320 research outputs found
Unutarnja oksidacija Cu-Se legura
The purpose of our investigation was to perform the thermodynamic calculation of all possible reactions in the Cu-Se-O system and to explain the oxidation mechanism in various conditions. For such study, a model of copper with one single inclusion and alloy with 1.65 wt. % Se were made. Depending on time, the oxidation has been taking place at two different temperatures and two oxygen partial pressures. The oxidized samples have been investigated by DTA, optical and electron microscopy (SEM).Namjena istraživanja je izraditi termodinamički proračun svih mogućih reakcija u sustavu Cu-Se-O i obrazložiti mehanizme oksidacije u različitim uvjetima. Za takovo izučavanje izrađen je model bakra sa samo jednim uključkom i legura sa 1,65 mas. % Se. U ovisnosti od vremena, oksidacija se odvijala kod različitih temperatura i kod dviju različitih djelomičnih tlakova kisika. Oksidirani uzorci su bili ispitivani metodom DTA, optičkom i elektronskom mikroskopijom (SEM)
A Mass Spectral Study of Substituent Effects in Some Substituted N,N-Dimethyl-N\u27-Phenyl- and N\u27-Pyridyl-Formamidines
Several competing fragmentation reactions, initiating directly
from the molecular ion, which are common to p- and m- substituted
N,N-dimethyl-N\u27- phenyl-formamidine, were examined. IP, AP and
daughter/parent ion ratio measurements were made to provide some
insight into the substituent effects on reaction mechanisms. The
results obtained were compared with those found for the compounds
N,N-dimethyl-N\u27-pyridyl-4-formamidine and isomeric 3-formamidine.
The substituent constant o/ for the nitrogen in the pyridine
ring was determined
Unutarnja oksidacija Cu-Se legura
The purpose of our investigation was to perform the thermodynamic calculation of all possible reactions in the Cu-Se-O system and to explain the oxidation mechanism in various conditions. For such study, a model of copper with one single inclusion and alloy with 1.65 wt. % Se were made. Depending on time, the oxidation has been taking place at two different temperatures and two oxygen partial pressures. The oxidized samples have been investigated by DTA, optical and electron microscopy (SEM).Namjena istraživanja je izraditi termodinamički proračun svih mogućih reakcija u sustavu Cu-Se-O i obrazložiti mehanizme oksidacije u različitim uvjetima. Za takovo izučavanje izrađen je model bakra sa samo jednim uključkom i legura sa 1,65 mas. % Se. U ovisnosti od vremena, oksidacija se odvijala kod različitih temperatura i kod dviju različitih djelomičnih tlakova kisika. Oksidirani uzorci su bili ispitivani metodom DTA, optičkom i elektronskom mikroskopijom (SEM)
On the Kerr Quantum Area Spectrum
Suppose that there is a quantum operator that describes the horizon area of a
black hole. Then what would be the form of the ensuing quantum spectrum? In
this regard, it has been conjectured that the characteristic frequencies of the
black hole oscillations can be used to calibrate the spacing between the
spectral levels. The current article begins with a brief review of this
conjecture and some of its subsequent developments. We then suggest a simple
but vital modification to a recent treatment on the Kerr (or rotating black
hole) spectrum. As a consequence of this refinement, we are able to rectify a
prior inconsistency (as was found between two distinct calculations) and to
establish, unambiguously, a universal form for the Kerr and Schwarzschild
spectra.Comment: Roughly 8 pages; (v2) added references and very minor change
Spectrum of Charged Black Holes - The Big Fix Mechanism Revisited
Following an earlier suggestion of the authors(gr-qc/9607030), we use some
basic properties of Euclidean black hole thermodynamics and the quantum
mechanics of systems with periodic phase space coordinate to derive the
discrete two-parameter area spectrum of generic charged spherically symmetric
black holes in any dimension. For the Reissner-Nordstrom black hole we get
, where the integer p=0,1,2,.. gives the charge
spectrum, with . The quantity , n=0,1,... gives
a measure of the excess of the mass/energy over the critical minimum (i.e.
extremal) value allowed for a given fixed charge Q. The classical critical
bound cannot be saturated due to vacuum fluctuations of the horizon, so that
generically extremal black holes do not appear in the physical spectrum.
Consistency also requires the black hole charge to be an integer multiple of
any fundamental elementary particle charge: , m=0,1,2,.... As a
by-product this yields a relation between the fine structure constant and
integer parameters of the black hole -- a kind of the Coleman big fix mechanism
induced by black holes. In four dimensions, this relationship is
and requires the fine structure constant to be a rational
number. Finally, we prove that the horizon area is an adiabatic invariant, as
has been conjectured previously.Comment: 21 pages, Latex. 1 Section, 1 Figure added. To appear in Class. and
Quant. Gravit
A note on quasinormal modes: A tale of two treatments
There is an apparent discrepancy in the literature with regard to the
quasinormal mode frequencies of Schwarzschild-de Sitter black holes in the
degenerate-horizon limit. On the one hand, a Poschl-Teller-inspired method
predicts that the real part of the frequencies will depend strongly on the
orbital angular momentum of the perturbation field whereas, on the other hand,
the degenerate limit of a monodromy-based calculation suggests there should be
no such dependence (at least, for the highly damped modes). In the current
paper, we provide a possible resolution by critically re-assessing the limiting
procedure used in the monodromy analysis.Comment: 11 pages, Revtex format; (v2) new addendum in response to reader
comments, also references, footnote and acknowledgments adde
Dirty black holes: Quasinormal modes for "squeezed" horizons
We consider the quasinormal modes for a class of black hole spacetimes that,
informally speaking, contain a closely ``squeezed'' pair of horizons. (This
scenario, where the relevant observer is presumed to be ``trapped'' between the
horizons, is operationally distinct from near-extremal black holes with an
external observer.) It is shown, by analytical means, that the spacing of the
quasinormal frequencies equals the surface gravity at the squeezed horizons.
Moreover, we can calculate the real part of these frequencies provided that the
horizons are sufficiently close together (but not necessarily degenerate or
even ``nearly degenerate''). The novelty of our analysis (which extends a
model-specific treatment by Cardoso and Lemos) is that we consider ``dirty''
black holes; that is, the observable portion of the (static and spherically
symmetric) spacetime is allowed to contain an arbitrary distribution of matter.Comment: 15 pages, uses iopart.cls and setstack.sty V2: Two references added.
Also, the appendix now relates our computation of the Regge-Wheeler potential
for gravity in a generic "dirty" black hole to the results of Karlovini
[gr-qc/0111066
How Not to Construct an Asymptotically de Sitter Universe
Observational evidence suggests that our universe is currently evolving
towards an asymptotically de Sitter future. Unfortunately and in spite of much
recent attention, various quantum, holographic and cosmological aspects of de
Sitter space remain quite enigmatic. With such intrigue in mind, this paper
considers the ``construction'' of a toy model that describes an asymptotically
de Sitter universe. More specifically, we add fluid-like matter to an otherwise
purely de Sitter spacetime, formulate the relevant solutions and then discuss
the cosmological and holographic implications. If the objective is to construct
an asymptotically de Sitter universe that is free of singularities and has a
straightforward holographic interpretation, then the results of this analysis
are decidedly negative. Nonetheless, this toy model nicely illustrates the
pitfalls that might be encountered in a more realistic type of construction.Comment: 25 pages, Latex; references and footnotes added (other minor changes
Thermal Fluctuations and Black Hole Entropy
In this paper, we consider the effect of thermal fluctuations on the entropy
of both neutral and charged black holes. We emphasize the distinction between
fixed and fluctuating charge systems; using a canonical ensemble to describe
the former and a grand canonical ensemble to study the latter. Our novel
approach is based on the philosophy that the black hole quantum spectrum is an
essential component in any such calculation. For definiteness, we employ a
uniformly spaced area spectrum, which has been advocated by Bekenstein and
others in the literature. The generic results are applied to some specific
models; in particular, various limiting cases of an (arbitrary-dimensional)
AdS-Reissner-Nordstrom black hole. We find that the leading-order quantum
correction to the entropy can consistently be expressed as the logarithm of the
classical quantity. For a small AdS curvature parameter and zero net charge, it
is shown that, independent of the dimension, the logarithmic prefactor is +1/2
when the charge is fixed but +1 when the charge is fluctuating.We also
demonstrate that, in the grand canonical framework, the fluctuations in the
charge are large, , even when .
A further implication of this framework is that an asymptotically flat,
non-extremal black hole can never achieve a state of thermal equilibrium.Comment: 25 pages, Revtex; references added and corrected, and some minor
change
Semi-analytic results for quasi-normal frequencies
The last decade has seen considerable interest in the quasi-normal
frequencies [QNFs] of black holes (and even wormholes), both asymptotically
flat and with cosmological horizons. There is wide agreement that the QNFs are
often of the form omega_n = (offset) + i n (gap), though some authors have
encountered situations where this behaviour seems to fail. To get a better
understanding of the general situation we consider a semi-analytic model based
on a piecewise Eckart (Poeschl-Teller) potential, allowing for different
heights and different rates of exponential falloff in the two asymptotic
directions. This model is sufficiently general to capture and display key
features of the black hole QNFs while simultaneously being analytically
tractable, at least for asymptotically large imaginary parts of the QNFs. We
shall derive an appropriate "quantization condition" for the asymptotic QNFs,
and extract as much analytic information as possible. In particular, we shall
explicitly verify that the (offset)+ i n (gap) behaviour is common but not
universal, with this behaviour failing unless the ratio of rates of exponential
falloff on the two sides of the potential is a rational number. (This is
"common but not universal" in the sense that the rational numbers are dense in
the reals.) We argue that this behaviour is likely to persist for black holes
with cosmological horizons.Comment: V1: 28 pages, no figures. V2: 3 references added, no physics changes.
V3: 29 pages, 9 references added, no physics changes; V4: reformatted, now 27
pages. Some clarifications, comparison with results obtained by monodromy
techniques. This version accepted for publication in JHEP. V5: Minor typos
fixed. Compatible with published versio
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