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Coincidences of Dark Energy with Dark Matter -- Clues for a Simple Alternative?
A rare coincidence of scales in standard particle physics is needed to
explain why or the negative pressure of cosmological dark energy (DE)
coincides with the positive pressure of random motion of dark matter (DM)
in bright galaxies. Recently Zlosnik et al. (2007) propose to modify the
Einsteinian curvature by adding a non-linear pressure from a medium flowing
with a four-velocity vector field . We propose to check whether a smooth
extension of GR with a simple kinetic Lagrangian of can be constructed,
and whether the pressure can bend space-time sufficiently to replace the roles
of a DE, Cold DM and heavy neutrinos in explaining anomalous
accelerations at all scales. As a specific proof of concept we find a
Vector-for- model (-model) and its variants. With
essentially {\it no free parameters}, these appear broadly consistent with the
solar system, gravitational potentials in dwarf spiral galaxies and the bullet
cluster of galaxies, early universe with inflation, structure formation and
BBN, and late acceleration with a 1:3 ratio of DM:DE.Comment: to appear in ApJ Letters, 4 page
How Well Do We Know the Beta-Decay of 16N and Oxygen Formation in Helium Burning
We review the status of the 12C(a,g)16O reaction rate, of importance for
stellar processes in a progenitor star prior to a super-nova collapse. Several
attempts to constrain the p-wave S-factor of the 12C(a,g)16O reaction at Helium
burning temperatures (200 MK) using the beta-delayed alpha-particle emission of
16N have been made, and it is claimed that this S-factor is known, as quoted by
the TRIUMF collaboration. In contrast reanalyses (by G.M. hale) of all thus far
available data (including the 16N data) does not rule out a small S-factor
solution. Furthermore, we improved our previous Yale-UConn study of the beta-
delayed alpha-particle emission of \n16 by improving our statistical sample (by
more than a factor of 5), improving the energy resolution of the experiment (by
20%), and in understanding our line shape, deduced from measured quantities.
Our newly measured spectrum of the beta-delayed alpha-particle emission of 16N
is not consistent with the TRIUMF('94) data, but is consistent with the
Seattle('95) data, as well as the earlier (unaltered !) data of Mainz('71). The
implication of this discrepancies for the extracted astrophysical p-wave
s-factor is briefly discussed.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures, Invited Talk, Physics With Radioactive Beams,
Puri, India, Jan. 12-17, 1998, Work Supported by USDOE Grant No.
DE-FG02-94ER4087
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Cathode chemistries and electrode parameters affecting the fast charging performance of li-ion batteries
Li-ion battery fast-charging technology plays an important role in popularizing electric vehicles (EV), which critically need a charging process that is as simple and quick as pumping fuel for conventional internal combustion engine vehicles. To ensure stable and safe fast charging of Li-ion battery, understanding the electrochemical and thermal behaviors of battery electrodes under high rate charges is crucial, since it provides insight into the limiting factors that restrict the battery from acquiring energy at high rates. In this work, charging simulations are performed on Li-ion batteries that use the LiCoO2 (LCO), LiMn2O4 (LMO), and LiFePO4 (LFP) as the cathodes. An electrochemical-thermal coupling model is first developed and experimentally validated on a 2.6Ah LCO based Li-ion battery and is then adjusted to study the LMO and LFP based batteries. LCO, LMO, and LFP based Li-ion batteries exhibited different thermal responses during charges due to their different entropy profiles, and results show that the entropy change of the LCO battery plays a positive role in alleviating its temperature rise during charges. Among the batteries, the LFP battery is difficult to be charged at high rates due to the charge transfer limitation caused by the low electrical conductivity of the LFP cathode, which, however, can be improved through doping or adding conductive additives. A parametric study is also performed by considering different electrode thicknesses and secondary particle sizes. It reveals that the concentration polarization at the electrode and particle levels can be weaken by using thin electrodes and small solid particles, respectively. These changes are helpful to mitigate the diffusion limitation and improve the performance of Li-ion batteries during high rate charges, but careful consideration should be taken when applying these changes since they can reduce the energy density of the batteries
Complete time-dependent treatment of a three-level system
Both unitary evolution and the effects of dissipation and decoherence for a
general three-level system are of widespread interest in quantum optics,
molecular physics, and elsewhere. A previous paper presented a technique for
solving the time-dependent operator equations involved but under certain
restrictive conditions. We now extend our results to a general three-level
system with arbitrary time-dependent Hamiltonians and Lindblad operators.
Analytical handling of the SU(3) algebra of the eight operators involved leaves
behind a set of coupled first-order differential equations for classical
functions. Solution of this set gives a complete solution of the quantum
problem, without having to invoke rotating-wave or other approximations.
Numerical illustrations are given.Comment: 1 tar.gz file containing a Tex and four eps figure files; unzip with
command gunzip RZPRA05.tar.g
Angular momentum I ground state probabilities of boson systems interacting by random interactions
In this paper we report our systematic calculations of angular momentum
ground state probabilities () of boson systems with spin in the
presence of random two-body interactions. It is found that the P(0) dominance
is usually not true for a system with an odd number of bosons, while it is
valid for an even number of bosons, which indicates that the P(0) dominance is
partly connected to the even number of identical particles. It is also noticed
that the 's of bosons with spin do not follow the 1/N (,
referring to the number of independent two-body matrix elements) relation. The
properties of the 's obtained in boson systems with spin are
discussed.Comment: 8 pages and 3 figure
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