Methods of spatial statistics for the characterization of dislocation systems

Gegenstand der Arbeit ist die Entwicklung statistischer Verfahren zur Schätzung der Anzahl der Versetzungen in multikristallinem Silizium. Die erste Methode benutzt Ideen aus der Theorie der Keim-Korn-Modelle, speziell die sphärische Kontaktverteilungsfunktion. Die zweite Methode geht von einer summarischen Modellierung der Intensitätsfunktion aus. Beide Verfahren liefern, wie erwartet, größere Werte als die bisherigen, von Physikern entwickelten, Schätzer. Der Wachstumsprozess der Versetzungen im Siliziumblock während der Kristallisation wird durch deterministische Wachstumsprozesse mit zufälligen Stoppzeiten modelliert. Sie führen zu Pareto- und Weibullverteilungen für die Anzahl der Versetzungen in Gebieten fester Größe. Diese Modelle wurden auch erfolgreich in der statistischen Analyse der Größe von Waldbränden, der Anzahlen von Galaxien in kubischen Zellen des Universums und der Teilchengrößenverteilungen in einem verfahrenstechnischen Prozess benutzt

Analogue Hawking Radiation and Sine-Gordon Soliton in a Superconducting Circuit

We propose the use of a waveguide-like transmission line based on direct-current superconducting quantum interference devices (dc-SQUID) and study the sine-Gordon (SG) equation which characterises the dynamical behavior of the superconducting phase in this transmission line. Guided by the duality between black holes in Jackiw-Teitelboim (JT) dilaton gravity and solitons in sine-Gordon field theory, we show how to, in our setup, realize 1 + 1 dimensional black holes as solitons of the sine-Gordon equation. We also study the analogue Hawking radiation in terms of the quantum soliton evaporation, and analyze its feasibility within current circuit quantum electrodynamics (cQED) technology. Our results may not only facilitate experimentally understanding the relation between Jackiw-Teitelboim dilaton gravity and sine-Gordon field theory, but also pave a new way, in principle, for the exploration of analogue quantum gravitational effects.Comment: 6 pages, 2 figure

Exact Solutions to the Sine-Gordon Equation

A systematic method is presented to provide various equivalent solution formulas for exact solutions to the sine-Gordon equation. Such solutions are analytic in the spatial variable $x$ and the temporal variable $t,$ and they are exponentially asymptotic to integer multiples of $2\pi$ as $x\to\pm\infty.$ The solution formulas are expressed explicitly in terms of a real triplet of constant matrices. The method presented is generalizable to other integrable evolution equations where the inverse scattering transform is applied via the use of a Marchenko integral equation. By expressing the kernel of that Marchenko equation as a matrix exponential in terms of the matrix triplet and by exploiting the separability of that kernel, an exact solution formula to the Marchenko equation is derived, yielding various equivalent exact solution formulas for the sine-Gordon equation.Comment: 43 page

Plastic dislocation and incompatibility density as indicators for residual stresses

Residual stresses in forming simulations are typically investigated by analyzing the remaining stress state after removing all external loadings. However, the generation of the stress state during forming remains unknown. As a remedy, we use the plastic and elastic dislocation and incompatibility densities - derived from continuum mechanical and differential geometrical considerations - as indicators to track the generation of residual stresses through out a forming operation. Theoretical backgrounds for small and large strain plasticity are highlighted and practical aspects regarding implementation are provided. Two examples demonstrate the functionality of the approach, whereby the plastic incompatibility density in phenomenological, multiplicative large strain plasticity serves as indicator

On the non-uniform motion of dislocations: The retarded elastic fields, the retarded dislocation tensor potentials and the Li\'enard-Wiechert tensor potentials

The purpose of this paper is the fundamental theory of the non-uniform motion of dislocations in two and three space-dimensions. We investigate the non-uniform motion of an arbitrary distribution of dislocations, a dislocation loop and straight dislocations in infinite media using the theory of incompatible elastodynamics. The equations of motion are derived for non-uniformly moving dislocations. The retarded elastic fields produced by a distribution of dislocations and the retarded dislocation tensor potentials are determined. New fundamental key-formulae for the dynamics of dislocations are derived (Jefimenko type and Heaviside-Feynman type equations of dislocations). In addition, exact closed-form solutions of the elastic fields produced by a dislocation loop are calculated as retarded line integral expressions for subsonic motion. The fields of the elastic velocity and elastic distortion surrounding the arbitrarily moving dislocation loop are given explicitly in terms of the so-called three-dimensional elastodynamic Li\'enard-Wiechert tensor potentials. The two-dimensional elastodynamic Li\'enard-Wiechert tensor potentials and the near-field approximation of the elastic fields for straight dislocations are calculated. The singularities of the near-fields of accelerating screw and edge dislocations are determined.Comment: 31 pages, to appear in: Philosophical Magazin

On the fundamentals of the three-dimensional translation gauge theory of dislocations

We propose a dynamic version of the three-dimensional translation gauge theory of dislocations. In our approach, we use the notions of the dislocation density and dislocation current tensors as translational field strengths and the corresponding response quantities (pseudomoment stress, dislocation momentum flux). We derive a closed system of field equations in a very elegant quasi-Maxwellian form as equations of motion for dislocations. In this framework, the dynamical Peach-Koehler force density is derived as well. Finally, the similarities and the differences between the Maxwell field theory and the dislocation gauge theory are presented.Comment: 17 pages, to appear in: Mathematics and Mechanics of Solid