Stationary phase approximation in the ambient noise method revisited

The method of extracting Green＇s function between stations from cross correlation has proven to be effective theoretically and experimentally. It has been widely applied to surface wave tomography of the crust and upmost mantle. However, there are still controversies about why this method works. Snieder employed stationary phase approximation in evaluating contribution to cross correlation function from scatterers in the whole space, and concluded that it is the constructive interference of waves emitted by the scatterers near the receiver line that leads to the emergence of Green＇s function. His derivation demonstrates that cross correlation function is just the convolution of noise power spectrum and the Green＇s function. However, his derivation ignores influence from the two stationary points at infinities, therefore it may fail when attenuation is absent. In order to obtain accurate noise-correlation function due to scatters over the whole space, we compute the total contribution with numerical integration in polar coordinates. Our numerical computation of cross correlation function indicates that the incomplete stationary phase approximation introduces remarkable errors to the cross correlation function, in both amplitude and phase, when the frequency is low with reasonable quality factor Q. Our results argue that the dis- tance between stations has to be beyond several wavelengths in order to reduce the influence of this inaccuracy on the applications of ambient noise method, and only the station pairs whose distances are above several （〉5） wavelengths can be used.

Rigorous spectral representation of relativistic random phase approximation for finite nuclei

By using the rigorous spectral representation of relativistic random phase approximation, the low-lying excitation of finite nuclei and its longitudinal response function for quasielastic electron scattering are calculated in the σ-ω model of quantum hadrodynamics. It is shown that the reproduction of the correct order of the 1- and 3- excitation states of 16O is due to the contribution of the exchange vertex. There is no significant influence of the retardation effect on the low-lying excitation states. In contrast, the retardation effect plays an important role in the electron scattering process of nuclei. The theoretical longitudinal responses of 12C and 40Ca, including the contributions of the exchange vertex and the retardation effect, are suppressed and reproduce the experimental data better than the results excluding them.

Quasielastic electron scattering in a derivative coupling model with relativistic random phase approximation

We apply the derivative coupling model with ZM and ZM3 parameters to investigate the longitudinal response function in quasielastic electron scattering in the relativistic random phase approximation. The non-spectral method is chosen to describe the nucleon Green＇s function in a finite nucleus. Some remarks have been made in conclusion.

Neutron star core-crust transition and the crustal moment of inertia in the nonlinear relativistic Hartree approximation

We investigate the effects of theσmeson mass(m_(σ)),symmetry energy,and slope of the symmetry energy on the neutron star core-crust transition density and the crustal moment of inertia(ΔI/I)in the nonlinear relativistic Hartree approach(RHA),which includes vacuum polarization.Although the core-crust transition density(ρ_(t)),pressure(P_(t)),and neutron star radius(R),which are all dependent on the symmetry energy,contribute to determiningΔI/I,we find that changing only the slope of symmetry energy within a reasonable range is not sufficient to reachΔI/I≥7%to achieve the large glitches of the Vela pulsar.However,since all three factors(ρ_(t),P_(t),and R)increase with the increase in mσthrough scalar vacuum polarization,adjusting mσcan easily achieveΔI/I≥7%.

Ferromagnetism in one-dimensional Hubbard model induced by the next-nearest-neighbor hopping at electron density 3/2

Ferromagnetism in the one-dimensional Hubbard model with the next-nearest-neighbor hopping is explored by using the exact-diagonalization method in a small cluster and the equation-of-motion method in the thermodynamic limit with electron density n = 3/2. With these two complementary methods, it is found that an intermediate value of the next-nearest- neighbor hopping amplitude tl tends to stabilize the fully polarized ferromagnetic state under the condition that the on-site coulomb interaction U is sufficiently large in our model. The ground-state phase diagram of the model is presented in the tl-U plane.

High frequency forcing on nonlinear systems

High-frequency signals are pervasive in many science and engineering fields.In this work,the effect of high-frequency driving on general nonlinear systems is investigated,and an effective equation for slow motion is derived by extending the inertial approximation for the direct separation of fast and slow motions.Based on this theory,a high-frequency force can induce various phase transitions of a system by changing its amplitude and frequency.Numerical simulations on several nonlinear oscillator systems show a very good agreement with the theoretic results.These findings may shed light on our understanding of the dynamics of nonlinear systems subject to a periodic force.

Neutron skin thickness of ^(90)Zr and symmetry energy constrained by charge exchange spin-dipole excitations

The charge exchange spin-dipole(SD) excitations of ^(90)Zr are studied using the Skyrme Hartee-Fock plus proton-neutron random phase approximation with SAMi-J interactions.The experimental value of the model-independent sum rule obtained from the SD strength distributions of ^(90)Zr(p,n) ^(90)Nb and ^(90)Zr(n,p) ^(90)Y is used to deduce the neutron skin thickness.The neutron skin thickness Δr_(np) of ^(90)Zr is extracted as 0.083±0.032 fm,which is similar to the results of other studies.Based on the correlation analysis of the neutron skin thickness Δr_(np) and the nuclear symmetry energy J as well as its slope parameter L,a constraint from the extracted Δr_(np) leads to the limitation of J to 29.2±2.6 MeV and L to 53.3±28.2 MeV.

p+ip-wave pairing symmetry at type-II van Hove singularities

Based on the random phase approximation calculation in two-orbital honeycomb lattice model,we investigate the pairing symmetry of Ni-based transition-metal trichalcogenides by electron doping access to type-II van Hove singularities(vHs).We find that chiral even-parity d+id-wave(Eg)state is suppressed by odd-parity p+ip-wave(Eu)state when electron doping approaches the type-II vHs.The type-II vHs peak in density of states(DOS)enables to strengthen the ferromagnetic fluctuation,which is responsible for triplet pairing.The competition between antiferromagnetic and ferromagnetic fluctuation results in pairing phase transition from singlet to triplet pairing.The Ni-based transition-metal trichalcogenides provide a promising platform to unconventional superconductor emerging from electronic DOS.

2νββ-decay to first 2^+states with partial isospin symmetry restoration from spherical QRPA calculations

Using partially restored isospin symmetry,we calculate the nuclear matrix elements for a special decay mode of a two-neutrino double beta decay–the decay to the first 2+excited states.Employing the realistic CD–Bonn nuclear force,we analyze the dependence of the nuclear matrix elements on the isovector and isoscalar parts of proton–neutron particle–particle interactions.The dependence on the different nuclear matrix elements is observed,and the results are explained.We also provide the phase space factors using numerical electron wavefunctions and properly chosen excitation energies.Finally,we present our results for the half-lives of this decay mode for different nuclei.

Stagnancy of the pygmy dipole resonance

The pygmy dipole resonance（PDR） of nickel isotopes is studied using the deformed random phase approximation method. The isoscalar character of the pygmy resonance is confirmed, and the correlation between the pygmy resonance and neutron skin thickness is discussed. Our investigation shows a linear correlation between PDR integral cross section and neutron skin thickness when the excess neutrons lie in pf orbits, with a correlation rate of about 0.27 fm^（-1）. However, in more neutron-rich nickel isotopes, the growth of the pygmy dipole resonance is stagnant. Although the neutron skin thickness increases, the whole skin is not active. There is an inertial part in the nuclei^（70-78）Ni which does not participate in the pygmy resonance actively and as a result, contributes little to the photo-absorption cross section.