To investigate inclusion formation in each step during steel making process, several samples were taken in different steps of the production of steel at Mobarakeh Steel Co of Esfahan to measure the oxygen chemical pot...To investigate inclusion formation in each step during steel making process, several samples were taken in different steps of the production of steel at Mobarakeh Steel Co of Esfahan to measure the oxygen chemical potential of the molten steel in each stage. The chemical compositions of the inclusions in samples were investigated by scanning electron microscope. The chemical composition of the slag was analyzed. With the use of thermodnamic calculations and chemical analysis of the melt, at the working temperature, the relationship between dissolved oxygen and other elements were determined. Finally, it was found that there is a close relationship between inclusions formed in each step with the oxygen partial pressure.展开更多
The chemical potential of electrons in a strong magnetic field is investigated. It is shown that the magnetic field has only a slight effect on electron chemical potential when B 〈 10^11 T, but electron chemical pote...The chemical potential of electrons in a strong magnetic field is investigated. It is shown that the magnetic field has only a slight effect on electron chemical potential when B 〈 10^11 T, but electron chemical potential will decrease greatly when B 〉 10^11 T. The effects of a strong magnetic field on electron capture rates for ^60Fe are discussed, and the result shows that the electron capture sharply decreases because of the strong magnetic field.展开更多
We study the relation between renormalization of the chemical potential due to multiphonon effects at the surface of Be(0001) and doping by solving the strong-coupling self-consistent equations of a two-dimensional...We study the relation between renormalization of the chemical potential due to multiphonon effects at the surface of Be(0001) and doping by solving the strong-coupling self-consistent equations of a two-dimensional(2D) electron-phonon interaction system.We present the quasiparticle dispersions and inverse lifetimes of a 2D electron system interacting with Einstein phonons under the different dopings(corresponding to chemical potentials).We find that the effect of electron-phonon interaction on electron structure is strongest at the half filling,but it has no effect on the chemical potential.However,the chemical potential shows distinct renormalization effects away from half filling due to the electron-phonon interaction.展开更多
We discuss the chiral phase transition of quantum chromodynamics (QCD) with a chiral chemical potential μ5 as an additional scale. Within the framework of Dyson-Schwinger equations, we focus particularly on the beh...We discuss the chiral phase transition of quantum chromodynamics (QCD) with a chiral chemical potential μ5 as an additional scale. Within the framework of Dyson-Schwinger equations, we focus particularly on the behavior of the widely accepted as well as interesting critical end point (CEP), using a separable gluon propagator and a Gaussian gluon propagator. We find that there may be no CEP5 in the T-μ5 plane, and the phase transition in the T μ5 plane might be totally crossover. Our results have apparent consistency with the Lattice QCD calculation. On the other hand, our study may also provide some useful hints to some other studies related to μ5.展开更多
Generally speaking, the quark propagator is dependent on the quark chemical potential in the dense quantum chromodynamics (QCD). By means of the generating functional method, we prove that the quark propagator actua...Generally speaking, the quark propagator is dependent on the quark chemical potential in the dense quantum chromodynamics (QCD). By means of the generating functional method, we prove that the quark propagator actually depends on p4 + iμ from the first principle of QCD. The relation between quark number density and quark condensate is discussed by analyzing their singularities. It is concluded that the quark number density has some singularities at certain # when T = 0, and the variations of the quark number density as well as the quark condensate are located at the same point. In other words, at a certain # the quark number density turns to nonzero, while the quark condensate begins to decrease from its vacuum value.展开更多
A new approach to the computation of the chemical potential of fluids is presented. In this method the particle-insertion operation in the conventional test particle method is replaced by the growth of a specific part...A new approach to the computation of the chemical potential of fluids is presented. In this method the particle-insertion operation in the conventional test particle method is replaced by the growth of a specific particle. Application of the new technique to hard sphere and Lennard-Jones fluids shows that it is capable of providing reliable estimates of the chemical potential, even at high density where the conventional test particle methods are difficult to apply.展开更多
In this study,we investigate the QCD chiral phase diagram in the presence of a chiral chemical potential μ based on nonextensive statistical mechanics.A feature of this new statistic is a dimensionless nonextensivity...In this study,we investigate the QCD chiral phase diagram in the presence of a chiral chemical potential μ based on nonextensive statistical mechanics.A feature of this new statistic is a dimensionless nonextensivity parameter q,which summarizes all possible effects violating the assumptions of Boltzmann-Gibbs(BG)statistics(when q→1,it returns to the BG case).Within the nonextensive Polyakov-Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model,we find that as μ increases,the critical end point(CEP)in the T-μ plane continues to CEP_(5)in the T-μ plane,and nonextensive effects have a significant impact on the evolution from the CEP to CEP_(5).Generally,with an increase in q,both the CEP and CEP_(5)move in the direction of a lower temperature T and larger chemical potentialμ(μ_(5)).In addition,we find that chiral charge density ngenerally increases with T,μ,μ_(5),and q.Our study may provide useful hints about lattice QCD and relativistic heavy-ion collision experiments.展开更多
We study the phase transition between the pion condensed phase and normal phase,as well as chiral phase transition in a two flavor(Nf=2)IR-improved soft-wall AdS/QCD model at finite isospin chemical potentialμI and t...We study the phase transition between the pion condensed phase and normal phase,as well as chiral phase transition in a two flavor(Nf=2)IR-improved soft-wall AdS/QCD model at finite isospin chemical potentialμI and temperature T.By self-consistently solving the equations of motion,we obtain the phase diagram in the plane ofμI and T.The pion condensation appears together with a massless Nambu-Goldstone boson mπ1(Tc,μcI)=0,which is very likely to be a second-order phase transition with mean-field critical exponents in the smallμI region.When T=0,the critical isospin chemical potential approximates to vacuum pion massμcI≈m0.The pion condensed phase exists in an arched area,and the boundary of the chiral crossover intersects the pion condensed phase at a tri-critical point.Qualitatively,the results are in good agreement with previous studies on lattice simulations and model calculations.展开更多
In this paper, considering the quantum effect of electrons in a super-strong magnetic field, the influence of a super-strong magnetic field on the chemical potential of a non-zero temperature electron is analyzed, the...In this paper, considering the quantum effect of electrons in a super-strong magnetic field, the influence of a super-strong magnetic field on the chemical potential of a non-zero temperature electron is analyzed, the rates of β decay under the super-strong magnetic field are studied, and then we compare them with the case without a magnetic field. Here, the nucleus ^63Co is investigated in detail as an example. The results show that a magnetic field that is less than 1010 T has little effect on the electron chemical potential and β decay rates, but the super-strong magnetic field that is greater than 1010 T depresses the electron chemical potential and improves the β decay rates clearly.展开更多
The skyrmion stability at finite isospin chemical potentialμ_I is studied using the Skyrme Lagrangian with a finite pion mass m_π.A critical valueμ_(Ic)=■,above which a stable soliton does not exist,is found.We al...The skyrmion stability at finite isospin chemical potentialμ_I is studied using the Skyrme Lagrangian with a finite pion mass m_π.A critical valueμ_(Ic)=■,above which a stable soliton does not exist,is found.We also explore some properties of the skyrmion as function of i.e.,the isoscalar rms radius and the isoscalar magnetic rms radius.Finally,considering the finite temperature effect on the skyrmion mass,we obtain a critical temperature T_c,using the profile function of the skyrmion,above which the skyrmion mass does not have a minimum,which can be interpreted as the occurrence of the deconfinement phase transition.展开更多
Pion properties at finite temperature, finite isospin and baryon chemical potentials are investigated within the SU(2) NJL model. In the mean field approximation for quarks and random phase approximation fpr mesons,...Pion properties at finite temperature, finite isospin and baryon chemical potentials are investigated within the SU(2) NJL model. In the mean field approximation for quarks and random phase approximation fpr mesons, we calculate the pion mass, the decay constant and the phase diagram with different quark masses for the u quark and d quark, related to QCD corrections, for the first time. Our results show an asymmetry between μI 〈 0 and μI 〉0 in the phase diagram, and different values for the charged pion mass(or decay constant) and neutral pion mass(or decay constant) at finite temperature and finite isospin chemical potential. This is caused by the effect of isospin symmetry breaking, which is from different quark masses.展开更多
Excellent fits were obtained by Talantsev (MPLB 33, 1950195, 2019) to the temperature (T)-dependent upper critical field (H<sub>c</sub><sub>2</sub>(T)) data of H<sub>3</sub>S report...Excellent fits were obtained by Talantsev (MPLB 33, 1950195, 2019) to the temperature (T)-dependent upper critical field (H<sub>c</sub><sub>2</sub>(T)) data of H<sub>3</sub>S reported by Mozaffari et al. [Nature Communications 10, 2522 (2019)] by employing four alternative phenomenological models, each of which invoked two or more properties from its sample-specific set S<sub>1</sub> = {T<sub>c</sub>, gap, coherence length, penetration depth, jump in sp.ht.} and a single value of the effective mass (m*) of an electron. Based on the premise that the variation of H<sub>c</sub><sub>2</sub>(T) is due to the variation of the chemical potential μ(T), we report here fits to the same data by employing a T-, μ- and m*-dependent equation for H<sub>c</sub><sub>2</sub>(T) and three models of μ(T), viz. the linear, the parabolic and the concave-upward model. For temperatures up to which the data are available, each of these provides a good fit. However, for lower values of T, their predictions differ. Notably, the predicted values of H<sub>c</sub><sub>2</sub>(0) are much higher than in any of the models dealt with by Talantsev. In sum, we show here that the addressed data are explicable in a framework comprising the set S<sub>2</sub> = {μ, m*, interaction parameter λ<sub>m</sub>, Landau index N<sub>L</sub>}, which is altogether different from S<sub>1</sub>.展开更多
A minimum-modified Debye-Hückel(DH)theory for electrolytes with size asymmetry is developed.Com-pared with the conventional DH theory,the minimum-modified DH theory only introduces an extra surface charge density...A minimum-modified Debye-Hückel(DH)theory for electrolytes with size asymmetry is developed.Com-pared with the conventional DH theory,the minimum-modified DH theory only introduces an extra surface charge density to capture the electrostatic effect of the size asymmetry of the electrolytes and hence facilitates a boundary element method for electrostatic potential calculation.This theory can distinguish the electrostat-ic energies and excess chemical potentials of ions with the same sizes but opposite charges,and is applied to a binary primitive electrolyte solution with moderate electrostatic coupling.Compared with the hyper-netted chain theory,the validity of this modified DH theory demonstrates significant improvement over the conventional DH theory.展开更多
Based on μ-, T- and H-dependent pairing and number equations and the premise that μ(T) is predominantly the cause of the variation of the upper critical field H<sub>c</sub><sub>2</sub>(T), wh...Based on μ-, T- and H-dependent pairing and number equations and the premise that μ(T) is predominantly the cause of the variation of the upper critical field H<sub>c</sub><sub>2</sub>(T), where μ, T and H denote the chemical potential, temperature and the applied field, respectively, we provide in this paper fits to the empirical H<sub>c</sub><sub>2</sub>(T) data of H<sub>3</sub>S reported by Mozaffari, et al. (2019) and deal with the issue of whether or not H<sub>3</sub>S exhibits the Meissner effect. Employing a variant of the template given by Dogan and Cohen (2021), we examine in detail the results of Hirsch and Marsiglio (2022) who have claimed that H<sub>3</sub>S does not exhibit the Meissner effect and Minkov, et al. (2023) who have claimed that it does. We are thus led to suggest that monitoring the chemical potential (equivalently, the number density of Cooper pairs N<sub>s</sub> at T = T<sub>c</sub>) should shed new light on the issue being addressed.展开更多
The purpose of this paper is to introduce to you, the Western people, nowadays a “widely unknown” Japanese thermodynamicist by the name of Motoyosi Sugita and his study on the thermodynamics of transient phenomena a...The purpose of this paper is to introduce to you, the Western people, nowadays a “widely unknown” Japanese thermodynamicist by the name of Motoyosi Sugita and his study on the thermodynamics of transient phenomena and his theory of life. This is because although he was one of the top theoretical physicists in Japan before, during and after WWII and after WWII he promoted the establishment of the biophysical society of Japan as one of the founding members, he himself and his studies themselves have seemed to be totally forgotten nowadays in spite that his study was absolutely important for the study of life. Therefore, in this paper I would like to present what kind of person he was and what he studied in physics as a review on the physics work of Motoyosi Sugita for the first time. I will follow his past studies to introduce his ideas in theoretical physics as well as in biophysics as follows: He proposed the bright ideas such as the quasi-static change in the broad sense, the virtual heat, and the field of chemical potential etc. in order to establish his own theory of thermodynamics of transient phenomena, as the generalization of the Onsager-Prigogine’s theory of the irreversible processes. By the concept of the field of chemical potential that acquired the nonlinear transport, he was seemingly successful to exceed and go beyond the scope of Onsager and Prigogine. Once he established his thermodynamics, he explored the existence of the 4th law of thermodynamics for the foundation of theory of life. He applied it to broad categories of transient phenomena including life and life being such as the theory of metabolism. He regarded the 4th law of thermodynamics as the maximum principle in transient phenomena. He tried to prove it all life long. Since I have recently found that his maximum principle can be included in more general maximum principle, which was known as the Pontryagin’s maximum principle in the theory of optimal control, I would like to explain such theories produced by Motoyosi Sugita as detailed as possible. And also I have put short history of Motoyosi Sugita’s personal life in order for you to know him well. I hope that this article helps you to know this wonderful man and understand what he did in the past, which was totally forgotten in the world and even in Japan.展开更多
Experiments on Zn^2+ and Cd^2+ adsorptions on vermiculite in aqueous solutions were conducted to investigate the widely observed adsorbent concentration effect on the traditionally defined adsorption isotherm in the...Experiments on Zn^2+ and Cd^2+ adsorptions on vermiculite in aqueous solutions were conducted to investigate the widely observed adsorbent concentration effect on the traditionally defined adsorption isotherm in the adsorbate range 25--500 mg/L and adsorbent range 10--150 g/L. The results showed that the equilibrium ion adsorption density did not correspond to a unique equilibrium ion concentration in liquid phase. Three adsorbate/adsorbent ratios, the equilibrium adsorption density, the ratio of equilibrium adsorbate concentration in liquid phase to adsorbent concentration, and the ratio of initial adsorbate concentration to adsorbent concentration, were found to be related with unique values in the tested range. Based on the assumption that the equilibrium state of a liquid/solid adsorption system is determined by four mutually related components: adsorbate in liquid phase, adsorbate in solid phase, uncovered adsorption site and covered adsorption site, and that the equilibrium chemical potentials of these components should be equalized, a new model was presented for describing ion adsorption isotherm in liquid/solid systems. The proposed model fit well the experimental data obtained from the examined samples.展开更多
This paper provides a calculation method for carbon activity in CO-H2-H2O atmosphere. The thermodynamic parameters (aC)gas (carbon activity in environment) of different compositions at any temperature can be obtai...This paper provides a calculation method for carbon activity in CO-H2-H2O atmosphere. The thermodynamic parameters (aC)gas (carbon activity in environment) of different compositions at any temperature can be obtained by △G^oT. A theoretical analysis has been conducted into the thermodynamic role of iron and the dependence of possible metal-dusting occurrence on temperature, gas composition and total pressure. In CO-H2-H2O gas mixtures, decreasing the molar fraction of H2O and increasing total pressure expands the temperature region for metal dusting. In CO-H2-H2O gas mixture of different compositions at any temperature and pressure for Fe, depending on relative values of (aC)gas, (aC)Fe3C/Fe and aC= 1, three zones were found to exist.展开更多
A statistical thermodynamic theory of linear protein solutions was proposed with the aid of a lattice model and applied to type Ⅰ antifreeze protein(AFPI) solutions.The numerical results for several AFPI solutions ...A statistical thermodynamic theory of linear protein solutions was proposed with the aid of a lattice model and applied to type Ⅰ antifreeze protein(AFPI) solutions.The numerical results for several AFPI solutions show that the Gibbs function of the solution has a minimum at a certain protein concentration,but the protein chemical potential increases with increasing the concentration.The influences of temperature and protein chain length on the AFPI chemical potential were also discussed.The evaluation for the colligative depression of the freezing point confirms that the antifreeze action should be recognized as non-colligative.The theoretical deduction for the concentration dependence of the thermal hysteresis activity coincides qualitatively with the previous experimental and theoretical results.展开更多
The optical properties of graphene coated D-shaped single mode fiber and photonic crystal fiber are numerically analyzed. Enhancement of the graphene-light interaction is found in graphene coated D-shaped photonic cry...The optical properties of graphene coated D-shaped single mode fiber and photonic crystal fiber are numerically analyzed. Enhancement of the graphene-light interaction is found in graphene coated D-shaped photonic crystal fiber,which introduces a tunable polarization of the D-shaped fiber by changing the chemical potential of the coated graphene.An optimal polarizer model is demonstrated with the extinction ratio of 66.26 dB/mm and the insertion loss of 9.4 dB/mm.The modulator extinction ratios of the TE mode and TM mode are 11.5 dB and 5 dB, respectively, with a device length of100 μm. This paper provides a theoretical reference for the optical property research of the graphene fiber.展开更多
Thermodynamic concepts required for the thermodynamic calculation of the potentials of electrodes for high temperature applications are briefly reviewed. A thermodynamic approach to the calculation of half cell potent...Thermodynamic concepts required for the thermodynamic calculation of the potentials of electrodes for high temperature applications are briefly reviewed. A thermodynamic approach to the calculation of half cell potentials and the standard chemical potential of an electron at high temperatures which are related to the Standard Hydrogen Electrode(SHE) is discussed. As examples, an external Ag/AgCl reference electrode and a YSZ(Ag|O_2) pH sensor for high temperature applications are analyzed by using the thermodynamic approach to derive a high temperature pH measurement equation. The two electrodes are employed to measure high temperature pH and the measured pH was compared with the calculated pH by using a solution chemistry method. Concepts and principles for electrode kinetics are also briefly introduced and a modification to the Tafel equations is suggested.展开更多
文摘To investigate inclusion formation in each step during steel making process, several samples were taken in different steps of the production of steel at Mobarakeh Steel Co of Esfahan to measure the oxygen chemical potential of the molten steel in each stage. The chemical compositions of the inclusions in samples were investigated by scanning electron microscope. The chemical composition of the slag was analyzed. With the use of thermodnamic calculations and chemical analysis of the melt, at the working temperature, the relationship between dissolved oxygen and other elements were determined. Finally, it was found that there is a close relationship between inclusions formed in each step with the oxygen partial pressure.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.10778719)
文摘The chemical potential of electrons in a strong magnetic field is investigated. It is shown that the magnetic field has only a slight effect on electron chemical potential when B 〈 10^11 T, but electron chemical potential will decrease greatly when B 〉 10^11 T. The effects of a strong magnetic field on electron capture rates for ^60Fe are discussed, and the result shows that the electron capture sharply decreases because of the strong magnetic field.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 10574063)
文摘We study the relation between renormalization of the chemical potential due to multiphonon effects at the surface of Be(0001) and doping by solving the strong-coupling self-consistent equations of a two-dimensional(2D) electron-phonon interaction system.We present the quasiparticle dispersions and inverse lifetimes of a 2D electron system interacting with Einstein phonons under the different dopings(corresponding to chemical potentials).We find that the effect of electron-phonon interaction on electron structure is strongest at the half filling,but it has no effect on the chemical potential.However,the chemical potential shows distinct renormalization effects away from half filling due to the electron-phonon interaction.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 11275097,11475085,11265017,and 11247219the Jiangsu Planned Projects for Postdoctoral Research Funds under Grant No 1402006C+1 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province under Grant No BK20130078the Guizhou Province Outstanding Youth Science and Technology Talent Cultivation Object Special Funds under Grant No QKHRZ(2013)28
文摘We discuss the chiral phase transition of quantum chromodynamics (QCD) with a chiral chemical potential μ5 as an additional scale. Within the framework of Dyson-Schwinger equations, we focus particularly on the behavior of the widely accepted as well as interesting critical end point (CEP), using a separable gluon propagator and a Gaussian gluon propagator. We find that there may be no CEP5 in the T-μ5 plane, and the phase transition in the T μ5 plane might be totally crossover. Our results have apparent consistency with the Lattice QCD calculation. On the other hand, our study may also provide some useful hints to some other studies related to μ5.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 11275097,11475085,11105122,and 11535005the Jiangsu Planned Projects for Postdoctoral Research Funds under Grant No 1402006C
文摘Generally speaking, the quark propagator is dependent on the quark chemical potential in the dense quantum chromodynamics (QCD). By means of the generating functional method, we prove that the quark propagator actually depends on p4 + iμ from the first principle of QCD. The relation between quark number density and quark condensate is discussed by analyzing their singularities. It is concluded that the quark number density has some singularities at certain # when T = 0, and the variations of the quark number density as well as the quark condensate are located at the same point. In other words, at a certain # the quark number density turns to nonzero, while the quark condensate begins to decrease from its vacuum value.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.
文摘A new approach to the computation of the chemical potential of fluids is presented. In this method the particle-insertion operation in the conventional test particle method is replaced by the growth of a specific particle. Application of the new technique to hard sphere and Lennard-Jones fluids shows that it is capable of providing reliable estimates of the chemical potential, even at high density where the conventional test particle methods are difficult to apply.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(12005192)the Project funded by China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2020M672255,2020TQ0287)。
文摘In this study,we investigate the QCD chiral phase diagram in the presence of a chiral chemical potential μ based on nonextensive statistical mechanics.A feature of this new statistic is a dimensionless nonextensivity parameter q,which summarizes all possible effects violating the assumptions of Boltzmann-Gibbs(BG)statistics(when q→1,it returns to the BG case).Within the nonextensive Polyakov-Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model,we find that as μ increases,the critical end point(CEP)in the T-μ plane continues to CEP_(5)in the T-μ plane,and nonextensive effects have a significant impact on the evolution from the CEP to CEP_(5).Generally,with an increase in q,both the CEP and CEP_(5)move in the direction of a lower temperature T and larger chemical potentialμ(μ_(5)).In addition,we find that chiral charge density ngenerally increases with T,μ,μ_(5),and q.Our study may provide useful hints about lattice QCD and relativistic heavy-ion collision experiments.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(11405074)Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(11805084)+1 种基金the PhD Start-up Fund of Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province(2018030310457)Guangdong Pearl River Talents Plan(2017GC010480)。
文摘We study the phase transition between the pion condensed phase and normal phase,as well as chiral phase transition in a two flavor(Nf=2)IR-improved soft-wall AdS/QCD model at finite isospin chemical potentialμI and temperature T.By self-consistently solving the equations of motion,we obtain the phase diagram in the plane ofμI and T.The pion condensation appears together with a massless Nambu-Goldstone boson mπ1(Tc,μcI)=0,which is very likely to be a second-order phase transition with mean-field critical exponents in the smallμI region.When T=0,the critical isospin chemical potential approximates to vacuum pion massμcI≈m0.The pion condensed phase exists in an arched area,and the boundary of the chiral crossover intersects the pion condensed phase at a tri-critical point.Qualitatively,the results are in good agreement with previous studies on lattice simulations and model calculations.
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (10778719)
文摘In this paper, considering the quantum effect of electrons in a super-strong magnetic field, the influence of a super-strong magnetic field on the chemical potential of a non-zero temperature electron is analyzed, the rates of β decay under the super-strong magnetic field are studied, and then we compare them with the case without a magnetic field. Here, the nucleus ^63Co is investigated in detail as an example. The results show that a magnetic field that is less than 1010 T has little effect on the electron chemical potential and β decay rates, but the super-strong magnetic field that is greater than 1010 T depresses the electron chemical potential and improves the β decay rates clearly.
基金Supported in part by Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(11805097,11535005,11690030)the Jiangsu Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China(BK20180323)
文摘The skyrmion stability at finite isospin chemical potentialμ_I is studied using the Skyrme Lagrangian with a finite pion mass m_π.A critical valueμ_(Ic)=■,above which a stable soliton does not exist,is found.We also explore some properties of the skyrmion as function of i.e.,the isoscalar rms radius and the isoscalar magnetic rms radius.Finally,considering the finite temperature effect on the skyrmion mass,we obtain a critical temperature T_c,using the profile function of the skyrmion,above which the skyrmion mass does not have a minimum,which can be interpreted as the occurrence of the deconfinement phase transition.
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(11175088,11475085,11535005,11690030)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(020414380074)
文摘Pion properties at finite temperature, finite isospin and baryon chemical potentials are investigated within the SU(2) NJL model. In the mean field approximation for quarks and random phase approximation fpr mesons, we calculate the pion mass, the decay constant and the phase diagram with different quark masses for the u quark and d quark, related to QCD corrections, for the first time. Our results show an asymmetry between μI 〈 0 and μI 〉0 in the phase diagram, and different values for the charged pion mass(or decay constant) and neutral pion mass(or decay constant) at finite temperature and finite isospin chemical potential. This is caused by the effect of isospin symmetry breaking, which is from different quark masses.
文摘Excellent fits were obtained by Talantsev (MPLB 33, 1950195, 2019) to the temperature (T)-dependent upper critical field (H<sub>c</sub><sub>2</sub>(T)) data of H<sub>3</sub>S reported by Mozaffari et al. [Nature Communications 10, 2522 (2019)] by employing four alternative phenomenological models, each of which invoked two or more properties from its sample-specific set S<sub>1</sub> = {T<sub>c</sub>, gap, coherence length, penetration depth, jump in sp.ht.} and a single value of the effective mass (m*) of an electron. Based on the premise that the variation of H<sub>c</sub><sub>2</sub>(T) is due to the variation of the chemical potential μ(T), we report here fits to the same data by employing a T-, μ- and m*-dependent equation for H<sub>c</sub><sub>2</sub>(T) and three models of μ(T), viz. the linear, the parabolic and the concave-upward model. For temperatures up to which the data are available, each of these provides a good fit. However, for lower values of T, their predictions differ. Notably, the predicted values of H<sub>c</sub><sub>2</sub>(0) are much higher than in any of the models dealt with by Talantsev. In sum, we show here that the addressed data are explicable in a framework comprising the set S<sub>2</sub> = {μ, m*, interaction parameter λ<sub>m</sub>, Landau index N<sub>L</sub>}, which is altogether different from S<sub>1</sub>.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.21863001)a startup package from Guizhou Education University(to Tiejun Xiao)+1 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of de-partment of education of Guizhou province(No.QJKY[2015]483)a startup package from Guizhou Education University(to Yun Zhou).
文摘A minimum-modified Debye-Hückel(DH)theory for electrolytes with size asymmetry is developed.Com-pared with the conventional DH theory,the minimum-modified DH theory only introduces an extra surface charge density to capture the electrostatic effect of the size asymmetry of the electrolytes and hence facilitates a boundary element method for electrostatic potential calculation.This theory can distinguish the electrostat-ic energies and excess chemical potentials of ions with the same sizes but opposite charges,and is applied to a binary primitive electrolyte solution with moderate electrostatic coupling.Compared with the hyper-netted chain theory,the validity of this modified DH theory demonstrates significant improvement over the conventional DH theory.
文摘Based on μ-, T- and H-dependent pairing and number equations and the premise that μ(T) is predominantly the cause of the variation of the upper critical field H<sub>c</sub><sub>2</sub>(T), where μ, T and H denote the chemical potential, temperature and the applied field, respectively, we provide in this paper fits to the empirical H<sub>c</sub><sub>2</sub>(T) data of H<sub>3</sub>S reported by Mozaffari, et al. (2019) and deal with the issue of whether or not H<sub>3</sub>S exhibits the Meissner effect. Employing a variant of the template given by Dogan and Cohen (2021), we examine in detail the results of Hirsch and Marsiglio (2022) who have claimed that H<sub>3</sub>S does not exhibit the Meissner effect and Minkov, et al. (2023) who have claimed that it does. We are thus led to suggest that monitoring the chemical potential (equivalently, the number density of Cooper pairs N<sub>s</sub> at T = T<sub>c</sub>) should shed new light on the issue being addressed.
文摘The purpose of this paper is to introduce to you, the Western people, nowadays a “widely unknown” Japanese thermodynamicist by the name of Motoyosi Sugita and his study on the thermodynamics of transient phenomena and his theory of life. This is because although he was one of the top theoretical physicists in Japan before, during and after WWII and after WWII he promoted the establishment of the biophysical society of Japan as one of the founding members, he himself and his studies themselves have seemed to be totally forgotten nowadays in spite that his study was absolutely important for the study of life. Therefore, in this paper I would like to present what kind of person he was and what he studied in physics as a review on the physics work of Motoyosi Sugita for the first time. I will follow his past studies to introduce his ideas in theoretical physics as well as in biophysics as follows: He proposed the bright ideas such as the quasi-static change in the broad sense, the virtual heat, and the field of chemical potential etc. in order to establish his own theory of thermodynamics of transient phenomena, as the generalization of the Onsager-Prigogine’s theory of the irreversible processes. By the concept of the field of chemical potential that acquired the nonlinear transport, he was seemingly successful to exceed and go beyond the scope of Onsager and Prigogine. Once he established his thermodynamics, he explored the existence of the 4th law of thermodynamics for the foundation of theory of life. He applied it to broad categories of transient phenomena including life and life being such as the theory of metabolism. He regarded the 4th law of thermodynamics as the maximum principle in transient phenomena. He tried to prove it all life long. Since I have recently found that his maximum principle can be included in more general maximum principle, which was known as the Pontryagin’s maximum principle in the theory of optimal control, I would like to explain such theories produced by Motoyosi Sugita as detailed as possible. And also I have put short history of Motoyosi Sugita’s personal life in order for you to know him well. I hope that this article helps you to know this wonderful man and understand what he did in the past, which was totally forgotten in the world and even in Japan.
文摘Experiments on Zn^2+ and Cd^2+ adsorptions on vermiculite in aqueous solutions were conducted to investigate the widely observed adsorbent concentration effect on the traditionally defined adsorption isotherm in the adsorbate range 25--500 mg/L and adsorbent range 10--150 g/L. The results showed that the equilibrium ion adsorption density did not correspond to a unique equilibrium ion concentration in liquid phase. Three adsorbate/adsorbent ratios, the equilibrium adsorption density, the ratio of equilibrium adsorbate concentration in liquid phase to adsorbent concentration, and the ratio of initial adsorbate concentration to adsorbent concentration, were found to be related with unique values in the tested range. Based on the assumption that the equilibrium state of a liquid/solid adsorption system is determined by four mutually related components: adsorbate in liquid phase, adsorbate in solid phase, uncovered adsorption site and covered adsorption site, and that the equilibrium chemical potentials of these components should be equalized, a new model was presented for describing ion adsorption isotherm in liquid/solid systems. The proposed model fit well the experimental data obtained from the examined samples.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (NO.50675096)
文摘This paper provides a calculation method for carbon activity in CO-H2-H2O atmosphere. The thermodynamic parameters (aC)gas (carbon activity in environment) of different compositions at any temperature can be obtained by △G^oT. A theoretical analysis has been conducted into the thermodynamic role of iron and the dependence of possible metal-dusting occurrence on temperature, gas composition and total pressure. In CO-H2-H2O gas mixtures, decreasing the molar fraction of H2O and increasing total pressure expands the temperature region for metal dusting. In CO-H2-H2O gas mixture of different compositions at any temperature and pressure for Fe, depending on relative values of (aC)gas, (aC)Fe3C/Fe and aC= 1, three zones were found to exist.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.10764003,30560039)the Special Fund for Basic Scientific Research of Central Colleges,North China Institute of Science and Technology for Nationalities(No.JCB1201A)
文摘A statistical thermodynamic theory of linear protein solutions was proposed with the aid of a lattice model and applied to type Ⅰ antifreeze protein(AFPI) solutions.The numerical results for several AFPI solutions show that the Gibbs function of the solution has a minimum at a certain protein concentration,but the protein chemical potential increases with increasing the concentration.The influences of temperature and protein chain length on the AFPI chemical potential were also discussed.The evaluation for the colligative depression of the freezing point confirms that the antifreeze action should be recognized as non-colligative.The theoretical deduction for the concentration dependence of the thermal hysteresis activity coincides qualitatively with the previous experimental and theoretical results.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.61575170,61575168,and 61475133)the Basic Research Project of Hebei Province,China(Grant No.16961701D)+2 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province,China(Grant No.F2016203392)the Provincial College and University Natural Science Foundation of Hebei,China(Grant No.QN2016078)the Intramural Doctoral Foundation of Yanshan University,China(Grant No.B1011)
文摘The optical properties of graphene coated D-shaped single mode fiber and photonic crystal fiber are numerically analyzed. Enhancement of the graphene-light interaction is found in graphene coated D-shaped photonic crystal fiber,which introduces a tunable polarization of the D-shaped fiber by changing the chemical potential of the coated graphene.An optimal polarizer model is demonstrated with the extinction ratio of 66.26 dB/mm and the insertion loss of 9.4 dB/mm.The modulator extinction ratios of the TE mode and TM mode are 11.5 dB and 5 dB, respectively, with a device length of100 μm. This paper provides a theoretical reference for the optical property research of the graphene fiber.
文摘Thermodynamic concepts required for the thermodynamic calculation of the potentials of electrodes for high temperature applications are briefly reviewed. A thermodynamic approach to the calculation of half cell potentials and the standard chemical potential of an electron at high temperatures which are related to the Standard Hydrogen Electrode(SHE) is discussed. As examples, an external Ag/AgCl reference electrode and a YSZ(Ag|O_2) pH sensor for high temperature applications are analyzed by using the thermodynamic approach to derive a high temperature pH measurement equation. The two electrodes are employed to measure high temperature pH and the measured pH was compared with the calculated pH by using a solution chemistry method. Concepts and principles for electrode kinetics are also briefly introduced and a modification to the Tafel equations is suggested.