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Zero resistance, diamagnetism (Meissner effect) and the energy gap in the excitation spectrum are the fundamental attributes of superconductivity. In nanoparticles with characteristic size 10 nm superconductivity is suppressed by the…

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We formulate dissipative magnetohydrodynamic equations for finite-temperature superfluid and superconducting charged relativistic mixtures, taking into account the effects of particle diffusion and possible presence of Feynman-Onsager…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-12-15 Vasiliy A. Dommes , Mikhail E. Gusakov

It is shown using the method of molecular dynamics that the motion of carbon nanoparticles (rectangular graphene flakes, spherical fullerenes of size $L<10$ nm) on the surface of a thermalized graphene sheet lying on a flat substrate can be…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-11-30 Alexander V. Savin

The performance characteristics of magnetic nanoparticles towards application, e.g. in medicine, imaging, or as sensors, is directly determined by their magnetization relaxation and total magnetic moment. In the commonly assumed picture,…

We derive new general expressions for the fluctuating electromagnetic field outside a homogeneous material surface. The analysis is based on general results from the thermodynamics of irreversible processes, and requires no consideration of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 Giuseppe Bimonte , Enrico Santamato

Within the framework of macroscopic quantum electrodynamics and scattering theory, we derive the general expressions for the variance of radiative heat transfer between two arbitrarily shaped objects placed in an arbitrary environment in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-07-29 F. Herz , C. Kathmann , S. -A. Biehs

We show that the dispersive force between a spherical nanoparticle (with a radius $\le$ 100 nm) and a substrate is enhanced by several orders of magnitude when the sphere is near to the substrate. We calculate exactly the dispersive force…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Cecilia Noguez , Carlos E. Roman-Velazquez , R. Esquivel-Sirvent , C. Villarreal

Quantum vacuum fluctuations of the electromagnetic field result in two signatures on a harmonically trapped charged particle: a shift from the natural trap frequency and generation of quantum coherences. We assess the role of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-12-17 Aaron Malcolm , B. Sharmila , Zhi-Wei Wang , Animesh Datta

A generalized physics-based expression for the drag coefficient of spherical particles moving in a fluid is derived. The proposed correlation incorporates essential rarefied physics, low-speed hydrodynamics, and shock-wave physics to…

The exploration of the rich dynamics of electrons is a frontier in fundamental nano-physics. The dynamical behavior of electrons is dominated by random and chaotic thermal motion with ultrafast ($\approx$ ps) and nanoscale scatterings. This…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-08-11 Ruijie Qian , S. T. Chui , Zhenghua An , y Hongtao Xu , Zhifang Lin , Zian Ji , Wei Lu

We perform molecular dynamic simulations of liquid nanoparticles deposited on a disordered substrate. The motion of the nanoparticle is characterised by a 'stick and roll' diffusive process. Long simulation times ($\simeq \mu s$), analysis…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-10 F. Celestini

As a second paper in series with arXiv:2108.01539, we discuss here quantum vacuum friction on an intrinsically dissipative particle. The friction arises not only from the field fluctuations but also from the dipole fluctuations intrinsic to…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-08-31 Xin Guo , Kimball A. Milton , Gerard Kennedy , William P. McNulty , Nima Pourtolami , Yang Li

We discuss a quantum effect in the diffusion process by developing a theory, which takes the finite curvature of the potential field into account. The transport coefficients of our theory satisfy the well-known fluctuation-dissipation…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 Noboru Takigawa , Sakir Ayik , Kouhei Washiyama , Sachie Kimura

The effect of quantum fluctuations on the current-voltage characteristics of Josephson junctions and superconducting nanowires is studied in the underdamped limit. Quantum fluctuations induce transitions between a Coulomb--blockade and a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-08-21 A. Zazunov , N. Didier , F. W. J. Hekking

The investigation of the diffusive transport of charged particles in a turbulent magnetic field remains a subject of considerable interest. Research has most frequently concentrated on determining the diffusion coefficient in the presence…

We examine the transverse and longitudinal components of the drag force upon a straight vortex line due to the scattering of liquid $^4$He excitations. For this purpose, we consider a recently proposed Hamiltonian that describes the…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-31 H. M. Cataldo , M. A. Despósito , D. M. Jezek

A quantum mechanical model is used to derive a generalized Landau-Lifshitz equation for a magnetic moment, including fluctuations and dissipation. The model reproduces the Gilbert-Brown form of the equation in the classical limit. The…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-07 A. Rebei , G. J. Parker

The joint magnetic and mechanical motion of a ferromagnetic nanoparticle in a viscous fluid is considered within the dynamical approach. The equation based on the total momentum conservation law is used for the description of the mechanical…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2018-04-03 T. V. Lyutyy , O. M. Hryshko , A. A. Kovner

We present expressions demonstrating that collisional decoherence of ultracold atoms or molecules in a coherent superposition of non-degenerate quantum states is suppressed when both the real and imaginary parts of the scattering lengths…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-07-26 Jie Cui , Roman V. Krems

The kinetic processes in nanoparticle-based catalysis are dominated by large fluctuations and spatiotemporal heterogeneities, in particular for diffusion-influenced reactions which are far from equilibrium. Here, we report results from…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2020-11-03 Yi-Chen Lin , Won Kyu Kim , Joachim Dzubiella