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In this note, we give an overview of some results obtained in [3]. This latter work is devoted to the study of the one-dimensional nonlinear Schr{\"o}dinger equation with random initial conditions. Namely, we describe the nonlinear…

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Modified gravity provides a possible explanation for the currently observed cosmic accelaration. In this paper, we study general classes of modified gravity models. The Einstein-Hilbert action is modified by using general functions of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Antonio De Felice , Pia Mukherjee , Yun Wang

Einstein's theory of general relativity (GR) provides the best available description of gravity. The recent detection of gravitational waves and the first picture of a black hole have provided spectacular confirmations of GR, as well as…

Physics Education · Physics 2020-08-26 Jorge Pinochet

We study evolutes and involutes of space curves. Although much of the material presented is not new and can be found in classic treatises, we believe that a modern and unified treatment, complemented with several novel observations, may be…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-04-05 Dmitry Fuchs , Ivan Izmestiev , Matteo Raffaelli , Gudrun Szewieczek , Serge Tabachnikov

We present a macroscopic calculation of coherent electro-magnetic radiation from air showers initiated by ultra-high energy cosmic rays, based on currents obtained from Monte Carlo simulations of air showers in a realistic geo-magnetic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Klaus Werner , Olaf Scholten

The arguments surrounding the Galactic component of the cosmic rays, the energy budget, questions of composition, spectral features, anisotropy, sources etc, will be critically examined. We are moving into a new phase in the study of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-08-30 Luke O'C. Drury

The paper deals with $f(R)$ gravity theory in the background of inhomogeneous FLRW--type space time model. With proper choice of the inhomogeneous metric function it is possible to have an emergent scenario for the $f(R)$--cosmology.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-11-14 Dipanjana Das , Sourav Dutta , Subenoy Chakraborty

This work presents preliminary results for the time-dependent cosmic-ray propagation in the Galaxy by a fully 3-dimensional Monte Carlo simulation. The distribution of cosmic-rays (both protons and helium nuclei) in the Galaxy is studied on…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-06-05 C. -Y. Huang , M. Pohl

Recent multifrequency observations contribute to derive a comprehensive picture of the origin and evolution of relativistic particles in galaxy clusters. In this review I briefly discuss theoretical aspects and open problems of this…

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A general framework for the numerical approximation of evolution problems is presented that allows to preserve exactly an underlying Hamiltonian- or gradient structure. The approach relies on rewriting the evolution problem in a particular…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-12-12 Herbert Egger

Cosmic rays have valuable information about universe surroundings us. Finding energy, mass and arrival direction of primary cosmic ray particle are the most important aspects of extensive air shower studies. In order to determine these…

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Statistical inference more often than not involves models which are non-linear in the parameters thus leading to non-Gaussian posteriors. Many computational and analytical tools exist that can deal with non-Gaussian distributions, and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-01-20 Eileen Giesel , Robert Reischke , Björn Malte Schäfer , Dominic Chia

We consider a new variant of cosmological perturbation theory that has been designed specifically to include non-linear density contrasts on scales 100 Mpc, while still allowing for linear fluctuations on larger scales. This theory is used…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-04-08 Christopher S. Gallagher , Timothy Clifton

Previously, an explicit solution for the time evolution of the Wigner function was presented in terms of auxiliary phase space coordinates which obey simple equations that are analogous with, but not identical to, the classical equations of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Cheuk-Yin Wong

The {\em Van Cittert Zernike} theorem consists of a simple relation between the measured coherence of the radiation and the characteristics of the emitting stochastic source. In the present work, an extension of the theorem to partially…

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A version of the cosmological perturbation theory in general relativity (GR) is developed, where the cosmological scale factor is identified with spatial averaging of the metric determinant logarithm and the cosmic evolution acquires the…

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An overview is given of recent developments in the field of Dirac equations generalized to curved space-times. An illustrative discussion is provided. We conclude with a variation of Dirac's large-number hypothesis which relates a number of…

General Physics · Physics 2014-08-05 U. D. Jentschura

We discuss Einstein gravity for a fluid consisting of particles interacting with an unidentified environment of some other particles whose dissipative effect is approximated by a diffusion. The environment is described by a time dependent…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-16 Z. Haba

The physics of the glass transition and amorphous materials continues to attract the attention of a wide research community after decades of effort. Supercooled liquids and glasses have been studied numerically since the advent of molecular…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2023-02-09 Ludovic Berthier , David R. Reichman

Gravitational theories differing from General Relativity may explain the accelerated expansion of the Universe without a cosmological constant. However, to pass local gravitational tests, a "screening mechanism" is needed to suppress, on…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-03-02 Lotte ter Haar , Miguel Bezares , Marco Crisostomi , Enrico Barausse , Carlos Palenzuela