374 research outputs found
Boltzmann equations for mixtures of Maxwell gases: exact solutions and power like tails
We consider the Boltzmann equations for mixtures ofMaxwell gases. It is shown
that in certain limiting case the equations admit self-similar solutions that
can be constructed in explicit form. More precisely, the solutions have simple
explicit integral representations. The most interesting solutions have finite
energy and power like tails. This shows that power like tails can appear not
just for granular particles (Maxwell models are far from reality in this case),
but also in the system of particles interacting in accordance with laws of
classical mechanics. In addition, non-existence of positive self-similar
solutions with finite moments of any order is proven for a wide class of
Maxwell models.Comment: 20 page
The dissipative linear Boltzmann equation for hard spheres
We prove the existence and uniqueness of an equilibrium state with unit mass
to the dissipative linear Boltzmann equation with hard--spheres collision
kernel describing inelastic interactions of a gas particles with a fixed
background. The equilibrium state is a universal Maxwellian distribution
function with the same velocity as field particles and with a non--zero
temperature lower than the background one, which depends on the details of the
binary collision. Thanks to the H--theorem we then prove strong convergence of
the solution to the Boltzmann equation towards the equilibrium.Comment: 17 pages, submitted to Journal of Statistical Physic
Flexoelectricity and pattern formation in nematic liquid crystals
We present in this paper a detailed analysis of the flexoelectric instability
of a planar nematic layer in the presence of an alternating electric field
(frequency ), which leads to stripe patterns (flexodomains) in the
plane of the layer. This equilibrium transition is governed by the free energy
of the nematic which describes the elasticity with respects to the
orientational degrees of freedom supplemented by an electric part. Surprisingly
the limit is highly singular. In distinct contrast to the
dc-case, where the patterns are stationary and time-independent, they appear at
finite, small periodically in time as sudden bursts. Flexodomains are
in competition with the intensively studied electro-hydrodynamic instability in
nematics, which presents a non-equilibrium dissipative transition. It will be
demonstrated that is a very convenient control parameter to tune
between flexodomains and convection patterns, which are clearly distinguished
by the orientation of their stripes
Galactic Rotation Parameters from Data on Open Star Clusters
Currently available data on the field of velocities Vr, Vl, Vb for open star
clusters are used to perform a kinematic analysis of various samples that
differ by heliocentric distance, age, and membership in individual structures
(the Orion, Carina--Sagittarius, and Perseus arms). Based on 375 clusters
located within 5 kpc of the Sun with ages up to 1 Gyr, we have determined the
Galactic rotation parameters
Wo =-26.0+-0.3 km/s/kpc,
W'o = 4.18+-0.17 km/s/kpc^2,
W''o=-0.45+-0.06 km/s/kpc^3, the system contraction parameter K = -2.4+-0.1
km/s/kpc, and the parameters of the kinematic center Ro =7.4+-0.3 kpc and lo =
0+-1 degrees. The Galactocentric distance Ro in the model used has been found
to depend significantly on the sample age. Thus, for example, it is 9.5+-0.7
kpc and 5.6+-0.3 kpc for the samples of young (50 Myr)
clusters, respectively. Our study of the kinematics of young open star clusters
in various spiral arms has shown that the kinematic parameters are similar to
the parameters obtained from the entire sample for the Carina-Sagittarius and
Perseus arms and differ significantly from them for the Orion arm. The
contraction effect is shown to be typical of star clusters with various ages.
It is most pronounced for clusters with a mean age of 100 Myr, with the
contraction velocity being Kr = -4.3+-1.0 km/s.Comment: 14 pages, 4 figures, 2 table
Elemental Abundances of Solar Sibling Candidates
Dynamical information along with survey data on metallicity and in some cases
age have been used recently by some authors to search for candidates of stars
that were born in the cluster where the Sun formed. We have acquired high
resolution, high signal-to-noise ratio spectra for 30 of these objects to
determine, using detailed elemental abundance analysis, if they could be true
solar siblings. Only two of the candidates are found to have solar chemical
composition. Updated modeling of the stars' past orbits in a realistic Galactic
potential reveals that one of them, HD162826, satisfies both chemical and
dynamical conditions for being a sibling of the Sun. Measurements of
rare-element abundances for this star further confirm its solar composition,
with the only possible exception of Sm. Analysis of long-term high-precision
radial velocity data rules out the presence of hot Jupiters and confirms that
this star is not in a binary system. We find that chemical tagging does not
necessarily benefit from studying as many elements as possible, but instead
from identifying and carefully measuring the abundances of those elements which
show large star-to-star scatter at a given metallicity. Future searches
employing data products from ongoing massive astrometric and spectroscopic
surveys can be optimized by acknowledging this fact.Comment: ApJ, in press. Tables 2 and 4 are available in full in the "Other
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Kinematic Control of the Inertiality of the System of Tycho-2 and UCAC2 Stellar Proper Motions
Based on the Ogorodnikov-Milne model, we analyze the proper motions of
Tycho-2 and UCAC2 stars. We have established that the model component that
describes the rotation of all stars under consideration around the Galactic y
axis differs significantly from zero at various magnitudes. We interpret this
rotation found using the most distant stars as a residual rotation of the
ICRS/Tycho-2 system relative to the inertial reference frame. For the most
distant ( pc) Tycho-2 and UCAC2 stars, the mean rotation around
the Galactic y axis has been found to be mas yr.
The proper motions of UCAC2 stars with magnitudes in the range are
shown to be distorted appreciably by the magnitude equation in
, which has the strongest effect for northern-sky stars
with a coefficient of mas yr mag. We have detected
no significant effect of the magnitude equation in the proper motions of UCAC2
stars brighter than .Comment: 15 pages, 6 figure
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