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Gravitational Synchrotron Radiation From Cosmic Strings, Alan Cresswell, Robert L. Zimmerman
Gravitational Synchrotron Radiation From Cosmic Strings, Alan Cresswell, Robert L. Zimmerman
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This work studies the gravitational synchrotron radiation emitted from arbitrary cusps of cosmic strings. The results are expressed in terms of four parameters describing the motion of such a cusp. The power spectrum is derived for cusps moving at unit velocity. By using a phenomenological approach the authors also derive the power emitted when the radiation reaction on the cusps is taken into account. In both cases, the synchrotron nature of the radiation produces a power spectrum emitted in a narrow forward cone. If cosmic strings do exist, the radiation emitted by their cusps would seem to be a potential …
Reduced Form For Coulomb-Wave Multicenter Integrals, Jack C. Straton
Reduced Form For Coulomb-Wave Multicenter Integrals, Jack C. Straton
Physics Faculty Publications and Presentations
In a previous paper [J. C. Straton, Phys. Rev. A 41, 71 (1990)] an integro-differential transform was introduced and utilized to obtain the analytically reduced form for multicenter integrals composed of general-state hydrogenic orbitals, Yukawa or Coulomb potentials, and plane waves. The present paper extends this result to include Coulomb waves.
Decay Of Molecules At Spherical Surfaces: Nonlocal Effects, P.T. Leung
Decay Of Molecules At Spherical Surfaces: Nonlocal Effects, P.T. Leung
Physics Faculty Publications and Presentations
The decay rates for molecules in the vicinity of a metallic sphere are investigated in a phenomenological approach for very close molecule-surface distances d. The Fuchs-Claro model [Phys. Rev. B 35, 3722 (1987)] is adopted to describe the polarizability of the sphere with the nonlocal dielectric response being accounted for within the hydrodynamic description. The results show significant differences when compared with those obtained previously within a local description for dlsim50 Aring, with extra resonances observed in the high-frequency regime, a phenomenon similar to that noted previously by Ruppin (1982), in his calculation of the extinction cross section for such …
Self-Consistent Effective Binary Diffusion In Multicomponent Gas Mixtures, John D. Ramshaw
Self-Consistent Effective Binary Diffusion In Multicomponent Gas Mixtures, John D. Ramshaw
Physics Faculty Publications and Presentations
The correct treatment of diffusion in multicomponent gas mixtures requires solution of a linear system of equations for the diffusive mass fluxes relative to the mass-averaged velocity of the mixture. Effective binary diffusion approximations are often used to avoid solving this system. These approximations are generally internally inconsistent in the sense that the approximate diffusion fluxes do not properly sum to zero. The origin of this inconsistency is identified, and a general procedure for removing it is presented. This procedure applies equally to concentration, forced, pressure, and thermal diffusion, either separately or in combination. It is used to obtain a …
Reduced Form For The General-State Multicenter Integral From An Integro-Differential Transform, Jack C. Straton
Reduced Form For The General-State Multicenter Integral From An Integro-Differential Transform, Jack C. Straton
Physics Faculty Publications and Presentations
In a previous paper Gaussian transforms were utilized to obtain the analytically reduced form for the class of multicenter integrals containing a product of hydrogenic orbitals for s states, Yukawa or Coulomb potentials, and plane waves. In the present paper a related transformation is developed for nonspherical functions, leading to the reduced form for multicenter integrals that include hydrogenic orbitals representing states of arbitrary angular momentum.