12 research outputs found
Brillouin scattering and the CMB
Brillouin scattering of photons off the density fluctuations in a fluid is
potentially important for cosmology. We derive the Brillouin spectral
distortion of blackbody radiation, and discuss the possible implications for
the cosmic microwave background. The thermal Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect is
slightly modified by Brillouin distortion, but only at very long wavelengths.Comment: 4 pages Revtex, 2 figs. Minor changes to improve clarity; version to
appear in GR
Kaluza's theory in generalized coordinates
Maxwell's equations can be obtained in generalized coordinates by considering
the electromagnetic field as an external agent. The work here presented shows
how to obtain the electrodynamics for a charged particle in generalized
coordinates eliminating the concept of external force. Based on Kaluza's
formalism, the one here presented extends the 5x5 metric into a 6x6 space-time
giving enough room to include magnetic monopoles in a very natural way.Comment: 11 pages, RevTex. Accepted for publication in the Journal of
Matematical Physic
A structure factor approach to the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect
Structure factor theory (SFT) is applied to analyze distortions to the Cosmic
Microwave Background Radiation (CMBR) due the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect (SZE)
in typical clusters of galaxies. It is shown that a suitable structure factor
associated to a collisionless (Knudsen) gas is able to reproduce the SZE
distortion of the CMBR . Physical arguments suggest that SFT yields an
approximate solution to the Kompaneets equation and sets plausible values for
the two ``free'' parameters involved in the calculation of the spectral
distortion. Finally, further applications of the SFT to other standard
cosmological problems are briefly discussed.Comment: 6 pages, 3 figures. RevTex. Submitted to Physica
Rotational Viscosity in Linear Irreversible Thermodynamics and its Application to Neutron Stars
A generalized analysis of the local entropy production of a simple fluid is
used to show that, if intrinsic angular momentum is taken into account,
rotational viscosity must arise in the linear non-equilibrium regime. As a
consequence, the stress tensor of dense rotating matter, such as the one
present in neutron stars, posseses a significant non-vansishing antisymmetrical
part. A simple argument suggests that, due to the extreme magnetic fields
present in neutron stars, the relaxation time associated to rotational
viscosity is large (approx 10^{21} s). The formalism leads to generalized
Navier-Stokes equations useful in neutron star physics which involve vorticity
in the linear regime.Comment: 6 pages Revtex; to appear J. Nonequilibrium Therm
On the gravitational instability of a dissipative medium
This paper shows that the ordinary Jeans wave number can be obtained as a
limiting case of a more general approach that includes dissipative effects.
Corrections to the Jeans critical mass associated to viscosity are established.
Some possible implications of the results are finally discussed.Comment: 5 pages, RevTe
On the nature of the so-called generic instabilities in dissipative relativistic hydrodynamics
It is shown that the so-called generic instabilities that appear in the
framework of relativistic linear irreversible thermodynamics, describing the
fluctuations of a simple fluid close to equilibrium, arise due to the coupling
of heat with hydrodynamic acceleration which appears in Eckart's formalism of
relativistic irreversible thermodynamics. Further, we emphasize that such
behavior should be interpreted as a contradiction to the postulates of linear
irreversible thermodynamics (LIT), namely a violation of Onsager's hypothesis
on the regression of fluctuations, and not as fluid instabilities. Such
contradictions can be avoided within a relativistic linear framework if a
Meixner-like approach to the phenomenological equations is employed.Comment: 13 pages, no figures. Accepted for publication in GR
Memorias del Séptimo Foro de la Enseñanza de las Matemáticas
En el Séptimo Foro de Enseñanza de las Matemática Ibero 2017 se abordaron temas relacionados con el uso de la historia de las matemáticas en el aula, las transformaciones en las habilidades, destrezas y conocimientos en los alumnos universitarios en la primera década del 2000, el uso de plataformas digitales en la enseñanza de las matemáticas; se expuso sobre situaciones problema en la vida cotidiana relacionados con las matemáticas escolares y la modelación matemática, sobre la historia de la enseñanza de las matermáticas, entre otros temas.ITESO, A.C.Universidad Iberoamericana, Campus Santa F