Transition of a spherical vortex to a Dirac monopole with fractional topological charge

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (15) ◽  
pp. 2050118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Derar Altarawneh ◽  
Manfried Faber ◽  
Roman Höllwieser
Keyword(s):  
Dirac Operator ◽  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Topological Charge ◽  
Periodic Boundary ◽  
Periodic Boundary Conditions ◽  
Topological Properties ◽  
Dirac Monopole ◽  
Center Vortex ◽  
Spherical Vortex ◽  
Charge Formula

We study topological properties of classical spherical center vortices with the low-lying eigenmodes of the Dirac operator in the fundamental and adjoint representations using both the overlap and asqtad staggered fermion formulations. We find some evidence for fractional topological charge during cooling the spherical center vortex on a [Formula: see text] lattice. We identify the object with topological charge [Formula: see text] as a Dirac monopole with a gauge field fading away at large distances. Therefore, even for periodic boundary conditions, it does not need an anti-monopole.

Molecular Dynamics Using Non-Variational Polarizable Force Fields: Theory, Periodic Boundary Conditions Implementation and Application to the Bond Capacity Model

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pier Paolo Poier ◽  
Louis Lagardere ◽  
Jean-Philip Piquemal ◽  
Frank Jensen
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Periodic Boundary ◽  
Force Fields ◽  
Periodic Boundary Conditions ◽  
Computational Effort ◽  
Polarizable Force Fields ◽  
Energy Models ◽  
Capacity Model ◽  
Energy Gradient ◽  
Polarization Models

<div> <div> <div> <p>We extend the framework for polarizable force fields to include the case where the electrostatic multipoles are not determined by a variational minimization of the electrostatic energy. Such models formally require that the polarization response is calculated for all possible geometrical perturbations in order to obtain the energy gradient required for performing molecular dynamics simulations. </p><div> <div> <div> <p>By making use of a Lagrange formalism, however, this computational demanding task can be re- placed by solving a single equation similar to that for determining the electrostatic variables themselves. Using the recently proposed bond capacity model that describes molecular polarization at the charge-only level, we show that the energy gradient for non-variational energy models with periodic boundary conditions can be calculated with a computational effort similar to that for variational polarization models. The possibility of separating the equation for calculating the electrostatic variables from the energy expression depending on these variables without a large computational penalty provides flexibility in the design of new force fields. </p><div><div><div> </div> </div> </div> <p> </p><div> <div> <div> <p>variables themselves. Using the recently proposed bond capacity model that describes molecular polarization at the charge-only level, we show that the energy gradient for non-variational energy models with periodic boundary conditions can be calculated with a computational effort similar to that for variational polarization models. The possibility of separating the equation for calculating the electrostatic variables from the energy expression depending on these variables without a large computational penalty provides flexibility in the design of new force fields. </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>

scholarly journals Sharp Lyapunov-type inequalities for second-order half-linear difference equations with different kinds of boundary conditions

2021 ◽  
Vol 115 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Stegliński
Keyword(s):  
Difference Equation ◽  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Difference Equations ◽  
Periodic Boundary ◽  
Periodic Boundary Conditions ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Linear Difference Equations ◽  
Order Difference ◽  
Second Order Difference Equation ◽  
Order Difference Equation

AbstractIn this work, we establish optimal Lyapunov-type inequalities for the second-order difference equation with p-Laplacian $$\begin{aligned} \Delta (\left| \Delta u(k-1)\right| ^{p-2}\Delta u(k-1))+a(k)\left| u(k)\right| ^{p-2}u(k)=0 \end{aligned}$$ Δ ( Δ u ( k - 1 ) p - 2 Δ u ( k - 1 ) ) + a ( k ) u ( k ) p - 2 u ( k ) = 0 with Dirichlet, Neumann, mixed, periodic and anti-periodic boundary conditions.

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