to study the robustness of the family of pullback attractors associated to a non-autonomous coupled system of strongly damped wave equations, given by the following evolution system $$\left\{ \begin{array}{lr} u_{tt} - \Delta u + u + \eta(-\Delta)^{1/2}u_t + a_{\epsilon}(t)(-\Delta)^{1/2}v_t = f(u), &(x, t) \in\Omega\times (\tau, \infty),\\ v_{tt} - \Delta v + \eta(-\Delta)^{1/2}v_t - a_{\epsilon}(t)(-\Delta)^{1/2}u_t = 0, &(x, t) \in\Omega\times (\tau, \infty),\end{array}\right.$$ subject to boundary conditions $$u = v = 0, \; (x, t) \in\partial\Omega\times (\tau, \infty),$$ and initial conditions $$u(\tau, x) = u_0(x), \ u_t(\tau, x) = u_1(x), \ v(\tau, x) = v_0(x), \ v_t(\tau, x) = v_1(x), \ x \in \Omega, \ \tau\in\mathbb{R},$$ where $\Omega$ is a bounded smooth domain in $\mathbb{R}^n$, $n \geq 3$, with the boundary $\partial\Omega$ assumed to be regular enough, $\eta > 0$ is a constant, $a_{\epsilon}$ is a H\"{o}lder continuous function satisfying uniform boundedness conditions, and $f\in C^1(\mathbb{R})$ is a dissipative nonlinearity with subcritical growth. This problem is a modified version of the well known Klein-Gordon-Zakharov system. Under suitable hyperbolicity conditions, we obtain the gradient-like structure of the limit pullback attractor associated with this evolution system, and we prove the continuity of the family of pullback attractors at $\epsilon = 0$.
2305.05724v3
2023-06-23
Nonlinear asymptotic stability and transition threshold for 2D Taylor-Couette flows in Sobolev spaces
In this paper, we investigate the stability of the 2-dimensional (2D) Taylor-Couette (TC) flow for the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations. The explicit form of velocity for 2D TC flow is given by $u=(Ar+\frac{B}{r})(-\sin \theta, \cos \theta)^T$ with $(r, \theta)\in [1, R]\times \mathbb{S}^1$ being an annulus and $A, B$ being constants. Here, $A, B$ encode the rotational effect and $R$ is the ratio of the outer and inner radii of the annular region. Our focus is the long-term behavior of solutions around the steady 2D TC flow. While the laminar solution is known to be a global attractor for 2D channel flows and plane flows, it is unclear whether this is still true for rotating flows with curved geometries. In this article, we prove that the 2D Taylor-Couette flow is asymptotically stable, even at high Reynolds number ($Re\sim \nu^{-1}$), with a sharp exponential decay rate of $\exp(-\nu^{\frac13}|B|^{\frac23}R^{-2}t)$ as long as the initial perturbation is less than or equal to $\nu^\frac12 |B|^{\frac12}R^{-2}$ in Sobolev space. The powers of $\nu$ and $B$ in this decay estimate are optimal. It is derived using the method of resolvent estimates and is commonly recognized as the enhanced dissipative effect. Compared to the Couette flow, the enhanced dissipation of the rotating Taylor-Couette flow not only depends on the Reynolds number but also reflects the rotational aspect via the rotational coefficient $B$. The larger the $|B|$, the faster the long-time dissipation takes effect. We also conduct space-time estimates describing inviscid-damping mechanism in our proof. To obtain these inviscid-damping estimates, we find and construct a new set of explicit orthonormal basis of the weighted eigenfunctions for the Laplace operators corresponding to the circular flows. These provide new insights into the mathematical understanding of the 2D Taylor-Couette flows.
2306.13562v1
2023-08-14
Temperature Evolution of Magnon Propagation Length in Tm$_3$Fe$_5$O$_{12}$ Thin Films: Roles of Magnetic Anisotropy and Gilbert Damping
The magnon propagation length ($\langle\xi\rangle$) of a ferro/ferrimagnet (FM) is one of the key factors that controls the generation and propagation of thermally-driven spin current in FM/heavy metal (HM) bilayer based spincaloritronic devices. Theory predicts that for the FM layer, $\langle\xi\rangle$ is inversely proportional to the Gilbert damping ($\alpha$) and the square root of the effective magnetic anisotropy constant ($K_{\rm eff}$). However, direct experimental evidence of this relationship is lacking. To experimentally confirm this prediction, we employ a combination of longitudinal spin Seebeck effect (LSSE), transverse susceptibility, and ferromagnetic resonance experiments to investigate the temperature evolution of $\langle\xi\rangle$ and establish its correlation with the effective magnetic anisotropy field, $H_K^{\rm eff}$ ($\propto K_{\rm eff}$) and $\alpha$ in Tm$_3$Fe$_5$O$_{12}$ (TmIG)/Pt bilayers. We observe concurrent drops in the LSSE voltage and $\langle\xi\rangle$ below 200$^\circ$K in TmIG/Pt bilayers regardless of TmIG film thickness and substrate choice and attribute it to the noticeable increases in $H_K^{\rm eff}$ and $\alpha$ that occur within the same temperature range. From the TmIG thickness dependence of the LSSE voltage, we determined the temperature dependence of $\langle\xi\rangle$ and highlighted its correlation with the temperature-dependent $H_K^{\rm eff}$ and $\alpha$ in TmIG/Pt bilayers, which will be beneficial for the development of rare-earth iron garnet-based efficient spincaloritronic nanodevices.
2308.07236v3
2023-09-19
Impact of strain on the SOT-driven dynamics of thin film Mn$_3$Sn
Mn$_3$Sn, a metallic antiferromagnet with an anti-chiral 120$^\circ$ spin structure, generates intriguing magneto-transport signatures such as a large anomalous Hall effect, spin-polarized current with novel symmetries, anomalous Nernst effect, and magneto-optic Kerr effect. When grown epitaxially as MgO(110)[001]$\parallel$ Mn$_3$Sn($0\bar{1}\bar{1}0$)[0001], Mn$_3$Sn experiences a uniaxial tensile strain, which changes the bulk six-fold anisotropy landscape to a perpendicular magnetic anisotropy with two stable states. In this work, we investigate the field-assisted spin orbit-torque (SOT)-driven response of the order parameter in single-domain Mn$_3$Sn with uniaxial tensile strain. We find that for a non-zero external magnetic field, the order parameter can be switched between the two stable states if the magnitude of the input current is between two field-dependent critical currents. Below the lower critical current, the order parameter exhibits a stationary state in the vicinity of the initial stable state. On the other hand, above the higher critical current, the order parameter shows oscillatory dynamics which could be tuned from the 100's of megahertz to the gigahertz range. We obtain approximate expressions of the two critical currents and find them to agree very well with the numerical simulations for experimentally relevant magnetic fields. We also obtain unified functional form of the switching time versus the input current for different magnetic fields. Finally, we show that for lower values of Gilbert damping ($\alpha \leq 2\times 10^{-3}$), the critical currents and the final steady states depend significantly on the damping constant. The numerical and analytic results presented in our work can be used by both theorists and experimentalists to understand the SOT-driven order dynamics in PMA Mn$_3$Sn and design future experiments and devices.
2309.10246v2