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We present a phenomenological model of the dynamics of buoyant bubbles in the atmosphere of a cluster of galaxies. The derived equations describe velocity, size, mass, temperature and density of the buoyant bubbles as functions of time…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-09-13 Georgi Pavlovski , Christian R. Kaiser , Edward C. D. Pope

It has recently been shown in high resolution numerical simulations that relativistic collisions of bubbles in the context of a multi-vacua potential may lead to the creation of bubbles in a new vacuum. In this paper, we show that scalar…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-21 John T. Giblin , Lam Hui , Eugene A. Lim , I-Sheng Yang

Within the context of hierarchical scenarios of gravitational structure formation we describe how an evolving hierarchy of voids evolves on the basis of {\em two} processes, the {\em void-in-void} process and the {\it void-in-cloud}…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Rien van de Weygaert , Ravi Sheth

Current theories of particle physics lead to the unavoidable conclusion that there must have been several phase transitions in the early universe. Further, in the context of these theories, it is possible that cosmological phase transitions…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-31 Tanmay Vachaspati

Detailed understanding of two-phase gas liquid flows is imperative for developing efficient multi-phase reactors through precise control of mixing and reaction kinetics. The bubble column is a good apparatus for elementary studies of such…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2013-10-14 Sharad Chand Ravinuthala , Ismail Celik

We investigate various quantum phase transitions of attractive two-species bosons in a square lattice. Using the algorithm based on the tensor product states, the phase boundaries of the pair superfluid states with nonzero pair condensate…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2010-12-24 Pochung Chen , Min-Fong Yang

We study collisions between pairs of bubbles nucleated in an ambient false vacuum. For the first time, we include the effects of small initial (quantum) fluctuations around the instanton profiles describing the most likely initial bubble…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-09 J. Richard Bond , Jonathan Braden , Laura Mersini-Houghton

Cosmological domain walls can be formed as a result of symmetry breaking at any epoch during the evolution of our universe. We study their interaction with a classical macroscopic object, like Earth or a satellite in Earth's orbit. We set…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-05-24 De-Chang Dai , Djordje Minic , Dejan Stojkovic

The galactic supershells are cavities in the interstellar medium. These shells can be explained by introducing the concept of superbubbles, the theoretical result of multiple supernova. The superbubbles can be analytically described if the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Lorenzo Zaninetti

The field of plasmonic nanobubbles, referring to bubbles generated around nanoparticles due to plasmonic heating, is growing rapidly in recent years. Theoretical, simulation and experimental studies have been reported to reveal the…

The understanding of the shrinkage dynamics of plasmonic bubbles formed around metallic nanoparticles immersed in liquid and irradiated by a resonant light source is crucial for the usage of these bubbles in numerous applications. In this…

A precise modelling of the dynamics of bubbles nucleated during first-order phase transitions in the early Universe is pivotal for a quantitative determination of various cosmic relics, including the stochastic background of gravitational…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-01-25 Stefania De Curtis , Luigi Delle Rose , Andrea Guiggiani , Ángel Gil Muyor , Giuliano Panico

Jetting dynamics from bursting bubbles play a key role in mediating mass and momentum transport across the air-liquid interface. In marine environments, this phenomenon has drawn considerable attention due to its role in releasing…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-01-29 Sainath A. Barbhai , Zhengyu Yang , Jie Feng

A new type of two phase coexistence in a vibrated granular material is reported, in the limit where energy transfer between the particles and the bottom wall occurs due to discrete collisions. A horizontally homogeneous bed develops…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 P Sunthar , V Kumaran

First order phase transitions (FOPTs) constitute an active area of contemporary research as a promising cosmological source of observable gravitational waves. The spacetime dynamics of the background scalar field undergoing the phase…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-01-14 Bibhushan Shakya

The QCD phase diagram might exhibit a first order phase transition for large baryochemical potentials. We explore the cosmological implications of such a QCD phase transition in the early universe. We propose that the large baryon-asymmetry…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-03-28 Simon Schettler , Tillmann Boeckel , Jurgen Schaffner-Bielich

The phase-field method is used as a basis to develop a strictly mass conserving, yet simple, model for simulation of two-phase flow. The model is aimed to be applied for the study of structure evolution in metallic foams. In this regard,…

Computational Physics · Physics 2020-07-14 Samad Vakili , Ingo Steinbach , Fathollah Varnik

Cosmological models with inflation and those with bounce have their own strengths and weaknesses. Here we construct a model in which a phase of bounce is followed by a viable inflationary phase. This incorporates several advantages of both…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-02 Manjeet Kaur , Debottam Nandi , Debajyoti Choudhury , T. R. Seshadri

I describe the features and general properties of bouncing models and the evolution of cosmological perturbations on such backgrounds. I will outline possible observational consequences of the existence of a bounce in the primordial…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 Nelson Pinto-Neto

A bouncing cosmology with an initial matter-dominated phase of contraction during which scales which are currently probed with cosmological observations exit the Hubble radius provides a mechanism alternative to inflation for producing a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-06-20 Robert H. Brandenberger