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In this paper the method of the relativistically-invariant effective tensor representation of Lagrangian decomposition and the amplitudes of the two-photon interaction with hadrons on photon energy is proposed. In the frames…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-12-06 N. V. Maksimenko , E. V. Vakulina

The Stokes V parameter characterizes asymmetry of amplitudes between right- and left-handed waves, and non-vanishing value of the V parameter yields a circularly polarized signal. Cosmologically, V parameter may be a direct probe for parity…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Naoki Seto , Atsushi Taruya

We survey many of the important properties of spherically symmetric spacetimes as follows. We present several different ways of describing a spherically symmetric spacetime and the resulting metrics. We then focus our discussion on an…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-10-10 Alan R. Parry

Stokes parameters (${\bf S}$) in Poincar\'e sphere are very useful values to describe the polarisation state of photons. However, the fundamental principle of the nature of polarisation is not completely understood, yet, because we have no…

Optics · Physics 2024-07-23 Shinichi Saito

Using a conformal extension of the Geroch-Held-Penrose (GHP) formalism I derive a manifestly covariant and conformal expression of Newman-Penrose (NP) constants, which are a set of conserved quantities associated to solutions to the wave…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-07-04 Berend Schneider

We use the parameterized post-Newtonian (PPN) formalism to explore the weak field approximation of teleparallel gravity non-minimally coupling to a scalar field $\phi$, with arbitrary coupling function $\omega(\phi)$ and potential…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-03-28 Zu-Cheng Chen , You Wu , Hao Wei

Since its introduction in 1962, the Newman-Penrose formalism has been widely used in analytical and numerical studies of Einstein's equations, like for example for the Teukolsky master equation, or as a powerful wave extraction tool in…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-03-10 Andrea Nerozzi

In this paper, starting from pure group-theoretical point of view, we develop a regular approach to describing particles with different spins in the framework of a theory of scalar fields on the Poincare group. Such fields can be considered…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 D. M. Gitman , A. L. Shelepin

We study the subleading structure of asymptotically-flat spacetimes and its relationship to the $w_{1+\infty}$ loop algebra of higher spin charges. We do so using both the Bondi-Sachs and the Newman-Penrose formalism, via a dictionary built…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-01-22 Marc Geiller

An introduction to spin techniques in particle physics is given. Among the topics covered are: helicity formalism and its applications to the decay and scattering of spin-1/2 and spin-1 particles, techniques for evaluating helicity…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-09-25 Howard E. Haber

The properties of spin polarized neutron matter are studied both at zero and finite temperature within the framework of the Brueckner--Hartree--Fock formalism, using the Argonne v18 nucleon-nucleon interaction. The free energy, energy and…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-11 I. Bombaci , A. Polls , A. Ramos , A. Rios , I. Vidana

A novel general formalism for the maximal symetrization and reduction of fields (MSRF) is proposed and applied to wavefunctions in solid state nanostructures. Its primary target is to provide an essential tool for the study and analysis of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 S. Dalessi , M. -A. Dupertuis

The Brueckner--Hartree--Fock formalism is applied to study spin polarized neutron matter properties. Results of the total energy per particle as a function of the spin polarization and density are presented for two modern realistic…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 I. Vidaña , A. Polls , A. Ramos

We present a comprehensive full-sky 3-dimensional analysis of the weak-lensing fields and their corresponding power spectra. Using the formalism of spin-weight spherical harmonics and spherical Bessel functions, we relate the two-point…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 P. G. Castro , A. F. Heavens , T. D. Kitching

Many common Skyrme functionals present ferromagnetic instabilities or unrealistic density dependence of the spin-dependent Landau parameters. To solve these problems, we consider the Skyrme interaction as a density-functional rather than a…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-11-04 Mingya Duan , Michael Urban

This paper defines the mathematical convention adopted to describe an electromagnetic wave and its polarisation state, as implemented in the PSRCHIVE software and represented in the PSRFITS definition. Contrast is made between the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2011-04-07 W. van Straten , R. N. Manchester , S. Johnston , J. Reynolds

For paraxial light beams and electromagnetic fields, the Stokes vector and polarization matrix provide equivalent scalar measures of optical chirality, widely used in linear optics. However, growing interest in non-paraxial fields, with…

Optics · Physics 2025-05-23 Kayn A. Forbes , David L. Andrews

A new Skyrme functional including tensor terms is presented. The tensor terms have been determined by fitting the results of relativistic Brueckner-Hartree-Fock (RBHF) studies on neutron-proton drops. Unlike all previous studies, where the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2019-08-23 Shihang Shen , Gianluca Colò , Xavier Roca-Maza

The pseudo-spin symmetry (PSS) is investigated in the density-dependent relativistic Hartree-Fock theory by taking {the} doubly magic nucleus $^{132}$Sn as a representative. It is found that the Fock terms bring significant contributions to…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-11 Wen Hui Long , Hiroyuki Sagawa , Jie Meng , Nguyen Van Giai

A review on the theoretical aspects and the experimental results of polarized deep inelastic scattering and of other hard scattering processes is presented. The following items are discussed: longitudinally polarized structure functions,…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2011-01-25 Bodo Lampe , Ewald Reya