Direct reconstruction of dynamical dark energy from observational Hubble parameter data

Reconstructing the evolution history of the dark energy equation of state parameter $w(z)$ directly from observational data is highly valuable in cosmology, since it contains substantial clues in understanding the nature of the accelerated expansion of the Universe. Many works have focused on reconstructing $w(z)$ using Type Ia supernova data, however, only a few studies pay attention to Hubble parameter data. In the present work, we explore the merit of Hubble parameter data and make an attempt to reconstruct $w(z)$ from them through the principle component analysis approach. We find that current Hubble parameter data perform well in reconstructing $w(z)$; though, when compared to supernova data, the data are scant and their quality is worse. Both $\Lambda$CDM and evolving $w(z)$ models can be constrained within $10\%$ at redshifts $z \lesssim 1.5$ and even $5\%$ at redshifts 0.1 $\lesssim$ z $\lesssim$ 1 by using simulated $H(z)$ data of observational quality.Comment: 25 pages, 11 figure

Bulge formation from SSCs in a responding cuspy dark matter halo

We simulate the bulge formation in very late-type dwarf galaxies from circumnuclear super star clusters (SSCs) moving in a responding cuspy dark matter halo (DMH). The simulations show that (1) the response of DMH to sinking of SSCs is detectable only in the region interior to about 200 pc. The mean logarithmic slope of the responding DM density profile over that area displays two different phases: the very early descent followed by ascent till approaching to 1.2 at the age of 2 Gyrs. (2) the detectable feedbacks of the DMH response on the bulge formation turned out to be very small, in the sense that the formed bulges and their paired nuclear cusps in the fixed and the responding DMH are basically the same, both are consistent with $HST$ observations. (3) the yielded mass correlation of bulges to their nuclear (stellar) cusps and the time evolution of cusps' mass are accordance with recent findings on relevant relations. In combination with the consistent effective radii of nuclear cusps with observed quantities of nuclear clusters, we believe that the bulge formation scenario that we proposed could be a very promising mechanism to form nuclear clusters.Comment: 27 pages, 11 figures, accepted for publication in Ap

Enhanced proton-boron nuclear fusion cross sections in intense high-frequency laser

We investigate the proton-boron nuclear fusion cross sections under the influence of the intense linearly polarized monochromatic laser fields with high frequency. First, we rewrite the time-dependent Schr\"{o}dinger equation using Kramers-Henneberger (KH) transformation which allows for shifting all time dependence of the problem into the potential function. Then, for the intense laser fields that satisfy the high frequency limit, the time-averaged scheme in the KH framework should be valid. We can use WKB approximation to evaluate Coulomb barrier penetrability and then calculate proton-boron nuclear fusion cross sections by a phenomenological Gamow form. We show that the corresponding Coulomb barrier penetrability increases significantly due to the depression of the time-averaged potential barrier. As a result, we find that proton-boron nuclear fusion cross sections can be enhanced effectively depending on a dimensionless quantity $n_{\mathrm{d}}$, which equals the ratio of the quiver oscillation amplitude to the geometrical touching radius of the proton and boron nucleus. For $n_{\mathrm{d}}=9$, we predict that the resonance peak of the fusion cross-section is enhanced by about $26$ times at the incident energy of $\varepsilon=148$ keV. And for another incident energy of $\varepsilon=586$ keV, the resonance peak of fusion cross-section is not only enhanced but also shifted to lower energy of $\varepsilon=392$ keV due to the mechanism of over-barrier fusion.Comment: arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2107.0308