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Optimization of Excitation in FDTD Method and Corresponding Source Modeling
Source and excitation modeling in FDTD formulation has a significant impact on the method performance and the required simulation time. Since the abrupt source introduction yields intensive numerical variations in whole computational domain, a generally accepted solution is to slowly introduce the source, using appropriate shaping functions in time. The main goal of the optimization presented in this paper is to find balance between two opposite demands: minimal required computation time and acceptable degradation of simulation performance. Reducing the time necessary for source activation and deactivation is an important issue, especially in design of microwave structures, when the simulation is intensively repeated in the process of device parameter optimization. Here proposed optimized source models are realized and tested within an own developed FDTD simulation environment
Stark Broadening of in III Lines in Astrophysical and Laboratory Plasma
Besides the need of Stark broadening parameters for a number of problems in
physics, and plasma technology, in hot star atmospheres the conditions exist
where Stark widths are comparable and even larger than the thermal Doppler
widths. Using the semiclassical perturbation method we investigated here the
influence of collisions with charged particles for In III spectral lines. We
determined a number of Stark broadening parameters important for the
investigation of plasmas in the atmospheres of A-type stars and white dwarfs.
Also, we have compared the obtained results with existing experimental data.
The results will be included in the STARK-B database, the Virtual Atomic and
Molecular Data Center and the Serbian Virtual Observatory
On Nonlocal Modified Gravity and its Cosmological Solutions
During hundred years of General Relativity (GR), many significant
gravitational phenomena have been predicted and discovered. General Relativity
is still the best theory of gravity. Nevertheless, some (quantum) theoretical
and (astrophysical and cosmological) phenomenological difficulties of modern
gravity have been motivation to search more general theory of gravity than GR.
As a result, many modifications of GR have been considered. One of promising
recent investigations is Nonlocal Modified Gravity. In this article we present
a brief review of some nonlocal gravity models with their cosmological
solutions, in which nonlocality is expressed by an analytic function of the
d'Alembert-Beltrami operator . Some new results are also presented.Comment: 16 page
On the influence of Stark broadening on Si I lines in stellar atmospheres
We study the influence of Stark broadening and stratification effects on Si\i
lines in the rapidly oscillating (roAp) star 10 Aql, where the Si\i 6142.48 \AA
and 6155.13 \AA lines are asymmetrical and shifted. First we have calculated
Stark broadening parameters using the semiclassical perturbation method for
three Si\i lines: 5950.2 \AA, 6142.48 \AA and 6155.13 \AA. We revised the
synthetic sp$ calculation code taking into account both Stark width and shift
for these lines. From the comparison of our calculations with the observations
we found that Stark broadening + the stratification effect can explain
asymmetry of the Si\i 6142.48 \AA and 6155.13 \AA lines in the atmospere of
roAp star 10 Aql.Comment: Accepted to A&
The influence of the radiative non-symmetric ion-atom collisions on the stellar atmospheres in VUV region
The aim of this work is to draw attention to the processes of radiative
charge exchange in non-symmetric ion-atom collisions as a factor of influence
on the opacity of stellar atmospheres in VUV region. For that purpose
calculations of the spectral absorption coefficients for several ion-atom
systems, namely: He + H and H + X, where X = Na and Li have been
performed. On chosen examples it has been established that the examined
processes generate rather wide molecular absorption bands in the VUV region,
which should be taken into account for the interpretation of data obtained from
laboratory measurements or astrophysical observations. In this paper the
potential significance is discussed of the considered radiative processes for
DB white dwarfs and solar atmospheres, as well as for the atmospheres of the
so-called lithium stars
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