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We consider interaction of a femtosecond light pulse with a one-dimensional photonic crystal with relaxing cubic nonlinearity in the regime of self-trapping. By use of numerical simulations, it is shown that, under certain conditions, the…

Optics · Physics 2011-12-01 Denis Novitsky

A double pair plasma system containing cold inertial positive and negative ions, and inertialess super-thermal electrons and positrons is considered. The standard nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equation is derived by using the reductive…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2019-04-16 N. K. Tamanna , N. A. Chowdhury , A. Mannan , A. A. Mamun

The non-spherically symmetric transport equations and exact thermal evolution model are used to calculate the transient thermal response to pulsars. The three possible ways of energy release originated from glitches, namely the `shell',…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Anisia P. S. Tang , K. S. Cheng

The effects of radiation on the structure of shocks in a fully-ionized plasma are investigated by solving the steady-state fluid equations for ions, electrons, and radiation. The electrons and ions are assumed to have the same bulk velocity…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-03-28 Bryan M. Johnson , Richard I. Klein

We examine properties of thermal radiation emitted by strongly magnetized neutron stars (NSs). In particular, we show that the pulsation amplitudes of the energy-integrated flux are an increasing function of the absorption column density to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Rosalba Perna , Jeremy Heyl , Lars Hernquist

A two-temperature thermal non-equilibrium model is developed and applied to the three-dimensional and time-dependent simulation of the flow inside a DC arc plasma torch. A detailed comparison of the results of the non-equilibrium model with…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-06-12 J. P. Trelles , E. Pfender , J. V. R. Heberlein

The theory for time-resolved photoemission spectroscopy as applied to pump-probe experiments is developed and solved for the generic case of a strongly correlated material. The formal development incorporates all of the nonequilibrium…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-07-09 J. K. Freericks , H. R. Krishnamurthy , Th. Pruschke

We present Monte Carlo simulations of radiative transfer in magnetar atmospheres. We include the effects of vacuum polarization, electron and proton scattering, and free-free absorption. Simulations are performed for the atmosphere model…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Jacek Niemiec , Tomasz Bulik

Recent observations by the $Fermi$ Gamma-ray Space Telescope have confirmed the existence of thermal and non-thermal components in the prompt photon spectra of some Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). Through an analysis of six bright Fermi GRBs, we…

The simulation of non-equilibrium electron distributions is essential for capturing light-metal interactions and therefore the study of photoabsorption, photocatalysis, laser ablation, and many other phenomena. Current methodologies, such…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-03-13 M. Uehlein , H. T. Snowden , C. Seibel , T. Held , S. T. Weber , R. J. Maurer , B. Rethfeld

It is shown that nonlinear three-wave interaction, described by vector-product type nonlinearities, in pair plasmas implies much more restrictive conditions for a double energy transfer, as compared to electron-ion plasmas.

Plasma Physics · Physics 2010-07-28 J. Vranjes , S. Poedts

Soft X-ray emission from neutron stars affords powerful diagnostic tools for uncovering their surface and interior properties, as well as their geometric configurations. In the atmospheres of neutron stars, the presence of magnetic fields…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-10-29 Hoa Dinh Thi , Matthew G. Baring , Kun Hu , Alice K. Harding , Joseph A. Barchas

Electrons at the surface of a plasma that is irradiated by a laser with intensity in excess of $10^{23}~\mathrm{W}\mathrm{cm}^{-2}$ are accelerated so strongly that they emit bursts of synchrotron radiation. Although the combination of high…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2021-05-12 T. G. Blackburn , A. J. MacLeod , A. Ilderton , B. King , S. Tang , M. Marklund

Numerical Monte Carlo simulations of the diffusive shock acceleration in the test particle limit are investigated. We simulate high relativistic flow astrophysical plasmas for upstream $\gamma$ $\sim5$ and up to $\gamma$ $\sim1000$. These…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Athina Meli , John Quenby

A theoretical model is developed for the interaction of intense femtosecond laser pulses with solid targets on the basis of the two-temperature equation of state for an irradiated substance. It allows the description of the dynamics of the…

Being the most extreme explosions in the universe, gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) provide a unique laboratory to study various plasma physics phenomena. The complex lightcurve and broad-band, non-thermal spectra indicate a very complicated system…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-02-08 Asaf Pe'er

The production of nuclear bremsstrahlung photons (E$_{\gamma}>$ 30 MeV) has been studied in inclusive and exclusive measurements in four heavy-ion reactions at 60{\it A} MeV. The measured photon spectra, angular distributions and…

Photons produced in heavy ion collisions escape virtually unperturbed from the surrounding medium, thus representing an excellent probe of the conditions at the emission point. Using the gauge/gravity duality, we calculate the rate of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-03-04 Leonardo Patino , Diego Trancanelli

The total luminosity and spectral shape of the non-thermal emission produced by cosmic rays depends on their interstellar environment, a dependence that gives rise to correlations between galaxies' bulk properties -- star formation rate,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-05-31 Matt A. Roth , Mark R. Krumholz , Roland M. Crocker , Todd A. Thompson

Wrong Monte-Carlo computations are used to study the propagation of light in low pressure gas of nebulae. We recall that the incoherent interactions required for Monte Carlo calculations and hindering coherent interactions are due to…

General Physics · Physics 2011-10-04 Jacques Moret-Bailly