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2013-03-19
Stabilization of the Gear-Grimshaw system on a periodic domain
This paper is devoted to the study of a nonlinear coupled system of two Korteweg-de Vries equations in a periodic domain under the effect of an internal damping term. The system was introduced Gear and Grimshaw to model the interactions of two-dimensional, long, internal gravity waves propagation in a stratified fluid. Designing a time-varying feedback law and using a Lyapunov approach we establish the exponential stability of the solutions in Sobolev spaces of any positive integral order.
1303.4759v2
2013-03-26
Current-driven domain wall motion with spin Hall effect: Reduction of threshold current density
We theoretically study the current-driven domain wall motion in the presence of both the spin Hall effect and an extrinsic pinning potential. The spin Hall effect mainly affects the damping ratio of the domain wall precession in the pinning potential. When the pinning potential is not too strong, this results in a significant reduction of a threshold current density for the depinning of a domain wall with certain polarity. We also propose one way to distinguish the spin Hall effect induced spin-transfer torque from the one induced by the Rashba spin-orbit coupling experimentally.
1303.6458v1
2013-03-27
Spontaneous nucleation and dynamics of kink defects in zigzag arrays of trapped ions
The spontaneous nucleation and dynamics of topological kink defects have been studied in trapped arrays of 41-43 Yb ions. The number of kinks formed as a function of quench rate across the linear-zigzag transition is measured in the under-damped regime of the inhomogeneous Kibble-Zurek theory. The experimental results agree well with molecular dynamics simulations, which show how losses mask the intrinsic nucleation rate. Simulations indicate that doubling the ion number and optimization of laser cooling can help reduce the effect of losses. A range of kink dynamics is observed including configural change, motion and lifetime, and behavioral sensitivity to ion number.
1303.6723v1
2013-04-11
Transport of dipolar Bose-Einstein condensates in a one-dimensional optical lattice
We show that magnetic dipolar interactions can stabilize superfluidity in atomic gases but the dipole alignment direction required to achieve this varies, depending on whether the flow is oscillatory or continuous. If a condensate is made to oscillate through a lattice, damping of the oscillations can be reduced by aligning the dipoles perpendicular to the direction of motion. However, if a lattice is driven continuously through the condensate, superfluid behavior is best preserved when the dipoles are aligned parallel to the direction of motion. We explain these results in terms of the formation of topological excitations and tunnel barrier heights between lattice sites.
1304.3250v1
2013-04-12
Mechanical signaling via nonlinear wavefront propagation in a mechanically-excitable medium
Models that invoke nonlinear wavefront propagation in a chemically excitable medium are rife in the biological literature. Indeed, the idea that wavefront propagation can serve as a signaling mechanism has often been invoked to explain synchronization of developmental processes. In this paper we suggest a new kind of signaling based not on diffusion of a chemical species but on the propagation of mechanical stress. We construct a theoretical approach to describe mechanical signaling as a nonlinear wavefront propagation problem and study its dependence on key variables such as the effective elasticity and damping of the medium.
1304.3657v1
2013-04-15
Phase-sticking in one-dimensional Josephson Junction Chains
We studied current-voltage characteristics of long one dimensional Josephson junction chains with Josephson energy much larger than charging energy, $E_J \gg E_C$. In this regime, typical IV curves of the samples consist of a supercurrent branch at low bias voltages followed by a voltage-independent chain current branch, $I_{Chain}$ at high bias. Our experiments showed that $I_{Chain}$ is not only voltage-independent but it is also practically temperature-independent up to $T_C$. We have successfully model the transport properties in these chains using a capacitively shunted junction model with nonlinear damping.
1304.4046v1
2013-04-18
Nonlinear dynamical systems and bistability in linearly forced isotropic turbulence
In this letter, we present an extensive study of the linearly forced isotropic turbulence. By using analytical method, we identify two parametric choices, of which they seem to be new as far as our knowledge goes. We prove that the underlying nonlinear dynamical system for linearly forced isotropic turbulence is the general case of a cubic Lienard equation with linear damping. We also discuss a Fokker-Planck approach to this new dynamical system,which is bistable and exhibits two asymmetric and asymptotically stable stationary probability densities.
1304.5019v1
2013-05-17
Nonuniversal power-law spectra in turbulent systems
Turbulence is generally associated with universal power-law spectra in scale ranges without significant drive or damping. Although many examples of turbulent systems do not exhibit such an inertial range, power-law spectra may still be observed. As a simple model for such situations, a modified version of the Kuramoto-Sivashinsky equation is studied. By means of semi-analytical and numerical studies, one finds power laws with nonuniversal exponents in the spectral range for which the ratio of nonlinear and linear time scales is (roughly) scale-independent.
1305.4111v2
2013-05-25
Phonon excitation and instabilities in biased graphene nanoconstrictions
We calculate the phonons in a graphene nanoconstriction(GNC) in the presence of a high current density. The Joule-heating, current-induced forces, and coupling to electrode phonons is evaluated using first principles nonequilibrium DFT-NEGF calculations. Close to a resonance in the electronic structure we observe a strongly nonlinear heating with bias and breakdown of the harmonic approximation. This behavior results from negatively damped phonons driven by the current. The effect may limit the stability and capacity of graphene nanoconstrictions to carry high currents.
1305.5907v1
2013-05-28
Optical bistability in strong-coupling cavity QED with a few atoms
We present exact numerical solutions of the damped-driven Jaynes--Cummings model adapted to describe absorptive optical bistability in the limit of a few atoms strongly coupled to a high-finesse resonator. We show that the simplifying semiclassical result for many physical quantities of interest is well reproduced by the quantum model including even with only a few atoms in the strongly coupled system. Nontrivial atom-field quantum cross-correlations show up in the strong-driving limit.
1305.6460v1
2013-06-16
Mapping Between Nonlinear Schödinger Equations with Real and Complex Potentials
A mapping between stationary solutions of nonlinear Sch\"odinger equations with real and complex potentials is constructed and a set of exact solutions with real energies are obtained for a large class of complex potentials. As specific examples we consider the case of the damped dynamics of a quantum harmonic oscillator and the case of dissipative periodic soliton solutions of the nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation with complex potential.
1306.3643v1
2013-06-16
Non-determinism in the limit of nonsmooth dynamics
Discontinuous time derivatives are used to model threshold-dependent switching in such diverse applications as dry friction, electronic control, and biological growth. In a continuous flow, a discon- tinuous derivative can generate multiple outcomes from a single initial state. Here we show that well defined solution sets exist for flows that become multi-valued due to grazing a discontinuity. Loss of determinism is used to quantify dynamics in the limit of infinite sensitivity to initial conditions, then applied to the dynamics of a superconducting resonator and a negatively damped oscillator.
1306.3648v1
2013-06-17
Uniformly exponentially stable approximations for a class of damped systems with unbounded feedbacks
In this paper we study time semi-discrete approximations of a class of exponentially stable infinite dimensional systems with unbounded feedbacks. It has recently been proved that for time semi-discrete systems, due to high frequency spurious components, the exponential decay property may be lost as the time step tends to zero. We prove that adding a suitable numerical viscosity term in the numerical scheme, one obtains approximations that are uniformly exponentially stable with respect to the discretization parameter
1306.3798v1
2013-06-19
Purifying entanglement of noisy two-qubit states via entanglement swapping
Two qubits in pure entangled states going through separate paths and interacting with their own individual environments will gradually lose their entanglement. Here we show that the entanglement change of a two-qubit state due to amplitude damping noises can be recovered by entanglement swapping. Some initial states can be asymptotically purified into maximally entangled states by iteratively using our protocol.
1306.4451v4
2013-06-19
A quasi-linear spin-torque nano-oscillator via enhanced negative feedback of power fluctuations
We report an approach to improving the performance of spin torque nano-oscillators (STNOs) that utilizes power-dependent negative feedback to achieve a significantly enhanced dynamic damping. In combination with a sufficiently slow variation of frequency with power this can result in a quasi-linear STNO, with very weak non-linear coupling of power and phase fluctuations over a range of bias current and field. An implementation of this approach that utilizes a non-uniform spin-torque demonstrates that highly coherent room temperature STNOs can be achieved while retaining a significant tunability.
1306.4668v1
2013-06-29
Tkachenko polarons in vortex lattices
We analyze the properties of impurities immersed in a vortex lattice formed by ultracold bosons in the mean field quantum Hall regime. In addition to the effects of a periodic lattice potential, the impurity is dressed by collective modes with parabolic dispersion (Tkachenko modes). We derive the effective polaron model, which contains a marginal impurity-phonon interaction. The polaron spectral function exhibits a Lorentzian broadening for arbitrarily small wave vectors even at zero temperature, in contrast with the result for optical or acoustic phonons. The anomalous damping of Tkachenko polarons could be detected experimentally using momentum-resolved spectroscopy.
1307.0144v2
2013-07-01
Wigner distribution, nonclassicality and decoherence of generalized and reciprocal binomial states
There are quantum states of light that can be expressed as finite superpositions of Fock states (FSFS). We demonstrate the nonclassicality of an arbitrary FSFS by means of its phase space distributions such as the Wigner function and the $Q$-function. The decoherence of the FSFS is studied by considering the time evolution of its Wigner function in amplitude decay and phase damping channels. As examples, we determine the nonclassicality and decoherence of generalized and reciprocal binomial states.
1307.0452v1
2013-07-25
Vector boson excitations near deconfined quantum critical points
We show that the N\'eel states of two-dimensional antiferromagnets have low energy vector boson excitations in the vicinity of deconfined quantum critical points. We compute the universal damping of these excitations arising from spin-wave emission. Detection of such a vector boson will demonstrate the existence of emergent topological gauge excitations in a quantum spin system.
1307.6860v1
2013-07-29
Theoretical Study of Spin-Torque Oscillator with Perpendicularly Magnetized Free Layer
The magnetization dynamics of spin torque oscillator (STO) consisting of a perpendicularly magnetized free layer and an in-plane magnetized pinned layer was studied by solving the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation. We derived the analytical formula of the relation between the current and the oscillation frequency of the STO by analyzing the energy balance between the work done by the spin torque and the energy dissipation due to the damping. We also found that the field-like torque breaks the energy balance, and change the oscillation frequency.
1307.7427v1
2013-08-06
Radiation Reaction Effects in Cascade Scattering of Intense, Tightly Focused Laser Pulses by Relativistic Electrons
Non-linear cascade scattering of intense, tightly focused laser pulses by relativistic electrons is studied numerically in the classical approximation including the radiation damping for the quantum parameter hwx-ray/E<1 and an arbitrary radiation parameter Kai. The electron energy loss, along with its side scattering by the ponderomotive force, makes the scattering in the vicinity of high laser field nearly impossible at high electron energies. The use of a second, co-propagating laser pulse as a booster is shown to solve this problem.
1308.1608v1
2013-08-07
A general method to remove the stiffness of PDEs
A new method to remove the stiffness of partial differential equations is presented. Two terms are added to the right-hand-side of the PDE : the first is a damping term and is treated implicitly, the second is of the opposite sign and is treated explicitly. A criterion for absolute stability is found and the scheme is shown to be convergent. The method is applied with success to the mean curvature flow equation, the Kuramoto-Sivashinsky equation, and to the Rayleigh-Taylor instability in a Hele-Shaw cell, including the effect of surface tension.
1308.1621v1
2013-08-14
Microscopic description of nuclear vibrations: Relativistic QRPA and its extensions with quasiparticle-vibration coupling
The recent extensions of the covariant energy density functional theory with the quasiparticle-vibration coupling (QVC) are reviewed. Formulation of the Quasiparticle Random Phase Approximation (QRPA) in the relativistic framework is discussed. Self-consistent extensions of the relativistic QRPA imply the QVC which is implemented in two-body propagators in the nuclear medium. This provides fragmentation of the QRPA states describing the damping of the vibrational motion.
1308.3164v1
2013-08-27
Actively coupled optical waveguides
We consider light propagation through a pair of nonlinear optical waveguides with absorption, placed in a medium with power gain. The active medium boosts the in-phase component of the overlapping evanescent fields of the guides, while the nonlinearity of the guides couples it to the damped out-of-phase component creating a feedback loop. As a result, the structure exhibits stable stationary and oscillatory regimes in a wide range of gain-loss ratios. We show that the pair of actively-coupled ($\mathcal{AC}$) waveguides can act as a stationary or integrate-and-fire comparator sensitive to tiny differences in their input powers.
1308.5862v1
2013-08-27
Collective modes in the anisotropic unitary Fermi gas and the inclusion of a backflow term
We study the collective modes of the confined unitary Fermi gas under anisotropic harmonic confinement as a function of the number of atoms. We use the equations of extended superfluid hydrodynamics, which take into account a dispersive von Weizsacker-like term in the equaton of state. We also discuss the inclusion of a backflow term in the extended superfluid Lagrangian and the effects of this anomalous term on sound waves and Beliaev damping of phonons.
1308.5922v1
2013-09-05
Quantum speed limit of a photon under non-Markovian dynamics
Quantum speed limit (QSL) under noise has drawn considerable attention in real quantum computational processes and quantum communication. Though non-Markovian noise is proven to be able to accelerate quantum evolution for a damped Jaynes-Cummings model, in this work we show that non-Markovianity may even slow down the quantum evolution of an experimentally controllable photon system. As an important application, QSL time of a photon can be well controlled by regulating the relevant environment parameter properly, which is close to reach the currently available photonic experimental technology.
1309.1391v1
2013-09-07
Optomechanical effect on the Dicke quantum phase transition and quasi-particle damping in a Bose-Einstein Condensate: A new tool to measure weak force
We make a semi-classical steady state analysis of the influence of mirror motion on the quantum phase transition for an optomechanical Dicke model in the thermodynamic limit. An additional external mechanical pump is shown to modify the critical value of atom-photon coupling needed to observe the quantum phase transition. We further show how to choose the mechanical pump frequency and cavity-laser detuning to produce extremely cold condensates. The present system can be used as a quantum device to measure weak forces.
1309.1838v1
2013-09-14
Dynamics of the polarization of a pinned domain wall in a magnetic nanowire
We consider the dynamics of polarization of a single domain wall in a magnetic nanowire, which is strongly pinned by impurities. In this case the equation of motion for the polarization parameter does not include any other dynamical variables and is nonlinear due to magnetic anisotropy. We calculated numerically the magnetization dynamics for different choices of parameters under short current pulses inducing polarization switching. Our results show that the switching is most effective for very rapid current pulses. Damping also enhances the switching probability.
1309.3687v1
2013-09-28
High-efficiency GHz frequency doubling without power threshold in thin-film Ni81Fe19
We demonstrate efficient second-harmonic generation at moderate input power for thin film Ni81Fe19 undergoing ferromagnetic resonance (FMR). Powers of the generated second-harmonic are shown to be quadratic in input power, with an upconversion ratio three orders of magnitude higher than that demonstrated in ferrite. The second harmonic signal generated exhibits a significantly lower linewidth than that predicted by low-power Gilbert damping, and is excited without threshold. Results are in good agreement with an analytic, approximate expansion of the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert (LLG) equation.
1309.7483v1
2013-09-29
Magnetic shield of PMT used in DAMPE electromagnetic calorimeter
The magnetic characteristics of photomultiplier tube R5610A-01 are studied in this paper. The experimental data shows that the gain of R5610A-01 loses about 53% when the magnetic field is 3G along its +X axis. A cylinder of one-layer permalloy strip is able to reduce the effect of 3G magnetic field on the PMT's gain to less than 1%.
1309.7638v4
2013-09-30
Dynamical regimes of dissipative quantum systems
We reveal several distinct regimes of the relaxation dynamics of a small quantum system coupled to an environment within the plane of the dissipation strength and the reservoir temperature. This is achieved by discriminating between coherent dynamics with damped oscillatory behavior on all time scales, partially coherent behavior being nonmonotonic at intermediate times but monotonic at large ones, and purely monotonic incoherent decay. Surprisingly, elevated temperature can render the system `more coherent' by inducing a transition from the partially coherent to the coherent regime. This provides a refined view on the relaxation dynamics of open quantum systems.
1309.7860v2
2013-10-01
Graphene nanoribbon based spaser
A novel type of spaser with the net amplification of surface plasmons (SPs) in doped graphene nanoribbon is proposed. The plasmons in THz region can be generated in a dopped graphene nanoribbon due to nonradiative excitation by emitters like two level quantum dots located along a graphene nanoribbon. The minimal population inversion per unit area, needed for the net amplification of SPs in a doped graphene nanoribbon is obtained. The dependence of the minimal population inversion on the surface plasmon wavevector, graphene nanoribbon width, doping and damping parameters necessary for the amplification of surface plasmons in the armchair graphene nanoribbon is studied.
1310.0136v1
2013-10-02
Stochastic Schrödinger Equations for Markovian and non-Markovian cases
Firstly, the Markovian stochastic Schr\"odinger equations are presented, together with their connections with the theory of measurements in continuous time. Moreover, the stochastic evolution equations are translated into a simulation algorithm, which is illustrated by two concrete examples - the damped harmonic oscillator and a two-level atom with homodyne photodetection. Then, we consider how to introduce memory effects in the stochastic Schr\"odinger equation via coloured noise. Specifically, the approach by using the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process is illustrated and a simulation for the non-Markovian process proposed. Finally, an analytical approximation technique is tested with the help of the stochastic simulation in a model of a dissipative qubit.
1310.0644v1
2013-10-15
A new tool to study real dynamics: The Convergence Plane
In this paper, the author presents a new tool, called The Convergence Plane, that allows to study the real dynamics of iterative methods whose iterations depends on one parameter in an easy and compact way. This tool can be used, inter alia, to find the elements of a family that have good convergence properties and discard the bad ones or to see how the basins of attraction changes along the elements of the family. To show the applicability of the tool an example of the dynamics of the Damped Newton's method applied to a cubic polynomial is presented.
1310.3986v1
2013-10-27
Quantum simulation of decoherence in optical waveguide lattices
We suggest that propagation of nonclassical light in lattices of optical waveguides can provide a laboratory tool to simulate quantum decoherence phenomena with high non-Markovian features. As examples, we study decoherence of optical Schr\"{o}dinger cats in a lattice that mimics a dissipative quantum harmonic oscillator coupled to a quantum bath, showing fractional decoherence in the strong coupling regime, and Bloch oscillations of optical Schr\"{o}dinger cats, where damped revivals of the coherence can be observed.
1310.7239v1
2013-11-05
Efficient time integration methods based on operator splitting and application to the Westervelt equation
Efficient time integration methods based on operator splitting are introduced for the Westervelt equation, a nonlinear damped wave equation that arises in nonlinear acoustics as mathematical model for the propagation of sound waves in high intensity ultrasound applications. For the first-order Lie-Trotter splitting method a global error estimate is deduced, confirming that the splitting method remains stable and that the nonstiff convergence order is retained in situations where the problem data are sufficiently regular. Fundamental ingredients in the stability and error analysis are regularity results for the Westervelt equation and related linear evolution equations of hyperbolic and parabolic type. Numerical examples illustrate and complement the theoretical investigations.
1311.1224v1
2013-11-06
A new optical field state as an output of diffusion channel when the input being number state
We theoretically propose a new optical field state which is named Laguerre-polynomial-weighted chaotic field. We show that such state can be implemented, i.e., when a number state enters into a diffusion channel, the output state is just this kind of states. We solve the master equation describing the diffusion process by using the summation method within ordered product of operators and the entangled state representaion. The solution manifestly shows how a pure state evolves into a mixed state. The physical difference between the diffusion and the amplitude damping is pointed out.
1311.1275v1
2013-11-14
Chromo-Natural Model in Anisotropic Background
In this work we study the chromo-natural inflation model in the anisotropic setup. Initiating inflation from Bianchi type-I cosmology, we analyze the system thoroughly during the slow-roll inflation, from both analytical and numerical points of view. We show that the isotropic FRW inflation is an attractor of the system. In other words, anisotropies are damped within few $e$--folds and the chromo-natural model respects the cosmic no-hair conjecture. Furthermore, we demonstrate that in the slow-roll limit, the anisotropies in both chromo-natural and gauge-flation models share the same dynamics.
1311.3361v2
2013-11-27
Polynomial Stability of Semigroups Generated by Operator Matrices
In this paper we study the stability properties of strongly continuous semigroups generated by block operator matrices. We consider triangular and full operator matrices whose diagonal operator blocks generate polynomially stable semigroups. As our main results, we present conditions under which also the semigroup generated by the operator matrix is polynomially stable. The theoretic results are applied to deriving conditions for the polynomial stability of a system consisting of a two-dimensional and a one-dimensional damped wave equations.
1311.6960v1
2013-12-02
Critical Field of Spin Torque Oscillator with Perpendicularly Magnetized Free Layer
The oscillation properties of a spin torque oscillator consisting of a perpendicularly magnetized free layer and an in-plane magnetized pinned layer are studied based on an analysis of the energy balance between spin torque and damping. The critical value of an external magnetic field applied normal to the film plane is found, below which the controllable range of the oscillation frequency by the current is suppressed. The value of the critical field depends on the magnetic anisotropy, the saturation magnetization, and the spin torque parameter.
1312.0300v1
2013-12-09
Spin-orbit torque opposing the Oersted torque in ultrathin Co/Pt bilayers
Current-induced torques in ultrathin Co/Pt bilayers were investigated using an electrically driven FMR technique. The angle dependence of the resonances, detected by a rectification effect as a voltage, were analysed to determine the symmetries and relative magnitudes of the spin-orbit torques. Both anti-damping (Slonczewski) and field-like torques were observed. As the ferromagnet thickness was reduced from 3 to 1 nm, the sign of the field-like torque reversed. This observation is consistent with the emergence of a Rashba spin orbit torque in ultra-thin bilayers.
1312.2409v1
2013-12-10
Shifted Laplacian based multigrid preconditioners for solving indefinite Helmholtz equations
Shifted Laplacian multigrid preconditioner has become a tool du jour for solving highly indefinite Helmholtz equations. The idea is to add a complex damping to the original Helmholtz operator and then apply a multigrid processing to the resulting operator using it to precondition Krylov methods, usually Bi-CGSTAB. Not only such preconditioning accelerates Krylov iterations, but it does so more efficiently than the multigrid applied to original Helmholtz equations. In this paper, we compare properties of the Helmholtz operator with and without the shift and propose a new combination of the two. Also applied here is a relaxation of normal equations that replaces diverging linear schemes on some intermediate scales. Finally, an acceleration by the ray correction is considered.
1312.2880v1
2013-12-12
Fidelity of Fock-state-encoded qubits subjected to continuous variable Gaussian processes
When a harmonic oscillator is under the influence of a Gaussian process such as linear damping, parametric gain, and linear coupling to a thermal environment, its coherent states are transformed into states with Gaussian Wigner function. Qubit states can be encoded in the |0> and |1> Fock states of a quantum harmonic oscillator, and it is relevant to know the fidelity of the output qubit state after a Gaussian process on the oscillator. In this paper we present a general expression for the average qubit fidelity in terms of the first and second moments of the output from input coherent states subjected to Gaussian processes.
1312.3655v1
2013-12-16
Supersonic flutter analysis of flat composite panels by unified formulation
In this paper, the linear flutter characteristics of laminated composite flat panels immersed in a supersonic flow is investigated using field consistent elements within the framework of unified formulation. The influence of the aerodynamic damping on the supersonic flutter characteristics of flat composite panels is also investigated. The aerodynamic force is evaluated using two-dimensional static aerodynamic approximation for high supersonic flow. Numerical results are presented for laminated composites that bring out the influence of the flow angle, the boundary conditions, the plate thickness and the plate aspect ratio on the flutter characteristics.
1312.4233v1
2013-12-24
Fractional Entropy Decaying and the Third Law of Thermodynamics
The quantum thermodynamic property of the fractional damping system is investigated extensively. A fractional power-law decaying entropy function is revealed which presents another evidence for the validity of the third law of thermodynamics in the quantum dissipative region. Several non-trivial characters are excavated such as that the entropy varies from a non-linear diverging function to a semi-linear decaying function of the fractional exponent as the temperature tends to absolute zero.
1401.1425v1
2014-01-09
Universal quasinormal modes of large D black holes
We show that in the limit where the number of spacetime dimensions D grows to infinity a very large class of black holes (including non-extremal, static, asymptotically flat ones, with any number of gauge-field charges, possibly coupled to dilatons) possess a universal set of quasinormal modes whose complex frequencies depend only on the horizon radius and no other black hole parameters. The damping ratio of these modes vanishes like $D^{-2/3}$, so they are almost normal modes, or 'quasi-particle' excitations of the black hole. The structure responsible for the existence of these modes at large D is also present very generally in other black holes.
1401.1957v1
2014-01-10
Quasi PT-symmetry in passive photonic lattices
The concept of quasi-PT symmetry in optical wave guiding system is elaborated by comparing the evolution dynamics of a PT-symmetric directional coupler and a passive directional coupler. In particular we show that in the low loss regime, apart for an overall exponentially damping factor that can be compensated via a dynamical renormalization of the power flow in the system along the propagation direction, the dynamics of the passive coupler fully reproduce the one of the PT-symmetric system.
1401.2299v3
2014-01-15
Dirac Quasinormal modes of MSW black holes
In this paper we study the Dirac quasinormal modes of an uncharged 2 + 1 black hole proposed by Mandal et. al and referred to as MSW black hole in this work. The quasi- normal mode is studied using WKB approximation method. The study shows that the imaginary part of quasinormal frequencies increases indicating that the oscillations are damping and hence the black hole is stable against Dirac perturbations.
1401.3496v1
2014-02-04
Mode competition and anomalous cooling in a multimode phonon laser
We study mode competition in a multimode "phonon laser" comprised of an optical cavity employing a highly reflective membrane as the output coupler. Mechanical gain is provided by the intracavity radiation pressure, to which many mechanical modes are coupled. We calculate the gain, and find that strong oscillation in one mode suppresses the gain in other modes. For sufficiently strong oscillation, the gain of the other modes actually switches sign and becomes damping, a process we call "anomalous cooling." We demonstrate that mode competition leads to single-mode operation and find excellent agreement with our theory, including anomalous cooling.
1402.0714v1
2014-02-11
Radiation reaction at the level of the action
The aim of this paper is to highlight a recently proposed method for the treatment of classical radiative effects, in particular radiation reaction, via effective field theory methods. We emphasize important features of the method, and in particular the doubling of fields. We apply the method to two simple systems: for the mass-rope system in 1+1 dimensions we derive an effective action for the mass which describes a damped harmonic oscillator, while for the electromagnetic charge-field system, i.e. the system of an accelerating electric charge in 3+1 d, we derive the leading Abraham-Lorentz-Dirac force.
1402.2610v2
2014-02-14
Thermodynamically self-consistent non-stochastic micromagnetic model for the ferromagnetic state
In this work, a self-consistent thermodynamic approach to micromagnetism is presented. The magnetic degrees of freedom are modeled using the Landau-Lifshitz-Baryakhtar theory, that separates the different contributions to the magnetic damping, and thereby allows them to be coupled to the electron and phonon systems in a self-consistent way. We show that this model can quantitatively reproduce ultrafast magnetization dynamics in Nickel.
1402.3487v3
2014-02-25
Dynamics of closed ecosystems described by operators
We adopt the so--called \emph{occupation number representation}, originally used in quantum mechanics and recently adopted in the description of several classical systems, in the analysis of the dynamics of some models of closed ecosystems. In particular, we discuss two linear models, for which the solution can be found analytically, and a nonlinear system, for which we produce numerical results. We also discuss how a damping effect could be {\em effectively} implemented in the model.
1402.6214v1
2014-03-03
Logarithmic stabilization of the Euler-Bernoulli transmission plate equation with locally distributed Kelvin-Voigt damping
In this paper we will study the asymptotic behaviour of the energy decay of a transmission plate equation with locally distributed Kelvin-Voigt feedback. Precisly, we shall prove that the energy decay at least logarithmically over the time. The originality of this method comes from the fact that using a Carleman estimate for a transmission second order system which will be derived from the plate equation to establish a resolvent estimate which provide, by the famous Burq's result [Bur98], the kind of decay mentionned above.
1403.0356v1
2014-03-12
Graphene Plasmonics for Terahertz to Mid-Infrared Applications
In recent years, we have seen a rapid progress in the field of graphene plasmonics, motivated by graphene's unique electrical and optical properties, tunabilty, long-lived collective excitation and their extreme light confinement. Here, we review the basic properties of graphene plasmons; their energy dispersion, localization and propagation, plasmon-phonon hybridization, lifetimes and damping pathways. The application space of graphene plasmonics lies in the technologically significant, but relatively unexploited terahertz to mid-infrared regime. We discuss emerging and potential applications, such as modulators, notch filters, polarizers, mid-infrared photodetectors, mid-infrared vibrational spectroscopy, among many others.
1403.2799v1
2014-03-12
Logarithmic stability in determining two coefficients in a dissipative wave equation. Extensions to clamped Euler-Bernoulli beam and heat equations
We are concerned with the inverse problem of determining both the potential and the damping coefficient in a dissipative wave equation from boundary measurements. We establish stability estimates of logarithmic type when the measurements are given by the operator who maps the initial condition to Neumann boundary trace of the solution of the corresponding initial-boundary value problem. We build a method combining an observability inequality together with a spectral decomposition. We also apply this method to a clamped Euler-Bernoulli beam equation. Finally, we indicate how the present approach can be adapted to a heat equation.
1403.3018v2
2014-03-13
Challenges in description of heavy-ion collisions with microscopic time-dependent approaches
Important efforts have been dedicated in the past few years to describe near-barrier heavy-ion collisions with microscopic quantum theories like the time-dependent Hartree-Fock approach and some of its extensions. However, this field is still facing important challenges such as the description of cluster dynamics, the prediction of fragment characteristics in damped collisions, and sub-barrier fusion by quantum tunnelling. These challenges are discussed and possible approaches to solve them are presented.
1403.3246v1
2014-03-14
Optomechanical atom-cavity interaction in the sub-recoil regime
We study the optomechanical interaction of a Bose-Einstein condensate with a single longitudinal mode of an ultra-high finesse standing wave optical resonator. As a unique feature the resonator combines three extreme regimes, previously not realized together, i.e., strong cooperative coupling, cavity dominated scattering with a Purcell factor far above unity, and sub-recoil resolution provided by a cavity damping rate smaller than four times the single photon recoil frequency. We present experimental observations in good agreement with a two-mode model predicting highly non-linear dynamics with signatures as bistability, hysteresis, persistent oscillations, and superradiant back-scattering instabilities.
1403.3545v1
2014-03-21
Steady Fock states via atomic reservoir
In this letter we present a strategy that combines the action of cavity damping mechanisms with that of an engineered atomic reservoir to drive an initial thermal distribution to a Fock equilibrium state. The same technique can be used to slice probability distributions in the Fock space, thus allowing the preparation of a variety of nonclassical equilibrium states.
1403.5482v1
2014-03-23
Smoluchowski-Kramers approximation and large deviations for infinite dimensional gradient systems
In this paper, we explicitly calculate the quasi-potentials for the damped semilinear stochastic wave equation when the system is of gradient type. We show that in this case the infimum of the quasi-potential with respect to all possible velocities does not depend on the density of the mass and does coincide with the quasi-potential of the corresponding stochastic heat equation that one obtains from the zero mass limit. This shows in particular that the Smoluchowski-Kramers approximation can be used to approximate long time behavior in the zero noise limit, such as exit time and exit place from a basin of attraction.
1403.5743v1
2014-03-23
Smoluchowski-Kramers approximation and large deviations for infinite dimensional non-gradient systems with applications to the exit problem
In this paper, we study the quasi-potential for a general class of damped semilinear stochastic wave equations. We show that, as the density of the mass converges to zero, the infimum of the quasi-potential with respect to all possible velocities converges to the quasi-potential of the corresponding stochastic heat equation, that one obtains from the zero mass limit. This shows in particular that the Smoluchowski-Kramers approximation is not only valid for small time, but, in the zero noise limit regime, can be used to approximate long-time behaviors such as exit time and exit place from a basin of attraction.
1403.5745v1
2014-03-24
L^p-tauberian theorems and L^p-rates for energy decay
We prove $L^p$-analogues of the classical tauberian theorem of Ingham and Karamata, and its variations giving rates of decay. These results are applied to derive $L^p$-decay of operator families arising in the study of the decay of energy for damped wave equations and local energy for wave equations in exterior domains. By constructing some examples of critical behaviour we show that the $L^p$-rates of decay obtained in this way are best possible under our assumptions.
1403.6084v2
2014-03-30
Gauge Field Turbulence as a Cause of Inflation in Chern-Simons Modified Gravity
In this paper, we study the dynamics of the Chern-Simons Inflation Model proposed by Alexander, Marciano and Spergel. According to this model, inflation begins when a fermion current interacts with a turbulent gauge field in a space larger than some critical size. This mechanism appears to work by driving energy from the initial random spectrum into a narrow band of frequencies, similar to the inverse energy cascade seen in MHD turbulence. In this work we focus on the dynamics of the interaction using phase diagrams and a thorough analysis of the evolution equations. We show that in this model inflation is caused by an over-damped harmonic oscillator driving waves in the gauge field at their resonance frequency.
1403.7702v1
2014-04-08
Exactly solvable model of stochastic heat engine: Optimization of power, its fluctuations and efficiency
We investigate a stochastic heat engine based on an over-damped particle diffusing on the positive real axis in an externally driven time-periodic log-harmonic potential. The periodic driving is composed of two isothermal and two adiabatic branches. Within our specific setting we verify the recent universal results regarding efficiency at maximum power and discuss properties of the optimal protocol. Namely, we show that for certain fixed parameters the optimal protocol maximizes not only the output power but also the efficiency. Moreover, we calculate the variance of the output work and discuss the possibility to minimize fluctuations of the output power.
1404.2030v1
2014-04-10
Dual pumped microresonator frequency combs
A study is made of the nonlinear dynamics of dual pumped microresonator Kerr frequency combs described by a driven and damped nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation, with an additional degree of freedom in the form of the modulation frequency. A truncated four wave model is derived for the pump modes and the dominant sideband pair which is found to be able to describe much of the essential dynamical behaviour of the full equation. The stability of stationary states within the four wave model is investigated and numerical simulations are made to demonstrate that a large range of solutions, including cavity solitons, are possible beyond previously considered low intensity patterns.
1404.2792v1
2014-04-11
Optimal control of a qubit in an optical cavity
We study quantum information processing by means of optimal control theory. To this end, we analyze the damped Jaynes-Cummings model, and derive optimal control protocols that minimize the heating or energy dispersion rates, and controls that drive the system at the quantum speed limit. Special emphasis is put on analyzing the subtleties of optimal control theory for our system. In particular, it is shown how two fundamentally different approaches to the quantum speed limit can be reconciled by carefully formulating the problem.
1404.3137v2
2014-04-13
Invariant sets and connecting orbits for nonlinear evolution equations at resonance
We study the problem of existence of orbits connecting stationary points for the nonlinear heat and strongly damped wave equations being at resonance at infinity. The main difficulty lies in the fact that the problems may have no solutions for general nonlinearity. To address this question we introduce geometrical assumptions for the nonlinear term and use them to prove index formulas expressing the Conley index of associated semiflows. We also prove that the geometrical assumptions are generalizations of the well known Landesman- Lazer and strong resonance conditions. Obtained index formulas are used to derive criteria determining the existence of orbits connecting stationary points.
1404.3428v2
2014-04-15
Finite time cooling in dispersively and dissipatively coupled optomechanics
The cooling performance of an optomechanical system comprising both dispersive and dissipative coupling is studied. We present a scheme to cool a mechanical resonator to its ground state in finite time by employing a chirped pulse. When the cavity damping strength increases, the phonon occupation of the resonator will decrease. Moreover, the cooling behaviors of this dispersively and dissipatively coupled system with different incident pulses, different system coupling strengths are explored. Our scheme is feasible to cool the resonator in a wide parameter region.
1404.3851v2
2014-04-22
Strong Uniform Attractors for Non-Autonomous Dissipative PDEs with non translation-compact external forces
We give a comprehensive study of strong uniform attractors of non-autonomous dissipative systems for the case where the external forces are not translation compact. We introduce several new classes of external forces which are not translation compact, but nevertheless allow to verify the attraction in a strong topology of the phase space and discuss in a more detailed way the class of so-called normal external forces introduced before. We also develop a unified approach to verify the asymptotic compactness for such systems based on the energy method and apply it to a number of equations of mathematical physics including the Navier-Stokes equations, damped wave equations and reaction-diffusing equations in unbounded domains.
1404.5563v1
2014-04-26
Self-interaction model of classical point particle in one-dimension
We consider a hamiltonian system on the real line, consisting of real scalar field $\phi(x,t)$ and point particle with trajectory $y(t)$. The dynamics of this system is defined by the system of two equations: wave equation for the field, <<radiated>> by the point particle, and Newton's equation for the particle in its own field. We find the solution where the particle is strongly damped, but the kinetic and interaction energies of the field increase linearly in time, in despite of the full energy conservation.
1404.6636v1
2014-05-03
Lie Symmetry Classification and Numerical Analysis of KdV Equation with Power-law Nonlinearity
In this paper, a complete Lie symmetry analysis of the damped wave equation with time-dependent coefficients is investigated. Then the invariant solutions and the exact solutions generated from the symmetries are presented. Moreover, a Lie algebraic classifications and the optimal system are discussed. Finally, using Chebyshev pseudo-spectral method (CPSM), a numerical analysis to solve the invariant solutions corresponded the Lie symmetries of main equation is presented. This method applies the Chebyshev-Gauss-Lobatto points as collocation points.
1405.0592v3
2014-05-08
Electromagnetic back-reaction from currents on a straight string
Charge carriers moving at the speed of light along a straight, superconducting cosmic string carry with them a logarithmically divergent slab of electromagnetic field energy. Thus no finite local input can induce a current that travels unimpeded to infinity. Rather, electromagnetic back-reaction must damp this current asymptotically to nothing. We compute this back-reaction and find that the electromagnetic fields and currents decline exactly as rapidly as necessary to prevent a divergence. We briefly discuss the corresponding gravitational situation.
1405.2097v2
2014-06-03
Improving Cooling performance of the mechanical resonator with the two-level-system defects
We study cooling performance of a realistic mechanical resonator containing defects. The normal cooling method through an optomechanical system does not work efficiently due to those defects. We show by employing periodical $\sigma_z$ pulses, we can eliminate the interaction between defects and their surrounded heat baths up to the first order of time. Compared with the cooling performance of no $\sigma_z$ pulses case, much better cooling results are obtained. Moreover, this pulse sequence has an ability to improve the cooling performance of the resonator with different defects energy gaps and different defects damping rates.
1406.0555v1
2014-06-10
Influence of Ta insertions on the magnetic properties of MgO/CoFeB/MgO films probed by ferromagnetic resonance
We show by vector network analyzer ferromagnetic resonance measurements that low Gilbert damping {\alpha} down to 0.006 can be achieved in perpendicularly magnetized MgO/CoFeB/MgO thin films with ultra-thin insertions of Ta in the CoFeB layer. While increasing the number of Ta insertions allows thicker CoFeB layers to remain perpendicular, the effective areal magnetic anisotropy does not improve with more insertions, and also comes with an increase in {\alpha}.
1406.2491v2
2014-06-10
Topological self-dual vacua of deformed gauge theories
We propose a deformation principle of gauge theories in three dimensions that can describe topologically stable self-dual gauge fields, i.e., vacua configurations that in spite of their masses do not deform the background geometry and are locally undetected by charged particles. We interpret these systems as describing boundary degrees of freedom of a self-dual Yang-Mills field in $2+2$ dimensions with mixed boundary conditions. Some of these fields correspond to Abrikosov-like vortices with an exponential damping in the direction penetrating into the bulk. We also propose generalizations of these ideas to higher dimensions and arbitrary p-form gauge connections.
1406.2727v1
2014-06-18
Photonic crystal optics in cold atomic gases
We describe propagation of light in a gas with periodic density modulation, demonstrating photonic-crystal-like refraction with negative refraction angles. We address the role of poorly defined boundaries and damping, and derive an optical analog of the quantum adiabatic theorem. For Cs atoms in an optical lattice, we show that relying on semi-adiabatic propagation one can excite and spatially split positively and negatively refracting modes at experimentally available gas densities.
1406.4655v1
2014-06-20
Enhancement of quantum correlations between two particles under decoherence in finite temperature environment
Enhancing the quantum correlations in realistic quantum systems interacting with the environment of finite temperature is an important subject in quantum information processing. In this paper, we use weak measurement and measurement reversal to enhance the quantum correlations in a quantum system consisting of two particles. The transitions of the quantum correlations measured by the local quantum uncertainty of qubit-qubit and qutrit-qutrit quantum systems under generalized amplitude damping channels are investigated. We show that, after the weak measurement and measurement reversal, the joint system shows more robustness against decoherence.
1406.5267v2
2014-06-26
The plucked string: an example of non-normal dynamics
Motion of a single Fourier mode of the plucked string is an example of transient, free decay of coupled, damped oscillators. It shares the rarely discussed features of the generic case, e.g., possessing a complete set of non-orthogonal eigenvectors and no normal modes, but it can be analyzed and solved analytically by hand in an approximation that is appropriate to musical instruments' plucked strings.
1406.6939v2
2014-07-01
Newton methods for k-order Markov Constrained Motion Problems
This is a documentation of a framework for robot motion optimization that aims to draw on classical constrained optimization methods. With one exception the underlying algorithms are classical ones: Gauss-Newton (with adaptive step size and damping), Augmented Lagrangian, log-barrier, etc. The exception is a novel any-time version of the Augmented Lagrangian. The contribution of this framework is to frame motion optimization problems in a way that makes the application of these methods efficient, especially by defining a very general class of robot motion problems while at the same time introducing abstractions that directly reflect the API of the source code.
1407.0414v1
2014-07-02
On the physics of fizzing: How bubble bursting controls droplets ejection
Bubbles at a free surface surface usually burst in ejecting myriads of droplets. Focusing on the bubble bursting jet, prelude for these aerosols, we propose a simple scaling for the jet velocity and we unravel experimentally the intricate roles of bubble shape, capillary waves, gravity and liquid properties. We demonstrate that droplets ejection unexpectedly changes with liquid properties. In particular, using damping action of viscosity, self-similar collapse can be sheltered from capillary ripples and continue closer to the singular limit, therefore producing faster and smaller droplets.These results pave the road to the control of the bursting bubble aerosols.
1407.0560v2
2014-07-04
Metal-Dielectric-Graphene Sandwich for Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
Raman intensity of Rhodamine B (RhB) is enhanced by inserting a thin high \k{appa} dielectric layer which reduces the surface plasmon damping at the gold-graphene interface. The results indicate that the Raman intensity increases sharply by plasmonic resonance enhancement while maintaining efficient fluorescence quenching with optimized dielectric layer thickness.
1407.1129v1
2014-07-16
Internal Decoherence of a Gaussian Wave Packet in a Harmonic Potential
We have studied the quantum dissipative problem of a Gaussian wave packet under the influence of a harmonic potential. A phenomenological approach to dissipation is adopted in the light of the well-known model in which the environment is composed of a bath of non-interacting harmonic oscillators. As one of the effects of the coupling to the bath is the evolution of an initially pure wave packet into a statistical mixture, we estimate the characteristic time elapsed for this to occur for different regimes of temperature, damping, and also different initial states.
1407.4204v1
2014-07-18
Conditional Ramsey Spectroscopy with Synchronized Atoms
We investigate Ramsey spectroscopy performed on a synchronized ensemble of two-level atoms. The synchronization is induced by the collective coupling of the atoms to a heavily damped mode of an optical cavity. We show that, in principle, with this synchronized system it is possible to observe Ramsey fringes indefinitely, even in the presence of spontaneous emission and other sources of individual-atom dephasing. This could have important consequences for atomic clocks and a wide range of precision metrology applications.
1407.5132v1
2014-08-02
Damped Electromagnetic fluctuations in the early universe?
This short note considers the effects of quantum theory on the linear evolution of the magnetic fields during and after inflation. The analysis appears to show that the magnetic fields decay exponentially in the high-temperature radiation era due to a combination of ohmic dissipation and vacuum polarisation.
1408.0367v2
2014-08-05
Scalar and Electromagnetic Quasinormal modes of Extended black hole in F(R) gravity
In this paper we study the scalar and electromagnetic perturbations of an extended black hole in F(R) gravity. The quasinormal modes in two cases are evaluated and studied their behavior by plotting graphs in each case. To study the quasinormal mode, we use the third order WKB method. The present study shows that the absolute value of imaginary part of complex quasinormal modes increases in both cases, thus the black hole is stable against these perturbations. As the mass of the scalar field increases the imaginary part of the frequency decreases. Thus damping slows down with increasing mass of the scalar field.
1408.0935v1
2014-08-10
Generalized Gradient Flow Equation and Its Application to Super Yang-Mills Theory
We generalize the gradient flow equation for field theories with nonlinearly realized symmetry. Applying the formalism to super Yang-Mills theory, we construct a supersymmetric extension of the gradient flow equation. It can be shown that the super gauge symmetry is preserved in the gradient flow. Furthermore, choosing an appropriate modification term to damp the gauge degrees of freedom, we obtain a gradient flow equation which is closed within the Wess-Zumino gauge.
1408.2185v3
2014-08-11
Formation of Large-Amplitude Low-Frequency Waves in Capillary Turbulence on Superfluid He-II
The results of experimental and theoretical studies of the parametric decay instability of capillary waves on the surface of superfluid helium He-II are reported. It is demonstrated that in a system of turbulent capillary waves low-frequency waves are generated along with the direct Kolmogorov-Zakharov cascade of capillary turbulence. The effects of low-frequency damping and the discreteness of the wave spectrum are discussed.
1408.2560v1
2014-08-13
Dynamic stabilization of an optomechanical oscillator
Quantum optomechanics offers the potential to investigate quantum effects in macroscopic quantum systems in extremely well controlled experiments. In this paper we discuss one such situation, the dynamic stabilization of a mechanical system such as an inverted pendulum. The specific example that we study is a "membrane in the middle" mechanical oscillator coupled to a cavity field via a quadratic optomechanical interaction, with cavity damping the dominant source of dissipation. We show that the mechanical oscillator can be dynamically stabilized by a temporal modulation of the radiation pressure force. We investigate the system both in the classical and quantum regimes highlighting similarities and differences.
1408.3091v2
2014-09-15
Adaptive discontinuous Galerkin methods for non-linear diffusion-convection-reaction equations
In this work, we apply the adaptive discontinuous Galerkin (DGAFEM) method to the convection dominated non-linear, quasi-stationary diffusion-convection-reaction equations. We propose an efficient preconditioner using a matrix reordering scheme to solve the sparse linear systems iteratively arising from the discretized non-linear equations. Numerical examples demonstrate effectiveness of the DGAFEM to damp the spurious oscillations and resolve well the sharp layers occurring in convection dominated non-linear equations.
1409.4313v1
2014-09-17
Delayed-response quantum back-action in nanoelectromechanical systems
We present a semiclassical theory for the delayed response of a quantum dot (QD) to oscillations of a coupled nanomechanical resonator (NR). We prove that the back-action of the QD changes both the resonant frequency and the quality factor of the NR. An increase or decrease in the quality factor of the NR corresponds to either an enhancement or damping of the oscillations, which can also be interpreted as Sisyphus amplification or cooling of the NR by the QD.
1409.4930v2
2014-09-19
Spreading in Integrable and Non--integrable Many--body Systems
We consider a finite, closed and selfbound many--body system in which a collective degree of freedom is excited. The redistribution of energy and momentum into a finite number of the non-collective degrees of freedom is referred to as spreading as opposed to damping in open systems. Spreading closely relates to thermalization, but while thermalization requires non-integrability, spreading can also present in integrable systems. We identify subtle features which determine the onset of spreading in an integrable model and compare the result with a non--integrable case.
1409.5764v2
2014-09-20
Estimating the output entropy of a tensor product of two quantum channels
In this paper we find, for a class of bipartite quantum states, a nontrivial lower bound on the entropy gain resulting from the action of a tensor product of identity channel with an arbitrary channel. By means of that we then estimate (from below) the output entropy of the tensor product of dephasing channel with an arbitrary channel. Finally, we provide a characterization of all phase-damping channels resulting as particular cases of dephasing channels.
1409.5881v2
2014-09-24
Dissipationless Multiferroic Magnonics
We propose that the magnetoelectric effect in multiferroic insulators with coplanar antiferromagnetic spiral order, such as BiFeO$_{3}$, enables electrically controlled dissipationless magnonics. Applying an oscillating electric field in these materials with frequency as low as household frequency can activate Goldstone modes that manifests fast planar rotations of spins, whose motion is not obstructed by crystalline anisotropy. Combining with spin ejection mechanisms, such a fast planar rotation can deliver electricity at room temperature over a distance of the magnetic domain, which is free from the energy loss due to Gilbert damping.
1409.6900v2
2014-09-30
Mixed finite elements for global tide models
We study mixed finite element methods for the linearized rotating shallow water equations with linear drag and forcing terms. By means of a strong energy estimate for an equivalent second-order formulation for the linearized momentum, we prove long-time stability of the system without energy accumulation -- the geotryptic state. A priori error estimates for the linearized momentum and free surface elevation are given in $L^2$ as well as for the time derivative and divergence of the linearized momentum. Numerical results confirm the theoretical results regarding both energy damping and convergence rates.
1410.0045v1
2014-10-21
Coherent beam-beam experiments and implications for head-on compensation
In polarized proton operation in the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) coherent beam-beam modes are routinely observed with beam transfer function measurements. These modes can become unstable under external excitation or in the presence of impedance. This becomes even more relevant in the presence of head-on compensation, which reduces the beam-beam tune spread and hence Landau damping. We report on experiments and simulations carried out to understand the impact of coherent modes on operation with electron lenses.
1410.5623v1
2014-10-22
Optimization-based smoothing algorithm for triangle meshes over arbitrarily shaped domains
This paper describes a node relocation algorithm based on nonlinear optimization which delivers excellent results for both unstructured and structured plane triangle meshes over convex as well as non-convex domains with high curvature. The local optimization scheme is a damped Newton's method in which the gradient and Hessian of the objective function are evaluated exactly. The algorithm has been developed in order to continuously rezone the mesh in arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE) methods for large deformation penetration problems, but it is also suitable for initial mesh improvement. Numerical examples highlight the capabilities of the algorithm.
1410.5977v1
2014-10-23
Fully damped Mott oscillations in sub-barrier elastic scattering of identical heavy ions and the nuclear interaction
We investigate the possible disappearance of Mott oscillations in the scattering of bosonic nuclei at sub-barrier energies. This effect is universal and happens at a critical value of the Sommerfeld parameter. It is also found that the inclusion of the short-range nuclear interaction has a profound influence on this phenomenon. Thus we suggest that the study of this lack of Mott oscillation, which we call, "transverse isotropy" is a potentially useful mean to study the nuclear interaction.
1410.6376v1
2014-11-03
Decay rates of magnetic modes below the threshold of a turbulent dynamo
We measure the decay rates of magnetic field modes in a turbulent flow of liquid sodium below the dynamo threshold.We observe that turbulent fluctuations induce energy transfers between modes with different symmetries (dipolar and quadrupolar). Using symmetry properties, we show how to measure the decay rate of each mode without being restricted to the one with the smallest damping rate.We observe that the respective values of the decay rates of these modes depend on the shape of the propellers driving the flow. Dynamical regimes, including field reversals, are observed onlywhen the modes are both nearly marginal. This is in linewith a recently proposed model.
1411.0517v1
2014-11-22
On the symmetry of the Laplacian spectra of signed graphs
We study the symmetry properties of the spectra of normalized Laplacians on signed graphs. We find a new machinery that generates symmetric spectra for signed graphs, which includes bipartiteness of unsigned graphs as a special case. Moreover, we prove a fundamental connection between the symmetry of the spectrum and the existence of damped two-periodic solutions for the discrete-time heat equation on the graph.
1411.6113v1
2014-11-22
Random Attractor for Stochastic Wave Equation with Arbitrary Exponent and Additive Noise on $\mathbb{R}^n$
Asymptotic random dynamics of weak solutions for a damped stochastic wave equation with the nonlinearity of arbitrarily large exponent and the additive noise on $\mathbb{R}^n$ is investigated. The existence of a pullback random attractor is proved in a parameter region with a breakthrough in proving the pullback asymptotic compactness of the cocycle with the quasi-trajectories defined on the integrable function space of arbitrary exponent and on the unbounded domain of arbitrary dimension.
1411.6139v1
2014-11-23
Dephasing of Kuramoto oscillators in kinetic regime towards a fixed asymptotically free state
We study the kinetic Kuramoto model for coupled oscillators. We prove that for any regular asymptotically free state, if the interaction is small enough, it exists a solution which is asymptotically close to it. For this class of solution the order parameter vanishes to zero, showing a behavior similar to the phenomenon of Landau damping in plasma physics. We obtain an exponential decay of the order parameter in the case on analytical regularity of the asymptotic state, and a polynomial decay in the case of Sobolev regularity.
1411.6304v1
2014-11-28
An Euler-Bernoulli beam with nonlinear damping and a nonlinear spring at the tip
We study the asymptotic behaviour for a system consisting of a clamped flexible beam that carries a tip payload, which is attached to a nonlinear damper and a nonlinear spring at its end. Characterizing the omega-limit sets of the trajectories, we give a necessary condition under which the system is asymptotically stable. In the case when this condition is not satisfied, we show that the beam deflection approaches a non-decaying time-periodic solution.
1411.7946v2