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Stability of Runge–Kutta methods for the alternately advanced and retarded differential equations with piecewise continuous arguments
AbstractThis paper deals with the numerical properties of Runge–Kutta methods for the solution of u′(t)=au(t)+a0u([t+12]). It is shown that the Runge–Kutta method can preserve the convergence order. The necessary and sufficient conditions under which the analytical stability region is contained in the numerical stability region are obtained. It is interesting that the θ-methods with 0⩽θ<12 are asymptotically stable. Some numerical experiments are given
The Extremely Long-period X-Ray Source in a Young Supernova Remnant: A Thorne-Żytkow Object Descendant?
Kaonic hydrogen and deuterium in Hamiltonian effective field theory
The anti-kaon nucleon scattering lengths resulting from a Hamiltonian effective field theory analysis of experimental data and lattice QCD studies are presented. The same Hamiltonian is then used to compute the scattering length for the system, taking careful account of the effects of recoil on the energy at which the KNT-matrices are evaluated. These results are then used to estimate the shift and width of the 1S levels of anti-kaonic hydrogen and deuterium. The K¯p result is in excellent agreement with the SIDDHARTA measurement. In the K¯d case the imaginary part of the scattering length and consequently the width of the 1S state are considerably larger than found in earlier work. This is a consequence of the effect of recoil on the energy of the KN energy, which enhances the role of the Λ (1405) resonance.Zhan-Wei Liu, Jia-Jun Wu, Derek B. Leinweber, Anthony W. Thoma
Holographic recording of fast events on a CCD camera
We report on holographic recording of nanosecond events on a conventional CCD camera. Three frames of an air-discharge event, with resolution of 5.9 ns and frame interval of 12 ns, are recorded in a single CCD frame. Each individual frame is reconstructed by digital filtering of the CCD frame, since successively recorded holograms are centered at different carrier frequencies in the spatial frequency domain. (C) 2002 Optical Society of America
The Impact of Type Ia Supernova Explosions on Helium Companions in the Chandrasekhar-mass Explosion Scenario
In the version of the single-degenerate scenario of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) studied here, a carbon–oxygen
white dwarf explodes close to the Chandrasekhar limit after accreting material from a non-degenerate helium
(He) companion star. In the present study, we employ the Stellar GADGET code to perform three-dimensional
hydrodynamical simulations of the interaction of the SN Ia ejecta with the He companion star taking into account
its orbital motion and spin. It is found that only 2%–5% of the initial companion mass is stripped off from the outer
layers of He companion stars due to the supernova (SN) impact. The dependence of the unbound mass (or the kick
velocity) on the orbital separation can be fitted to a good approximation by a power law for a given companion
model. After the SN impact, the outer layers of a He donor star are significantly enriched with heavy elements from
the low-expansion-velocity tail of SN Ia ejecta. The total mass of accumulated SN-ejecta material on the companion
surface reaches about 10−3 M for different companion models. This enrichment with heavy elements provides
a potential way to observationally identify the surviving companion star in SN remnants. Finally, by artificially
adjusting the explosion energy of the W7 explosion model, we find that the total accumulation of SN ejecta on the
companion surface is also dependent on the explosion energy with a power-law relation to a good approximation
Quarkonia Measurements with STAR
We report results on quarkonium production from the STAR experiment at the
Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider (RHIC). J/psi spectra in p+p and Cu+Cu
collisions at sqrt(s) = 200 GeV with transverse momenta in the range of 0.5-14
GeV/c and 5-8 GeV/c, respectively, are presented. We find that for p_T > 5
GeV/c yields in p+p collisions are consistent with those in minimum-bias Cu+Cu
collisions scaled with the respective number of binary nucleon-nucleon
collisions. In this range the nuclear modification factor, R_AA, is measured to
be 0.9+-0.2(stat). For the first time at RHIC, high-p_T J/psi-hadron
correlations were studied in p+p collisions. Implications from our measurements
on J/psi production mechanisms, constraints on open bottom yields, and J/psi
dissociation mechanisms at high-p_T are discussed. In addition, we give a brief
status of measurements of Upsilon production in p+p and Au+Au collisions and
present projections of future quarkonia measurements based on an upgrades to
the STAR detector and increased luminosity achieved through stochastic cooling
of RHIC.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figures. Prepared for 3rd International Conference on Hard
and Electromagnetic Probes of High-Energy Nuclear Collisions (Hard Probes
2008), A Toxa, Spain, June 8-14, 200
Andreev Reflection in Ferromagnet/Superconductor/Ferromagnet Double Junction Systems
We present a theory of Andreev reflection in a
ferromagnet/superconductor/ferromagnet double junction system. The spin
polarized quasiparticles penetrate to the superconductor in the range of
penetration depth from the interface by the Andreev reflection. When the
thickness of the superconductor is comparable to or smaller than the
penetration depth, the spin polarized quasiparticles pass through the
superconductor and therefore the electric current depends on the relative
orientation of magnetizations of the ferromagnets. The dependences of the
magnetoresistance on the thickness of the superconductor, temperature, the
exchange field of the ferromagnets and the height of the interfacial barriers
are analyzed. Our theory explains recent experimental results well.Comment: 8 pages, 9 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev.
Nonconstant electronic density of states tunneling inversion for A15 superconductors: Nb3Sn
We re-examine the tunneling data on A15 superconductors by performing a
generalized McMillan-Rowell tunneling inversion that incorporates a nonconstant
electronic density of states obtained from band-structure calculations. For
Nb3Sn, we find that the fit to the experimental data can be slightly improved
by taking into account the sharp structure in the density of states, but it is
likely that such an analysis alone is not enough to completely explain the
superconducting tunneling characteristics of this material. Nevertheless, the
extracted Eliashberg function displays a number of features expected to be
present for the highest quality Nb3Sn samples.Comment: 11 pages, 11 figure
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