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Positronium in a liquid phase: formation, bubble state and chemical reactions
This chapter reviews the following items: 1. Energy deposition and track
structure of fast positrons: ionization slowing down, number of ion-electron
pairs, typical sizes, thermalization, electrostatic interaction between e+ and
its blob, effect of local heating; 2. Positronium formation in condensed media:
the Ore model, quasifree Ps state, intratrack mechanism of Ps formation; 3.
Fast intratrack diffusion-controlled reactions: Ps oxidation and ortho-para
conversion by radiolytic products, reaction rate constants, interpretation of
the PAL spectra in water at different temperatures; 4. Ps bubble models.
"Non-point" positronium: wave function, energy contributions, relationship
between the pick-off annihilation rate and the bubble radius
Renormalized non-modal theory of the kinetic drift instability of plasma shear flows
The linear and renormalized nonlinear kinetic theory of drift instability of
plasma shear flow across the magnetic field, which has the Kelvin's method of
shearing modes or so-called non-modal approach as its foundation, is developed.
The developed theory proves that the time-dependent effect of the finite ion
Larmor radius is the key effect, which is responsible for the suppression of
drift turbulence in an inhomogeneous electric field. This effect leads to the
non-modal decrease of the frequency and growth rate of the unstable drift
perturbations with time. We find that turbulent scattering of the ion gyrophase
is the dominant effect, which determines extremely rapid suppression of drift
turbulence in shear flow
Beyond the Point Ps Approximation
In application to positron annihilation spectroscopy, Ps atom is considered
not as a point particle, but as a finite size e+ e- pair localized in a
bubble-state in a medium. Variation of the internal Coulombic e+ -e- attraction
vs. the bubble radius is estimated
Semiclassical treatment of logarithmic perturbation theory
The explicit semiclassical treatment of logarithmic perturbation theory for
the nonrelativistic bound states problem is developed. Based upon
-expansions and suitable quantization conditions a new procedure for
deriving perturbation expansions for the one-dimensional anharmonic oscillator
is offered. Avoiding disadvantages of the standard approach, new handy
recursion formulae with the same simple form both for ground and exited states
have been obtained. As an example, the perturbation expansions for the energy
eigenvalues of the harmonic oscillator perturbed by are
considered.Comment: 6 pages, LATEX 2.09 using IOP style
Formation of quasi-free and bubble positronium states in water and aqueous solutions
It is shown that in aqueous solutions a positronium atom is first formed in
the quasi-free state, and, after 50-100 ps, becomes localized in a nanobubble.
Analysis of the annihilation spectra of NaNO3 aqueous solutions shows that the
hydrated electron is not involved in the positronium (Ps) formation
Renormalized theory of the ion cyclotron turbulence in magnetic field--aligned plasma shear flow
The analytical treatment of nonlinear evolution of the shear-flow-modified
current driven ion cyclotron instability and shear-flow-driven ion cyclotron
kinetic instabilities of magnetic field--aligned plasma shear flow is
presented. Analysis is performed on the base of the nonlinear dispersion
equation, which accounts for a new combined effect of plasma turbulence and
shear flow. It consists in turbulent scattering of ions across the shear flow
with their convection by shear flow and results in enhanced nonlinear
broadening of ion cyclotron resonances. This effect is found to lead to the
saturation of ion cyclotron instabilities as well as to the development of
nonlinear shear flow driven ion cyclotron instability. 52.35.RaComment: 21 page
Integrability and action operators in quantum Hamiltonian systems
For a (classically) integrable quantum mechanical system with two degrees of
freedom, the functional dependence of the
Hamiltonian operator on the action operators is analyzed and compared with the
corresponding functional relationship in
the classical limit of that system. The former is shown to converge toward the
latter in some asymptotic regime associated with the classical limit, but the
convergence is, in general, non-uniform. The existence of the function
in the integrable regime of a parametric
quantum system explains empirical results for the dimensionality of manifolds
in parameter space on which at least two levels are degenerate. The comparative
analysis is carried out for an integrable one-parameter two-spin model.
Additional results presented for the (integrable) circular billiard model
illuminate the same conclusions from a different angle.Comment: 9 page
Possible d+id scenario in La_{2-x}Sr_{x}CuO_4 by point-contact measurements
We analyze the results of point-contact measurements in La_{2-x}Sr_{x}CuO_{4}
(LSCO) previously reported as a clear evidence of the separation between gap
and pseudogap in this copper oxide. Here we show that, in addition to this, the
conductance curves of our point-contact junctions -- showing clear Andreev
reflection features -- can be interpreted as supporting a nodeless
d_{x^2-y^2}+id_{xy}-wave symmetry of the gap in LSCO. The results of our
analysis, in particular the doping dependence of the subdominant d_{xy} gap
component, are discussed and compared to the predictions of different
theoretical models.Comment: 6 pages, 4 eps figures, presented at SATT11 Conference (Vietri sul
Mare, March 2002). To appear in Int. J. Mod. Phy
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