Dislocation Emission at Surfaces

1994 ◽  
Vol 356 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. E. Beltz ◽  
L. B. Freund

AbstractAn exact expression for the elastic energy associated with a semicircular shear dislocation loop emanating from a free surface, such as that of a stressed thin film, is derived (within continuum dislocation theory) and compared with earlier approximations. The energy required to activate a semicircular dislocation loop into its unstable “saddle-point” configuration is then re-calculated, based on the modified expression for the self-energy. It is found that the shear stress necessary to emit a loop, as a function of temperature, is almost 50% less than earlier estimates. The effects of ledges on the surface, as well as loop geometry, are discussed. The principal drawback to this type of calculation is pointed out, namely, that the critical radius of an incipient dislocation loop can be on the order of one atomic spacing, which is too small for a continuum theory to be valid.

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 4
Author(s):  
Vladimir Kogan ◽  
Norio Nakagawa

The magnetic field hz of a moving Pearl vortex in a superconducting thin-film in (x,y) plane is studied with the help of the time-dependent London equation. It is found that for a vortex at the origin moving in +x direction, hz(x,y) is suppressed in front of the vortex, x>0, and enhanced behind (x<0). The distribution asymmetry is proportional to the velocity and to the conductivity of normal quasiparticles. The vortex self-energy and the interaction of two moving vortices are evaluated.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandria Costantino ◽  
Sylvain Fichet

Abstract We investigate how quantum dynamics affects the propagation of a scalar field in Lorentzian AdS. We work in momentum space, in which the propagator admits two spectral representations (denoted “conformal” and “momentum”) in addition to a closed-form one, and all have a simple split structure. Focusing on scalar bubbles, we compute the imaginary part of the self-energy ImΠ in the three representations, which involves the evaluation of seemingly very different objects. We explicitly prove their equivalence in any dimension, and derive some elementary and asymptotic properties of ImΠ.Using a WKB-like approach in the timelike region, we evaluate the propagator dressed with the imaginary part of the self-energy. We find that the dressing from loops exponentially dampens the propagator when one of the endpoints is in the IR region, rendering this region opaque to propagation. This suppression may have implications for field-theoretical model-building in AdS. We argue that in the effective theory (EFT) paradigm, opacity of the IR region induced by higher dimensional operators censors the region of EFT breakdown. This confirms earlier expectations from the literature. Specializing to AdS5, we determine a universal contribution to opacity from gravity.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriel Luz Almeida ◽  
Stefano Foffa ◽  
Riccardo Sturani

Abstract We apply the classical double copy to the calculation of self-energy of composite systems with multipolar coupling to gravitational field, obtaining next-to-leading order results in the gravitational coupling GN by generalizing color to kinematics replacement rules known in literature. When applied to the multipolar description of the two-body system, the self-energy diagrams studied in this work correspond to tail processes, whose physical interpretation is of radiation being emitted by the non-relativistic source, scattered by the curvature generated by the binary system and then re-absorbed by the same source. These processes contribute to the conservative two-body dynamics and the present work represents a decisive step towards the systematic use of double copy within the multipolar post-Minkowskian expansion.


1983 ◽  
Vol 131 (4-6) ◽  
pp. 445-449 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Goldhaber ◽  
T.H. Hansson ◽  
R.L. Jaffe
Keyword(s):  
The Self ◽  

2005 ◽  
Vol 19 (13n14) ◽  
pp. 669-681 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANDREI DOLOCAN ◽  
VOICU OCTAVIAN DOLOCAN ◽  
VOICU DOLOCAN

Using the Lagrangian formalism we attempt to introduce a new Hamiltonian for fermions. On this basis we have evaluated the expectation values for the interaction energy between fermions via bosons. The interaction energy between two fermions via phonons becomes attractive in a degenerate fermion-gas. The interaction energy between two fermions via photons appears to be attractive in certain conditions. The self-energy of the fermion + boson system, e.g. polaron and polariton, was evaluated.


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