UNITARY POLE APPROXIMATION FOR THE COULOMB-PLUS-YAMAGUCHI POTENTIAL AND APPLICATION TO A 3-BODY BOUND-STATE CALCULATION

The unitary pole approximation is used to construct a separable representation for a potential U which consists of a Coulomb repulsion plus an attractive potential of the Yamaguchi type. The exact bound-state wave function is employed. U is chosen as the potential which binds the proton in the 1d5/2 single-particle orbit in F-17. Using the separable representation derived for U, and assuming a separable Yamaguchi potential to describe the 1d5/2 neutron in O-17, the energies and wave functions of the ground state (1+) and the lowest 0+ state of F-18 are calculated in the Gore-plus-two-nucleons model solving the Faddeev equations.

Chebyshev-Laurent polynomials and weighted approximation

Let (a, b) subset of (0, infinity) and for any positive integer n, let S-n be the Chebyshev space in [a, b] defined by S-n:= span{x(-n/2+k),k= 0,...,n}. The unique (up to a constant factor) function tau(n) is an element of S-n, which satisfies the orthogonality relation S(a)(b)tau(n)(x)q(x) (x(b - x)(x - a))(-1/2) dx = 0 for any q is an element of Sn-1, is said to be the orthogonal Chebyshev S-n-polynomials. This paper is an attempt to exibit some interesting properties of the orthogonal Chebyshev S-n-polynomials and to demonstrate their importance to the problem of approximation by S-n-polynomials. A simple proof of a Jackson-type theorem is given and the Lagrange interpolation problem by functions from S-n is discussed. It is shown also that tau(n) obeys an extremal property in L-q, 1 less than or equal to q less than or equal to infinity. Natural analogues of some inequalities for algebraic polynomials, which we expect to hold for the S-n-pelynomials, are conjectured.

Coordinate-space Faddeev-Hahn-type approach to three-body charge-transfer reactions involving exotic particles

Low-energy muon-transfer cross sections and rates in collisions of muonic atoms with hydrogen isotopes are calculated using a six-state close-coupling approximation to coordinate-space Faddeev-Hahn-type equations. In the muonic case satisfactory results are obtained for all hydrogen isotopes and the experimentaly observed strong isotopic dependence of transfer rates is also reproduced. A comparison with results of other theoretical and available experimental works is presented. The present model also leads to good transfer cross sections in the well-understood problem of antihydrogen formation in antiproton-positronium collision.

Dynamical calculation of direct muon-transfer rates from thermalized muonic hydrogen to C6+ and O8+

Moun-transfer reactions from muonic hydrogen to carbon and oxygen nuclei employing a full quantum-mechanical few-body description of rearrangement scattering were studied by solving the Faddeev-Hahn-type equations using close-coupling approximation. The application of a close-coupling-type ansatz led to satisfactory results for direct muon-transfer reactions from muonic hydrogen to C6+ and O8+.

Asymptotic approach for the nonlinear equatorial long wave interactions

In the present work we use an asymptotic approach to obtain the long wave equations. The shallow water equation is put as a function of an external parameter that is a measure of both the spatial scales anisotropy and the fast to slow time ratio. The values given to the external parameters are consistent with those computed using typical values of the perturbations in tropical dynamics. Asymptotically, the model converge toward the long wave model. Thus, it is possible to go toward the long wave approximation through intermediate realizable states. With this approach, the resonant nonlinear wave interactions are studied. To simplify, the reduced dynamics of a single resonant triad is used for some selected equatorial trios. It was verified by both theoretical and numerical results that the nonlinear energy exchange period increases smoothly as we move toward the long wave approach. The magnitude of the energy exchanges is also modified, but in this case depends on the particular triad used and also on the initial energy partition among the triad components. Some implications of the results for the tropical dynamics are disccussed. In particular, we discuss the implications of the results for El Nĩo and the Madden-Julian in connection with other scales of time and spatial variability. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.

Multivariate sobolev-type orthogonal polynomials

Multivariate orthogonal polynomials associated with a Sobolev-type inner product, that is, an inner product defined by adding to a measure the evaluation of the gradients in a fixed point, are studied. Orthogonal polynomials and kernel functions associated with this new inner product can be explicitly expressed in terms of those corresponding with the original measure. We apply our results to the particular case of the classical orthogonal polynomials on the unit ball, and we obtain the asymptotics of the kernel functions. © 2011 Universidad de Jaén.

O método averagin e aplicações

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Modos quasinormais e pólos de Regge para os buracos acústicos canônicos

Usando o formalismo relativístico no estudo da propagação de perturbações lineares em fluidos ideais, obtêm-se fortes analogias com os resultados encontrados na Teoria da Relatividade Geral. Neste contexto, de acordo com Unruh [W. Unruh, Phys. Rev. Letters 46, 1351 (1981)], é possível simular um espaço-tempo dotado de uma métrica efetiva em um fluído ideal barotrópico, irrotacional e perturbado por ondas acústicas. Esse espaço-tempo efetivo é chamado de espaço-tempo acústico e satisfaz as propriedades geométricas e cinemáticas de um espaço-tempo curvo. Neste trabalho estudamos os modos quasinormais (QNs) e os pólos de Regge (PRs) para um espaço-tempo acústico conhecido como buraco acústico canônico (BAC). No nosso estudo, usamos o método de expansão assintótica proposto por Dolan e Ottewill [S. R. Dolan e A. C. Ottewill, Class. Quantum Gravity 26, 225003 (2009)] para calcularmos, em termos arbitrários do número de overtone n, as frequências QNs e os momentos angulares para os PRs, bem como suas respectivas funções de onda. As frequências e as funções de onda dos modos QNs são expandidas em termos de potências inversas de L = l + 1/2 , onde l é o momento angular, enquanto que os momentos angulares e funções de onda dos PRs são expandidos em termos do inverso das frequências de oscilação do buraco acústico canônico. Comparamos os nossos resultados com os já existentes na literatura, que usam a aproximação de Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin (WKB) como método de determinação dos modos QNs e dos PRs, e obtemos uma excelente concordância dentro do limite da aproximação eikonal (l ≥ 2 e l > n).

Migração 3-D Kirchhoff-Gaussian-Beam (KGB) pré-empilhamento no domínio da profundidade

O Feixe Gaussiano (FG) é uma solução assintótica da equação da elastodinâmica na vizinhança paraxial de um raio central, a qual se aproxima melhor do campo de ondas do que a aproximação de ordem zero da Teoria do Raio. A regularidade do FG na descrição do campo de ondas, assim como a sua elevada precisão em algumas regiões singulares do meio de propagação, proporciona uma forte alternativa na solução de problemas de modelagem e imageamento sísmicos. Nesta Tese, apresenta-se um novo procedimento de migração sísmica pré-empilhamento em profundidade com amplitudes verdadeiras, que combina a flexibilidade da migração tipo Kirchhoff e a robustez da migração baseada na utilização de Feixes Gaussianos para a representação do campo de ondas. O algoritmo de migração proposto é constituído por dois processos de empilhamento: o primeiro é o empilhamento de feixes (“beam stack”) aplicado a subconjuntos de dados sísmicos multiplicados por uma função peso definida de modo que o operador de empilhamento tenha a mesma forma da integral de superposição de Feixes Gaussianos; o segundo empilhamento corresponde à migração Kirchhoff tendo como entrada os dados resultantes do primeiro empilhamento. Pelo exposto justifica-se a denominação migração Kirchhoff-Gaussian-Beam (KGB). As principais características que diferenciam a migração KGB, durante a realização do primeiro empilhamento, de outros métodos de migração que também utilizam a teoria dos Feixes Gaussianos, são o uso da primeira zona de Fresnel projetada para limitar a largura do feixe e a utilização, no empilhamento do feixe, de uma aproximação de segunda ordem do tempo de trânsito de reflexão. Como exemplos são apresentadas aplicações a dados sintéticos para modelos bidimensionais (2-D) e tridimensionais (3-D), correspondentes aos modelos Marmousi e domo de sal da SEG/EAGE, respectivamente.

A Favard type theorem for orthogonal polynomials on the unit circle from a three term recurrence formula

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A real-time thermal field theoretical analysis of Kubo-type shear viscosity: Numerical understanding with simple examples

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TYPE-ZERO SADDLE-NODE BIFURCATIONS AND STABILITY REGION ESTIMATION OF NONLINEAR AUTONOMOUS DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS

A complete characterization of the stability boundary of a class of nonlinear dynamical systems that admit energy functions is developed in this paper. This characterization generalizes the existing results by allowing the type-zero saddle-node nonhyperbolic equilibrium points on the stability boundary. Conceptual algorithms to obtain optimal estimates of the stability region (basin of attraction) in the form of level sets of a given family of energy functions are derived. The behavior of the stability region and the corresponding estimates are investigated for parameter variation in the neighborhood of a type-zero saddle-node bifurcation value.

Pair approximation for a model of vertical and horizontal transmission of parasites.

We apply Stochastic Dynamics method for a differential equations model, proposed by Marc Lipsitch and collaborators (Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 260, 321, 1995), for which the transmission dynamics of parasites occurs from a parent to its offspring (vertical transmission), and by contact with infected host (horizontal transmission). Herpes, Hepatitis and AIDS are examples of diseases for which both horizontal and vertical transmission occur simultaneously during the virus spreading. Understanding the role of each type of transmission in the infection prevalence on a susceptible host population may provide some information about the factors that contribute for the eradication and/or control of those diseases. We present a pair mean-field approximation obtained from the master equation of the model. The pair approximation is formed by the differential equations of the susceptible and infected population densities and the differential equations of pairs that contribute to the former ones. In terms of the model parameters, we obtain the conditions that lead to the disease eradication, and set up the phase diagram based on the local stability analysis of fixed points. We also perform Monte Carlo simulations of the model on complete graphs and Erdös-Rényi graphs in order to investigate the influence of population size and neighborhood on the previous mean-field results; by this way, we also expect to evaluate the contribution of vertical and horizontal transmission on the elimination of parasite. Pair Approximation for a Model of Vertical and Horizontal Transmission of Parasites.

Factorization method and inclusions of mixed type in an inverse elliptic boundary value problem

In various imaging problems the task is to use the Cauchy data of the solutions to an elliptic boundary value problem to reconstruct the coefficients of the corresponding partial differential equation. Often the examined object has known background properties but is contaminated by inhomogeneities that cause perturbations of the coefficient functions. The factorization method of Kirsch provides a tool for locating such inclusions. In this paper, the factorization technique is studied in the framework of coercive elliptic partial differential equations of the divergence type: Earlier it has been demonstrated that the factorization algorithm can reconstruct the support of a strictly positive (or negative) definite perturbation of the leading order coefficient, or if that remains unperturbed, the support of a strictly positive (or negative) perturbation of the zeroth order coefficient. In this work we show that these two types of inhomogeneities can, in fact, be located simultaneously. Unlike in the earlier articles on the factorization method, our inclusions may have disconnected complements and we also weaken some other a priori assumptions of the method. Our theoretical findings are complemented by two-dimensional numerical experiments that are presented in the framework of the diffusion approximation of optical tomography.