Neutron Star Motion in the Disk Galaxy

The neutron star motions are based on the undisturbed finitely thick galactic disk gravitational potential model. Two initial conditions, i.e. the locations and velocities, are considered. The Monte Carlo method is employed to separate rich diversities of the orbits of neutron stars into several sorts. The Poineare section has the potential to play an important role in the diagnosis of the neutron star motion. It has been observed that the increasing ratio of the motion range vertical to the galactic plane to that parallel to the galactic plane results in the irregularity of neutron star motion.

WMAP第3年的宇宙学参数对星系团中巨弧数目的影响

该文利用高精度的大尺度N体数值模拟,研究了WMAP(Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe)第3年的观测结果对星系团中的巨弧数目的影响,发现预言的巨弧数目比主流的ACDM模型预言的要低80%多。加入绝热气体几乎不会改变巨弧的发生概率,而引入恒星形成和超新星反馈后得到的概率不会大于原来的1.3倍。如此小的贡献是因为虽然有恒星的数值模拟得到的星系团具有更高的中心密度,但同时星系团的形状更趋球对称,这是影响巨弧概率的2个相反的因素。以前基于ACDM模型预言的巨弧概率还不能很好地与观测相符,WMAP第3年的观测结果将更难以解释。

DES map shows a smoother distribution of matter than expected:a possible explanation

The largest and most detailed map of the distribution of dark matter in the Universe has been recently created by the Dark Energy Survey(DES)team.The distribution was found to be slightly(by a few percent)smoother and less clumpy than predicted by general relativity.This result was considered as a hint of some new physical laws.In the present paper we offer a relatively simple model that could explain the above result without resorting to any new physical laws.The model deals with the dynamics of a system consisting of a large number of gravitating neutral particles,whose mass is equal to the mass of hydrogen atoms.The central point of the model is a partial inhibition of the gravitation for a relatively small subsystem of the entire system.It would be sufficient for this subsystem to constitute just about a few percent of the total ensemble of particles for explaining the few percent more smooth distribution of dark matter(observed by the DES team)compared to the prediction of general relativity.The most viable candidate for the dark matter particles in this model is the second flavor of hydrogen atoms(SFHA)that has only S-states and therefore does not couple to the electric dipole radiation or even to higher multipole radiation,so that the SFHA is practically dark.The SFHA has experimental confirmation from atomic experiments,it does not go beyond the Standard Model,it is based on standard quantum mechanics and it explains puzzling astrophysical observations of the redshifted line 21 cm from the early Universe.Thus,our model explaining the DES result of a little too smooth distribution of dark matter without resorting to any new physical laws seems to be self-consistent.

How Dark Energy Might Be Produced by Black Holes

If confirmed, the new galactic observations in support of rapidly growing supermassive black holes in association with their production of dark energy may provide for a quantum leap forward in our understanding of black holes, dark energy, and universal expansion. The primary implication of these observations is that growth of black holes may well be coupled with universal expansion (“cosmological coupling”). Study of the Flat Space Cosmology (FSC) model, in conjunction with these new observations, suggests a novel mechanism of “black hole dark energy radiation”. This brief note gives a rationale for how the high gravitational energy density vacuum within or adjacent to a black hole horizon could be sufficiently energetic to pull entangled pairs of positive matter energy particles and negative dark energy “particles” of equal magnitude out of the horizon vacuum and send them off in opposite directions (i.e., gravitationally-attractive matter inward and gravitationally-repelling dark energy outward). One effect would be that a black hole can rapidly grow in mass-energy without mergers or the usual accretion of pre-existing matter. A second effect would be continual production of dark energy within the cosmic vacuum, fueling a continuous and finely-tuned light-speed expansion of the universe.

Dark Future for Dark Matter

The prevailing cosmological constant and cold dark matter (ΛCDM) cosmic concordance model accounts for the radial expansion of the universe after the Big Bang. The model appears to be authoritative because it is based on the Einstein gravitational field equation. However, a thorough scrutiny of the underlying theory calls into question the suitability of the field equation, which states that the Einstein tensor Gμv is a constant multiple of the stress-energy tensor Tμv when they both are evaluated at the same 4D space-time point: Gμv = 8πkTμv, where k is the gravitational constant. Notwithstanding its venerable provenance, this equation is incorrect unless the cosmic pressure is p = 0;but then all that remains of the Einstein equation is the Poisson equation which models the Newtonian gravity field. This shortcoming is not resolved by adding the cosmological constant term to the field equation, Gμv +Λ gμv =8πkTμv, as in the ΛCDM model, because then p = Λ, so the pressure is a universal constant, not a variable. Numerous studies support the concept of a linearly expanding universe in which gravitational forces and accelerations are negligible because the baryonic mass density of the universe is far below its critical density. We show that such a coasting universe model agrees with SNe Ia luminosity vs. redshift distances just as well or even better than the ΛCDM model, and that it does so without having to invoke dark matter or dark energy. Occam’s razor favors a coasting universe over the ΛCDM model.

清华大学天体物理学科介绍

简要介绍清华大学天文学科发展的历史以及清华大学天体物理中心目前的研究方向及主要的成绩.这些研究主要包括:卫星载带硬X射线调制望远镜的研究,高能天体物理的研究,光学波段的天文观测与研究,宇宙学的研究,引力波观测数据的分析与处理以及理论天体物理的研究.

Testing fundamental physics with astrophysical transients

Explosive astrophysical transients at cosmological distances can be used to place precision tests of the basic assumptions of relativity theory,such as Lorentz invariance,the photon zero-mass hypothesis,and the weak equivalence principle(WEP).Signatures of Lorentz invariance violations(LIV)include vacuum dispersion and vacuum birefringence.Sensitive searches for LIV using astrophysical sources such as gamma-ray bursts,active galactic nuclei,and pulsars are discussed.The most direct consequence of a nonzero photon rest mass is a frequency dependence in the velocity of light propagating in vacuum.A detailed representation of how to obtain a combined severe limit on the photon mass using fast radio bursts at different redshifts through the dispersion method is presented.The accuracy of the WEP has been well tested based on the Shapiro time delay of astrophysical messengers traveling through a gravitational field.Some caveats of Shapiro delay tests are discussed.In this article,we review and update the status of astrophysical tests of fundamental physics.