Orientadores: Patricio Anibal Letellier Sotomayor e Kyoko Furuya / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Fisica Gleb Wataghin / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-11T10:44:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Silva_MarceloZimbres_M.pdf: 810192 bytes, checksum: 16b4f94ccf4183c0371eac2b660a72f3 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008 / Resumo: Para estudar de forma completa a precessão de um giroscópio em órbita, revisamos a dedução das equações de Papapetrou, em particular, para mostrar que em uma aproximação de partícula teste essas equações implicam o transporte de Fermi-Walker do spin. Para estudar as correções devidas a oblaticidade de um corpo central na precessão do spin, fizemos uma revisão da teoria dos multipolos relativísticos focados nas definições de Geroch-Hansen e de Thorne. Usamos todos esses conceitos para estimar as correções multipolares na precessão de Lense-Thirring, em especial, encontramos uma fórmula exata para a precessão em termos de dois escalares, as partes real e imaginária do potencial de Ernst. Em uma aproximação linear para o campo gravitacional, escrevemos nossa fórmula em termos dos multipolos de Thorne. Para estimar essas correções usamos alguns modelos conhecidos para a métrica do planeta Terra e comparamos nossos resultados com outros trabalhos / Abstract: To study the precession of an orbiting gyroscope we review the theory of the Papapetrou equations and show that they imply the Fermi-Walker transport law. We review also the theory of relativistic multipole moments, specifically the definitions of Geroch-Hansen and Thorne, to describe non-spherical bodies in general relativity. For stationary axially symmetric spacetimes we find a simple expression for the Lense-Thirring precession in terms of the Ernst potential. This expression is used to compute, in the weak field approximation, the major non-spherical contributions to the precession of a gyroscope orbiting the Earth. We use some known models for the earth metric to estimate the contributions and compare our results with some previously known ones / Mestrado / Física / Mestre em Física

This thesis details the design and construction of an experiment to measure the radial distribution of laser gain in a cylindrical Helium-Neon laser gain tube. This distribution is important as it can effect the transverse mode structure of a running ring laser. Earlier theoretical models of the distribution were not supported by high quality experimental data and fail to take into account some physical processes. A resolution of 8 parts per million in gain and 50 μm in radial position has been achieved. Gain distributions have been measured and are shown to be well modeled by a 0th order Bessel function with first roots at the tube walls and a central dip depending on excitation power; except for the region very near to the tube walls where a very rapid increase in gain has been observed. Hydrogen has been identified by spectroscopic analysis as the primary constituent of gas contamination and cause of the long term reduction in gain of large ring lasers. Additional work has been done to detect a proposed non-classical Lense-Thirring field around a spinning lead superconductor. It was found that any effect is at least 20 times smaller than predicted. Techniques and tools for data acquisition programming have been reviewed focusing on difficulties with coupling of user interface and application logic, monolithicity, difficulties with scripting and algorithm implementation.

This thesis details the design and construction of an experiment to measure the radial distribution of laser gain in a cylindrical Helium-Neon laser gain tube. This distribution is important as it can effect the transverse mode structure of a running ring laser. Earlier theoretical models of the distribution were not supported by high quality experimental data and fail to take into account some physical processes. A resolution of 8 parts per million in gain and 50 μm in radial position has been achieved. Gain distributions have been measured and are shown to be well modeled by a 0th order Bessel function with first roots at the tube walls and a central dip depending on excitation power; except for the region very near to the tube walls where a very rapid increase in gain has been observed. Hydrogen has been identified by spectroscopic analysis as the primary constituent of gas contamination and cause of the long term reduction in gain of large ring lasers. Additional work has been done to detect a proposed non-classical Lense-Thirring field around a spinning lead superconductor. It was found that any effect is at least 20 times smaller than predicted. Techniques and tools for data acquisition programming have been reviewed focusing on difficulties with coupling of user interface and application logic, monolithicity, difficulties with scripting and algorithm implementation.

Dans cette thèse on s'interesse à l'étude de phénomènes d'accumultation spectrale de certains opérateurs issus de la physique quantique à savoir les opérateurs de Schrödinger, de Pauli, et de Dirac. Typiquement, ces opérateurs apparaissent dans la modélisation de certains problèmes de physique sous forme d'équations d'évolution. Selon les contraintes du problème physique, ils peuvent être associés ou non à un champ magnétique pouvant être constant ou non constant. Le cadre où le champ magnétique est dit admissible est celui que nous allons considérer (en dimension 3). Ce dernier cadre inclut en particulier le cas de champs magnétiques constants. Deux grands thèmes sont essentiellement abordés dans cette thèse : l'étude des résonances près de seuils des Hamiltoniens quantiques cités ci-dessus lorsqu'ils sont perturbés par des potentiels électriques auto-adjoints, et l'étude de leur spectre discret lorsqu'ils sont perturbés par des potentiels électriques non auto-adjoints. Le second thème sera exploré au moyent d'inégalités Lieb-Thirring généralisés. / In this thesis we are interested to the study of spectral accumulation phenomena of some opeators coming from quantum physics, namely Schrödinger, Paul and Dirac operators. Typically, these operators appear in the modeling of some physical problems in the form of evolution equations. According to the constraints of the physical problem, they can be associated or not to a constant or non constant magnetic field. The contextt where the magnetic field is admissible is that we shall consider (in dimention 3). This framework includes in particular the case of constant magnetic fields. Essentieally, two main themes are discussed in this thesis : the study of resonances near thescholds of the quantum Hamiltonians mentioned above perturbed by self-adjoint potentials, and the study of their discrete spectrum when thy are perturbed by non self-adjoint potentials. The second theme will be investigated with the help of generalized Lieb-Thirring inequalities.

Following Exner et al. (Commun. Math. Phys. 26 (2014), no. 2, 531–541), we prove new Lieb-Thirring inequalities for a general class of self-adjoint, second order differential operators with matrix-valued potentials, acting in one space-dimension. This class contains, but is not restricted to, the magnetic and non-magnetic Schrödinger operators. We consider the three cases of functions defined on all reals, all positive reals, and an interval, respectively, and acquire three different kinds of bounds. We also investigate the spectral properties of a family of operators from conformal field theory, by proving an asymptotic phase-space bound on the eigenvalue counting function and establishing a number of spectral inequalities. These bound the Riesz-means of eigenvalues for these operators, together with each individual eigenvalue, and are applied to a few physically interesting examples. / Vi följer Exner et al. (Commun. Math. Phys. 26 (2014), nr. 2, 531–541) och bevisar nya Lieb-Thirring-olikheter för generella, andra gradens självadjungerade differentialoperatorer med matrisvärda potentialfunktioner, verkandes i en rumsdimension. Dessa innefattar och generaliserar de magnetiska och icke-magnetiska Schrödingeroperatorerna. Vi betraktar tre olika fall, med funktioner definierade på hela reella axeln, på den positiva reella axeln, samt på ett interval. Detta resulterar i tre sorters olikheter.  Vidare undersöker vi spektralegenskaperna för en klass operatorer från konform fältteori, genom att asymptotiskt begränsa antalet egenvärden med ett fasrymdsuttryck, samt genom att bevisa ett antal spektralolikheter. Dessa begränsar Riesz-medelvärdena för operatorerna, samt varje enskilt egenvärde, och tillämpas på ett par fysikaliskt intressanta exempel.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-03-03T15:15:26Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 NoeliaSS_DISSERT.pdf: 603590 bytes, checksum: 0c1bbc3243a667550fdf0a46772b336d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-07-01 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient?fico e Tecnol?gico / The so-called gravitomagnetic field arised as an old conjecture that currents of matter (no charges) would produce gravitational effects similar to those produced by electric currents in electromagnetism. Hans Thirring in 1918, using the weak field approximation to the Einsteins field equations, deduced that a slowly rotating massive shell drags the inertial frames in the direction of its rotation. In the same year, Joseph Lense applied to astronomy the calculations of Thirring. Later, that effect came to be known as the Lense- Thirring effect. Along with the de Sitter effect, those phenomena were recently tested by a gyroscope in orbit around the Earth, as proposed by George E. Pugh in 1959 and Leonard I. Schiff in 1960. In this dissertation, we study the gravitational effects associated with the rotation of massive bodies in the light of the Einsteins General Theory of Relativity. With that finality, we develop the weak field approximation to General Relativity and obtain the various associated gravitational effects: gravitomagnetic time-delay, de Sitter effect (geodesic precession) and the Lense-Thirring effect (drag of inertial frames). We discus the measures of the Lense-Thirring effect done by LAGEOS Satellite (Laser Geodynamics Satellite) and the Gravity Probe B - GPB - mission. The GPB satellite was launched into orbit around the Earth at an altitude of 642 km by NASA in 2004. Results presented in May 2011 clearly show the existence of the Lense-Thirring effect- a drag of inertial frames of 37:2 7:2 mas/year (mas = milliarcsec)- and de Sitter effect - a geodesic precession of 6; 601:8 18:3 mas/year- measured with an accuracy of 19 % and of 0.28 % respectively (1 mas = 4:84810??9 radian). These results are in a good agreement with the General Relativity predictions of 41 mas/year for the Lense-Thirring effect and 6,606.1 mas/year for the de Sitter effect. / O denominado campo gravitomagn?tico surgiu como uma antiga conjectura de que correntes de mat?ria (sem cargas) produziriam efeitos gravitacionais an?logos aos produzidos pelas correntes el?tricas no Eletromagnetismo. Hans Thirring em 1918, usando a aproxima??o de campo fraco para as equa??es de campo de Einstein, deduziu que uma casca massiva girando lentamente arrasta os referenciais inerciais no sentido de sua rota??o. No mesmo ano Joseph Lense aplicou na Astronomia os c?lculos de Thirring. Posteriormente, este efeito ficou conhecido como efeito Lense-Thirring. Juntamente com o efeito de Sitter, esses fen?menos foram recentemente testados atrav?s de girosc?pios em ?rbita em torno da Terra, uma antiga proposta feita por George E. Pugh em 1959 e por Leonard I. Schiff em 1960. Nesta disserta??o, estudamos os efeitos gravitacionais associados ? rota??o de corpos massivos ? luz da teoria da Relatividade Geral de Einstein. Com essa finalidade, desenvolvemos a aproxima??o de campo fraco para a Relatividade Geral e obtemos os v?rios efeitos gravitacionais associados: atraso gravitomagn?tico dos rel?gios (gravitomagnetic time-delay), efeito de Sitter (precess?o das geod?sicas) e o efeito Lense-Thirring (arraste dos referenciais inerciais). Discutimos as medidas do efeito Lense- Thirring do sat?lite LAGEOS (LAser GEOdynamics Satellite) e da miss?o "Sonda Gravidade B"(Gravity Probe B - GPB). O sat?lite da GPB foi lan?ado em ?rbita em torno da Terra a uma altitude de 642 km pela NASA em 2004. Resultados apresentados em maio de 2011 mostram claramente a exist?ncia do efeito Lense-Thirring - um arraste dos referenciais inerciais de 37; 2 7; 2 msa/ano (msa = milisegundo de arco)- e do efeito de Sitter - uma deriva geod?tica de 6:601; 8 18; 3 msa/ano - com precis?o de 19% e de 0,28% respectivamente (1 msa = 4; 848 10?9 radiano). Esses resultados est?o em bom acordo com os valores previstos pela teoria da Relatividade Geral que s?o de 41 msa/ano para o efeito Lense-Thirring e 6.606,1 msa/ano para o efeito de Sitter

Dans cette thèse, on étudie plusieurs modèles et problèmes issus de la mécanique quantique. Ces modèles interviennent naturellement en chimie quantique pour le calcul de la structure électronique de la matière. Ils présentent des difficultés théoriques liées aux problèmes d'existence de solutions et à leur calcul numérique. Cette thèse est une contribution à l'étude de ces problèmes. / This thesis is concerned with several mathematical problems in quantum mechanics. These problems arise naturally in quantum chemistry in connection with the electronic structure of matter. Of particular interest are the questions of existence of solutions and of ways to compute them effectively.

Le but de cette thèse est d’obtenir des informations sur le spectre discret d’opérateurs non auto-adjoints définis par des perturbations relativement compactes d’opérateurs auto-adjoints. Ces opérateurs auto-adjoints sont choisis parmi les opérateurs classiques de mécanique quantique. Il s’agit des opérateurs de Dirac, de Klein-Gordon et le laplacien fractionnaire qui généralise l’opérateur de Schrödinger habituellement considéré pour de tels problèmes. La principale méthode utilisée ici relève d’un théorème d’analyse complexe donnant une condition de type Blaschke sur les zéros d’une fonction holomorphe du disque unité. Cette condition traduit lecomportement des valeurs propres de l’opérateur perturbé sous forme d’inégalités de type Lieb-Thirring. Une autre méthode venant d’analyse fonctionnelle a été employée pour obtenir de telles inégalités et les deux méthodes sont comparées entre elles. / The topic of this thesis concerns the discrete spectrum of non-selfadjoint operators defined by relatively compact perturbation of selfadjoint operators. These selfadjoint operators are choosen among classical operators of quantum mechanics. These areDirac operator, Klein-Gordon operator, and the fractional Laplacian who generalize the Schrödinger operator. The main method is based on a theorem of complex analysis which gives Blaschke-type condition on the zeros of a holomorphic function on the unit disc. This Blaschke condition gives the information on the behaviour of eigenvalues of the perturbed operator by mean of Lieb-Thirring-type inequalities. Another method using functional analysis is also used to obtain these kind of inequalities and both methods are compared to each other.

I denna avhandling, som omfattar fyra forskningsartiklar, betraktas två operatorer inom den matematiska fysiken. De båda tidigare artiklarna innehåller resultat för Schrödingeroperatorn med Aharonov-Bohm-magnetfält. I artikel I beräknas spektrum och egenfunktioner till denna operator i R2 explicit i ett antal fall då en radialsymmetrisk skalärvärd potential eller ett konstant magnetfält läggs till. I flera av de studerade fallen kan den skarpa konstanten i Lieb-Thirrings olikhet beräknas för γ = 0 och γ ≥ 1. I artikel II bevisas semiklassiska uppskattningar för moment av egenvärdena i begränsade tvådimensionella områden. Vidare presenteras ett exempel då den generaliserade diamagnetiska olikheten, framlagd som en förmodan av Erdős, Loss och Vougalter, är falsk. Numeriska studier kompletterar dessa resultat. De båda senare artiklarna innehåller ett flertal spektrumuppskattningar för Heisenberg-Laplace-operatorn. I artikel III bevisas skarpa olikheter för spektret till Dirichletproblemet i (2n + 1)-dimensionella områden med ändligt mått. Låt λk och μk beteckna egenvärdena till Dirichlet- respektive Neumannproblemet i ett område med ändligt mått. N. D. Filonov har bevisat olikheten μk+1 < λk för den euklidiska Laplaceoperatorn. I artikel IV visas detta resultat för Heisenberg-Laplaceoperatorn i tredimensionella områden som uppfyller vissa geometriska villkor. / In this thesis, which comprises four research papers, two operators in mathe- matical physics are considered. The former two papers contain results for the Schrödinger operator with an Aharonov-Bohm magnetic field. In Paper I we explicitly compute the spectrum and eigenfunctions of this operator in R2 in a number of cases where a radial scalar potential and/or a constant magnetic field are superimposed. In some of the studied cases we calculate the sharp constants in the Lieb-Thirring inequality for γ = 0 and γ ≥ 1. In Paper II we prove semi-classical estimates on moments of the eigenvalues in bounded two-dimensional domains. We moreover present an example where the generalised diamagnetic inequality, conjectured by Erdős, Loss and Vougalter, fails. Numerical studies complement these results. The latter two papers contain several spectral estimates for the Heisenberg Laplacian. In Paper III we obtain sharp inequalities for the spectrum of the Dirichlet problem in (2n + 1)-dimensional domains of finite measure. Let λk and μk denote the eigenvalues of the Dirichlet and Neumann problems, respectively, in a domain of finite measure. N. D. Filonov has proved that the inequality μk+1 < λk holds for the Euclidean Laplacian. In Paper IV we extend his result to the Heisenberg Laplacian in three-dimensional domains which fulfil certain geometric conditions. / QC 20100712

L'opérateur de Pauli décrit l'énergie d'un électron soumis à un champ magnétique et à un potentiel électrique externe. La présence d'un champ magnétique induit naturellement l'existence d'une quantité: le courant. D'une manière formelle, cette quantité peut être considérer comme étant la dérivée de l'énergie par rapport au potentiel magnétique. Dans cette thèse, nous établissons une asymptotique du courant en présence d'un champ magnétique variable de grande intensité. Dans ce calcul nous utilisons une identité de commutateur qui nous conduits à l'estimation de la somme des valeurs propres négatives d'un opérateur de Pauli modifié. La technique utilisée s'appuie sur la construction des états cohérents (pour approcher les fonctions propres) et des inégalités de Lieb-Thirring pour contrôler les termes d'erreurs.