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Let L(t) be a Levy flights process with a stability index \alpha\in(0,2), and U be an external multi-well potential. A jump-diffusion Z satisfying a stochastic differential equation dZ(t)=-U'(Z(t-))dt+\sigma(t)dL(t) describes an evolution…

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Cooling forces result from the retarded dipole interaction between an illuminated particle and its reflection. For a one-dimensional example, we find cooling times of milliseconds and limiting temperatures in the millikelvin range. The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-03-08 Tim Freegarde , James Bateman , André Xuereb , Peter Horak

The approximate mathematical model for a cooling of the particle in a volatile liquid is developed and analyzed. Despite the precise model is complex and requires the solution of the nonstationary two-phase flow equations with the…

Applied Physics · Physics 2018-03-14 Ivan V. Kazachkov

We study the radiative cooling of polar and metallic nanoparticles immersed in a thermal bath close to a partially reflecting surface. The dynamics of relaxation is investigated at different distances from the surface, i.e., in the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-03 M. Tschikin , S. -A. Biehs , P. Ben-Abdallah , F. S. S. Rosa

The structure of the singularity that is formed in a relativistically large amplitude plasma wave close to the wavebreaking limit is found by using a simple waterbag electron distribution function. The electron density distribution in the…

We employ semiclassical theoretical analysis to study laser cooling of free atoms using three-level cascade transitions, where the upper transition is much weaker than the lower one. This represents an alternate cooling scheme, particularly…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-06-16 Flavio C. Cruz , Michael L. Sundheimer , Wictor C. Magno

The line of phase equilibrium between the hot and cold phases of a plasma is derived from the intensity of thermal radiation as a function of the plasma density and temperature. The last function is obtained with the help of the condition…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Fedor V. Prigara

A strongly coupled ultracold plasma can be used as an excellent test platform for studying many-body interactions associated with various plasma phenomena. In this paper we discuss an approach that makes possible creation of the…

Recent experiments with ultracold neutral plasmas show an intrinsic heating effect based on the development of spatial correlations. We investigate whether this effect can be reversed, so that imposing strong spatial correlations could in…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 T. Pohl , T. Pattard , J. M. Rost

In tokamak disruptions where the magnetic connection length becomes comparable to or even shorter than the plasma mean-free-path, parallel transport can dominate the energy loss and the thermal quench of the core plasma goes through four…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-05-24 Jun Li , Yanzeng Zhang , Xian-Zhu Tang

We present the results of direct simulation of the expansionof a two-component ultracold plasmafor various numbers of particles, densities, and electron temperatures. A description of the expansionprocess common to all plasma parameters is…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2021-07-28 E. V. Vikhrov , S. Ya. Bronin , B. B. Zelener , B. V. Zelener

Linearly polarized solitary waves, arising from the interaction of an intense laser pulse with a plasma, are investigated. New localized structures, in the form of exact \Changes{numerical} nonlinear solutions of the one-dimensional…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-03-11 G. Sánchez-Arriaga , E. Siminos , V. Saxena , I. Kourakis

Theoretical framework for power dissipation in low temperature plasmas in corona equilibrium is developed. The framework is based on fundamental conservation laws and reaction cross sections and is only weakly sensitive to plasma…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-10-23 J. Komppula , O. Tarvainen

Cooling of particles to mK-temperatures is essential for a variety of experiments with trapped charged particles. However, many species of interest lack suitable electronic transitions for direct laser cooling. We study theoretically the…

Heating a solid with laser-accelerated fast electrons is unique way for a laboratory experiment to generate a plane powerful shock wave with a pressure of several hundred or even thousands of Mbar. Behind the front of such a powerful shock…

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A relativistic pair-plasma which contains a high excitation of electrostatic turbulence could produce intense radiation at brightness temperature in excess of 10^22 K by stimulated scattering. Important relativistic effects would include…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 James C. Weatherall

We analyze cavity-assisted cooling schemes for polar molecules in the microwave domain, where molecules are excited on a rotational transition and energy is dissipated via strong interactions with a lossy stripline cavity, as recently…

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Magnetic fusion devices operate at regimes characterized by extremely high temperatures and low densities, for which the charged particles motion is well described by classical mechanics. This is not true, however, for solid-state metallic…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-06-23 Giovanni Manfredi , Jérôme Hurst

We study the cooling of a dielectric nanoscale particle trapped in an optical cavity. We derive the frictional force for motion in the cavity field, and show that the cooling rate is proportional to the square of oscillation amplitude and…

Optics · Physics 2013-05-29 P. F. Barker , M. N. Shneider

We perform microscopic simulations of the thermal relaxation of warm neutral plasmas of astrophysical importance. Using Molecular Dynamics we study the thermal relaxation of a hot neutral fluid of finite-size neutron-rich ions kept in a…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-08-05 David Barba-González , Conrado Albertus , M. Ángeles Pérez-García