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Electron-positron annihilation into Dirac magnetic monopole and antimonopole: the string ambiguity and the discrete symmetries
We address the problem of string arbitrariness in the quantum field theory of
Dirac magnetic monopoles. Different prescriptions are shown to yield different
physical results. The constraints due to the discrete symmetries (C and P) are
derived for the process of electron- positron annihilation into the
monopole-antimonopole pair. In the case of the annihilation through the
one-photon channel, the production of spin 0 monopoles is absolutely forbidden;
spin 1/2 monopole and antimonopole should have the same helicities (or,
equivalently, the monopole-antimonopole state should be p-wave ).Comment: 14 pages, revtex, 3 figure
Wave propagation through a coherently amplifying random medium
We report a detailed and systematic numerical study of wave propagation
through a coherently amplifying random one-dimensional medium. The coherent
amplification is modeled by introducing a uniform imaginary part in the site
energies of the disordered single-band tight binding Hamiltonian. Several
distinct length scales (regimes), most of them new, are identified from the
behavior of transmittance and reflectance as a function of the material
parameters. We show that the transmittance is a non-self-averaging quantity
with a well defined mean value. The stationary distribution of the super
reflection differs qualitatively from the analytical results obtained within
the random phase approximation in strong disorder and amplification regime. The
study of the stationary distribution of the phase of the reflected wave reveals
the reason for this discrepancy. The applicability of random phase
approximation is discussed. We emphasize the dual role played by the lasing
medium, as an amplifier as well as a reflector.Comment: 33 pages RevTex, 14 EPS figures included, Accepted for publication in
IJMP-
An improved magnetic field simulator - MAGFLD.
An improved two-dimensional simulator MAGFLD has been developed which is useful for the design and simulation of periodic permanent magnet (PPM) focusing system for linear beam tubes. At present, input is possible only through the input file, which is very simple and user friendly. A complete PPM circuit is generated using the coordinates of first pole piece, first magnet, gun adapter (if the structure is a-periodic) and the region of computation. Small mesh units of either square or rectangular shapes can be used with mesh refinement capability in one or more regions in any or both directions for better accuracy of the solution. Materials with different magnetic permeability can be modeled by defining a characteristic value for each mesh point of the geometry. The effective potential value at each point in the region of interest is calculated based on the vector potential model by using the 5-point finite difference method and the solution is achieved by over relaxation technique for faster convergence. This package has an interface with EGUN to model the electron gun and collector under the influence of magnetic field. Versatile color graphics are capable of plotting both axial magnetic field and flux lines along with the magnetic circuit. MAGFLD has been validated against some published data and experimental results
Observational Evidence of Sausage-Pinch Instability in Solar Corona by SDO/AIA
We present the first observational evidence of the evolution of sausage-pinch
instability in Active Region 11295 during a prominence eruption using data
recorded on 12 September 2011 by the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) onboard
the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). We have identified a magnetic flux tube
visible in AIA 304 \AA\ that shows curvatures on its surface with variable
cross-sections as well as enhanced brightness. These curvatures evolved and
thereafter smoothed out within a time-scale of a minute. The curved locations
on the flux tube exhibit a radial outward enhancement of the surface of about
1-2 Mm (factor of 2 larger than the original thickness of the flux tube) from
the equilibrium position. AIA 193 \AA\ snapshots also show the formation of
bright knots and narrow regions inbetween at the four locations as that of 304
\AA\ along the flux tube where plasma emission is larger compared to the
background. The formation of bright knots over an entire flux tube as well as
the narrow regions in < 60 s may be the morphological signature of the sausage
instability. We also find the flows of the confined plasma in these bright
knots along the field lines, which indicates the dynamicity of the flux tube
that probably causes the dominance of the longitudinal field component over
short temporal scales. The observed longitudinal motion of the plasma frozen in
the magnetic field lines further vanishes the formed curvatures and plasma
confinements as well as growth of instability to stablize the flux tube.Comment: 12 pages, 5 figure
Artificial insemination studies in Macrobrachium idella (Hilgendorf, 1898)
A simple method for artificial insemination of Macrobrachium idella has been developed.
Observations on virili ty in different size groups of males have been reported. The insemination procedu re
involved extrusion of spermatophores by electrical stimulus and attachment of sperm mass at the receptive
area of newly moulted normal and eye ablated females. Manually placed spermatophorcs were retained
through spawning. Fertilization was obtained and eggs fertilized in this way, hatched to normal healthy larvae.
The exact lime for placement of spermatophores after the pre-spawning moult of female has been worked
oul. Further successful spawning could be obse rved for more than one female simultaneously by using whole
sperm mass of a single male. Freshly extruded spermalophores and those stored in refrigerated condition
(6°q for different lime duration have al so been used in inseminating females artificially with good success
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