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The sudden approximation applied to molecular problems. I - Non-reactive collisions
Sudden approximation for calculating transition probabilities for energy transfer during collisions between molecules and atom
Pattern recognition- iv. sequential operations in digital picture processing
Sequential approach to digital picture processin
Correlation energy of two-electron systems
Correlation energy of two-electron system
Pattern recognition. v- samp - a computer program for estimating surface area from contour maps
Fortran computer program for computing linear approximation of surface area for any given portion of digitized contour ma
Dynamics of a self-gravitating shell of matter
Dynamics of a self-gravitating shell of matter is derived from the Hilbert
variational principle and then described as an (infinite dimensional,
constrained) Hamiltonian system. A method used here enables us to define
singular Riemann tensor of a non-continuous connection {\em via} standard
formulae of differential geometry, with derivatives understood in the sense of
distributions. Bianchi identities for the singular curvature are proved. They
match the conservation laws for the singular energy-momentum tensor of matter.
Rosenfed-Belinfante and Noether theorems are proved to be still valid in case
of these singular objects. Assumption about continuity of the four-dimensional
spacetime metric is widely discussed.Comment: publishe
Three-dimensional incompressible Navier-Stokes computations of internal flows
Several incompressible Navier-Stokes solution methods for obtaining steady and unsteady solutions are discussed. Special attention is given to internal flows which involve distinctly different features from external flows. The characterisitcs of the flow solvers employing the method of pseudocompressibility and a fractional step method are briefly described. This discussion is limited to a primitive variable formulation in generalized curvilinear coordinates. Computed results include simple test cases and internal flow in the Space Shuttle main engine hot-gas manifold
Lattice density-functional theory of surface melting: the effect of a square-gradient correction
I use the method of classical density-functional theory in the
weighted-density approximation of Tarazona to investigate the phase diagram and
the interface structure of a two-dimensional lattice-gas model with three
phases -- vapour, liquid, and triangular solid. While a straightforward
mean-field treatment of the interparticle attraction is unable to give a stable
liquid phase, the correct phase diagram is obtained when including a suitably
chosen square-gradient term in the system grand potential. Taken this theory
for granted, I further examine the structure of the solid-vapour interface as
the triple point is approached from low temperature. Surprisingly, a novel
phase (rather than the liquid) is found to grow at the interface, exhibiting an
unusually long modulation along the interface normal. The conventional
surface-melting behaviour is recovered only by artificially restricting the
symmetries being available to the density field.Comment: 16 pages, 6 figure
Potential applications of computational fluid dynamics to biofluid analysis
Computational fluid dynamics was developed to the stage where it has become an indispensable part of aerospace research and design. In view of advances made in aerospace applications, the computational approach can be used for biofluid mechanics research. Several flow simulation methods developed for aerospace problems are briefly discussed for potential applications to biofluids, especially to blood flow analysis
Noether symmetries, energy-momentum tensors and conformal invariance in classical field theory
In the framework of classical field theory, we first review the Noether
theory of symmetries, with simple rederivations of its essential results, with
special emphasis given to the Noether identities for gauge theories. Will this
baggage on board, we next discuss in detail, for Poincar\'e invariant theories
in flat spacetime, the differences between the Belinfante energy-momentum
tensor and a family of Hilbert energy-momentum tensors. All these tensors
coincide on shell but they split their duties in the following sense:
Belinfante's tensor is the one to use in order to obtain the generators of
Poincar\'e symmetries and it is a basic ingredient of the generators of other
eventual spacetime symmetries which may happen to exist. Instead, Hilbert
tensors are the means to test whether a theory contains other spacetime
symmetries beyond Poincar\'e. We discuss at length the case of scale and
conformal symmetry, of which we give some examples. We show, for Poincar\'e
invariant Lagrangians, that the realization of scale invariance selects a
unique Hilbert tensor which allows for an easy test as to whether conformal
invariance is also realized. Finally we make some basic remarks on metric
generally covariant theories and classical field theory in a fixed curved
bakground.Comment: 31 pa
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