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We develop the theory of weak wave turbulence in systems described by the Schr\"odinger-Helmholtz equations in two and three dimensions. This model contains as limits both the familiar cubic nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation, and the…

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The kinetic approach to the formation of the filaments in the large-scale matter distribution in the Universe is considered within the Vlasov formalism. The structures arise due to the self-consistent dynamics, along with the repulsive term…

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We extend the general relativistic Lagrangian perturbation theory, recently developed for the formation of cosmic structures in a dust continuum, to the case of model universes containing a single fluid with a single-valued analytic…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-08-10 Yong-Zhuang Li , Pierre Mourier , Thomas Buchert , David L. Wiltshire

We extensively develop a perturbation theory for nonlinear cosmological dynamics, based on the Lagrangian description of hydrodynamics. We solve hydrodynamic equations for a self-gravitating fluid with pressure, given by a polytropic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Takayuki Tatekawa , Momoko Suda , Kei-ichi Maeda , Masaaki Morita , Hiroki Anzai

We formulate a smoothed-particle hydrodynamics numerical method, traditionally used for the Euler equations for fluid dynamics in the context of astrophysical simulations, to solve the non-linear Schrodinger equation in the Madelung…

Computational Physics · Physics 2016-11-09 Philip Mocz , Sauro Succi

The selfgravity of an infalling gas can alter significantly the accretion of gases. In the case of spherically symmetric steady flows of polytropic perfect fluids the mass accretion rate achieves maximal value when the mass of the fluid is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Bogusz Kinasiewicz , Patryk Mach , Edward Malec

In the 1920's, Madelung noticed that if the complex Schroedinger wavefunction is expressed in polar form, then its modulus squared and the gradient of its phase may be interpreted as the hydrodynamic density and velocity, respectively, of a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-26 Peter J. Love , Bruce M. Boghosian

Using a generalization of the Madelung transformation, we derive the hydrodynamic representation of the Klein-Gordon-Einstein equations in the weak field limit. We consider a complex self-interacting scalar field with an arbitrary potential…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-12-01 Abril Suárez , Pierre-Henri Chavanis

A Lagrangian relativistic approach to the non--linear dynamics of cosmological perturbations of an irrotational collisionless fluid is considered. Solutions are given at second order in perturbation theory for the relevant fluid and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 S. Matarrese , O. Pantano , D. Saez

We present the generalization of a recently introduced modified gravitational potential for self-gravitating fluids. The use of this potential allows for an accurate approximation of general relativistic effects in an otherwise Newtonian…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Bernhard Mueller , Harald Dimmelmeier , Ewald Mueller

We use covariant methods to analyse the nonlinear evolution of self-gravitating, non-relativistic media. The formalism is first applied to imperfect fluids, aiming at the kinematic effects of viscosity, before extended to inhomogeneous…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 N. K. Spyrou , C. G. Tsagas

In the framework of the scale relativity theory, the chaotic behavior in time only of a number of macroscopic systems corresponds to motion in a space with geodesics of fractal dimension 2 and leads to its representation by a…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2011-07-13 Marie-Noëlle Célérier

This paper is the second in a sequence of three devoted to the formulation of a theory of self-gravitating anisotropic fluids in both Newtonian gravity and general relativity. In this second paper we develop the Newtonian theory, inspired…

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We discuss aspects of gravitational modifications of Schrodinger dynamics proposed by Diosi and Penrose. We consider first the Diosi-Penrose criterion for gravitationally induced state vector reduction, and compute the reduction time…

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We calculate the gravitational wave spectrum generated by sound waves during a cosmological phase transition, incorporating several advancements beyond the current state-of-the-art. Rather than relying on the bag model or similar…

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In this paper, the classical Schr\"odinger equation, which allows the study of classical dynamics in terms of wave functions, is analyzed theoretically and numerically. First, departing from classical (Newtonian) mechanics, and assuming an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-11-23 Albert Benseny , David Tena , Xavier Oriols

The general properties of a perfect relativistic fluid resulting from the quantum gravitational anomaly are investigated. It is found that, in the limit of a weak gravitational field, this fluid possesses a polytropic equation of state…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-02-09 P. O. Kazinski

Specific solutions of the nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation, such as the Peregrine breather, are considered to be prototypes of extreme or freak waves in the oceans. An important question is, whether these solutions also exist in the…

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