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3D Finite Volume Simulation of Accretion Discs with Spiral Shocks
We perform 2D and 3D numerical simulations of an accretion disc in a close
binary system using the Simplified Flux vector Splitting (SFS) finite volume
method. In our calculations, gas is assumed to be the ideal one, and we
calculate the cases with gamma=1.01, 1.05, 1.1 and 1.2. The mass ratio of the
mass losing star to the mass accreting star is unity. Our results show that
spiral shocks are formed on the accretion disc in all cases. In 2D calculations
we find that the smaller gamma is, the more tightly the spiral winds. We
observe this trend in 3D calculations as well in somewhat weaker sense.Comment: 2 pages, LaTeX with 2 ps figures using crckapb.sty. To appear in the
Proceedings of Numerical Astrophysics 1998, Tokyo, Japan, 10-13 March, 1998,
eds. S. M. Miyama, K. Tomisaka and T. Hanawa (Kluwer Academic Publishers
Spiral Structure in IP Peg: Confronting Theory and Observations
The first convincing piece of evidence of spiral structure in the accretion
disc in IP Pegasi was found by Steeghs et al. (1997). We performed two kinds of
2D hydrodynamic simulations, a SFS finite volume scheme and a SPH scheme, with
a mass ratio of 0.5. Both results agreed well with each other. We constructed
Doppler maps and line flux-binary phase relations based on density
distributions, the results agreeing well with those obtained by observation.Comment: 4 pages, LaTeX with 2 ps figures using crckapb.sty. To appear in the
Proceedings of Numerical Astrophysics 1998, Tokyo, Japan, 10-13 March, 1998,
eds. S. M. Miyama, K. Tomisaka and T. Hanawa (Kluwer Academic Publishers
Studying Gaugino Mass in Semi-Direct Gauge Mediation
We study gaugino mass generation in the context of semi-direct gauge
mediation models, where the messengers are charged under both the hidden sector
and the standard model gauge groups while they do not play important roles in
dynamical supersymmetry breaking. We clarify the cancellation of the leading
contributions of the supersymmetry breaking effects to the gaugino mass in this
class of models in terms of the macroscopic effective theory of the hidden
sector dynamics. We also consider how to retrofit the model so that we obtain
the non-vanishing leading contribution to the gaugino mass.Comment: 14 page
The basic K nuclear cluster K- pp and its enhanced formation in the p + p -> K+ + X reaction
We have studied the structure of K- pp nuclear cluster comprehensively by
solving this three-body system exactly in a variational method starting from
the Ansatz that the Lambda(1405) resonance (Lambda*) is a K-p bound state. We
have found that our original prediction for the presence of K-pp as a compact
bound system with M = 2322 GeV/c), leads to
unusually large self-trapping of Lambda* by the participating proton, since the
Lambda*-p system exists as a compact doorway state propagating to K- pp
(R{Lambda*-p} ~ 1.67 fm).Comment: 18 pages, 14 figures. Phys, Rev. C, in pres
CMB Anisotropies Reveal Quantized Gravity
A novel primordial spectrum with a dynamical scale of quantum gravity origin
is proposed to explain the sharp fall off of the angular power spectra at low
multipoles in the COBE and WMAP observations. The spectrum is derived from
quantum fluctuations of the scalar curvature in a renormalizable model of
induced gravity. This model describes the very early universe by the conformal
field fluctuating about an inflationary background with the expansion time
constant of order of the Planck mass.Comment: 12 pages, 2 figure
Clustering of ions at atomic dimensions in quantum plasmas
By means of particle simulations of the equations of motion for ions interacting among themselves under the influence of newly discovered Shukla–Eliasson attractive force (SEAF) in a dense quantum plasma, we demonstrate that the SEAF can bring ions closer at atomic dimensions. We present simulation results of the dynamics of an ensemble of ions in the presence of the SEAF without and with confining external potentials and collisions between ions and degenerate electrons. Our particle simulations reveal that under the SEAF, ions attract each other, come closer, and form ionic clusters in the bath of degenerate electrons that shield ions. Furthermore, an external confining potential produces robust ion clusters that can have cigar- and ball-like shapes, which remain stable when the confining potential is removed. The stability of ion clusters is discussed. Our results may have applications to solid density plasmas (density exceeding 1023 per cm3), where the electrons will be degenerate and quantum forces due to the electron recoil effect caused by the overlapping of electron wave functions and electron tunneling through the Bohm potential, electron-exchange and electron-exchange and electron correlations associated with electron-1/2 spin effect, and the quantum statistical pressure of the degenerate electrons play a decisive role
On the Azimuthal Stability of Shock Waves around Black Holes
Analytical studies and numerical simulations of time dependent axially
symmetric flows onto black holes have shown that it is possible to produce
stationary shock waves with a stable position both for ideal inviscid and for
moderately viscous accretion disks.
We perform several two dimensional numerical simulations of accretion flows
in the equatorial plane to study shock stability against non-axisymmetric
azimuthal perturbations. We find a peculiar new result. A very small
perturbation seems to produce an instability as it crosses the shock, but after
some small oscillations, the shock wave suddenly transforms into an asymmetric
closed pattern, and it stabilizes with a finite radial extent, despite the
inflow and outflow boundary conditions are perfectly symmetric. The main
characteristics of the final flow are: 1) The deformed shock rotates steadily
without any damping. It is a permanent feature and the thermal energy content
and the emitted energy vary periodically with time. 2) This behavior is also
stable against further perturbations. 3) The average shock is still very strong
and well defined, and its average radial distance is somewhat larger than that
of the original axially symmetric circular shock. 4) Shocks obtained with
larger angular momentum exhibit more frequencies and beating phenomena. 5) The
oscillations occur in a wide range of parameters, so this new effect may have
relevant observational consequences, like (quasi) periodic oscillations, for
the accretion of matter onto black holes. Typical time scales for the periods
are 0.01 and 1000 seconds for black holes with 10 and 1 million solar mass,
respectively.Comment: 15 pages, 7 figures, accepted by the Astrophysical Journa
A rejection-free Monte Carlo method for the hard-disk system
We construct a rejection-free Monte Carlo method for the hard-disk system.
Rejection-free Monte Carlo methods preserve the time-evolution behavior of the
standard Monte Carlo method, and this relationship is confirmed for our method
by observing nonequilibrium relaxation of a bond-orientational order parameter.
The rejection-free method gives a greater computational efficiency than the
standard method at high densities. The rejection free method is implemented in
a shrewd manner using optimization methods to calculate a rejection probability
and to update the system. This method should allow an efficient study of the
dynamics of two-dimensional solids at high density.Comment: 8 pages, 9 figures. This paper has been combined into the
cond-mat/0508652, and published in Phys. Rev.
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