Matter Particles Research Articles

Concentration versus number of particles in the assessment of air pollution with particulate matters

In this paper, an assessment study was performed regarding air pollution with particulate matters including submicron particles. The evaluation of the contamination level was performed at a textile production unit in Pascani, Romania, which produces polyester knitwear. In the study, automatic determinations of total suspended particulate matters (TSP), PM 10, PM 2.5, and PM 1 (particle with nominal diameter <10 µm, <2.5 µm, and <1 µm), and submicron particulate matters (0.25, 0.35, 0.50 and 0.70) were performed both outdoor, in the ambient air, and indoor (workplace) in the area of the knitting machines. The correlation between the mass concentrations of submicronic particles (µg/m 3) and the numerical concentrations (number of particles/m3) was studied, too, to establish the most appropriate expression of the air pollution level with particulate matter. The results of the performed tests showed a level of ambient air pollution with particulate matters that exceed the limit values in the case of PM 2.5 and PM 10, the total suspended particulates still falling within the limits established by law. Likewise, in the case of workplace air, the level of inhalable particulate matter (particles with nominal diameter <100 µm), the concentration is below the limit values. Regarding the way of expressing the concentration of air particles, in µg/m3 or in no. particles/m3 the tests indicated better representativeness of the pollution level if the concentration in µg m3 is expressed for the dimensional fractions with diameter ≥ 1 µm and in no. particles/m3 for particles with a diameter of ≤1 µm.

Nonlocality-induced surface localization in Bose-Einstein condensates of light

The ability to create and manipulate strongly correlated quantum many-body states is of central importance to the study of collective phenomena in several condensed-matter systems. In the last decades, a great amount of work has been focused on ultracold atoms in optical lattices, which provide a flexible platform to simulate peculiar phases of matter both for fermionic and bosonic particles. The recent experimental demonstration of Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) of light in dye-filled microcavities has opened the intriguing possibility to build photonic simulators of solid-state systems, with potential advantages over their atomic counterpart. A distinctive feature of photon BEC is the thermo-optical nature of the effective photon-photon interaction, which is intrinsically nonlocal and can thus induce interactions of arbitrary range. This offers the opportunity to systematically study the collective behaviour of many-body systems with tunable interaction range. In this paper, we theoretically study the effect of nonlocal interactions in photon BEC. We first present numerical results of BEC in a double-well potential, and then extend our analysis to a short one-dimensional lattice with open boundaries. By resorting to a numerical procedure inspired by the Newton-Raphson method, we simulate the time-independent Gross-Pitaevskii equation and provide evidence of surface localization induced by nonlocality, where the condensate density is localized at the boundaries of the potential. Our work paves the way towards the realization of synthetic matter with photons, where the interplay between long-range interactions and low dimensionality can lead to the emergence of unexplored nontrivial collective phenomena.

Correlation between Air Pollution and the Spread and Development of COVID-19 Related Disease

Potential correlation of exposure to polluted air and the spread and co-development of COVID-19 and severe acute respiratory syndrome, caused by SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, was examined. The emphasis was given on polluted air in the form of suspended particulate matter or liquid particles in gas or air (so-called dust particles). This study was structured as a systematic literature review of multiple research projects carried out across the globe. Impact of the polluted air particles on the virus spread was examined from the temporal and spatial spread. Furthermore, overall impact of particulate matter and COVID-19 disease on human health human was investigated on a microbiological level. Despite some ambiguity, through systematic literature review effect of the polluted air on the increased spread of various viruses was demonstrated. Longer exposure to contaminated airborne dust particles has a negative effect on the human immune system and in the case of infection with COVID 19, may even overload it. This can lead to serious consequences for human health or even cause death.This review article also provides an insight into a more comprehensive analysis of possible correlation between the spreading the virus (SARS-CoV-2) by means of particulate matter and other meteorological variables (such as air temperature and humidity, weather events and climate).

The impact of electroweak correction on the self-annihilation of lightest Kaluza-Klein particle in constraining the allowed mass using diffuse radio emission as upper limit

Abstract We propose the lightest Kaluza-Klein particle (LKP) γ1 as a cold dark matter (CDM) particle under the WIMP theory by employing the indirect detection of electron-positron (e−e+). We showed that the e−e+ interacts with the magnetic field of the galaxy clusters producing synchrotron emission. By setting the radio emission of galaxy clusters as the upper limit, we studied how many masses of LKP (MLKP ) γ1 will not go beyond the upper limit when they undergo self-annihilation to the standard model (SM). We considered the electroweak (EW) correction in the self-annihilation process and compared it to without the EW correction. We investigated two extreme channels (b¯b and µ+µ−) and introduced our framework into the sample of galaxy cluster environments (A119, A2199, A2142, A2744, A478, A2029) to obtain better constraints on the allowed masses for LKP γ1. In doing this, we obtained the allowed mass range for LKP γ1 in A2199 of 0.1-1.5 TeV without EW correction and 0.2-1.5 TeV with EW correction for the µ+µ− channel. Notably, we showed EW correction excluding <80% (for bb̄ channel) and <25% (for μ+μ− channels) of parameter combinations for all of the clusters except A2029, which are none excluded without EW correction.”

ECCPA: Calculation of classical and quantum cross sections for elastic collisions of charged particles with atoms

ECCPA: Calculation of classical and quantum cross sections for elastic collisions of charged particles with atoms

GRAVITATIONAL INTERACTION FROM THE STANDPOINT OF FIELD-THEORETICAL AND GEOMETRIC PARADIGMS

Considered are energy dependences of the dimensionless constants of the electromagnetic, strong and weak interactions. Elementary particle classification depending on their spin is presented as well as dualistic paradigms based on are physical categories of space-time, matter particles and field-carriers of interactions. Gravitational radiation and static gravitational fields are considered both in the framework of the Lagrangian formalism and GR as well as MacCrea-Milne’s Newtonian cosmological model. Both perturbative and nonperbative approaches to gravity quantization are listed. Advantages and disadvantages of gravity description in the framework of field-theoretical and geometric paradigms have been indicated.

The thermal control system of NASA’s Curiosity rover: a case study

In any space mission, maintaining subsystems temperature within the allowed limits is a difficult challenge. Parts exposed to the Sun need to be cooled because temperatures rise extremely high, while parts not directly exposed to the Sun need to be heated, because temperatures can drop dramatically. The vacuum does not conduct heat, so the only way to transfer energy is through electromagnetic radiation, generated by the thermal motion of particles in matter. Operating on a planet surface allow convective dissipation and, to a lesser extent, conductive heat dissipation. Furthermore, Mars’ thin atmosphere mitigates the strong temperature gradients that would occur in a vacuum. Nevertheless, external parts of the rover are exposed to temperature ranging between – 123°C - +40°C. In this paper, the thermal control system of NASA’s Curiosity rover will be presented, analyzing the challenges of maintaining suitable operating conditions in Martian environment and the solutions adopted to allow safe operations.

Bose-Einstein Condensate on a Synthetic Topological Hall Cylinder

The interplay between matter particles and gauge fields in physical spaces with nontrivial geometries can lead to novel topological quantum matter. However, detailed microscopic mechanisms are often obscure, and unconventional spaces are generally challenging to construct in solids. Highly controllable atomic systems can quantum simulate such physics, even those inaccessible in other platforms. Here, we realize a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) on a synthetic cylindrical surface subject to a net radial synthetic magnetic flux. We observe a symmetry-protected topological band structure emerging on this Hall cylinder but disappearing in the planar counterpart. BEC’s transport observed as Bloch oscillations in the band structure is analogous to traveling on a Möbius strip in the momentum space, revealing topological band crossings protected by a nonsymmorphic symmetry. We demonstrate that breaking this symmetry induces a topological transition manifested as gap opening at band crossings, and further manipulate the band structure and BEC’s transport by controlling the axial synthetic magnetic flux. Our work opens the door for using atomic quantum simulators to explore intriguing topological phenomena intrinsic in unconventional spaces.5 MoreReceived 10 August 2021Accepted 7 December 2021DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PRXQuantum.3.010316Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article's title, journal citation, and DOI.Published by the American Physical SocietyPhysics Subject Headings (PhySH)Research AreasBose-Einstein condensatesQuantum simulationSynthetic gauge fieldsPhysical SystemsUltracold gasesTechniquesAtom & ion coolingAtomic, Molecular & OpticalCondensed Matter, Materials & Applied Physics

Light Antinuclei from the Laboratory to the Cosmos

The antiproton was experimentally discovered at the Bevatron, Berkeley, in 1955, earning Segré and Chamberlain the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physics. After that, light antinuclei, bound states of antiprotons and antineutrons, have been observed in high-energy interactions in the laboratory from antideuteron to antihelium-4 [1]. In nature, antinuclei are extremely rare objects to be found. The search for antinuclei in space has received considerable attention in recent years, following the suggestion that cosmic antinuclei might be produced in the annihilation or decay of dark matter (DM) particles [2]. Alternatively, “secondary” antinuclei could be produced in ordinary high-energy interactions of primary cosmic rays with the interstellar matter in our galaxy. A precise assessment of the background constituted by secondary antinuclei is pivotal for these searches and for the interpretation of the results. The spectrum of antiprotons observed in cosmic rays is consistent with the hypothesis of secondary production. No evidence of primary antiprotons, antihelium, and antideuterons has been found in the cosmic radiation so far. It is clear that the study of the formation of composite antimatter objects cannot but rely on samples of antimatter produced in the laboratory. Comprehensive measurements of different nuclear (and hypernuclear1) species are necessary to meaningfully constrain formation models and require large data samples to be inspected, as the production of nuclear clusters becomes rarer with increasing mass number. Additional fundamental constraints to the production models are obtained from systematic studies of different particle sources, from ­proton–proton (pp) to heavy-ion collisions, where the size of the system can be experimentally controlled based on the number of particles (multiplicity) produced in the collision.

A New View of the Dynamics of Particle Structure

The new view denies the existence of fundamental particles in matter, and instead states that any particle and matter is a dynamic superposition of three natural elements, motion, force, and emptiness. This paper proposes a new theory of the structure of matter and the unification of the four forces. A correct understanding of the logic of material structure will enable atomic energy and nuclear physics to generate new manufacturing ideas. The dissertation expounds the natural distribution of dynamics and forces in space and the new deterministic theory of dynamic relationship. This theory solves problems such as the unity of the four forces and the dynamic laws of the material structure. In practical applications, it can provide new theoretical guidance for industrial manufacturing such as nuclear energy, fusion engineering, new energy, new materials, battery energy storage, new-generation reactors, etc., and then adopt effective means in line with the laws of natural power to make the substances needed by human beings. The supply of resources and energy is perfectly satisfied. Applying this theoretical model of material structure to all aspects of the manufacturing industry will surely open up a new era of material civilization for human beings.

ОПРЕДЕЛЕНИЕ ТРОФНОСТИ ПОЧВ ЭЛЕКТРОФИЗИЧЕСКИМ МЕТОДОМ. СООБЩЕНИЕ 3. КОРРЕКТИРОВКА ВЛИЯНИЯ ВЛАЖНОСТИ

The aim of this work was to develop a way to adjust the effect of soil humidity on the determination of specific electrical resistance (SER). This goal is achieved by the fact that measuring is made using a capacitive sensor of volumetric soil humidity simultaneously with the measurement of SER using a 4-electrode F.F. Wenner array. Based on the analysis of literary and own data equations for adjusting SER against the background of different volumetric humidity and soil porosity are proposed. Further refinement of SER measurement results can be achieved by including in the equation the parameters related to the cation-exchange capacity (CAC) of the soil, namely the content of organic matter and clay particles. It is suggested that it is possible to determine expressly the latter using color-gauge (RGB) sensors.

Discrete mean square approximation applied to error calculation in biomolecules and brownian motion

Advanced research frontiers are extended from biophysics relations on the Earth upto the discovering any type of alive matter within the whole space. Microorganisms’ motion within the molecular biology processes integrates variety of microorgnisms functions. In continuation of our Brownian motion phenomena research, we consistently build molecular-microorganisms structures hierarchy. We recognize everywhere biomimetic similarities between the particles in alive and nonalive matter. The research data are based on real experiments, without external energy impulses. So, we develop the analysis, inspired by fractal nature Brownian motion, as recognized joint parameter between particles in alive and nonalive biophysical systems. This is also in line with advance trends in hybrid submicroelectronic integrations. The important innovation in this paper is that we introduced approximation of trajectory and error calculations, using discrete mean square approximation, what cumulatively provide much more precise biophysical systems parameters. By this paper, we continue to generate new knowledge in direction to get complex relations between the particles clusters in biophysical systems condensed matter.

Modulational Interaction in a Dusty Plasma of Meteoroid Wakes

This is a study of the possible modulational instability of electromagnetic waves in meteoroid wakes associated with the dust acoustic mode at altitudes of 80–120 km, which is a linear stage of modulational interaction. The parameters of meteoroid wakes at different altitudes in the Earth’s ionosphere are considered. It is shown that the charging of dust particles of meteoric matter creates conditions for the occurrence of dust acoustic waves. Dust acoustic disturbances are excited due to the modulational instability of electromagnetic waves from the meteoric trail. The influence of neutrals on the development of modulational interaction is taken into account. The concentration of neutrals in meteoric wakes is higher than the concentration of neutrals in the Earth’s ionosphere. It has been found that the condition for the excitation of a dust acoustic wave is satisfied for the typical parameters of dusty plasma of meteoroid wakes at altitudes of 100–120 km. Due to collisions between dust and neutrals, the development of modulation instability is suppressed at altitudes of 80–90 km, while inelastic collisions of neutrals with electrons and ions do not affect the development of modulational instability. The modulational instability of electromagnetic waves can explain the occurrence of low-frequency noise during the passage of meteoric bodies in a frequency range characteristic of dust acoustic waves. It is shown that the modulation instability has time to develop for characteristic temperatures and particle concentrations in meteoroid wakes. Equations for the charging of dust particles in meteoroid wakes are given. It has been found that the dust is positively charged, both in the daytime and at night, due to intense emission currents from the surface of dust particles.

Dark moments for the Standard Model?

If dark matter (DM) interacts with the Standard Model (SM) via the kinetic mixing (KM) portal, it necessitates the existence of portal matter (PM) particles which carry both dark and SM quantum numbers that will appear in vacuum polarization-like loop graphs. In addition to the familiar ∼ eϵQ strength, QED-like interaction for the dark photon (DP), in some setups different loop graphs of these PM states can also induce other coupling structures for the SM fermions that may come to dominate in at least some regions of parameter space regions and which can take the form of ‘dark’ moments, e.g., magnetic dipole-type interactions in the IR, associated with a large mass scale, Λ. In this paper, motivated by a simple toy model, we perform a phenomenological investigation of a possible loop-induced dark magnetic dipole moment for SM fermions, in particular, for the electron. We show that at the phenomenological level such a scenario can not only be made compatible with existing experimental constraints for a significant range of correlated values for Λ and the dark U(1)D gauge coupling, gD, but can also lead to quantitatively different signatures once the DP is discovered. In this setup, assuming complex scalar DM to satisfy CMB constraints, parameter space regions where the DP decays invisibly are found to be somewhat preferred if PM mass limits from direct searches at the LHC and our toy model setup are all taken seriously. High precision searches for, or measurements of, the e+e− → γ + DP process at Belle II are shown to provide some of the strongest future constraints on this scenario.

Confinement and Mott Transitions of Dynamical Charges in One-Dimensional Lattice Gauge Theories.

Confinement is an ubiquitous phenomenon when matter couples to gauge fields, which manifests itself in a linear string potential between two static charges. Although gauge fields can be integrated out in one dimension, they can mediate nonlocal interactions which in turn influence the paradigmatic Luttinger liquid properties. However, when the charges become dynamical and their densities finite, understanding confinement becomes challenging. Here we show that confinement in 1D Z_{2} lattice gauge theories, with dynamical matter fields and arbitrary densities, is related to translational symmetry breaking in a nonlocal basis. The exact transformation to this string-length basis leads us to an exact mapping of Luttinger parameters reminiscent of a Luther-Emery rescaling. We include the effects of local, but beyond contact, interactions between the matter particles, and show that confined mesons can form a Mott-insulating state when the deconfined charges cannot. While the transition to the Mott state cannot be detected in the Green's function of the charges, we show that the metallic state is characterized by hidden off-diagonal quasi-long-range order. Our predictions provide new insights to the physics of confinement of dynamical charges, and can be experimentally addressed in Rydberg-dressed quantum gases in optical lattices.

Ground states and associated path measures in the renormalized Nelson model

We prove the existence, uniqueness, and strict positivity of ground states of the possibly massless renormalized Nelson operator under an infrared regularity condition and for Kato decomposable electrostatic potentials fulfilling a binding condition. If the infrared regularity condition is violated, then we show non-existence of ground states of the massless renormalized Nelson operator with an arbitrary Kato decomposable potential. Furthermore, we prove the existence, uniqueness, and strict positivity of ground states of the massless renormalized Nelson operator in a non-Fock representation where the infrared condition is unnecessary. Exponential and superexponential estimates on the pointwise spatial decay and the decay with respect to the boson number for elements of spectral subspaces below localization thresholds are provided. Moreover, some continuity properties of ground state eigenvectors are discussed. Byproducts of our analysis are a hypercontractivity bound for the semigroup and a new remark on Nelson’s operator theoretic renormalization procedure. Finally, we construct path measures associated with ground states of the renormalized Nelson operator. Their analysis entails improved boson number decay estimates for ground state eigenvectors, as well as upper and lower bounds on the Gaussian localization with respect to the field variables in the ground state. As our results on uniqueness, positivity, and path measures exploit the ergodicity of the semigroup, we restrict our attention to one matter particle. All results are non-perturbative.

Molecular dynamics investigation of the stopping power of warm dense hydrogen for electrons.

A variety of theoretical models have been proposed to calculate the stopping power of charged particles in matter, which is a fundamental issue in many fields. However, the approximation adopted in these theories will be challenged under warm dense matter conditions. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulation is a good way to validate the effectiveness of these models. We investigate the stopping power of warm dense hydrogen for electrons with projectile energies ranging from 400-10000eV by means of an electron force field (eFF) method, which can effectively avoid the Coulomb catastrophe in conventional MD calculations. It is found that the stopping power of warm dense hydrogen decreases with increasing temperature of the sample at those high projectile velocities. This phenomenon could be explained by the effect of electronic structure dominated by bound electrons, which is further explicated by a modified random phase approximation (RPA) model based on local density approximation proper to inhomogeneous media. Most of the models extensively accepted by the plasma community, e.g., Landau-Spitzer model, Brown-Preston-Singleton model and RPA model, cannot well address the effect caused by bound electrons so that their predictions of stopping power contradict our result. Therefore, the eFF simulations of this paper reveals the important role played by the bound electrons on stopping power in warm dense plasmas.

On Modified Gravity

Viktor Toth adds theoretical insights to the modified theories of gravity that aimed to solve the dark matter problem without necessitating the existence of hypothetic particles of nonbaryonic matter.

Bloch Oscillations of Hybrid Light‐Matter Particles in a Waveguide Array

AbstractBloch oscillations are a phenomenon well known from quantum mechanics where electrons in a lattice experience an oscillatory motion in the presence of an electric field gradient. Here, the authors report on Bloch oscillations of hybrid light−matter particles, called exciton‐polaritons (polaritons), being confined in an array of coupled microcavity waveguides. To this end, the waveguide widths and their mutual couplings are carefully designed such that a constant energy gradient is induced perpendicular to the direction of motion of the propagating polaritons. This technique allows us to directly observe and study Bloch oscillations in real‐ and momentum‐space. Furthermore, the experimental findings are supported by numerical simulations based on a modified Gross–Pitaevskii approach. This work provides an important transfer of basic concepts of quantum mechanics to integrated solid state devices, using quantum fluids of light.

Neutrino lines from DM decay induced by high-scale seesaw interactions

If the stability of the dark matter (DM) particle is due to an accidental symmetry, nothing prevents UV physics from destabilising it by inducing DM decays suppressed by powers of the UV scale. The seesaw physics, presumably at the origin of neutrino mass, could induce such a decay. We show that if the seesaw scale lies around the usual Weinberg operator scale, the induced DM decay could generically lead to neutrino lines whose intensity is of the order of the present sensitivity of neutrino telescopes. We illustrate this possibility with models in which the DM is made of the gauge boson(s) of an abelian or non-abelian gauge symmetry.