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Electromagnetic induction and damping - quantitative experiments using PC interface
A bar magnet, attached to an oscillating system, passes through a coil
periodically, generating a series of emf pulses. A novel method is described
for the quantitative verification of Faraday's law which eliminates all errors
associated with angular measurements, thereby revealing delicate features of
the underlying mechanics. When electromagnetic damping is activated by
short-circuiting the coil, a distinctly linear decay of oscillation amplitude
is surprisingly observed. A quantitative analysis reveals an interesting
interplay of the electromagnetic and mechanical time scales.Comment: 4 pages, to appear in Am. J. Phy
Monopole giant resonances and nuclear compressibility in relativistic mean field theory
Isoscalar and isovector monopole oscillations that correspond to giant
resonances in spherical nuclei are described in the framework of time-dependent
relativistic mean-field (RMF) theory. Excitation energies and the structure of
eigenmodes are determined from a Fourier analysis of dynamical monopole moments
and densities. The generator coordinate method, with generating functions that
are solutions of constrained RMF calculations, is also used to calculate
excitation energies and transition densities of giant monopole states.
Calculations are performed with effective interactions which differ in their
prediction of the nuclear matter compression modulus K_nm. Both time-dependent
and constrained RMF results indicate that empirical GMR energies are best
reproduced by an effective force with K_nm \approx 270 MeV.Comment: 30 pages of LaTeX, 18 PS-figure
Nonlinear response of a thin metamaterial film containing Josephson junctions
An interaction of electromagnetic field with metamaterial thin film
containing split-ring resonators with Josephson junctions is considered. It is
shown that dynamical self-inductance in a split rings results in reduction of
magnetic flux through a ring and this reduction is proportional to a time
derivative of split ring magnetization. Evolution of thin film magnetization
taking into account dynamical self-inductance is studied. New mechanism for
excitation of waves in one dimensional array of split-ring resonators with
Josephson junctions is proposed. Nonlinear magnetic susceptibility of such thin
films is obtained in the weak amplitude approximation.Comment: 6 figure
Interaction of bimodal fields with few-level atoms in cavities and traps
The spectacular experimental results of the last few years in cavity quantum
electrodynamics and trapped ions research has led to very high level laboratory
performances. Such a stimulating situation essentially stems from two decisive
advancements. The first is the invention of reliable protocols for the
manipulation of single atoms. The second is the ability to produce desired
bosonic environments on demand. These progresses have led to the possibility of
controlling the form of the coupling between individual atoms and an arbitrary
number of bosonic modes. As a consequence, fundamental matter-radiation
interaction models like, for instance, the JC model and most of its numerous
nonlinear multiphoton generalizations, have been realized or simulated in
laboratory and their dynamical features have been tested more or less in
detail. This topical paper reviews the state of the art of the theoretical
investigations and of the experimental observations concerning the dynamical
features of the coupling between single few-level atoms and two bosonic modes.
In the course of the paper we show that such a configuration provides an
excellent platform for investigating various quantum intermode correlation
effects tested or testable in the cavity quantum electrodynamics and trapped
ion experimental realms. In particular we discuss a mode-mode correlation
effect appearing in the dynamics of a two-level atom quadratically coupled to
two bosonic modes. This effect, named parity effect, consists in a high
sensitivity to the evenness or oddness of the total number of bosonic
excitations.Comment: Topical Review. To appear on J. Mod. Op
Relativistic models of magnetars: Nonperturbative analytical approach
In the present paper we focus on building simple nonperturbative analytical
relativistic models of magnetars. With this purpose in mind we first develop a
method for generating exact interior solutions to the static and axisymmetric
Einstein-Maxwell-hydrodynamic equations with anisotropic perfect fluid and with
pure poloidal magnetic field. Then using an explicit exact solution we present
a simple magnetar model and calculate some physically interesting quantities as
the surface elipticity and the total energy of the magnetized star.Comment: 10 pages, LaTe
A Technique of Direct Tension Measurement of a Strung Fine Wire
We present a new technique of direct measurement of wire tensions in wire
chambers. A specially designed circuit plucks the wire using the Lorentz force
and measures the frequency of damped transverse oscillations of the wire. The
technique avoids the usual time-consuming necessity of tuning circuit parameter
to a resonance. It allows a fast and convenient determination of tensions and
is straightforward to implement.Comment: 15 pages with 9 figure
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