scholarly journals Can We Observe the Gravitational Quantum States of Positronium?

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Crivelli ◽  
V. V. Nesvizhevsky ◽  
A. Yu. Voronin
Keyword(s):  
Angular Momentum ◽  
Positron Beam ◽  
Quantum States ◽  
Signal Rate ◽  
Stark Deceleration ◽  
Large Angular Momentum ◽  
Velocity Class

We consider the feasibility of observing the gravitational quantum states of positronium. The proposed scheme employs the flow-throw technique used for the first observation of this effect with neutrons. Collimation and Stark deceleration of Rydberg positronium atoms allow selecting the required velocity class. If this experiment could be realized with positronium, it would lead to a determination ofgfor this matter-antimatter system at the few % level. As discussed in this contribution, most of the required techniques are currently available but important milestones have to be demonstrated experimentally before such an experiment could become reality. Those are the efficient focusing of a bunched positron beam, Stark deceleration of Rydberg positronium, and its subsequent excitation into states with large angular momentum. We provide an estimate of the efficiencies we expect for these steps and assuming those could be confirmed we calculate the signal rate.

scholarly journals Evaluation of hydrological and cryospheric angular momentum estimates based on GRACE, GRACE-FO and SLR data for their contributions to polar motion excitation

2021 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Justyna Śliwińska ◽  
Jolanta Nastula ◽  
Małgorzata Wińska
Keyword(s):  
Angular Momentum ◽  
Spherical Harmonic ◽  
Polar Motion ◽  
Spectral Band ◽  
Water Storage ◽  
Terrestrial Water Storage ◽  
Terrestrial Water ◽  
High Consistency ◽  
Polar Motion Excitation

AbstractIn geodesy, a key application of data from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE), GRACE Follow-On (GRACE-FO), and Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) is an interpretation of changes in polar motion excitation due to variations in the Earth’s surficial fluids, especially in the continental water, snow, and ice. Such impacts are usually examined by computing hydrological and cryospheric polar motion excitation (hydrological and cryospheric angular momentum, HAM/CAM). Three types of GRACE and GRACE-FO data can be used to determine HAM/CAM, namely degree-2 order-1 spherical harmonic coefficients of geopotential, gridded terrestrial water storage anomalies computed from spherical harmonic coefficients, and terrestrial water storage anomalies obtained from mascon solutions. This study compares HAM/CAM computed from these three kinds of gravimetric data. A comparison of GRACE-based excitation series with HAM/CAM obtained from SLR is also provided. A validation of different HAM/CAM estimates is conducted here using the so-called geodetic residual time series (GAO), which describes the hydrological and cryospheric signal in the observed polar motion excitation. Our analysis of GRACE mission data indicates that the use of mascon solutions provides higher consistency between HAM/CAM and GAO than the use of other datasets, especially in the seasonal spectral band. These conclusions are confirmed by the results obtained for data from first 2 years of GRACE-FO. Overall, after 2 years from the start of GRACE-FO, the high consistency between HAM/CAM and GAO that was achieved during the best GRACE period has not yet been repeated. However, it should be remembered that with the systematic appearance of subsequent GRACE-FO observations, this quality can be expected to increase. SLR data can be used for determination of HAM/CAM to fill the one-year-long data gap between the end of GRACE and the start of the GRACE-FO mission. In addition, SLR series could be particularly useful in determination of HAM/CAM in the non-seasonal spectral band. Despite its low seasonal amplitudes, SLR-based HAM/CAM provides high phase consistency with GAO for annual and semiannual oscillation.

scholarly journals Calculation of nuclear energies and stability by the statistical method

1940 ◽  
Vol 174 (959) ◽  
pp. 523-545 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Theory ◽  
Binding Energy ◽  
Statistical Method ◽  
Atomic Number ◽  
Quantum States ◽  
Hartree Approximation ◽  
Stable Nucleus ◽  
The Stability

Leaving out of consideration those nuclei of small atomic number it is possible to develop a statistical theory of nuclei. Bethe and Bacher (1936, p. 149), as well as many other writers, have treated this subject in great detail starting from the Hartree approximation. All these investigations were mainly concerned with the binding energy, and not much attention has been paid so far to the stability of nuclei according to the statistical theory, except the determination of the most stable nucleus with a given atomic number: this is due to the fact that previous investigators have always neglected to distinguish between quantum states with opposite spin, thereby losing the distinction between “odd” and “even” nuclei, which is essential for stability considerations.

scholarly journals The Relativistic and the Hidden Momentum of Minkowski and Abraham in Relativistic Energy Wave

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Cardoso
Keyword(s):  
Angular Momentum ◽  
Orbital Angular Momentum ◽  
Mechanical Energy ◽  
Recent Theory ◽  
Translational Energy ◽  
Angle Of Incidence ◽  
Relativistic Energy ◽  
Conservation Of Energy ◽  
Ignition Device

An analysis of the consistency of the Abraham and Minkowski momenta in the determination of the photon trajectory was carried out considering a new principle of conservation of the photon's mechanical energy, in which the photon conserves translational energy in orbital angular momentum when transiting between two media, introducing the relativistic energy wave (REW). The confrontation between REW and the recent theory of space-time waves (ST) was considered, pondering your differences. Throughout this study it was possible to verify that the Abraham momentum appears a relativistic photon ignition device in the transition between two media, acting as the hidden momentum of the Minkowski’s relativistic momentum. The wavy behavior in the matter is relativistic, and the relativistic trajectory appears with delays and advances, with points of synchronization between source-observer. The classical or relativistic trajectories are determined as a function of the angle of incidence and the relative refractive index, by one of two distinct non-additive torques, the classic by Abraham or the relativistic by Minkowski. It was found that the same analysis conducted under the principle of conservation of the mechanical energy of the photon can be treated by an new Doppler, Relativistic Apparent, that can be confused with other Dopplers in the treatment of redshift from distant sources. It was found that the conservation of energy in Orbital Angular Momentum (OAM), in the interaction with matter, explains that the synchronization instants are found in the inversion of the OAM, where the advances and delays of REW occur under negligible variations of the OAM, however, opposites.

ON THE DETERMINATION OF CAUSTICS

2004 ◽  
Vol 03 (01) ◽  
pp. 91-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
PONMILE OLOYEDE ◽  
GENNADY MIL'NIKOV ◽  
HIROKI NAKAMURA
Keyword(s):  
Angular Momentum ◽  
Numerical Method ◽  
Total Angular Momentum ◽  
Reaction Process ◽  
Classical Trajectories ◽  
Arbitrary Dimensions

This paper presents a numerical method which locates caustics of classical trajectories on-the-fly. The method is conceptually simple and is applicable to a system of arbitrary dimensions. The efficiency of the method is demonstrated by determining caustics of trajectories in the 2-D Henon–Heiles potential and of trajectories used to simulate a triatomic reaction process for J (total angular momentum) = 0.

Deuteron elastic scattering in the large angular momentum limit

1981 ◽  
Vol 371 (3) ◽  
pp. 381-392 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.C. Johnson ◽  
E.J. Stephenson
Keyword(s):  
Angular Momentum ◽  
Elastic Scattering ◽  
Large Angular Momentum

Magnetic Resonance with Large Angular Momentum

1964 ◽  
Vol 135 (1A) ◽  
pp. A39-A43 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. W. Cederberg ◽  
N. F. Ramsey
Keyword(s):  
Angular Momentum ◽  
Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Large Angular Momentum

scholarly journals Stark deceleration of OH radicals in low-field-seeking and high-field-seeking quantum states

2008 ◽  
Vol 78 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirstin Wohlfart ◽  
Frank Filsinger ◽  
Fabian Grätz ◽  
Jochen Küpper ◽  
Gerard Meijer
Keyword(s):  
High Field ◽  
Quantum States ◽  
Oh Radicals ◽  
Low Field ◽  
Stark Deceleration
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