Strong-coupling Model Research Articles

On the influence of coupled and uncoupled fluid dynamic models in a large scale journal bearing

This study considers the extent to which the coupling of the governing equations influences the fluid dynamics of a large-scale turbo generator journal bearing. The study was conducted by formulating and implementing four fluid models in the OpenFOAM open-source CFD package. The fluid models are constructed so that uncoupled, weakly-coupled and strongly-coupled model formulations can be studied. To reduce the computational costs, a three-dimensional region of the oil film was extracted and considered. This small region was selected because the computational costs would have been extremely high for a full-scale simulation. To this end, the section selected for extraction was the region where the fluid dependencies are known to exert the greatest influence on the fluid behaviour. It was found that for both the weak-coupled and strong-coupled models, the coupling influenced the flow significantly. The extent to which the coupling influenced the fluid behaviour was seen to be dependent on the strength of the coupling, the dependency that introduced the coupling as well as the formulation of the fluid model. The weak-coupling introduced a greater qualitative change where the influence of the coupling was up to half the influence of the pressure dependence. The strong-coupling showed a greater change in the fluid behaviour and the flow departed non-uniformly from the uncoupled models.

Modeling and Validation for Electromagnetic–Mechanical Synchronous Resonance via Wireless Power Transmission

A method of wireless power transmission technology-based electromagnetic–mechanical synchronous resonance seeking a solution for synchronous conversion between electromagnetic energy and mechanical energy is discussed in this paper. It brings convenience to electricity consumption of microrobots which are difficult for towing cables. A detailed electromagnetic–mechanical strong coupled model for the TbDyFe rod is proposed. The prototype of synchronous resonance is produced, and its experimental results are consistent with the numerical ones. Thus, the theory is proved in this way while the power is converted synchronously, working at the frequency of 10.07 kHz and a distance of 30 cm.

Phenomenology of induced electroweak symmetry breaking

We study the phenomenology of models of electroweak symmetry breaking where the Higgs potential is dominated by a positive quadratic term destabilized by a tadpole arising from the coupling to an "auxiliary" Higgs sector. The auxiliary Higgs sector can be either perturbative or strongly coupled, similar to technicolor models. Since electroweak symmetry breaking is driven by a tadpole, the cubic and quartic Higgs couplings can naturally be significantly smaller than their values in the standard model. The theoretical motivation for these models is that they can explain the 125 GeV Higgs mass in supersymmetry without fine-tuning. The auxiliary Higgs sector contains additional Higgs states that cannot decouple from standard model particles, so these models predict a rich phenomenology of Higgs physics beyond the standard model. In this paper we analyze a large number of direct and indirect constraints on these models. We present the current constraints after the 8 TeV run of the LHC, and give projections for the sensitivity of the upcoming 14 TeV run. We find that the strongest constraints come from the direct searches $A^0 \to Zh$, $A^0 \to t\bar{t}$, with weaker constraints from Higgs coupling fits. For strongly-coupled models, additional constraints come from $\rho^+ \to WZ$ where $\rho^+$ is a vector resonance. Our overall conclusion is that a significant parameter space for such models is currently open, allowing values of the Higgs cubic coupling down to 0.4 times the standard model value for weakly coupled models and vanishing cubic coupling for strongly coupled models. The upcoming 14 TeV run of the LHC will stringently test this scenario and we identify several new searches with discovery potential for this class of models.

QCD corrections to theBcto charmonia semileptonic decays

We present a detailed analysis on the $B_c$ meson semi-leptonic decays, $B_c \to \eta_c (J/\psi) \ell \nu$, up to next-to-leading order (NLO) QCD correction. We adopt the principle of maximum conformality (PMC) to set the renormalization scales for those decays. After applying the PMC scale setting, we determine the optimal renormalization scale for the $B_c\to\eta_c(J/\psi)$ transition form factors (TFFs). Because of the same $\{\beta_0\}$-terms, the optimal PMC scales at the NLO level are the same for all those TFFs, i.e. $\mu_r^{\rm PMC} \approx 0.8{\rm GeV}$. We adopt a strong coupling model from the massive perturbation theory (MPT) to achieve a reliable pQCD estimation in this low energy region. Furthermore, we adopt a monopole form as an extrapolation for the $B_c\to\eta_c(J/\psi)$ TFFs to all their allowable $q^2$ region. Then, we predict $\Gamma_{B_c \to \eta_c \ell \nu}(\ell=e,\mu) =(71.53^{+11.27}_{-8.90})\times 10^{-15} {\rm GeV}$, $\Gamma_{B_c \to \eta_c \tau \nu}=(27.14^{+5.93}_{-4.33})\times 10^{-15} {\rm GeV}$, $\Gamma_{B_c \to J/\psi \ell \nu}(\ell=e,\mu) =(106.31^{+18.59}_{-14.01}) \times 10^{-15} {\rm GeV}$, $\Gamma_{B_c \to J/\psi \tau \nu} =(28.25^{+6.02}_{-4.35})\times 10^{-15} {\rm GeV}$, where the uncertainties are squared averages of all the mentioned error sources. We show that the present prediction of the production cross section times branching ratio for $B^+_c\to J/\psi \ell^+ v$ relative to that for $B^+ \to J/\psi K^+$, i.e. $\Re(J/\psi \ell^+ \nu)$, is in a better agreement with CDF measurements than the previous predictions.

Plasmonic resonance in planer split ring trimer

We have numerically investigated the plasmon properties supported by asymmetry planer split ring trimer structures. We investigate the modification of gap distance, thickness and gap width on the transmission properties of the weak coupling model (g is larger than or equal to 120nm, d=48nm, t is larger than 30nm, w1=200nm, and w2=40nm), as the coupling becomes weaker, the first peak sharply attenuates, the second peak slightly decreases, the transmission dip in the near-infrared region becomes shallow, and they are very sensitive to the gap distance between two small split ring pairs and the thickness and gap width of the big split ring. We also study the change of gap distance on the strong coupling model (g is smaller than or equal to 40nm, d=24nm, t=10nm, w1=80nm, and w2=20nm), there exists a new Fano resonance peak, the strongest peak in visible region becomes symmetry, while the peak in near-infrared region becomes asymmetry. The resonator design strategy opens up a rich pathway for the implementation of optimized optical properties for specific applications.

Magnetoelastic Numerical Analysis of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Including Magnetostriction Effects and Harmonics

This paper investigates the vibration characteristic of a permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) including magnetostriction (MS) and harmonics, which are the potential cause of additional vibration and noise from PMSM. First, a strong coupled model between the magnetic field and the mechanical deformation in the stator is built based on the piezomagnetic laws. Then, the vibration analysis of a 1.5 kW PMSM is carried out in finite element by using the model and measured MS curves. And finally, the vibration of a 1.5 kW PMSM is tested and both analysis and measured results indicate that MS and harmonics are significant and must be accounted for motor core electromagnetic design.

Electrodynamic modeling of strong coupling between a metasurface and intersubband transitions in quantum wells

Strong light-matter coupling has recently been demonstrated in sub-wavelength volumes by coupling engineered optical transitions in semiconductor heterostructures (e.g., quantum wells) to metasurface resonances via near fields. It has also been shown that different resonator shapes may lead to different Rabi splittings, though this has not yet been well explained. In this paper, our aim is to understand the correlation between resonator shape and Rabi splitting, and in particular determine and quantify the physical parameters that affect strong coupling by developing an equivalent circuit network model whose elements describe energy and dissipation. Because of the subwavelength dimension of each metasurface element, we resort to the quasi-static (electrostatic) description of the near-field and hence define an equivalent capacitance associated to each dipolar element of a flat metasurface, and we show that this is also able to accurately model the phenomenology involved in strong coupling between the metasurface and the intersubband transitions in quantum wells. We show that the spectral properties and stored energy of a metasurface/quantum-well system obtained using our model are in good agreement with both full-wave simulation and experimental results. We then analyze metasurfaces made of three different resonator geometries and observe that the magnitude of the Rabi splitting increases with the resonator capacitance in agreement with our theory, providing a phenomenological explanation for the resonator shape dependence of the strong coupling process.

Imaging the Electron-Boson Coupling in Superconducting FeSe Films Using a Scanning Tunneling Microscope

Scanning tunneling spectroscopy has been used to reveal signatures of a bosonic mode in the local quasiparticle density of states of superconducting FeSe films. The mode appears below Tc as a "dip-hump" feature at energy Ω∼4.7kBTc beyond the superconducting gap Δ. Spectra on strained regions of the FeSe films reveal simultaneous decreases in Δ and Ω. This contrasts with all previous reports on other high-Tc superconductors, where Δ locally anticorrelates with Ω. A local strong coupling model is found to reconcile the discrepancy well, and to provide a unified picture of the electron-boson coupling in unconventional superconductors.

Contribution of Magnetostriction to Transformer Core Vibration under DC Bias

An important source of transformer core vibration is magnetostriction of the thin silicon-steel lamination. In the power grid, direct current (DC) may form by solar magnetic storms and DC transmission. Transformer core supersaturation and harmonic increase in current caused by DC bias will intensify magnetostriction and produce additional transformer core vibration. In order to obtain transformer core vibration under DC bias, the magnetization curve and magnetostriction characteristics of thin silicon-steel lamination are measured. Then, this paper establishes a numerical magneto-mechanical strong coupling model including magnetostrictive effect under DC bias for three-phase three-column dry transformers. On the basis of the proposed model, and the measured magnetic characteristics of the thin silicon-steel lamination, transformer core vibration under DC bias and no-load condition has been calculated. In order to verify the proposed model, transformer core vibration under DC bias and no-load condition is studied experimentally. Numerical calculation results together with experimental results confirm the validity of the proposed method.

Strong coupling expansion of the extended Hubbard model with spin-orbit coupling

We study the strong coupling limit of the extended Hubbard model in two dimensions. The model consists of hopping, on-site interaction, nearest-neighbor interaction, spin-orbit coupling and Zeeman spin splitting. While the study of this model is motivated by a search for topological phases and in particular a topological superconductor, the methodology we develop may be useful for a variety of systems. We begin our treatment with a canonical transformation of the Hamiltonian to an effective model which is appropriate when the (quartic) interaction terms are larger than the (quadratic) kinetic and spin-orbit coupling terms. We proceed by analyzing the strong coupling model variationally. Since we are mostly interested in a superconducting phase we use a Gutzwiller projected BCS wavefunction as our variational state. To continue analytically we employ the Gutzwiller approximation and compare the calculated energy with Monte-Carlo calculations. Finally we determine the topology of the ground state and map out the topology phase diagram.

Oblique S and T constraints on electroweak strongly-coupled models with a light Higgs

Using a general effective Lagrangian implementing the chiral symmetry breaking SU(2)L x SU(2)R -> SU(2){L+R}, we present a one-loop calculation of the oblique S and T parameters within electroweak strongly-coupled models with a light scalar. Imposing a proper ultraviolet behaviour, we determine S and T at next-to-leading order in terms of a few resonance parameters. The constraints from the global fit to electroweak precision data force the massive vector and axial-vector states to be heavy, with masses above the TeV scale, and suggest that the W+W- and ZZ couplings of the Higgs-like scalar should be close to the Standard Model value. Our findings are generic, since they only rely on soft requirements on the short-distance properties of the underlying strongly-coupled theory, which are widely satisfied in more specific scenarios.

Functional Integrals and Convergence of Partition Function in Sine–Gordon–Thirring Model

The effective action in 1D sine-Gordon-Thirring model with impurities coupling is derived by means of functional integral method. For strong coupling model, the convergence of partition function is proved when coupling constants and wave vector satisfy certain constraint conditions. The fermion condense density in stable phase structure is obtained from the extremum of two-order effective action. The results showed that the non-perturbation method of functional integrals can be applied to study strong coupling rang of fermion system.

Strong-coupling analysis of scanning tunneling spectra in Bi2Sr2Ca2Cu3O10+δ

We study a series of spectra measured in the superconducting state of optimally-doped Bi-2223 by scanning tunneling spectroscopy. Each spectrum, as well as the average of spectra presenting the same gap, is fitted using a strong-coupling model taking into account the band structure, the BCS gap, and the interaction of electrons with the spin resonance. After describing our measurements and the main characteristics of the strong-coupling model, we report the whole set of parameters determined from the fits, and we discuss trends as a function of the gap magnitude. We also simulate angle-resolved photoemission spectra, and compare with recent experimental results.

Viability of Strongly Coupled Scenarios with a Light Higgs-like Boson

We present a one-loop calculation of the oblique S and T parameters within strongly coupled models of electroweak symmetry breaking with a light Higgs-like boson. We use a general effective Lagrangian, implementing the chiral symmetry breaking SU(2)(L) [Symbol: see text]SU(2)(R) → SU(2)(L+R) with Goldstone bosons, gauge bosons, the Higgs-like scalar, and one multiplet of vector and axial-vector massive resonance states. Using a dispersive representation and imposing a proper ultraviolet behavior, we obtain S and T at the next-to-leading order in terms of a few resonance parameters. The experimentally allowed range forces the vector and axial-vector states to be heavy, with masses above the TeV scale, and suggests that the Higgs-like scalar should have a WW coupling close to the standard model one. Our conclusions are generic and apply to more specific scenarios such as the minimal SO(5)/SO(4) composite Higgs model.

Field-theoretic methods in strongly-coupled models of general gauge mediation

An often-exploited feature of the operator product expansion (OPE) is that it incorporates a splitting of ultraviolet and infrared physics. In this paper we use this feature of the OPE to perform simple, approximate computations of soft masses in gauge-mediated supersymmetry breaking. The approximation amounts to truncating the OPEs for hidden-sector current–current operator products. Our method yields visible-sector superpartner spectra in terms of vacuum expectation values of a few hidden-sector IR elementary fields. We manage to obtain reasonable approximations to soft masses, even when the hidden sector is strongly coupled. We demonstrate our techniques in several examples, including a new framework where supersymmetry breaking arises both from a hidden sector and dynamically. Our results suggest that strongly-coupled models of supersymmetry breaking are naturally split.

Numerical computation for a new way to reduce vibration and noise due to magnetostriction and magnetic forces of transformer cores

Magnetostriction (MS) caused by the global magnetization of limbs and yokes and magnetic forces are the undisputed causes of the vibration and noise in power transformer cores. This paper presents a novel way to reduce the vibration and noise, in which nanocrystalline soft magnetic composite (NSMC) material with high permeability is used to fill the step-lap joint gaps of the power transformer magnetic cores. In order to numerically predict the effectiveness of the proposed method, a 3-D magneto-mechanical strong coupled model including MS and magnetic anisotropy of steel sheet was founded. Then, the numerical model was applied to analyze the step-lap joint region of the corner of magnetic cores. The analysis results illustrated that the deformation and noise of core with NSMC are lower than with the traditional epoxy damping material. Moreover, the validity of the proposed new way was verified by the simplified step-lap joint cores, which were achieved based on Epstein Frames.

Effects of Mechano-Electric Feedback on Scroll Wave Stability in Human Ventricular Fibrillation

Recruitment of stretch-activated channels, one of the mechanisms of mechano-electric feedback, has been shown to influence the stability of scroll waves, the waves that underlie reentrant arrhythmias. However, a comprehensive study to examine the effects of recruitment of stretch-activated channels with different reversal potentials and conductances on scroll wave stability has not been undertaken; the mechanisms by which stretch-activated channel opening alters scroll wave stability are also not well understood. The goals of this study were to test the hypothesis that recruitment of stretch-activated channels affects scroll wave stability differently depending on stretch-activated channel reversal potential and channel conductance, and to uncover the relevant mechanisms underlying the observed behaviors. We developed a strongly-coupled model of human ventricular electromechanics that incorporated human ventricular geometry and fiber and sheet orientation reconstructed from MR and diffusion tensor MR images. Since a wide variety of reversal potentials and channel conductances have been reported for stretch-activated channels, two reversal potentials, −60 mV and −10 mV, and a range of channel conductances (0 to 0.07 mS/µF) were implemented. Opening of stretch-activated channels with a reversal potential of −60 mV diminished scroll wave breakup for all values of conductances by flattening heterogeneously the action potential duration restitution curve. Opening of stretch-activated channels with a reversal potential of −10 mV inhibited partially scroll wave breakup at low conductance values (from 0.02 to 0.04 mS/µF) by flattening heterogeneously the conduction velocity restitution relation. For large conductance values (>0.05 mS/µF), recruitment of stretch-activated channels with a reversal potential of −10 mV did not reduce the likelihood of scroll wave breakup because Na channel inactivation in regions of large stretch led to conduction block, which counteracted the increased scroll wave stability due to an overall flatter conduction velocity restitution.

Transport coefficients in the strongly coupled liquid alkali metals

By appealing to a generalization of the Stokes–Einstein formula, we predict that the ratio ζ / η between the bulk and shear viscosities is the same for all alkali liquid metals at the melting temperature. From experimental information we conclude that ζ / η = 3.0 ± 0.7 . Next, we have explored an inequality for ζ / η derived by Buchel from a strong coupling model limit via anti-de Sitter/Conformal Field Theory duality. Simulation data along the liquid–vapor coexistence curve for Rb from the triple point to the critical point indicates that the inequality is well satisfied for temperatures between 400 K and 1900 K.

Angle-resolved photoemission studies of the superconducting gap symmetry in Fe-based superconductors

The superconducting gap is the fundamental parameter that characterizes the superconducting state, and its symmetry is a direct consequence of the mechanism responsible for Cooper pairing. Here we discuss about angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy measurements of the superconducting gap in the Fe-based high-temperature superconductors. We show that the superconducting gap is Fermi surface dependent and nodeless with small anisotropy, or more precisely, a function of the momentum location in the Brillouin zone. We show that while this observation seems inconsistent with weak coupling approaches for superconductivity in these materials, it is well supported by strong coupling models and global superconducting gaps. We also suggest that a smaller lifetime of the superconducting Cooper pairs induced by the momentum dependent interband scattering inherent to these materials could affect the residual density of states at low energies, which is critical for a proper evaluation of the superconducting gap.

Fano-like resonance in symmetry-broken gold nanotube dimer

The influences of the symmetry-breaking on the plasmon resonance couplings in the isolated gold nanotube and the gold nanotube dimer have been investigated by means of the finite element method. It is found that the core offset of gold nanotubes leads to the red-shifts of the low energy modes and the enhanced near-field on the thin shell side of the symmetry-broken gold nanotube (SBGNT). In the weak coupling model of the SBGNT dimer, the interference of the bonding octupole mode of the dimer with the dipole modes causes a strong Fano-like resonance in scattering spectrum. The Fano dip shows a red-shift and becomes deep with the increase of the offset-value. In the strong coupling model of the SBGNT dimer, the coupling between two SBGNTs induces giant electric field enhancement at the gap of the dimer, which is much larger than that in the symmetry gold nanotube dimer. The SBGNT with larger offset-value exhibits stronger near-field at the "hot spot".