On an atom with a magnetic quadrupole moment in a rotating frame

The quantum description of an atom with a magnetic quadrupole moment in the presence of a uniform effective magnetic field is analysed. The atom is also subject to rotation and a scalar potential proportional to the inverse of the radial distance. It is shown that the spectrum of energy is modified, in contrast to the Landau-type levels, and there is a restriction on the possible values of the cyclotron frequency which stems from the influence of the rotation and scalar potential proportional to the inverse of the radial distance.Comment: 11 pages. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1705.0819

Multiobjective analysis for the design and control of an electromagnetic valve actuator

The electromagnetic valve actuator can deliver much improved fuel efficiency and reduced emissions in spark ignition (SI) engines owing to the potential for variable valve timing when compared with cam-operated, or conventional, variable valve strategies. The possibility exists to reduce pumping losses by throttle-free operation, along with closed-valve engine braking. However, further development is required to make the technology suitable for accept- ance into the mass production market. This paper investigates the application of multiobjective optimization techniques to the conflicting objective functions inherent in the operation of such a device. The techniques are utilized to derive the optimal force–displacement characteristic for the solenoid actuator, along with its controllability and dynamic/steady state performance

Bartering integer commodities with exogenous prices

The analysis of markets with indivisible goods and fixed exogenous prices has played an important role in economic models, especially in relation to wage rigidity and unemployment. This research report provides a mathematical and computational details associated to the mathematical programming based approaches proposed by Nasini et al. (accepted 2014) to study pure exchange economies where discrete amounts of commodities are exchanged at fixed prices. Barter processes, consisting in sequences of elementary reallocations of couple of commodities among couples of agents, are formalized as local searches converging to equilibrium allocations. A direct application of the analyzed processes in the context of computational economics is provided, along with a Java implementation of the approaches described in this research report.Comment: 30 pages, 5 sections, 10 figures, 3 table

Inelastic scattering and elastic amplitude in Ising field theory in a weak magnetic field at T>T_c. Perturbative analysis

Two-particle scattering in Ising field theory in a weak magnetic field h is studied in the regime T>T_c, using perturbation theory in h^2. We calculate explicitly the cross-section of the process 2->3 to the order h^2. To this order, the corresponding cross-section dominates the total cross-section (the probability of all inelastic processes) at all energies E. We show that at high energies the h^2 term in the total cross-section grows as 16 G_3 h^2 log(E) where G_3 is exactly the third moment of the Euclidean spin-spin correlation function. Going beyond the leading order, we argue that at small h^2 the probability of the 2->2 process decays as E^(-16G_3 h^2) as E->infinity.Comment: 20 pages, 3 figures; typos correcte

The ion motion in self-modulated plasma wakefield accelerators

The effects of plasma ion motion in self-modulated plasma based accelerators is examined. An analytical model describing ion motion in the narrow beam limit is developed, and confirmed through multi-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations. It is shown that the ion motion can lead to the early saturation of the self-modulation instability, and to the suppression of the accelerating gradients. This can reduce the total energy that can be transformed into kinetic energy of accelerated particles. For the parameters of future proton-driven plasma accelerator experiments, the ion dynamics can have a strong impact. Possible methods to mitigate the effects of the ion motion in future experiments are demonstrated.Comment: 11 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. Let