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We solve the problem of electron scattering at a soft temporal potential step. Given the relativistic nature of the problem, we use the Dirac equation, with its spinor wavefunction. We find solutions in terms of hypergeometric functions,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-03-21 Furkan Ok , Christophe Caloz

We study the linear properties, nonlinear saturation and a steady, strongly nonlinear state of the Parker instability in galaxies. We consider magnetic buoyancy and its consequences with and without cosmic rays. Cosmic rays are described…

The quasilinear particle flux arising from gyrokinetic instabilities is calculated in the electrostatic and collisionless approximation, keeping the geometry of the magnetic field arbitrary. In particular, the flux of electrons and heavy…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2018-08-01 Per Helander , Alessandro Zocco

Under multiplicative drift and other regularity conditions, it is established that the asymptotic variance associated with a particle filter approximation of the prediction filter is bounded uniformly in time, and the nonasymptotic,…

Computation · Statistics 2013-12-06 Nick Whiteley

In this study, potential scatterings are formulated in experimental setups with Gaussian wave packets in accordance with a probability principle and associativity of products. A breaking of an associativity is observed in scalar products…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-08-06 Kenzo Ishikawa

This paper presents a theoretical study of oscillatory and rotational instabilities of a solid spherical body, levitated electromagnetically in axisymmetric coils made of coaxial circular loops. We apply our previous theory to analyze the…

Classical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. Priede , G. Gerbeth

The phase diagram of nuclear matter is quite rich - it shows such phenomena as phase-transitions, formation of condensates, clustering, etc. From the analysis of the spinodal instability, one can learn about the region of liquid-gas…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Jerome Margueron , Philippe Chomaz

We study the acceleration of charged particles by ultra-relativistic shocks using test-particle Monte-Carlo simulations. Two field configurations are considered: (i) shocks with uniform upstream magnetic field in the plane of the shock, and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-05-15 Zhi-Qiu Huang , Brian Reville , John G. Kirk , Gwenael Giacinti

A Particle-in-Cell (PIC) numerical simulation of the electron Weibel instability is applied in a frame of Darwin (radiationless) approximation of the self-consistent fields of sparse plasma. As a result, we were able to supplement the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2010-06-29 L. V. Borodachev , D. O. Kolomiets

It is believed that in presence of some strong electromagnetic fields, called overcritical, the (Dirac) vacuum becomes unstable and decays leading to a spontaneous production of an electron-positron pair. Yet, the arguments are based mainly…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Nikodem Szpak

We present a way to evaluate the scattering of unstable particles quantized in a finite volume with the aim of extracting physical observables for infinite volume from lattice data. We illustrate the method with the $\pi\rho$ scattering…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2013-05-30 L. Roca , E. Oset

DNS studies of dispersed particle motion in isotropic homogeneous turbulence [1] have revealed the existence of a component of random uncorrelated motion (RUM)dependent on the particle inertia {\tau}p(normalised particle response time or…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2012-06-05 Michael W. Reeks , Luca Fabbro , Alfredo Soldati

In this paper the kink scattering in a two-component scalar field theory model in (1+1)-Minkowskian space-time is addressed. The potential term $U(\phi_1,\phi_2)$ is given by a polynomial of fourth degree in the first field component and of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-03-03 A. Alonso-Izquierdo

Colliding high energy hadrons either produce new particles or scatter elastically with their quantum numbers conserved and no other particles produced. We consider the latter case here. Although inelastic processes dominate at high…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-06-05 I. M. Dremin

We propose fractional Fokker-Planck equation for the kinetic description of relaxation and superdiffusion processes in constant magnetic and random electric fields. We assume that the random electric field acting on a test charged particle…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 A. Chechkin , V. Gonchar , M. Szydlowski

We study the properties of modulational instability and discrete breathers arising in a quasi-one-dimensional discrete Gross-Pitaevskii equation with Lee-Huang-Yang corrections. Conditions for modulation instability and instability regions…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2025-12-01 Sherzod R. Otajonov , Bakhram A. Umarov , Fatkhulla Kh. Abdullaev

In the presence of an electromagnetic background plane-wave field, electron, positron, and photon states are not stable, because electrons and positrons emit photons and photons decay into electron-positron pairs. This decay of the particle…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-02-11 Tobias Podszus , Victor Dinu , Antonino Di Piazza

The goal of this paper is to construct an effective model for studying the asymptotic solution of the scattering problem of three one-dimensional quantum particles with finite (short-range) attractive pair potentials. The asymptotic nature…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-05-21 Sergey B. Levin , Alexandr S. Bagmutov , Victor O. Toropov

In this article the particle creation process of scalar and spin 1/2 particles in a spatially open cosmological model associated with a universe filled by radiation and dustlike matter. The Klein-Gordon and Dirac equations are solved via…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-02-01 Victor M. Villalba

An analytic solution for a Fokker-Planck equation that describes propagation of energetic particles through a scattering medium is obtained. The solution is found in terms of an infinite series of mixed moments of particle distribution. The…

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