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Motion of vortices in ferromagnetic spin-1 BEC
The paper investigates dynamics of nonsingular vortices in a ferromagnetic
spin-1 BEC, where spin and mass superfluidity coexist in the presence of
uniaxial anisotropy (linear and quadratic Zeeman effect). The analysis is based
on hydrodynamics following from the Gross-Pitaevskii theory. Cores of
nonsingular vortices are skyrmions with charge, which is tuned by uniaxial
anisotropy and can have any fractal value between 0 and 1. There are
circulations of mass and spin currents around these vortices. The results are
compared with the equation of vortex motion derived earlier in the
Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert theory for magnetic vortices in easy-plane
ferromagnetic insulators. In the both cases the transverse gyrotropic force
(analog of the Magnus force in superfluid and classical hydrodynamics) is
proportional to the charge of skyrmions in vortex cores.Comment: 19 pages, 2 figures, to be published in the special issue of Fizika
Nizkikh Temperatur dedicated to A.M.Kosevich. arXiv admin note: substantial
text overlap with arXiv:1801.0109
Variational Formulation of Macro-Particle Models for Electromagnetic Plasma Simulations
A variational method is used to derive a self-consistent macro-particle model
for relativistic electromagnetic kinetic plasma simulations. Extending earlier
work [E. G. Evstatiev and B. A. Shadwick, J. Comput. Phys., vol. 245, pp.
376-398, 2013], the discretization of the electromagnetic Low Lagrangian is
performed via a reduction of the phase-space distribution function onto a
collection of finite-sized macro-particles of arbitrary shape and
discretization of field quantities onto a spatial grid. This approach may be
used with both lab frame coordinates or moving window coordinates; the latter
can greatly improve computational efficiency for studying some types of
laser-plasma interactions. The primary advantage of the variational approach is
the preservation of Lagrangian symmetries, which in our case leads to energy
conservation and thus avoids difficulties with grid heating. Additionally, this
approach decouples particle size from grid spacing and relaxes restrictions on
particle shape, leading to low numerical noise. The variational approach also
guarantees consistent approximations in the equations of motion and is amenable
to higher order methods in both space and time. We restrict our attention to
the 1-1/2 dimensional case (one coordinate and two momenta). Simulations are
performed with the new models and demonstrate energy conservation and low
noise.Comment: IEEE Transaction on Plasma Science (TPS) Special Issue: Plenary and
Invited Papers of the Pulsed Power and Plasma Science Conference (PPPS 2013
Strings in Yang-Mills-Higgs theory coupled to gravity
Non-Abelian strings for an Einstein-Yang-Mills-Higgs theory are explicitly
constructed. We consider N_f Higgs fields in the fundamental representation of
the U(1)xSU(N_c) gauge group in order to have a color-flavor SU(N_c) group
remaining unbroken. Choosing a suitable ansatz for the metric, Bogomol'nyi-like
first order equations are found and rotationally symmetric solutions are
proposed. In the N_f = N_c case, solutions are local strings and are shown to
be truly non-Abelian by parameterizing them in terms of orientational
collective coordinates. When N_f > N_c, the solutions correspond to semilocal
strings which, beside the orientational degrees of freedom, acquire additional
collective coordinates parameterizing their transverse size. The low-energy
effective theories for the correspondent moduli are found, showing that all
zero modes are normalizable in presence of gravity, even in the semilocal case.Comment: 20 pages, no figure, modified version with new title, abstract and an
additional section completing the study of effective theories. Physical
Review D in pres
Non-Abelian Semilocal Strings in N=2 Supersymmetric QCD
We consider a benchmark bulk theory in four-dimensions: N=2 supersymmetric
QCD with the gauge group U(N) and N_f flavors of fundamental matter
hypermultiplets (quarks). The nature of the BPS strings in this benchmark
theory crucially depends on N_f. If N_f\geq N and all quark masses are equal,
it supports non-Abelian BPS strings which have internal (orientational) moduli.
If N_f>N these strings become semilocal, developing additional moduli \rho
related to (unlimited) variations of their transverse size.
Using the U(2) gauge group with N_f=3,4 as an example, we derive an effective
low-energy theory on the (two-dimensional) string world sheet. Our derivation
is field-theoretic, direct and explicit: we first analyze the Bogomol'nyi
equations for string-geometry solitons, suggest an ansatz and solve it at large
\rho. Then we use this solution to obtain the world-sheet theory.
In the semiclassical limit our result confirms the Hanany-Tong conjecture,
which rests on brane-based arguments, that the world-sheet theory is N=2
supersymmetric U(1) gauge theory with N positively and N_e=N_f-N negatively
charged matter multiplets and the Fayet-Iliopoulos term determined by the
four-dimensional coupling constant. We conclude that the Higgs branch of this
model is not lifted by quantum effects. As a result, such strings cannot
confine.
Our analysis of infrared effects, not seen in the Hanany-Tong consideration,
shows that, in fact, the derivative expansion can make sense only provided the
theory under consideration is regularized in the infrared, e.g. by the quark
mass differences. The world-sheet action discussed in this paper becomes a bona
fide low-energy effective action only if \Delta m_{AB}\neq 0.Comment: 36 pages, no figure
Entropy-Enthalpy Compensation May Be a Useful Interpretation Tool for Complex Systems Like Protein-DNA Complexes: An Appeal to Experimentalists
In various chemical systems enthalpy-entropy compensation (EEC) is a
well-known rule of behavior, although the physical roots of it are still not
completely understood. It has been frequently questioned whether EEC is a truly
physical phenomenon or a coincidence due to trivial mathematical connections
between statistical-mechanical parameters - or even simpler: A phantom effect
resulting from the misinterpretation of experimental data. Here, we review EEC
from a new standpoint using the notion of correlation which is essential for
the method of factor analysis, but is not conventional in physics and
chemistry. We conclude that the EEC may be rationalized in terms of hidden (not
directly measurable with the help of the current experimental set-up) but
physically real factors, implying a Carnot-cycle model in which a micro-phase
transition (MPT) plays a crucial role. Examples of such MPTs underlying
physically valid EEC should be typically cooperative processes in
supramolecular aggregates, like changes of structured water at hydrophobic
surfaces, conformational transitions upon ligand-biopolymer binding, and so on,
so forth. The MPT notion could help rationalize the occurrence of EEC in
connection with hydration and folding of proteins,enzymatic reactions,
functioning of molecular motors, DNA de- and rehybridization, as well as
similar phenomena.Comment: 8 pages, 2 Figures, Submitted for publicatio
Pipelike current-carrying vortices in two-component condensates
We study straight vortices with global longitudinal currents in the
Bogomol'ny limit of the Abelian Higgs model with two charged scalar fields. The
model possesses global SU(2) and local electromagnetic U(1) symmetries
spontaneously broken to global U(1) group, and corresponds to a semilocal limit
of the standard electroweak model. We show that the contribution of the global
SU(2) current to the vortex energy is proportional to the total current
squared. Locally, these vortices carry also longitudinal electromagnetic
currents, while the total electromagnetic current flowing through a transverse
section of the vortex is always zero. The vortices with high winding numbers
have, in general, a nested pipelike structure. The magnetic field of the vortex
is concentrated at a certain distance from the geometric center of the vortex,
thus resembling a "pipe." This magnetic pipe is layered between two
electrically charged pipes that carry longitudinal electric currents in
opposite directions.Comment: 11 pages, 14 figures, RevTeX 4.1; v2: references added, minor
changes, Figure 8 (a visualization of the nested structure of the pipelike
vortex) is replaced, published versio
Spectroscopy of Stellar-Like Objects Contained in the Second Byurakan Survey. I
The results of spectroscopic observations of 363 star-like objects from the
Second Byurakan Survey (SBS) are reported. This SBS's subsample has proven to
be a rich source of newly identified quasars, Seyfert type galaxies, degenerate
stars and hot subdwarfs. In the subsample here studied, we identified 35 new
QSOs, 142 White Dwarfs (WDs) the majority of which, 114 are of DA type, 55
subdwarfs (29 of which are sdB-type stars), 10 HBB, 16 NHB, 54 G-type and 25
F-type stars, two objects with composite spectra, four Cataclismic Variables
(CV), two peculiar emission line stars, 17 objects with continuous spectra, as
well as one planetary nebula. Among the 35 QSOs we have found two Broad
Absorption Line (BAL) QSOs, namely SBS 1423+500 and SBS 1435+500A. Magnitudes,
redshifts, and slit spectra for all QSOs, also some typical spectra of the
peculiar stars are presented. We estimate the minimum surface density of bright
QSOs in redshift range 0.3<z<2.2 to be 0.05 per sq. deg. for B<17.0 and 0.10
per sq. deg. for B<17.5.Comment: 22 pages, 3 tables, 4 figures, PASP in pres
Central Exclusive Di-jet Production at the Tevatron
We perform a phenomenological analysis of dijet production in double pomeron
exchange at the Tevatron. We find that the CDF Run I results do not rule out
the presence of an exclusive dijet component, as predicted by Khoze, Martin and
Ryskin (KMR). With the high statistics CDF Run II data, we predict that an
exclusive component at the level predicted by KMR may be visible, although the
observation will depend on accurate modelling of the inclusive double pomeron
exchange process. We also compare to the predictions of the DPEMC Monte Carlo,
which contains a non-perturbative model for the central exclusive process. We
show that the perturbative model of KMR gives different predictions for the
di-jet ET dependence in the high di-jet mass fraction region than
non-perturbative models.Comment: 17 pages, 15 figure
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