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We investigate the dynamics of polar systems coupled to classical external beams in the ultrastrong coupling regime. The permanent dipole moments (PDMs) sustained by polar systems can couple to the electromagnetic field, giving rise to a…

Optics · Physics 2025-05-13 Piotr Gładysz , Karolina Słowik

A new spinning particle with a definite sign of the energy is defined on spacelike hypersurfaces after a critical discussion of the standard spinning particles. They are the pseudoclassical basis of the positive energy $({1\over 2},0)$ [or…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 F. Bigazzi , L. Lusanna

Quantum plasma physics is a rapidly evolving research field with a very inter-disciplinary scope of potential applications, ranging from nano-scale science in condensed matter to the vast scales of astrophysical objects. The theoretical…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2013-10-02 Shabbir A. Khan , Michael Bonitz

A set of kinetic equations is used to study equilibration of the anisotropic quark-gluon plasma produced by decays of color flux tubes possibly created at the very early stages of ultra-relativistic heavy-ion collisions. The decay rates of…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2013-08-28 Radoslaw Ryblewski , Wojciech Florkowski

Understanding and interpretation of the dynamics of ultrarelativistic plasma is a challenge, which calls for the development of methods for \textit{in situ} probing the plasma dynamical characteristics. We put forward a new method,…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2022-05-03 Zheng Gong , Karen Z. Hatsagortsyan , Christoph H. Keitel

By combining the Wigner function formalism of relativistic quantum kinetic theory with fundamental equations of relativistic magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), we present a novel approach to determine the proper time evolution of the temperature…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-05-06 S. M. A. Tabatabaee , N. Sadooghi

The non-perturbative electron-positron pair production (Schwinger effect) is considered for space- and time-dependent electric fields $\vec{E}(\vec{x},t)$. Based on the Dirac-Heisenberg-Wigner (DHW), formalism we derive a system of partial…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-12-23 Florian Hebenstreit , Reinhard Alkofer , Holger Gies

The behaviour of large amplitude electrostatic waves in cold plasma is investigated in the context of Born-Infeld electrodynamics. The equations of motion for the plasma are established using an unconstrained action principle. The maximum…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2011-02-18 D. A. Burton , R. M. G. M. Trines , T. J. Walton , H. Wen

Two-dimensional Heisenberg antiferromagnets play a central role in quantum magnetism, yet the nature of dynamic correlations in these systems at finite temperature has remained poorly understood for decades. We solve this long-standing…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-10-08 Matthew C. O'Brien , Oleg P. Sushkov

Optomechanical systems can exhibit self-sustained limit cycles where the quantum state of the mechanical resonator possesses nonclassical characteristics such as a strongly negative Wigner density, as was shown recently in a numerical study…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-02-11 Niels Lörch , Jiang Qian , Aashish Clerk , Florian Marquardt , Klemens Hammerer

An analytical model for oscillating pair creation above the pulsar polar cap is presented in which the parallel electric field is treated as a large amplitude, superluminal, electrostatic wave. An exact formalism for such wave is derived in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Q. Luo , D. B. Melrose

We investigate particle production \`a la Schwinger mechanism in an expanding, flat de Sitter patch as is relevant for the inflationary epoch of our universe. Defining states and particle content in curved spacetime is certainly not a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-09-11 Ramkishor Sharma , Suprit Singh

Nonlinear interaction of a low density electron beam with a uniform plasma is studied using two-dimensional particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations. We focus on formation of coherent phase space structures in the case, when a wide…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2012-05-21 I. V. Timofeev

The analysis of nonlinear interaction of transversal electromagnetic field with degenerate collisionless classical and quantum plasmas is carried out. Formulas for calculation electric current in degenerate collisionless classical and…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-04-08 A. V. Latyshev , A. A. Yushkanov

A system is studied in which initially a strong classical electric field exists within an infinitely-long cylinder and no charges are present. Subsequently, within the cylinder, pairs of charged particles tunnel out from the vacuum and the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-28 J. M. Eisenberg

Small spin systems at the interface between analytical studies and experimental application have been intensively studied in recent decades. The spin ring consisting of four spins with uniform antiferromagnetic Heisenberg interaction is an…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2023-04-19 Heinz-Jürgen Schmidt , Christian Schröder

Superstatistics is an elegant framework for the description of steady-state thermodynamics, mostly used for systems with long-range interactions such as plasmas. In this work, we show that the potential energy distribution of a classical…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-03-25 Sergio Davis , Claudia Loyola , Carlos Femenías , Joaquín Peralta

Hydrodynamics and quantum mechanics have many elements in common, as the density field and velocity fields are common variables that can be constructed in both descriptions. Starting with the Schroedinger equation and the Klein-Gordon for a…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2014-06-18 Cheuk-Yin Wong

We consider hydrodynamic limits of interacting particles systems with open boundaries, where the exterior parameters change in a time scale slower than the typical relaxation time scale. The limit deterministic profiles evolve…

Probability · Mathematics 2016-01-20 Anna De Masi , Stefano Olla

We derive self-consistent constraint conditions for collision terms in quantum kinetic theory using the Wigner function formalism. We present specific solutions for these collision terms that align with the constraints. we develop quantum…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-10-24 Shi-Yuan Wu , Jian-Hua Gao