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A new result on the Klein-Gordon equation in the background of a rotating black hole
This short paper should serve as basis for further analysis of a previously
found new symmetry of the solutions of the wave equation in the gravitational
field of a Kerr black hole. Its main new result is the proof of essential
self-adjointness of the spatial part of a reduced normalized wave operator of
the Kerr metric in a weighted L^2-space. As a consequence, it leads to a purely
operator theoretic proof of the well-posedness of the initial value problem of
the reduced Klein-Gordon equation in that field in that L^2-space and in this
way generalizes a corresponding result of Kay (1985) in the case of the
Schwarzschild black hole. It is believed that the employed methods are
applicable to other separable wave equations
Correlations in hot and dense quark matter
We present a relativistic three-body equation to investigate three-quark
clusters in hot and dense quark matter. To derive such an equation we use the
Dyson equation approach. The equation systematically includes the Pauli
blocking factors as well as the self energy corrections of quarks. Special
relativity is realized through the light front form. Presently we use a
zero-range force and investigate the Mott transition.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figure, Few-Body Systems style file
Feynman versus Bakamjian-Thomas in Light Front Dynamics
We compare the Bakamjian-Thomas (BT) formulation of relativistic few-body
systems with light front field theories that maintain closer contact with
Feynman diagrams. We find that Feynman diagrams distinguish Melosh rotations
and other kinematical quantities belonging to various composite subsystem
frames that correspond to different loop integrals. The BT formalism knows only
the rest frame of the whole composite system, where everything is evaluated.Comment: 5 page
Investigation of nonlinear absorption processes with femtosecond light pulses in lithium niobate crystals
The propagation of high-power femtosecond light pulses in lithium niobate crystals (LiNbO3) is investigated experimentally and theoretically in collinear pump-probe transmission experiments. It is found within a wide intensity range that a strong decrease of the pump transmission coefficient at wavelength 388 nm fully complies with the model of two-photon absorption; the corresponding nonlinear absorption coefficient is betap~=3.5 cm/GW. Furthermore, strong pump pulses induce a considerable absorption for the probe at 776 nm. The dependence of the probe transmission coefficient on the time delay Deltat between probe and pump pulses is characterized by a narrow dip (at Deltat~=0) and a long (on the picosecond time scale) lasting plateau. The dip is due to direct two-photon transitions involving pump and probe photons; the corresponding nonlinear absorption coefficient is betar~=0.9 cm/GW. The plateau absorption is caused by the presence of pump-excited charge carriers; the effective absorption cross section at 776 nm is sigmar~=8×10^–18 cm^2. The above nonlinear absorption parameters are not strongly polarization sensitive. No specific manifestations of the relaxation of hot carriers are found for a pulse duration of ~=0.24 ps
Simple Max-Min Ant Systems and the Optimization of Linear Pseudo-Boolean Functions
With this paper, we contribute to the understanding of ant colony
optimization (ACO) algorithms by formally analyzing their runtime behavior. We
study simple MAX-MIN ant systems on the class of linear pseudo-Boolean
functions defined on binary strings of length 'n'. Our investigations point out
how the progress according to function values is stored in pheromone. We
provide a general upper bound of O((n^3 \log n)/ \rho) for two ACO variants on
all linear functions, where (\rho) determines the pheromone update strength.
Furthermore, we show improved bounds for two well-known linear pseudo-Boolean
functions called OneMax and BinVal and give additional insights using an
experimental study.Comment: 19 pages, 2 figure
Femtosecond time-resolved absorption processes in lithium niobate crystals
emtosecond pump pulses are strongly attenuated in lithium niobate owing to two-photon absorption; the relevant nonlinear coefficient beta_p ranges from ~3.5 cm/GW for lambda_p = 388 nm to ~0.1 cm/GW for 514 nm. In collinear pump-probe experiments the probe transmission at the double pump wavelength 2lambda_p=776 nm is controlled by two different processes: A direct absorption process involving pump and probe photons (beta_r ~ or = 0.9 cm/GW) leads to a pronounced short-duration transmission dip, whereas the probe absorption by pump-excited charge carriers results in a long-duration plateau. Coherent pump-probe interactions are of no importance. Hot-carrier relaxation occurs on the time scale of < or ~0.1 ps
Few-Body States in Fermi-Systems and Condensation Phenomena
Residual interactions in many particle systems lead to strong correlations. A
multitude of spectacular phenomenae in many particle systems are connected to
correlation effects in such systems, e.g. pairing, superconductivity,
superfluidity, Bose-Einstein condensation etc. Here we focus on few-body bound
states in a many-body surrounding.Comment: 10 pages, proceedings 1st Asian-Pacific Few-Body Conference, needs
fbssuppl.sty of Few-Body System
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