Energy and Magnetic Moment of a Quantum Charged Particle in Time-Dependent Magnetic and Electric Fields of Circular and Plane Solenoids

We consider a quantum spinless nonrelativistic charged particle moving in the xy plane under the action of a time-dependent magnetic field, described by means of the linear vector potential A=B(t)−y(1+α),x(1−α)/2, with two fixed values of the gauge parameter α: α=0 (the circular gauge) and α=1 (the Landau gauge). While the magnetic field is the same in all the cases, the systems with different values of the gauge parameter are not equivalent for nonstationary magnetic fields due to different structures of induced electric fields, whose lines of force are circles for α=0 and straight lines for α=1. We derive general formulas for the time-dependent mean values of the energy and magnetic moment, as well as for their variances, for an arbitrary function B(t). They are expressed in terms of solutions to the classical equation of motion ε¨+ωα2(t)ε=0, with ω1=2ω0. Explicit results are found in the cases of the sudden jump of magnetic field, the parametric resonance, the adiabatic evolution, and for several specific functions B(t), when solutions can be expressed in terms of elementary or hypergeometric functions. These examples show that the evolution of the mentioned mean values can be rather different for the two gauges, if the evolution is not adiabatic. It appears that the adiabatic approximation fails when the magnetic field goes to zero. Moreover, the sudden jump approximation can fail in this case as well. The case of a slowly varying field changing its sign seems especially interesting. In all the cases, fluctuations of the magnetic moment are very strong, frequently exceeding the square of the mean value.

Backreaction of Schwinger pair creation in massive QED2

Particle-antiparticle pairs can be produced by background electric fields via the Schwinger mechanism provided they are unconfined. If, as in QED in (3+1)-d these particles are massive, the particle production rate is exponentially suppressed below a threshold field strength. Above this threshold, the energy for pair creation must come from the electric field itself which ought to eventually relax to the threshold strength. Calculating this relaxation in a self-consistent manner, however, is difficult. Chu and Vachaspati addressed this problem in the context of capacitor discharge in massless QED2 [1] by utilizing bosonization in two-dimensions. When the bare fermions are massless, the dual bosonized theory is free and capacitor discharge can be analyzed exactly [1], however, special care is required in its interpretation given that the theory exhibits confinement. In this paper we reinterpret the findings of [1], where the capacitors Schwinger-discharge via electrically neutral dipolar meson-production, and generalize this to the case where the fermions have bare masses. Crucially, we note that when the initial charge of the capacitor is large compared to the charge of the fermions, Q » e, the classical equation of motion for the bosonized model accurately characterizes the dynamics of discharge. For massless QED2, we find that the discharge is suppressed below a critical plate separation that is commensurate with the length scale associated with the meson dipole moment. For massive QED2, we find in addition, a mass threshold familiar from (3+1)-d, and show the electric field relaxes to a final steady state with a magnitude proportional to the initial charge. We discuss the wider implications of our findings and identify challenges in extending this treatment to higher dimensions.

Heat Transfer Analysis for Non-Contacting Mechanical Face Seals Using the Variable-Order Derivative Approach

This article presents a variable-order derivative (VOD) time fractional model for describing heat transfer in the rotor or stator in non-contacting mechanical face seals. Most theoretical studies so far have been based on the classical equation of heat transfer. Recently, constant-order derivative (COD) time fractional models have also been used. The VOD time fractional model considered here is able to provide adequate information on the heat transfer phenomena occurring in non-contacting face seals, especially during the startup. The model was solved analytically, but the characteristic features of the model were determined through numerical simulations. The equation of heat transfer in this model was analyzed as a function of time. The phenomena observed in the seal include the conduction of heat from the fluid film in the gap to the rotor and the stator, followed by convection to the fluid surrounding them. In the calculations, it is assumed that the working medium is water. The major objective of the study was to compare the results of the classical equation of heat transfer with the results of the equations involving the use of the fractional-order derivative. The order of the derivative was assumed to be a function of time. The mathematical analysis based on the fractional differential equation is suitable to develop more detailed mathematical models describing physical phenomena.

Flexural Vibrations of a Multi-Material Microhydraulic Hose Subjected to External Excitation. Experimental Research and Theoretical Description

The paper presents experimental research and mathematical modeling of flexural vibrations of a composite hydraulic microhose. The tested object was a Polyflex 2020N-013V30 hydraulic microhose, consisting of a braided aramid layer placed in a thermoplastic matrix. The vibrations were induced with an external electromagnetic exciter in the range from 0 Hz to 100 Hz using the sweep function. Using a laser vibrometer, the exciter’s displacement was measured in the above-mentioned range. Long exposure photographs were taken to identify the form of microhose’s vibrations as well as to measure it’s amplitude. The existence of considerable non-linearity in subsequent natural frequencies was shown. At the same time, mathematical simulations were carried out using the Mathematica software. For the analytical description of the object’s vibrations partial differential equations based on the string equation were used. A part responsible for damping in the material was added to the classical equation of the string. The dependence of the values of the stiffness and damping coefficients a on the excitation frequency made it possible to model nonlinearities manifested by the upward shift of higher natural frequencies and the suppression of the amplitudes of successive modes. Further development of the proposed model will allow for modeling the internal pressure in the hose and its effect on transverse vibrations. It will also allow to design of vibrations of composite microhoses and avoid the coupling of these vibrations with external excitations.

Aharonov–Bohm-like scattering in the generalized uncertainty principle-corrected quantum mechanics

We discuss classical electrodynamics and the Aharonov–Bohm effect in the presence of the minimal length. In the former, we derive the classical equation of motion and the corresponding Lagrangian. In the latter, we adopt the generalized uncertainty principle (GUP) and compute the scattering cross-section up to the first-order of the GUP parameter [Formula: see text]. Even though the minimal length exists, the cross-section is invariant under the simultaneous change [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text], where [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] are azimuthal angle and magnetic flux parameter. However, unlike the usual Aharonv–Bohm scattering, the cross-section exhibits discontinuous behavior at every integer [Formula: see text]. The symmetries, which the cross-section has in the absence of GUP, are shown to be explicitly broken at the level of [Formula: see text].

Simulation of the Propagation of Electromagnetic Oscillations by the Method of the Modified Equation of the Telegraph Line

The article considers the physical processes associated with the propagation of electromagnetic oscillations in a long line, the size of which is the same or slightly greater than the length of the electromagnetic wave (not more than ten times). As a research method, the differential-symbolic method is used, which is applied to the modified equation of the telegraph line. The boundary conditions for the two-point problem as well as additional parameters that are coefficients for the first derivatives in terms of coordinate and time in comparison with the classical equation of the telegraph line are considered as parameters for controlling the process of propagation of electromagnetic oscillations. Based on the differential-symbolic method, the boundary conditions of the two-point problem are found, under which the most characteristic oscillatory processes are realized in a long line. Based on the research, it is possible to draw conclusions about the effectiveness of analytical methods for the analysis of specific technical objects and control of the processes that take place in them.

EQUATION OF STATE OF A WIRE IN THE PARAMETRIC FORM OF A CHAIN LINE

The "equation of state of the wire" is presented for the parametric representation of a chain line as a system of nonlinear equations. The classical equation of state of a wire is a special case of the presented system of nonlinear equations. The concept of the "initial" state of the wire is introduced, which is used to show the solution of the parametric "equation of state of the wire".

Quantum solutions in relativistic classical mechanics

Quantum solutions of the classical equation of relativistic mechanics are found. The synthesis of classical and quantum physics can become the basic formalism for the second quantum revolution, since the existence of quantum solutions to all equations of classical physics means that macroscopic bodies of both inanimate and living matter, under certain conditions, can be quantum objects. This new direction of physics can find application in the development of nature-like technologies.

Replica evolution of classical field in 4+1 dimensional spacetime toward real time dynamics of quantum field

Real-time evolution of replicas of classical field is proposed as an approximate simulator of real-time quantum field dynamics at finite temperatures. We consider N classical field configurations, (φ τx, π τx)(τ = 0, 1, · · · N – 1), dubbed as replicas, which interact with each other via the τ-derivative terms and evolve with the classical equation of motion. The partition function of replicas is found to be proportional to that of quantum field in the imaginary time formalism. Since the replica index can be regarded as the imaginary time index, the replica evolution is technically the same as the molecular dynamics part of the hybrid Monte-Carlo sampling. Then the replica configurations should reproduce the correct quantum equilibrium distribution after the long-time evolution. At the same time, evolution of the replica-index average of _eld variables is described by the classical equation of motion when the uctuations are small. In order to examine the real-time propagation properties of replicas, we first discuss replica evolution in quantum mechanics. Statistical averages of observables are precisely obtained by the initial condition average of replica evolution, and the time evolution of the unequal-time correlation function, 〈 x(t)x(t′) 〉 in a harmonic oscillator is also described well by the replica evolution in the range T/ω > 0.5. Next, we examine the statistical and dynamical properties of the φ4 theory in the 4+1 dimensional spacetime, which contains three spatial, one replica index or the imaginary time, and one real time. We note that the Rayleigh-Jeans divergence can be removed in replica evolution with N ≥ 2 when the mass counterterm is taken into account. We also find that the thermal mass obtained from the unequaltime correlation function at zero momentum grows as a function of the coupling as in the perturbative estimate in the small coupling region.