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Joule heating effects on quartz particle melting in high-temperature silicate melt
This work is mostly focused on the melting process model simulation of quartz particles having the radius within the range of 10{-6}-10{-3} m. The melting process is simulated accounting for the heat generation at an electric current passage through a quartz particle
Non-equilibrium melting processes of silicate melts with different silica content at low-temperature plasma
This article is devoted to research the possibility of high-temperature silicate melts producing from different silica content at low-temperature plasma taking into account non-equilibrium melting processes
Non-equilibrium melting processes of silicate melts with different silica content at low-temperature plasma
This article is devoted to research the possibility of high-temperature silicate melts producing from different silica content at low-temperature plasma taking into account non-equilibrium melting processes
Derivation of the particle dynamics from kinetic equations
We consider the microscopic solutions of the Boltzmann-Enskog equation
discovered by Bogolyubov. The fact that the time-irreversible kinetic equation
has time-reversible microscopic solutions is rather surprising. We analyze this
paradox and show that the reversibility or irreversibility property of the
Boltzmann-Enskog equation depends on the considered class of solutions. If the
considered solutions have the form of sums of delta-functions, then the
equation is reversible. If the considered solutions belong to the class of
continuously differentiable functions, then the equation is irreversible. Also,
we construct the so called approximate microscopic solutions. These solutions
are continuously differentiable and they are reversible on bounded time
intervals. This analysis suggests a way to reconcile the time-irreversible
kinetic equations with the time-reversible particle dynamics. Usually one tries
to derive the kinetic equations from the particle dynamics. On the contrary, we
postulate the Boltzmann-Enskog equation or another kinetic equation and treat
their microscopic solutions as the particle dynamics. So, instead of the
derivation of the kinetic equations from the microdynamics we suggest a kind of
derivation of the microdynamics from the kinetic equations.Comment: 18 pages; some misprints have been corrected, some references have
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Conformal Transformations of the Wigner Function and Solutions of the Quantum Corrected Vlasov Equation
We study conformal properties of the quantum kinetic equations in curved
spacetime. A transformation law for the covariant Wigner function under
conformal transformations of a spacetime is derived by using the formalism of
tangent bundles. The conformal invariance of the quantum corrected Vlasov
equation is proven. This provides a basis for generating new solutions of the
quantum kinetic equations in the presence of gravitational and other external
fields. We use our method to find explicit quantum corrections to the class of
locally isotropic distributions, to which equilibrium distributions belong. We
show that the quantum corrected stress--energy tensor for such distributions
has, in general, a non--equilibrium structure. Local thermal equilibrium is
possible in quantum systems only if an underlying spacetime is conformally
static (not stationary). Possible applications of our results are discussed.Comment: 30 page
Status epilepticus: Analysis of refractory cases
Objective: to analyze refractory status epilepticus (SE) cases.Patients and methods. Fifteen female patients aged 21 to 62 years with refractory SE were comprehensively examined using long-term electroencephalography monitoring. The investigators evaluated the efficiency of treatment regimens with intravenous antiepileptic drugs (AEDs), such as diazepam (DZP); valproic acid (VPA); levetiracetam; and lacosamide and their combinations, at the prehospital and hospital stages, as well as SE therapy complications noted only in the intravenous administration of narcotics (propofol, sodium thiopental).Results and discussion. A fetal outcome due to multiple organ dysfunction indirectly related to SE was recorded in 2 (13.3%) patients with acute symptomatic status. SE was abolished in the other 13 cases. The preliminary findings may suggest that it is appropriate to prescribe VPA just at the prehospital stage. The co-administration of VPA and DZP substantially enhances the efficiency of SE therapy. The maximum acceptable doses of AEDs using the whole available therapeutic arsenal should be administered within the first hours of acute symptomatic SE
Modulational instability in periodic quadratic nonlinear materials
We investigate the modulational instability of plane waves in quadratic
nonlinear materials with linear and nonlinear quasi-phase-matching gratings.
Exact Floquet calculations, confirmed by numerical simulations, show that the
periodicity can drastically alter the gain spectrum but never completely
removes the instability. The low-frequency part of the gain spectrum is
accurately predicted by an averaged theory and disappears for certain gratings.
The high-frequency part is related to the inherent gain of the homogeneous
non-phase-matched material and is a consistent spectral feature.Comment: 4 pages, 7 figures corrected minor misprint
Multispectral anti-reflection coatings based on YbF3/ZnS materials on ZnGeP2 substrate by the IBS method for Mid-IR laser applications
A multispectral anti-reflective coating of high radiation strength for laser applications in the IR spectrum for nonlinear ZnGeP2 crystals has been developed for the first time. The coating was constructed using YbF3/ZnS. The developed coating was obtained by a novel approach using ion-beam deposition of these materials on a ZnGeP2 substrate. It has a high LIDT of more than 2 J/cm2. Optimal layer deposition regimes were found for high film density and low absorption, and good adhesion of the coating to the substrate was achieved. At the same time, there was no dissociation of the double compound under high-energy ions
Investigation of oxidation process of mechanically activated ultrafine iron powders
The oxidation of mechanically activated ultrafine iron powders was studied using X-ray powder diffraction and thermogravimetric analyzes. The powders with average particles size of 100 nm were made by the electric explosion of wire, and were subjected to mechanical activation in planetary ball mill for 15 and 40 minutes. It was shown that a certain amount of FeO phase is formed during mechanical activation of ultrafine iron powders. According to thermogravimetric analysis, the oxidation process of non-milled ultrafine iron powders is a complex process and occurs in three stages. The preliminary mechanical activation of powders considerably changes the nature of the iron powders oxidation, leads to increasing in the temperature of oxidation onset and shifts the reaction to higher temperatures. For the milled powders, the oxidation is more simple process and occurs in a single step
Collapse and stable self-trapping for Bose-Einstein condensates with 1/r^b type attractive interatomic interaction potential
We consider dynamics of Bose-Einstein condensates with long-range attractive
interaction proportional to and arbitrary angular dependence. It is
shown exactly that collapse of Bose-Einstein condensate without contact
interactions is possible only for . Case is critical and requires
number of particles to exceed critical value to allow collapse. Critical
collapse in that case is strong one trapping into collapsing region a finite
number of particles.
Case is supercritical with expected weak collapse which traps rapidly
decreasing number of particles during approach to collapse. For
singularity at is not strong enough to allow collapse but attractive
interaction admits stable self-trapping even in absence of external
trapping potential
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