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Schwinger particle production: rapid switch off of the external field versus dynamical assistance
We consider the process of electron-positron pair production in the presence
of strong electric backgrounds being rapidly switched on and off and examine
the total particle yield. For sufficiently sharp field profiles, the particle
number can be substantially enhanced. It is demonstrated that this enhancement
is quite similar to the phenomenon of dynamical assistance by a weak
high-frequency field superimposed on a strong background. Both these mechanisms
are analyzed by means of exact numerical computations and the locally-constant
field approximation. We identify the time scale of the switching profile
leading to the pair-production enhancement and argue that the particle yield is
highly unlikely to be increased by shaping the switch off of realistic laser
pulses. On the other hand, we confirm that it is feasible to observe the
dynamically assisted Schwinger effect by adding a rapidly oscillating field to
a strong electric background.Comment: 9 pages, 5 figures, 1 tabl
Complex research of acoustic impact on gas-dust flow in vortex-acoustic dispenser
Introduction The processing of wastes from mining operations is usually related to the needs of related industries in raw materials. The results of numerous studies on the complex processing of various man-made materials have confirmed the feasibility of their use to ensure resource-saving and obtain new types of products [1-3]. One of the most promising areas of industrial waste utilization is their integrated use in the production of building materials, which allows to meet the demand for raw materials up to 40% for this most important industry. The use of industrial waste allows to reduce costs for the manufacture of building materials 10-30% in comparison with their production from natural raw materials. The saving of capital investments makes 35-50% in this case [4-5]. In modern technology of building materials production, fine powders are one of the fundamental components that significantly affect the quality of finished products [6]. The fineness of material grinding is important for the intensification of various technological processes. However, the obtaining of a highly dispersed product is difficult due to increased energy consumption for material grinding, as well as their abrasiveness at an intensive abrasion, which causes a high wear of grinding bodies and other parts of a grinding unit. This leads to the increase of the grinding process cost, as well as to the obtaining of a poor-quality, contaminated product [7,8]. According to the data [9-10], the energy costs for the grinding of various materials reach 20% of the total energy consumption for production. The most promising method for fine and ultrafine grinding of various materials used in lowtonnage and innovative technologies is the jet method of grinding [11-12]
Kinetic description of vacuum production in strong electric fields of arbitrary polarization
We present a detailed analysis of the self-consistent system of kinetic
equations (KEs) describing electron-positron pair production from vacuum under
the action of a spatially homogeneous time-dependent electric field of
arbitrary polarization. The physical significance of all the basic functions of
the kinetic theory is ascertained. It is demonstrated that the total system of
the KEs consists of two coupled quasiparticle and spin subsystems with their
integrals of motion. A projection method is proposed in order to obtain the KE
system in two particular cases: linearly polarized external electric field and
(2+1)-dimensional description of quasiparticles in graphene. We also address
the energy conservation law taking into account the internal plasma field and
describe an alternative rigorous derivation of the KE system.Comment: 15 page
Direct laser writing of periodic structures in a Cu-doped near-surface layer on z-cut LiNbO3 crystals
This work is funded by Volkswagen Foundation/Trilateral Project “Investigation of the domain wall conductivity in uniaxial ferroelectrics"
THE INFLUENCE OF DENTAL IMPLANTATION ON THE STATE OF THE BALANCE OF ANTIOXIDANTPROOXIDANT SYSTEM OF ORAL LIQUID IN PATIENTS WITH PARTIAL ADENTIA
Aim. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the influence of treatment of partial adentia by means of the dental implantation over the changes in antioxidant-prooxidant balance of oral liquid.Materials and methods. The study was performed on 40 testees divided into 2 groups: the control group (conditionally healthy people) and the test group (patients with adentia of 1-4 teeth). During the initial examination all the testees underwent the sampling of oral liquid. The oral liquid of patients was sampled at three stages of treatment: at the suture release after the dental implantation, at the installation of the healing abutment and at the installation of orthopedic constructions. The concentration of the products of oxidative modifications of biomolecules was determined in oral liquid as well as the state of the system of antioxidant protection.Results. As a result of a study, it was revealed that the antioxidant activity decreased by 20,7% against the background of the increase in intensity of oxidative processes in oral liquid of patients with partial adentia by 1,8 times. During the treatment it was revealed that the tendency of the gradual increase in general antioxidant potential to the control indices and the decrease in oxidative stress in oral liquid took place. The activity of superoxide dismutase and catalase in oral liquid of patients of the 2nd group sampled at the initial examination was higher than the control indices by 71,6% and 53,4% respectively. At the second stage of the treatment the activity of superoxide dismutase remained increased by 59,1% while the catalase activity decreased by 2,4 times up to the indices 1,6 times lower than the control indices. At this stage it may be noted that the catalase insufficiency is relative which can lead to the increased concentration of hydrogen peroxide against the background of the increased activity of superoxide dismutase. At the 3rd and the 4th stages of the treatment the catalase activity increased by 25,9% in comparison with the indices of the previous stage of the study while the activity of superoxide dismutase decreased to the control indices. The correlation of changes in enzymatic activity of antioxidant protection was close to one.Conclusion. The imbalance of antioxidant-prooxidant system at early stages of treatment may provoke the complications development that’s why the attention must be paid to the perspectives of possible antioxidant correction. In general, the results of the study proved the absence of negative influence of the material used in the dental implant on metabolic systems of oral liquid
Стратегия непрямых действий в образовательных технологиях
The article deals with modern educational technologies, analyzes approaches to their classification. In particular, it considers such a classification criterion as the features of cognitive activity management. It is noted that the cognitive activity management in a number of educational technologies can be characterized as a «strategy of indirect actions». The term of «indirect action strategy» was introduced by B.G. Liddell Hurt, an outstanding military theorist and historian. This term was previously used in military affairs and related to interstate relations, not in pedagogy. However, this term best describes goal setting in many educational technologies. As applied to educational technologies, the «indirect action strategy» is that the student consciously pursues one goal, but actually achieves another one. The goal that seems to the student to be the most significant in the educational process, in fact, is of a subordinate, service nature. This shows such a common property of hierarchical systems as the ability to form system inversions. In the case of system inversion, the lowest, subordinate element in the hierarchy takes on the dominant value, while remaining in its former low hierarchical position. In other words, there is a contradiction between the formal position of an element in the system and its actual role in it. For example, this situation develops when using game educational technologies. The learner, immersed in the learning game, does not perceive and is not aware of anything other than the game itself; however, in this game he acquires a number of important professional skills. This is due to the very nature of the game activity, in which it is not the external goal that is crucial, but the game process itself. A similar situation develops when using problem-based learning. The student solves the educational problem, which in the course of activity seems to him something very important. However, it is not the problem itself that is really important, but the competencies that the student acquires in the process of solving it. Similarly, the strategy of indirect actions is manifested in the application of the project method, as well as in the use of case study technology.В статье рассматриваются современные образовательные технологии, анализируются подходы к их классификации. В частности рассматривается такой классификационный критерий, как особенности управления познавательной деятельностью. Отмечено, что управление познавательной деятельностью в ряде образовательных технологий может быть охарактеризовано как «стратегия непрямых действий». Термин «стратегия непрямых действий» ввел в оборот выдающийся военный теоретик и историк Б.Г. Лиддел Гарт. Этот термин ранее использовался в военном деле и применительно к межгосударственным отношениям, но не в педагогике, однако он наилучшим образом характеризует целеполагание во многих образовательных технологиях. Применительно к образовательным технологиям «стратегия непрямых действий» заключается в том, что обучающийся осознанно преследует одну цель, фактически же достигает другой цели. Та цель, которая представляется студенту максимально значимой в учебном процессе, в действительности носит подчиненный, служебный характер. В этом проявляется такое общее свойство иерархических систем, как способность к формированию системных инверсий. При системной инверсии низший, подчиненный элемент в иерархии приобретает главенствующее значение, оставаясь при этом на своей прежней невысокой иерархической позиции. Иначе говоря, возникает противоречие между формальным положением элемента в системе и его действительной ролью в ней. Например, такая ситуация складывается при применении игровых образовательных технологий. Обучающийся, погруженный в учебную игру, не воспринимает и не осознает ничего, кроме самой игры, однако в этой игре он приобретает ряд важных профессиональных навыков. Это обусловлено самой природой игровой деятельности, в которой решающее значение приобретает не внешняя цель, а сам процесс игры. Похожее положение складывается при применении проблемного обучения. Обучающийся решает учебную проблему, которая в процессе деятельности представляется ему чем-то очень важным. Однако действительно важной оказывается не сама проблема, а компетенции, которые приобретает обучающийся в процессе ее решения. Подобным же образом стратегия непрямых действий проявляется при применении метода проектов, а также при использовании технологии кейс-стади
Multiplicative slices, relativistic Toda and shifted quantum affine algebras
We introduce the shifted quantum affine algebras. They map homomorphically
into the quantized -theoretic Coulomb branches of SUSY
quiver gauge theories. In type , they are endowed with a coproduct, and they
act on the equivariant -theory of parabolic Laumon spaces. In type ,
they are closely related to the open relativistic quantum Toda lattice of type
.Comment: 125 pages. v2: references updated; in section 11 the third local Lax
matrix is introduced. v3: references updated. v4=v5: 131 pages, minor
corrections, table of contents added, Conjecture 10.25 is now replaced by
Theorem 10.25 (whose proof is based on the shuffle approach and is presented
in a new Appendix). v6: Final version as published, references updated,
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Fermionic formulas for eigenfunctions of the difference Toda Hamiltonian
We use the Whittaker vectors and the Drinfeld Casimir element to show that
eigenfunctions of the difference Toda Hamiltonian can be expressed via
fermionic formulas. Motivated by the combinatorics of the fermionic formulas we
use the representation theory of the quantum groups to prove a number of
identities for the coefficients of the eigenfunctions.Comment: 33 pages, Late
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