Electromagnetic fluctuation spectra of collective oscillations in magnetized Maxwellian plasmas for parallel wave vectors

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 052106 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Vafin ◽  
R. Schlickeiser ◽  
P. H. Yoon
Keyword(s):  
Collective Oscillations ◽  
Electromagnetic Fluctuation

scholarly journals Particle simulation of plasmons

Nanophotonics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 3303-3313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen Jun Ding ◽  
Jeremy Zhen Jie Lim ◽  
Hue Thi Bich Do ◽  
Xiao Xiong ◽  
Zackaria Mahfoud ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Simulation Method ◽  
Electron Excitation ◽  
Particle Simulation ◽  
Quantum Limit ◽  
Free Electrons ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
Electromagnetic Responses ◽  
Electric And Magnetic Fields ◽  
Particle Simulations ◽  
Collective Oscillations

AbstractParticle simulation has been widely used in studying plasmas. The technique follows the motion of a large assembly of charged particles in their self-consistent electric and magnetic fields. Plasmons, collective oscillations of the free electrons in conducting media such as metals, are connected to plasmas by very similar physics, in particular, the notion of collective charge oscillations. In many cases of interest, plasmons are theoretically characterized by solving the classical Maxwell’s equations, where the electromagnetic responses can be described by bulk permittivity. That approach pays more attention to fields rather than motion of electrons. In this work, however, we apply the particle simulation method to model the kinetics of plasmons, by updating both particle position and momentum (Newton–Lorentz equation) and electromagnetic fields (Ampere and Faraday laws) that are connected by current. Particle simulation of plasmons can offer insights and information that supplement those gained by traditional experimental and theoretical approaches. Specifically, we present two case studies to show its capabilities of modeling single-electron excitation of plasmons, tracing instantaneous movements of electrons to elucidate the physical dynamics of plasmons, and revealing electron spill-out effects of ultrasmall nanoparticles approaching the quantum limit. These preliminary demonstrations open the door to realistic particle simulations of plasmons.

scholarly journals Collective oscillations of globally coupled bistable, nonresonant components

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Munir Salman ◽  
Christian Bick ◽  
Katharina Krischer
Keyword(s):  
Collective Oscillations

scholarly journals Unifying Theory for Casimir Forces: Bulk and Surface Formulations

Universe ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (7) ◽  
pp. 225
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Bimonte ◽  
Thorsten Emig
Keyword(s):  
Free Energy ◽  
Path Integral ◽  
Casimir Force ◽  
Hamiltonian Formulation ◽  
Current Fluctuations ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Casimir Forces ◽  
Surface Approach ◽  
Maxwell Stress Tensor ◽  
Electromagnetic Fluctuation

The principles of the electromagnetic fluctuation-induced phenomena such as Casimir forces are well understood. However, recent experimental advances require universal and efficient methods to compute these forces. While several approaches have been proposed in the literature, their connection is often not entirely clear, and some of them have been introduced as purely numerical techniques. Here we present a unifying approach for the Casimir force and free energy that builds on both the Maxwell stress tensor and path integral quantization. The result is presented in terms of either bulk or surface operators that describe corresponding current fluctuations. Our surface approach yields a novel formula for the Casimir free energy. The path integral is presented both within a Lagrange and Hamiltonian formulation yielding different surface operators and expressions for the free energy that are equivalent. We compare our approaches to previously developed numerical methods and the scattering approach. The practical application of our methods is exemplified by the derivation of the Lifshitz formula.

Collective oscillations in bubble clouds

2011 ◽  
Vol 680 ◽  
pp. 114-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
ZORANA ZERAVCIC ◽  
DETLEF LOHSE ◽  
WIM VAN SAARLOOS
Keyword(s):  
Frequency Response ◽  
Acoustic Field ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Acoustic Energy ◽  
Viscous Damping ◽  
Edge States ◽  
Bubble Cloud ◽  
Collective Oscillations ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Bubble Oscillations

In this paper the collective oscillations of a bubble cloud in an acoustic field are theoretically analysed with concepts and techniques of condensed matter physics. More specifically, we will calculate the eigenmodes and their excitabilities, eigenfrequencies, densities of states, responses, absorption and participation ratios to better understand the collective dynamics of coupled bubbles and address the question of possible localization of acoustic energy in the bubble cloud. The radial oscillations of the individual bubbles in the acoustic field are described by coupled linearized Rayleigh–Plesset equations. We explore the effects of viscous damping, distance between bubbles, polydispersity, geometric disorder, size of the bubbles and size of the cloud. For large enough clusters, the collective response is often very different from that of a typical mode, as the frequency response of each mode is sufficiently wide that many modes are excited when the cloud is driven by ultrasound. The reason is the strong effect of viscosity on the collective mode response, which is surprising, as viscous damping effects are small for single-bubble oscillations in water. Localization of acoustic energy is only found in the case of substantial bubble size polydispersity or geometric disorder. The lack of localization for a weak disorder is traced back to the long-range 1/r interaction potential between the individual bubbles. The results of the present paper are connected to recent experimental observations of collective bubble oscillations in a two-dimensional bubble cloud, where pronounced edge states and a pronounced low-frequency response had been observed, both consistent with the present theoretical findings. Finally, an outlook to future possible experiments is given.

Electrostatic oscillations in cold inhomogeneous plasma I. Differential equation approach

1971 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 239-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. Sedláček
Keyword(s):  
Differential Equation ◽  
Green Function ◽  
Normal Mode Analysis ◽  
Inhomogeneous Plasma ◽  
Mode Analysis ◽  
Complex Frequency ◽  
Plasma Oscillations ◽  
The Laplace Transform ◽  
Collective Oscillations ◽  
The Green Function

Small amplitude electrostatic oscillations in a cold plasma with continuously varying density have been investigated. The problem is the same as that treated by Barston (1964) but instead of his normal-mode analysis we employ the Laplace transform approach to solve the corresponding initial-value problem. We construct the Green function of the differential equation of the problem to show that there are branch-point singularities on the real axis of the complex frequency-plane, which correspond to the singularities of the Barston eigenmodes and which, asymptotically, give rise to non-collective oscillations with position-dependent frequency and damping proportional to negative powers of time. In addition we find an infinity of new singularities (simple poles) of the analytic continuation of the Green function into the lower half of the complex frequency-plane whose position is independent of the spatial co-ordinate so that they represent collective, exponentially damped modes of plasma oscillations. Thus, although there may be no discrete spectrum, in a more general sense a dispersion relation does exist but must be interpreted in the same way as in the case of Landau damping of hot plasma oscillations.

scholarly journals Collective oscillations of a Fermi gas in the unitarity limit: Temperature effects and the role of pair correlations

2008 ◽  
Vol 78 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Riedl ◽  
E. R. Sánchez Guajardo ◽  
C. Kohstall ◽  
A. Altmeyer ◽  
M. J. Wright ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Temperature Effects ◽  
Fermi Gas ◽  
Unitarity Limit ◽  
Pair Correlations ◽  
Collective Oscillations
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