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Solitary waves of Bose-Einstein condensed atoms confined in finite rings
Motivated by recent progress in trapping Bose-Einstein condensed atoms in
toroidal potentials, we examine solitary-wave solutions of the nonlinear
Schr\"odinger equation subject to periodic boundary conditions. When the
circumference of the ring is much larger than the size of the wave, the density
profile is well approximated by that of an infinite ring, however the density
and the velocity of propagation cannot vanish simultaneously. When the size of
the ring becomes comparable to the size of the wave, the density variation
becomes sinusoidal and the velocity of propagation saturates to a constant
value.Comment: 6 pages, 2 figure
Solitary-wave solutions in binary mixtures of Bose-Einstein condensates under periodic boundary conditions
We derive solitary-wave solutions within the mean-field approximation in
quasi-one-dimensional binary mixtures of Bose-Einstein condensates under
periodic boundary conditions, for the case of an effective repulsive
interatomic interaction. The particular gray-bright solutions that give the
global energy minima are determined. Their characteristics and the associated
dispersion relation are derived. In the case of weak coupling, we diagonalize
the Hamiltonian analytically to obtain the full excitation spectrum of
"quantum" solitary-wave solutions.Comment: 11 pages, 2 figure
Measuring gravitational lens time delays using low-resolution radio monitoring observations
Obtaining lensing time delay measurements requires long-term monitoring
campaigns with a high enough resolution (< 1 arcsec) to separate the multiple
images. In the radio, a limited number of high-resolution interferometer arrays
make these observations difficult to schedule. To overcome this problem, we
propose a technique for measuring gravitational time delays which relies on
monitoring the total flux density with low-resolution but high-sensitivity
radio telescopes to follow the variation of the brighter image. This is then
used to trigger high-resolution observations in optimal numbers which then
reveal the variation in the fainter image. We present simulations to assess the
efficiency of this method together with a pilot project observing radio lens
systems with the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT) to trigger Very
Large Array (VLA) observations. This new method is promising for measuring time
delays because it uses relatively small amounts of time on high-resolution
telescopes. This will be important because instruments that have high
sensitivity but limited resolution, together with an optimum usage of followup
high-resolution observations from appropriate radio telescopes may in the
future be useful for gravitational lensing time delay measurements by means of
this new method.Comment: 10 pages, 7 figures, accepted by MNRA
Solitary waves in mixtures of Bose gases confined in annular traps
A two-component Bose-Einstein condensate that is confined in a
one-dimensional ring potential supports solitary-wave solutions, which we
evaluate analytically. The derived solutions are shown to be unique. The
corresponding dispersion relation that generalizes the case of a
single-component system shows interesting features.Comment: 4 pages, 1 figur
Modelling the phase and chemical equilibria of aqueous solutions of alkanolamines and carbon dioxide using the SAFT-γ SW group contribution approach
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Amplitude death in coupled chaotic oscillators
Amplitude death can occur in chaotic dynamical systems with time-delay
coupling, similar to the case of coupled limit cycles. The coupling leads to
stabilization of fixed points of the subsystems. This phenomenon is quite
general, and occurs for identical as well as nonidentical coupled chaotic
systems. Using the Lorenz and R\"ossler chaotic oscillators to construct
representative systems, various possible transitions from chaotic dynamics to
fixed points are discussed.Comment: To be published in PR
Multipole expansion at the level of the action
Sources of long wavelength radiation are naturally described by an effective
field theory (EFT) which takes the form of a multipole expansion. Its action is
given by a derivative expansion where higher order terms are suppressed by
powers of the ratio of the size of the source over the wavelength. In order to
determine the Wilson coefficients of the EFT, i.e. the multipole moments, one
needs the mapping between a linear source term action and the multipole
expansion form of the action of the EFT. In this paper we perform the multipole
expansion to all orders by Taylor expanding the field in the source term and
then decomposing the action into symmetric trace free tensors which form
irreducible representations of the rotation group. We work at the level of the
action, and we obtain the action to all orders in the multipole expansion and
the exact expressions for the multipole moments for a scalar field,
electromagnetism and linearized gravity. Our results for the latter two cases
are manifestly gauge invariant. We also give expressions for the energy flux
and the (gauge dependent) radiation field to all orders in the multipole
expansion. The results for linearized gravity are a component of the EFT
framework NRGR and will greatly simplify future calculations of gravitational
wave observables in the radiation sector of NRGR.Comment: 39 pages, some typos corrected, published versio
Electromagnetic Oscillations in a Driven Nonlinear Resonator: A New Description of Complex Nonlinear Dynamics
Many intriguing properties of driven nonlinear resonators, including the
appearance of chaos, are very important for understanding the universal
features of nonlinear dynamical systems and can have great practical
significance. We consider a cylindrical cavity resonator driven by an
alternating voltage and filled with a nonlinear nondispersive medium. It is
assumed that the medium lacks a center of inversion and the dependence of the
electric displacement on the electric field can be approximated by an
exponential function. We show that the Maxwell equations are integrated exactly
in this case and the field components in the cavity are represented in terms of
implicit functions of special form. The driven electromagnetic oscillations in
the cavity are found to display very interesting temporal behavior and their
Fourier spectra contain singular continuous components. To the best of our
knowledge, this is the first demonstration of the existence of a singular
continuous (fractal) spectrum in an exactly integrable system.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figure
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