Oscillation Physics Research Articles

Fundamental properties of the gyroscope oscillation

Despite partial solutions by famous scientists during the early Industrial Revolution, gyroscope problems remained unsolvable until the beginning of the twentieth century when several fundamental physical laws were finally formulated to describe them. Today, the principles of classical mechanics enable the formulation and description of the physical processes involved in the rotation of any object. Gyroscopic devices are objects that rotate and exhibit oscillation, which has been a challenging problem in engineering mechanics. The oscillation of a gyroscope is caused by the interaction between external and inertial torques. This is different from other examples of oscillation, such as pendulums and springs, which have been well documented. The main difference in the physics of gyroscopic oscillation is that the spinning rotors of the gyroscopic devices are supported on one side, with their axes perpendicular to the axis of oscillation. The oscillation of gyroscopic devices is interrelated with the potential and kinetic energy of their components. However, the physics of oscillation of such objects has not been fully described in publications until recently. The theory of gyroscopic effects for rotating objects has now been published and provides a solution to this problem. According to this theory, gyroscopic inertial torques represent the potential energy of the external torque and kinetic energy of the spinning rotor. This paper demonstrates the distribution of inertial torques about the axes of Cartesian coordinates, which enables the computation of gyroscope motion and oscillation.

Neutrino oscillations with atmospheric neutrinos at large liquid argon TPCs

We propose to study atmospheric neutrino interactions with a unique event topology to distinguish neutrinos and anti-neutrinos using a liquid argon time projection chamber in an experiment such as DUNE. The detection of charged-current 1 proton (CC1P) and charged-current no proton (CC0P) events will allow us to access neutrino oscillation physics complementary to accelerator-based beam neutrinos. Assuming maximal CP violation (δCP= π/2) as the true hypothesis, our analysis shows that it is possible to disfavour CP conservation δCP=0 (or π) with more than 2σ (≈ 1.6σ) with a data sample of 140 kt-yr of atmospheric neutrinos in the DUNE detector. Our analysis also shows that assuming normal mass-ordering as the true hypothesis, the sensitivity to the opposite mass-ordering can be disfavoured with a significance close to 4σ and an octant of θ23 sensitivity with more than 2σ both for a true lower octant (θ23=41∘) and higher octant (θ23=49∘) value.

Tests of macrorealism in meson oscillation physics

Tests of macrorealism in meson oscillation physics

Analysis of Microbubble-Blood cell system Oscillation/Cavitation influenced by ultrasound Forces: Conjugate applications of FEM and LBM

Sonoporation is a non-invasive method that uses ultrasound for drug and gene delivery for therapeutic purposes. Here, both Finite Element Method (FEM) and Lattice Boltzmann Method (LBM) are applied to study the interaction physics of microbubble oscillation and collapse near flexible tissue. After validating the Finite Element Method with the nonlinear excited lipid-coated microbubble as well as the Lattice Boltzmann Method with experimental results, we have studied the behavior of a three-dimensional compressible microbubble in the vicinity of tissue. In the FEM phase, the oscillation microbubble with a lipid shell interacts with the boundary. The range of pressure and ultrasound frequency have been considered in the field of therapeutic applications of sonoporation. The viscoelastic and interfacial tension as the coating properties of the microbubble shell have been investigated. The presence of an elastic boundary increases the resonance frequency of the microbubble compared to that of a free microbubble. The increase in pressure leads to an expansion in the range of the microbubble’s motion, the velocity induced in the fluid, and the shear stress on the boundary walls of tissue. An enhancement in the surface tension of the microbubble can influence fluid flow and reduce the shear stress on the boundary. The multi-pseudo-potential interaction LBM is used to reduce thermodynamic inconsistency and high-density ratio in a two-phase system for modeling the cavitation process. The three-dimensional shape of the microbubble during the collapse stages and the counter of pressure are displayed. There is a time difference between the occurrence of maximum velocity and pressure. All results in detail are presented in the article bodies.

First Measurement of η Meson Production in Neutrino Interactions on Argon with MicroBooNE.

We present a measurement of η production from neutrino interactions on argon with the MicroBooNE detector. The modeling of resonant neutrino interactions on argon is a critical aspect of the neutrino oscillation physics program being carried out by the DUNE and Short Baseline Neutrino programs. η production in neutrino interactions provides a powerful new probe of resonant interactions, complementary to pion channels, and is particularly suited to the study of higher-order resonances beyond the Δ(1232). We measure a flux-integrated cross section for neutrino-induced η production on argon of 3.22±0.84(stat)±0.86(syst) 10^{-41} cm^{2}/nucleon. By demonstrating the successful reconstruction of the two photons resulting from η production, this analysis enables a novel calibration technique for electromagnetic showers in GeV accelerator neutrino experiments.

Status and perspectives of the ICARUS experiment at the Fermilab Short Baseline Neutrino program

The ICARUS collaboration has employed the 760 t T600 detector in a successful three-year physics run at the underground LNGS laboratory, performing a sensitive search for LSND-like anomalous νe appearance in the CERN Neutrino to Gran Sasso beam, which contributed to the constraints on the allowed neutrino oscillation parameters to a narrow region around Δm2 ∼ 1 eV2. After a significant overhaul at CERN, the T600 detector has been installed at Fermilab. In 2020 the cryogenic commissioning began with detector cool down, liquid Argon filling and recirculation. ICARUS then started its operation collecting the first neutrino events from the Booster Neutrino Beam (BNB) and the Neutrinos at the Main Injector (NuMI) beam off-axis, which were used to test the ICARUS event selection, reconstruction and analysis algorithms. ICARUS successfully completed its commissioning phase in June 2022, moving then to data taking for neutrino oscillation physics, aiming at first to either confirm or refute the claim by Neutrino-4 short-baseline reactor. ICARUS will also jointly search for evidence of sterile neutrinos together with the Short-Baseline Near Detector, within the Fermilab Short-Baseline Neutrino program experiment, and will perform measurements of neutrino cross sections with both beams and several Beyond Standard Model searches with the NuMI beam. In this paper, the main technical achievements of the ICARUS detector subsystems (Time Projection Chambers, Light Detection System, Cosmic Ray Tagger, Trigger and Data Acquisition) obtained with both BNB and NuMI neutrino beams during the commissioning phase, will be presented in terms of the overall detector performance and capability to select and reconstruct neutrino events.

MicroBooNE Public Data Sets: A Collaborative Tool for LArTPC Software Development

Among liquid argon time projection chamber (LArTPC) experiments MicroBooNE is the one that continually took physics data for the longest time (2015-2021), and represents the state of the art for reconstruction and analysis with this detector. Recently published analyses include oscillation physics results, searches for anomalies and other BSM signatures, and cross section measurements. LArTPC detectors are being used in current experiments such as ICARUS and SBND, and being planned for future experiments such as DUNE. MicroBooNE has recently released to the public two of its data sets, with the goal of enabling collaborative software developments with other LArTPC experiments and with AI or computing experts. These data sets simulate neutrino interactions on top of off-beam data, which include cosmic ray background and noise. The data sets are released in two formats: the native art/ROOT format used internally by the collaboration and familiar to other LArTPC experts, and the HDF5 format which contains reduced and simplified content and is suitable for usage by the broader community. This contribution presents the open data sets, discusses their motivation, the technical implementation, and the extensive documentation – all inspired by FAIR principles. Finally, opportunities for collaborations are discussed.

THE USE OF MECHANICAL FILTER MODELS IN THE ANALYSIS OF FORMING AND COMPACTION PROCESSES OF FORMATION AND COMPACTION OF BUILDING/CONCRETE MIXTURES BY VIBRATING FIELD

The paper describes the use of various types of mechanical filter models, which are used for the analysis of the processes of formation and compaction of the construction/concrete mixtures of building/concrete mixtures by means of vibrating fields. The values of resonant frequencies and equivalent masses for different resonators modeling the propagation in the latter of vibrating-wave formations have been established. The analysis of the influence of a vibrating field on the processes of formation and compaction of concrete/concrete mixtures in this study is based on the methods of mathematical physics, classical variation calculus, physics of oscillations and waves and methodology of solution of ordinary differential equations and partial differential equations. The conditions and main integral characteristics of resonance phenomena, the possibility of occurrence of which is conditioned by: 1) the geometry of the initial boundary-edge problem (it is The so-called "geometric resonances" of the considered system with distributed parameters simulating the mixture to be processed); 2) the working rheological model of the mixture involved in the study (these are the so-called "rheological resonances"). The approach developed and scientifically substantiated in this work allows us to establish the main parameters and opportunities for the use of energy-saving modes of operation of vibration systems intended for the formation and vibration compaction of the above mixtures. The results obtained in the work The results obtained can be further used to clarify and Improvement of existing engineering methods of calculation of vibration systems for the formation and compaction of concrete/concrete mixtures in order to optimize the operating modes of their functioning both at the design stage and in the modes of real operation.

First usage of Intra-Nuclear Cascade of Liège (INCL) model for nuclear transport of protons from neutrino-nucleus scattering

Neutrino oscillation physics enters the precision era, and the modeling of neutrino-nucleus interactions constitutes a challenging source of systematic uncertainty for such measurements. A new generation of detectors is being developed to measure the complete (exclusive) final state of particles resulting from neutrino interactions. To fully benefit from the improved detector capabilities, precise simulations of the nuclear effects on the final-state nucleons are needed. We have employed the Intra-Nuclear Cascade of Liège model to simulate the propagation of hadrons through the nuclear medium after the neutrino interaction to address this problem. We present a characterization of the hadronic final state after Final State Interactions (FSI) and comparisons to available measurements of transverse kinematic imbalance. The study presented here [1] is a crucial milestone towards the precise simulation of final state interactions in neutrino-nucleus interactions and a complete estimation of related uncertainties.

Numerical simulation along with the experimental work for an underdamped oscillator using fourth order Runge–Kutta method. An undergraduate experiment

Experiments based on oscillatory motion are an essential part of the curricula for students of physics and engineering in their undergraduate studies, such as the determination of spring constant for a well-known classical oscillator i.e., spring-mass system. Moreover, it is important for students to understand the physics of damped oscillators because, in real-world scenarios, a system involving oscillations cannot be completely analysed without understanding conditions of damped oscillations i.e., underdamped, overdamped, and critical damped. In this work, we design a computational physics lab for the simulation of the underdamped oscillator using an Excel spreadsheet by employing 4th order Runge–Kutta method. Further, we construct a simple experimental setup to observe the damped oscillation and obtaindata for the underdamped system. Final analysis was based on comparison between the experimental data and the numerically estimated data.

Dynamic surface stress field of the pure liquid-vapor interface subjected to the cyclic loads.

We demonstrate a methodology for computationally investigating the mechanical response of a pure molten lead surface system to the lateral mechanical cyclic loads and try to answer the following question: how does the dynamically driven liquid surface system follow the classical physics of the elastic-driven oscillation? The steady-state oscillation of the dynamic surface tension (or excess stress) under cyclic load, including the excitation of high-frequency vibration mode at different driving frequencies and amplitudes, was compared with the classical theory of a single-body driven damped oscillator. Under the highest studied frequency (50GHz) and amplitude (5%) of the load, the increase of in (mean value) dynamic surface tension could reach ∼5%. The peak and trough values of the instantaneous dynamic surface tension could reach (up to) 40% increase and (up to) 20% decrease compared to the equilibrium surface tension, respectively. The extracted generalized natural frequencies seem to be intimately related to the intrinsic timescales of the atomic temporal-spatial correlation functions of the liquids both in the bulk region and in the outermost surface layers. These insights uncovered could be helpful for quantitative manipulation of the liquid surface using ultrafast shockwaves or laser pulses.

Gyroscope oscillation depends on a rotor speed velocity

In engineering, all moving rotating objects exhibit gyroscopic effects resulting from the action of an external torque on a rotating object. Gyroscopic effects are the action of a set of inertial moments and movements of an object around three axes of a three-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system. Moments of inertia are created by centrifugal and Coriolis forces, as well as the moment of change in angular momentum, which is expressed by their kinetic energy. The values of the moments of inertia directly depend on the speed of rotation of the object and its rotation around the axes. A short-term effect of an external load on a running gyroscope with displaced support can be manifested by its oscillations. The physics of gyroscope oscillations is not well explained in publications. This article describes the oscillations of a gyroscope by the action of the external torque which is its potential energy converting into kinetic energy of the inertial torques of the gyroscope. The conversion is carried out by the principle of mechanical energy conservation which is the same as for oscillations of a spring with a load.

Physics and poetry revisited

Charles Day’s column, “Physics and poetry,” in the April 2022 issue (page 8) is correct to push back on claims that the two are “incompatible” (attributed to Paul Dirac). But I disagree with one of his later statements, “Physics is abstraction. Its use for metaphor and simile is limited.”Physics is rich with metaphors, its very abstraction itself perhaps accounting for many of them. The pendulum as an oscillation about a mean between two limits on either side of an equilibrium is a hoary metaphor in ordinary language and the social sciences. It gets an even wider meaning in the hands of a physicist who sees the same mathematics and physics of harmonic oscillations in contexts far from material bobs on strings or swaying branches. Richard Feynman, a name that Day rightly invokes, rendered poetically many a physical theme and saw in the design of a Japanese gate a poetic “explanation” for broken symmetry in nature as seen in theoretical physics.11. R. P. Feynman, Six Not-So-Easy Pieces: Einstein’s Relativity, Symmetry, and Space-Time, Basic Books (2011), p. 47. Some other examples of metaphors across physics are in my book, The Beauty of Physics: Patterns, Principles, and Perspectives (2014).ReferenceSection:ChooseTop of pageReference <<1. R. P. Feynman, Six Not-So-Easy Pieces: Einstein’s Relativity, Symmetry, and Space-Time, Basic Books (2011), p. 47. Google Scholar© 2023 American Institute of Physics.

Entropic Analysis of Protein Oscillations through Langevin Equations &amp; Fokker-Planck Equations

Background: Protein oscillations have been one of the major highlights in the field of biophysics and bio-molecules. These oscillations can give us insights into complex bio-molecules and reveal their nature at a very fundamental level. They can also show us the dynamics involved in the functioning of bio-molecules through the nature of these oscillations. Method/Objective: In this article, we have described the basics of protein oscillations, giving a very fundamental approach to the physics of oscillations. We have also described some bio-systems in which protein oscillations play a vital role. In this article, we have used the Langevin equations and Fokker-Planck equations to describe the oscillation dynamics of proteins. Findings:Finally, we have shown the trend of an increase in the entropy of the oscillations by involving a perturbation term in the regular nature of oscillations. The entropy of protein oscillations is very important in understanding protein dynamics. Doi: 10.28991/HEF-SP2022-01-05 Full Text: PDF

Resonance in bounded nonlinear pendulum-type systems

Solving nonlinear differential equations with external forces is important for understanding resonant phenomena in the physics of oscillations. The article analyzes this problem basing on example of an ordinary second-order differential equation of the pendulum type, where the nonlinearity is described by a sinusoidal term. The phase plane of such an oscillator is constructed and its periodic trajectories are studied. It is illustrated that bounded nonlinearity matters only at intermediate amplitudes. The excitation of a nonlinear oscillator is carried out using a limited two–component force; the first its component corresponds to an oscillation at the resonant frequency of a linear oscillator, and the second is a limited function with a variable frequency. It is shown that with the appropriate choice of an external force, it is possible to obtain unlimited amplification of oscillations in a pendulum-type oscillator with amplitude linearly proportional to time. Spectral composition of the external force is investigated using short-time Fourier transform. It is demonstrated that in order to maintain the resonant mode, the frequency of the external force must continuously increase. Energy estimates of the external force and oscillator fluctuations depending on time are performed. The considered example is important for understanding resonant conditions in nonlinear problems.

Deep underground neutrino experiment: DUNE

DUNE is the most ambitious long-baseline experiment under construction in the US for the study of neutrino oscillation and astroparticle physics. The DUNE far detector consists of four modules (17 kton each) based on the Liquid Argon TPC technology and enhanced by a powerful Photon Detection System (PDS) that records the 128 nm scintillation light emitted by argon. The article will cover the main characteristics of the Near Detector and of the two first far detector modules, Horizontal and Vertical Drift respectively, together with the description of the dedicated R&D carried out. A particular emphasis will be given to the characterization of the PDS.

Metastable oscillatory modes emerge from synchronization in the brain spacetime connectome

A rich repertoire of oscillatory signals is detected from human brains with electro- and magnetoencephalography (EEG/MEG). However, the principles underwriting coherent oscillations and their link with neural activity remain under debate. Here, we revisit the mechanistic hypothesis that transient brain rhythms are a signature of metastable synchronization, occurring at reduced collective frequencies due to delays between brain areas. We consider a system of damped oscillators in the presence of background noise – approximating the short-lived gamma-frequency oscillations generated within neuronal circuits – coupled according to the diffusion weighted tractography between brain areas. Varying the global coupling strength and conduction speed, we identify a critical regime where spatially and spectrally resolved metastable oscillatory modes (MOMs) emerge at sub-gamma frequencies, approximating the MEG power spectra from 89 healthy individuals at rest. Further, we demonstrate that the frequency, duration, and scale of MOMs – as well as the frequency-specific envelope functional connectivity – can be controlled by global parameters, while the connectome structure remains unchanged. Grounded in the physics of delay-coupled oscillators, these numerical analyses demonstrate how interactions between locally generated fast oscillations in the connectome spacetime structure can lead to the emergence of collective brain rhythms organized in space and time.

Pop-up question on educational physics video: Effect on the learning performance of students

Pop-up question video has been developed in oscillation physics concept to support the student’s learning objection in a Junior High School level. This video use as learning source to support the information gaining in particular use of learning design. This study aimed to analyzes the effect of physics pop-up question video relating to oscillation to the student’s learning performance. Furthermore, this video developed based on the recommendation of previous research to decrease the students’ cognitive load. Besides, this particular research aimed to measure the students’ learning performance on 100 students in junior high school level. Learning performance consists of the concept attainment of oscillation concept, students’ motivation and students’ cognitive load atter pass the learning process with pop-up question video. As results, the students’ concept attainment in a percentage of 74% and stated in a good category. Then, the students’ motivation has the percentage of 84% and state in a good category while the cognitive load percentage on 38% and stated in a less category. It means, the pop-up question video has good impact on students’ motivation and has a less cognitive load simultaneously. However, for gaining the better result, pop-up question video can be integrating to the innovative learning model.

Numerical study on pressure oscillations amplitude distribution induced by water flow into pipe filled with steam

The direct contact condensation (DCC) between subcooled water and steam is an important thermo-hydraulic phenomenon experienced in industrial sectors especially in nuclear industry. The pressure oscillations are inevitable events during steam-water DCC involving high pressure peaks, responsible for the possible failure of mechanical equipment and systems. This computational fluid dynamics study explores the underlying physics of condensation pressure oscillations by injecting subcooled water into steam section. Based on the probability density function (PDF) approach, the effects of different parameters such as velocity and temperature of injected water, water-steam differential pressure and degree of superheated steam on the amplitude of pressure oscillations distribution have been studied. Moreover, the first and second dominant frequencies of pressure oscillations have also been obtained from fast Fourier transform. It has been found that the PDF of the pressure oscillations is strongly related to injecting water velocity, water temperature and steam-water differential pressure while weakly dependent on steam superheating.

Primordial neutrino asymmetry evolution with full mean-field effects and collisions

Neutrino oscillations and mean-field effects considerably enrich the phenomenology of neutrino evolution in the early Universe. Taking into account these effects, most notably the neutrino self-interaction mean-field contribution, we revisit the problem of the evolution of primordial neutrino asymmetries including for the first time the complete expression for collisions, which describe scattering and annihilations with electrons/positrons and reactions among (anti)neutrinos. We show that a generalisation of the adiabatic transfer of averaged oscillations (ATAO) scheme, a numerical method previously developed without neutrino degeneracy and based on the large separation of time scales in this problem, is sufficient to reach the same accuracy as the full quantum kinetic equation integration, but is notably faster. This approximation highlights the physics of synchronous oscillations at play in the evolution of neutrino chemical potentials, especially in the particular case with only two-neutrino mixing. In particular, it allows to understand what controls the beginning and the amplitude of oscillations, but also why there is a subsequent regime of collective oscillations with larger frequencies. We also find that it is very important to use the full collision term instead of relying on damping-like approximations, in order not to overestimate how collisions reduce these synchronous oscillations. Finally we study qualitatively how mixing parameters affect the final neutrino configuration, and in particular we show that the CP-violating Dirac phase cannot substantially affect the final N eff nor the final electronic (anti)-neutrino spectrum, and thus should not affect cosmological observables.