Self-interacting dark matter from the hidden heterotic-string sector     

Alon E. Faraggi  Maxim Pospelov 《Astroparticle Physics》2002,16(4):39-461

It has been suggested recently that self-interacting dark matter (SIDM) fits better the observational characteristics of galaxy dynamics. We propose that the SIDM is composed from the glueballs of the hidden sector non-Abelian gauge group, while the hidden matter states exist in vector-like representation and decouple from the light spectrum. It is shown that these glueballs are semi-stable with the lifetime larger than the present age of the Universe, if their mass is 1 GeV or less. The constraint on their abundance today suggests that the energy was stored in the hidden sector soon after inflation. This imposes an upper limit on the reheating temperature. We further study the naturalness of this scenario in the context of the free-fermionic string models and point out a class of such models where the SIDM from the hidden sector is indeed plausible.  相似文献   

Explosive reconnection in magnetars     

Maxim Lyutikov 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2003,346(2):540-554

The X-ray activity of anomalous X-ray pulsars and soft γ-ray repeaters may result from the heating of their magnetic corona by direct currents dissipated by magnetic reconnection. We investigate the possibility that X-ray flares and bursts observed from anomalous X-ray pulsars and soft γ-ray repeaters result from magnetospheric reconnection events initiated by development of the tearing mode in magnetically dominated relativistic plasma. We formulate equations of resistive force-free electrodynamics, discuss the relation of the latter to ideal electrodynamics, and give examples of both ideal and resistive equilibria. Resistive force-free current layers are unstable towards the development of small-scale current sheets where resistive effects become important. Thin current sheets are found to be unstable due to the development of the resistive force-free tearing mode. The growth rate of the tearing mode is intermediate between the short Alfvén time-scale  τ_A  and a long resistive time-scale  τ_R: Γ∼ 1/(τ_Rτ_A)^1/2  , similar to the case of non-relativistic non-force-free plasma. We propose that growth of the tearing mode is related to the typical rise time of flares, ∼10 ms. Finally, we discuss how reconnection may explain other magnetar phenomena and ways to test the model.  相似文献   

Magnetic acceleration of relativistic active galactic nucleus jets     

Serguei S. Komissarov  Maxim V. Barkov  Nektarios Vlahakis  Arieh Königl 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2007,380(1):51-70

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Our distorted view of magnetars: application of the resonant cyclotron scattering model     

Nanda Rea  Silvia Zane  Maxim Lyutikov  Roberto Turolla 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2007,308(1-4):61-65

The X-ray spectra of the magnetar candidates are customarily fitted with an empirical, two component model: an absorbed blackbody and a power-law. However, the physical interpretation of these two spectral components is rarely discussed. It has been recently proposed that the presence of a hot plasma in the magnetosphere of highly magnetized neutron stars might distort, through efficient resonant cyclotron scattering, the thermal emission from the neutron star surface, resulting in production of non-thermal spectra. Here we discuss the Resonant Cyclotron Scattering (RCS) model, and present its XSPEC implementation, as well as preliminary results of its application to Anomalous X-ray Pulsars and Soft Gamma-ray Repeaters. N.R. is supported by an NWO Post-Doctoral Fellowship. S.Z. thanks the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council, PPARC, for support through an Advanced Fellowship.  相似文献   

Magnetar-energized supernova explosions and gamma-ray burst jets     

Serguei S. Komissarov  Maxim V. Barkov 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2007,382(3):1029-1040

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Acceleration and Transport of Particles in Collisionless Plasmas: Wakes due to the Interaction with Moving Bodies     

Maxim G. Ponomarjov 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2001,277(1-2):39-44

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An assessment of changes in properties of steppe kurgan paleosoils in relation to prevailing climates over recent millennia     

Tatiana E. Khomutova  Tatiana S. Demkina  Alexander V. Borisov  Natalia N. Kashirskaya  Maxim V. Yeltsov  Vitaly A. Demkin 《Quaternary Research》2007,67(3):328-336

Comparative analysis of morphological and chemical properties of the soil chronosequence on Kastanozems soils in the steppe zone of the Russian Plain, which included paleosoils buried beneath kurgans erected ca. 2000 BC, AD 50, AD 200, and AD 1250 was performed to reconstruct the paleoenvironmental conditions in this archeologically important region. Paleoenvironmental dynamics were traced using the state of microbial communities of paleo and modern soils (including the dynamics of total and glucose-reactive biomass, and the abundance of microorganisms grown on selected media). We demonstrate that the share of the glucose-reactive microorganisms in the microbial community, the ecological–trophic structure, and oligotrophicity index might serve as indicators of the state of microbial communities and be used for paleoenvironmental reconstructions. The morphological–chemical and microbial properties confirm an arid period ca. 2000 BC, slightly wetter conditions ca. AD 50, and more humid conditions ca. AD 1250.  相似文献   

Forced imbibition into a limestone: measuring P‐wave velocity and water saturation dependence on injection rate     

Sofia Lopes  Maxim Lebedev  Tobias M. Müller  Michael B. Clennell  Boris Gurevich 《Geophysical Prospecting》2014,62(5):1126-1142

Quantitative interpretation of time‐lapse seismic data requires knowledge of the relationship between elastic wave velocities and fluid saturation. This relationship is not unique but depends on the spatial distribution of the fluid in the pore‐space of the rock. In turn, the fluid distribution depends on the injection rate. To study this dependency, forced imbibition experiments with variable injection rates have been performed on an air‐dry limestone sample. Water was injected into a cylindrical sample and was monitored by X‐Ray Computed Tomography and ultrasonic time‐of‐flight measurements across the sample. The measurements show that the P‐wave velocity decreases well before the saturation front approaches the ultrasonic raypath. This decrease is followed by an increase as the saturation front crosses the raypath. The observed patterns of the acoustic response and water saturation as functions of the injection rate are consistent with previous observations on sandstone. The results confirm that the injection rate has significant influence on fluid distribution and the corresponding acoustic response. The complexity of the acoustic response —‐ that is not monotonic with changes in saturation, and which at the same saturation varies between hydrostatic conditions and states of dynamic fluid flow – may have implications for the interpretation of time‐lapse seismic responses.  相似文献   

Observations and Numerical Modeling of the 2012 Haida Gwaii Tsunami off the Coast of British Columbia     

Isaac V. Fine  Josef Y. Cherniawsky  Richard E. Thomson  Alexander B. Rabinovich  Maxim V. Krassovski 《Pure and Applied Geophysics》2015,172(3-4):699-718

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Research note: the effect of strain amplitude produced by ultrasonic waves on its velocity     

Nazanin Nourifard  Maxim Lebedev 《Geophysical Prospecting》2019,67(4):715-722

The effect of the amplitude of ultrasonic waves propagating through a sample is not often taken into account in laboratory experiments. However, ultrasonic waves can produce relatively large strain inside the sample, and thus change the properties of the sample. To investigate the effect of strain amplitude on the P-wave velocity, a series of ultrasonic wave propagation experiments were carried out on three different media. All measurements were performed at 1 MHz central frequency and at the strain levels inside propagating waves of  ∼3.0 × 10⁻⁶ to 6.0 × 10⁻⁵ without applying confining pressure to the sample. Strains in the waves were measured by a laser Doppler interferometer upon wave arrival on a free surface of the sample. The ultrasonic velocities were measured by a pair of P-wave transducers located at the same measuring point as the laser beam of the LDI. The effect of strain on P-wave velocity varied for different material. The P-wave velocity was calculated using both a first arrival and a first maximum peak at different applied voltage. The P-wave velocity remained unchanged for a pure elastic medium (aluminium); however, the velocity increased continuously with the increasing of the strain for polymethylmethacrylate and Gosford sandstone. For Gosford sandstone, velocity increases up to 0.8% with strain increase from 7.0 × 10⁻⁶ to 2.0 × 10⁻⁵. This effect of velocity increase with the strain induced by an ultrasonic wave can be explained by the in-elasticity of both the polymethylmethacrylate and Gosford sandstone samples.  相似文献