41 research outputs found
Analytical formula for the Uehling potential
The closed analytical expression for the Uehling potential is derived. The
Uehling potential describes the lowest-order correction on vacuum polarisation
in atomic and muon-atomic systems. We also derive the analytical formula for
the interaction potential between two electrically charged point particles
which includes correction to the vacuum polarisation, but has correct
asymptotic behaviour at larger . Our three-term analytical formula for the
Uehling potential opens a new avenue in the study of the vacuum polarisation in
light atomic systems.Comment: arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1103.204
Relaxation rates and collision integrals for Bose-Einstein condensates
Near equilibrium, the rate of relaxation to equilibrium and the transport
properties of excitations (bogolons) in a dilute Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC)
are determined by three collision integrals, ,
, and . All three collision integrals
conserve momentum and energy during bogolon collisions, but only conserves bogolon number. Previous works have considered the
contribution of only two collision integrals, and . In this work, we show that the third collision integral makes a significant contribution to the bogolon number
relaxation rate and needs to be retained when computing relaxation properties
of the BEC. We provide values of relaxation rates in a form that can be applied
to a variety of dilute Bose-Einstein condensates.Comment: 18 pages, 4 figures, accepted by Journal of Low Temperature Physics
7/201
Landau-Khalatnikov two-fluid hydrodynamics of a trapped Bose gas
Starting from the quantum kinetic equation for the non-condensate atoms and
the generalized Gross-Pitaevskii equation for the condensate, we derive the
two-fluid hydrodynamic equations of a trapped Bose gas at finite temperatures.
We follow the standard Chapman-Enskog procedure, starting from a solution of
the kinetic equation corresponding to the complete local equilibrium between
the condensate and the non-condensate components. Our hydrodynamic equations
are shown to reduce to a form identical to the well-known Landau-Khalatnikov
two-fluid equations, with hydrodynamic damping due to the deviation from local
equilibrium. The deviation from local equilibrium within the thermal cloud
gives rise to dissipation associated with shear viscosity and thermal
conduction. In addition, we show that effects due to the deviation from the
diffusive local equilibrium between the condensate and the non-condensate
(recently considered by Zaremba, Nikuni and Griffin) can be described by four
frequency-dependent second viscosity transport coefficients. We also derive
explicit formulas for all the transport coefficients. These results are used to
introduce two new characteristic relaxation times associated with hydrodynamic
damping. These relaxation times give the rate at which local equilibrium is
reached and hence determine whether one is in the two-fluid hydrodynamic
region.Comment: 26 pages, 3 postscript figures, submitted to PR
Vacuum polarization calculations for hydrogenlike and alkalilike ions
Complete vacuum polarization calculations incorporating finite nuclear size
are presented for hydrogenic ions with principal quantum numbers n=1-5.
Lithiumlike, sodiumlike, and copperlike ions are also treated starting with
Kohn-Sham potentials, and including first-order screening corrections. In both
cases dominant Uehling terms are calculated with high accuracy, and smaller
Wichmann- Kroll terms are obtained using numerical electron Green's functions.Comment: 23 pages, 1 figur
Parity nonconservation in heavy atoms: The radiative correction enhanced by the strong electric field of the nucleus
Parity nonconservation due to the nuclear weak charge is considered. We
demonstrate that the radiative corrections to this effect due to the vacuum
fluctuations of the characteristic size larger than the nuclear radius
and smaller than the electron Compton wave-length are enhanced
because of the strong electric field of the nucleus. The parameter that allows
one to classify the corrections is the large logarithm .
The vacuum polarization contribution is enhanced by the second power of the
logarithm. Although the self-energy and the vertex corrections do not vanish,
they contain only the first power of the logarithm. The value of the radiative
correction is 0.4% for Cs and 0.9% for Tl, Pb, and Bi. We discuss also how the
correction affects the interpretation of the experimental data on parity
nonconservation in atoms.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, RevTe
On low temperature kinetic theory; spin diffusion, Bose Einstein condensates, anyons
The paper considers some typical problems for kinetic models evolving through
pair-collisions at temperatures not far from absolute zero, which illustrate
specific quantum behaviours. Based on these examples, a number of differences
between quantum and classical Boltzmann theory is then discussed in more
general terms.Comment: 25 pages, minor updates of previous versio
Quantum Kinetic Theory V: Quantum kinetic master equation for mutual interaction of condensate and noncondensate
A detailed quantum kinetic master equation is developed which couples the
kinetics of a trapped condensate to the vapor of non-condensed particles. This
generalizes previous work which treated the vapor as being undepleted.Comment: RevTeX, 26 pages and 5 eps figure
Weak capture of protons by protons
The cross section for the proton weak capture reaction
is calculated with wave functions obtained from a number of modern, realistic
high-precision interactions. To minimize the uncertainty in the axial two-body
current operator, its matrix element has been adjusted to reproduce the
measured Gamow-Teller matrix element of tritium decay in model
calculations using trinucleon wave functions from these interactions. A
thorough analysis of the ambiguities that this procedure introduces in
evaluating the two-body current contribution to the pp capture is given. Its
inherent model dependence is in fact found to be very weak. The overlap
integral for the pp capture is predicted to be in the range
7.05--7.06, including the axial two-body current contribution, for all
interactions considered.Comment: 17 pages RevTeX (twocolumn), 5 postscript figure
Quantum Kinetic Theory III: Quantum kinetic master equation for strongly condensed trapped systems
We extend quantum kinetic theory to deal with a strongly Bose-condensed
atomic vapor in a trap. The method assumes that the majority of the vapor is
not condensed, and acts as a bath of heat and atoms for the condensate. The
condensate is described by the particle number conserving Bogoliubov method
developed by one of the authors. We derive equations which describe the
fluctuations of particle number and phase, and the growth of the Bose-Einstein
condensate. The equilibrium state of the condensate is a mixture of states with
different numbers of particles and quasiparticles. It is not a quantum
superposition of states with different numbers of particles---nevertheless, the
stationary state exhibits the property of off-diagonal long range order, to the
extent that this concept makes sense in a tightly trapped condensate.Comment: 3 figures submitted to Physical Review
Entropic Corrections to Coulomb's Law
Two well-known quantum corrections to the area law have been introduced in
the literatures, namely, logarithmic and power-law corrections. Logarithmic
corrections, arises from loop quantum gravity due to thermal equilibrium
fluctuations and quantum fluctuations, while, power-law correction appears in
dealing with the entanglement of quantum fields in and out the horizon.
Inspired by Verlinde's argument on the entropic force, and assuming the quantum
corrected relation for the entropy, we propose the entropic origin for the
Coulomb's law in this note. Also we investigate the Uehling potential as a
radiative correction to Coulomb potential in 1-loop order and show that for
some value of distance the entropic corrections of the Coulomb's law is
compatible with the vacuum-polarization correction in QED. So, we derive
modified Coulomb's law as well as the entropy corrected Poisson's equation
which governing the evolution of the scalar potential . Our study further
supports the unification of gravity and electromagnetic interactions based on
the holographic principle.Comment: 17 pages, 5 figures, accepted in IJT