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The self-gravitating systems are formed by particles interacting through gravity. They describe structure formation in the universe. As a consequence of the long range interaction of gravity, they are inhomogeneous even at thermal…

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We derive the non-retarded energy shift of a neutral atom for two different geometries. For an atom close to a cylindrical wire we find an integral representation for the energy shift, give asymptotic expressions, and interpolate…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-12-07 Claudia Eberlein , Robert Zietal

We present a new method designed to avoid numerical challenges that have impeded calculation of the Lorenz gauge self-force acting on a compact object inspiraling into a Kerr black hole. This type of calculation is valuable in creating…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-09-08 Thomas Osburn , Nami Nishimura

We compute the leading-order inertial corrections to the instantaneous force acting on a rigid body moving with a time-dependent slip velocity in a linear flow field, assuming that the variation of the undisturbed flow at the body scale is…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-10-01 Fabien Candelier , Bernhard Mehlig , Jacques Magnaudet

When two macromolecules come very near in a fluid, the surrounding molecules, having finite volume, are less likely to get in between. This leads to a pressure difference manifesting as an entropic attraction, called depletion force. Here…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2020-02-26 Nathaniel Rupprecht , Dervis Can Vural

The time-dependent pair correlation functions for a degenerate ideal quantum gas of charged particles in a uniform magnetic field are studied on the basis of equilibrium statistics. In particular, the influence of a flat hard wall on the…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2018-08-16 L. G. Suttorp

We consider static charged fluid spheres with a cosmological constant. We assume a polytropic equation of state, $p \propto \rho^\Gamma$, and a power law charge distribution, $q\propto r^n$. Using this, we convert the generalised…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-03-30 Alex Stornelli , Anish Agashe

We discuss the role of the internal forces and how their work changes the energy of a system. We illustrate the contribution of the internal work to the variation of the system's energy, using a pure mechanical example, a thermodynamical…

Physics Education · Physics 2016-06-02 Julio Guemez , Manuel Fiolhais , Lucilia Brito

Accurately modeling astrophysical extreme-mass-ratio-insprials requires calculating the gravitational self-force for orbits in Kerr spacetime. The necessary calculation techniques are typically very complex and, consequently, toy…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-02-04 Niels Warburton

We lay out the frameworks to numerically study the structure formation in both linear and nonlinear regimes in general dark-matter-coupled scalar field models, and give an explicit example where the scalar field serves as a dynamical dark…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-07-04 Baojiu Li , Hongsheng Zhao

Prescriptions for numerical self-force calculations have traditionally been designed for frequency-domain or (1+1) time-domain codes which employ a mode decomposition to facilitate in carrying out a delicate regularization scheme. This has…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-05-12 Ian Vega , Peter Diener , Wolfgang Tichy , Steven Detweiler

Gravitation governs the expansion and fate of the universe, and the growth of large scale structure within it, but has not been tested in detail on these cosmic scales. The observed acceleration of the expansion may provide signs of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-11-29 Eric V. Linder

We employ scattering amplitudes in curved space to model the dynamics of a light probe particle with mass $m$ orbiting in the background spacetime induced by a heavy gravitational source with mass $M$. Observables are organized as an…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-04-02 Dimitrios Kosmopoulos , Mikhail P. Solon

In the report submitted here, an elementary formula is presented that allows calculation of the fine structure constant, derived on the basis of the unified theory of the electromagnetic and gravitational field elaborated by the author.…

General Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Jaroslav Pavel

Let $\Omega$ represent a two$-$dimensional isotropic elastic body. We consider the problem of determining the body force $F$ whose form $\phi(t)(f_1(x),f_2(x))$ with $\phi$ be given inexactly. The problem is nonlinear and ill-posed. Using…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2009-11-11 Dang Duc Trong , Alain Pham Ngoc Dinh , Phan Thanh Nam , Truong Trung Tuyen

Generation of mechanical force regulated by external electric field is studied both theoretically and by molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. The force arises in deformable bodies linked to the free end of a grafted polyelectrolyte chain…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2014-11-11 Christian Seidel , Yury A. Budkov , Nikolay V. Brilliantov

In this work we analyze a system consisting in two-dimensional position-dependent massive particles in the presence of a Morse-like potential in two spatial dimensions. We obtain the exact wavefunctions and energies for a complete set of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-02-07 R. A. C. Correa , A. de Souza Dutra , J. A. de Oliveira , M. G. Garcia

The description of the inspiral of a stellar-mass compact object into a massive black hole sitting at a galactic centre is a problem of major relevance for the future space-based gravitational-wave observatory LISA (Laser Interferometer…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-03-12 Priscilla Canizares , Carlos F. Sopuerta

In the energy-momentum density expressions for a relativistic perfect fluid with a bulk motion, one comes across a couple of pressure-dependent terms, which though well known, are to an extent, lacking in their conceptual basis and the…

General Physics · Physics 2021-05-13 Ashok K. Singal

We theoretically study the phenomenon of self-propulsion through Casimir forces in thermal non-equilibrium. Using fluctuational electrodynamics, we derive a formula for the self-propulsion force for an arbitrary small object in two…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-03-23 Boris Müller , Matthias Krüger