Publications related to Covariant formulation of classical electromagnetism

Cavity-Mediated Coupling of Terahertz Antiferromagnetic Resonators

Coupling of space-separated resonators is interesting for quantum and communication technologies. In this work, we show that antiferromagnetic resonance in separated parallel-plane slabs of hematite (alpha-Fe2O3) couple cooperatively to terahertz electroma ...

American Physical Society (APS)2023

High order geometric methods with splines: fast solution with explicit time-stepping for Maxwell equations

Rafael Vazquez Hernandez, Bernard Kapidani

We introduce a high-order spline geometric approach for the initial boundary value problem for Maxwell's equations. The method is geometric in the sense that it discretizes in structure preserving fashion the two de Rham sequences of differential forms inv ...

2023

Role of Minimum Adhesive Wear Particle Size in Third-Body Layer Properties

Jean-François Molinari, Son-Jonathan Pham-Ba

We employ a novel discrete element method (DEM) force formulation to simulate adhesive wear and assess the effects of material and loading parameters on the properties of the third-body layer (TBL) formed during sliding motion. The study emphasizes the rol ...

2023

A review of the modeling approaches of the lightning M-component with special attention to their current and electric field characteristics

Farhad Rachidi-Haeri, Marcos Rubinstein, Mohammad Azadifar, Carlo Alberto Nucci, Qi Li

In this paper, we present the characteristics of current, electric fields and modeling approaches of lightning M-component mode of charge transfer. We consider both the classical M-components (occurring after return strokes) and M-component-type ICC (Initi ...

Elsevier2023

Covariant formulation of relativistic mechanics

Miguel Alexandre Ribeiro Correia

Accretion disks surrounding compact objects, and other environmental factors, deviate satellites from geodetic motion. Unfortunately, setting up the equations of motion for such relativistic trajectories is not as simple as in Newtonian mechanics. The prin ...

American Physical Society2022

Tree-cotree decomposition of isogeometric mortared spaces in H(curl) on multi-patch domains

Rafael Vazquez Hernandez, Bernard Kapidani

When applying isogeometric analysis to engineering problems, one often deals with multi-patch spline spaces that have incompatible discretisations, e.g. in the case of moving objects. In such cases mortaring has been shown to be advantageous. This contribu ...

2022

Two-point functions and bootstrap applications in quantum field theories

Denis Karateev

We study two-point functions of local operators and their spectral representation in UV complete quantum field theories in generic dimensions focusing on conserved currents and the stress-tensor. We establish the connection with the central charges of the ...

Springer Nature2022

Scrutinizing thermally stimulated current transients originating from trapped charges in organic semiconductors: A drift-diffusion study

Frank Nüesch, Beat Ruhstaller

Thermally stimulated current (TSC) is a widely used technique to assess trap states and extract their density, energy, and capture rate using analytical expressions. In many cases, the latter are derived from physical models pertaining to inorganic semicon ...

AIP Publishing2022

Multipolar origin of electromagnetic transverse force resulting from TE/TM wave interference

Olivier Martin, Karim Achouri, Andrei Kiselev

In this paper, we aim at unveiling the underlying physical mechanism for transversal optical forces, appearing due to the simultaneous illumination of a spherical object with two plane waves possessing different polarizations. The appearance of such a tran ...

2021

Rapid 3-D Magnetic Integral Field Computation of Current-Carrying Finite Arc Segments With Rectangular Cross Section

Basile Kawkabani, Frédéric Michael Maurer

The computation of 3-D magnetic fields is a demanding task in the analysis of electrical machines and other electromagnetic devices. In this context, integral field calculation provides a smooth solution, high precision and resolution, "on-demand"-calculat ...

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2020

Modeling of fatigue behavior based on interaction between time- and cyclic-dependent mechanical properties

Thomas Keller, Anastasios Vassilopoulos

A general constitutive equation was established using the theory of viscoelasticity in order to consider the interaction of the time- and cyclic-dependent mechanical properties of laminated composites. This equation was solved for two specific loading patt ...

2019

Optical second harmonic generation from nanostructured graphene: a full wave approach

Olivier Martin, Jérémy Butet, Gabriel David Bernasconi, Raziman Thottungal Valapu, Bruno Majérus

Optical second harmonic generation (SHG) from nanostructured graphene has been studied in the framework of classical electromagnetism using a surface integral equation method. Single disks and dimers are considered, demonstrating that the nonlinear convers ...

2017

Stability Analysis of Discontinuous Galerkin Approximations to the Elastodynamics Problem

Alfio Quarteroni

We consider semi-discrete discontinuous Galerkin approximations of both displacement and displacement-stress formulations of the elastodynamics problem. We prove the stability analysis in the natural energy norm and derive optimal a-priori error estimates. ...

Springer Verlag2016

Semiclassical theory of the magnetization process of the triangular lattice Heisenberg model

Frédéric Mila, Karlo Penc, Tommaso Coletta, Tamás András Tóth

Motivated by the numerous examples of 1/3 magnetization plateaux in the triangular-lattice Heisenberg antiferromagnet with spins ranging from 1/2 to 5/2, we revisit the semiclassical calculation of the magnetization curve of that model, with the aim of com ...

2016

Calculus of Variations for Differential Forms

Swarnendu Sil

In this thesis we study calculus of variations for differential forms. In the first part we develop the framework of direct methods of calculus of variations in the context of minimization problems for functionals of one or several differential forms of th ...

EPFL2016

Multisymplectic Lie group variational integrator for a geometrically exact beam in R3

Tudor Ratiu, François Gay-Balmaz, François Marie Alain Demoures

In this paper we develop, study, and test a Lie group multisymplectic integra- tor for geometrically exact beams based on the covariant Lagrangian formulation. We exploit the multisymplectic character of the integrator to analyze the energy and momentum ma ...

Elsevier2014

Test Results of RF ITER TF Conductors in the SULTAN Test Facility

Pierluigi Bruzzone, Boris Stepanov

The cable-in-conduit-conductors (CICC) for the ITER Toroidal Field (TF) Coils are tested in the Sultan test facility in order to estimate their AC and DC performances under operating conditions. The tests are carried out on different stages of conductor pr ...

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2014

Photon energy dependence of the light pressure exerted onto a thin silicon slab

Giovanni Boero, Franz-Karl Reinhart

We review the theory of ponderomotive forces of classical nonionizing electromagnetic (EM) radiation exerted on dispersive matter. Minkowski's EM energy and momentum density lack any dispersion term in contrast to Nelson's theory, where they are included n ...

2011

Simulation of Time-Dependent Viscoelastic Fluid Flows by Spectral Elements

Azadeh Jafari

The research work reported in this dissertation is aimed to develop efficient and stable numerical schemes in order to obtain accurate numerical solution for viscoelastic fluid flows within the spectral element context. The present research consists in the ...

EPFL2011

Fabrication of Polymer-Based Micro Devices: Formulation and Study of the Paste

Peter Ryser, Thomas Maeder, Nathalie Sophie Adeline Serra, Olivier Gentsch

We investigate in the present work the fabrication of polymer-based micro-fluidic and micro-mechanical devices using sacrificial, resistive/conductive pastes, through a screen-printing process. An organic sacrificial paste is first screen-printed onto a su ...

Elsevier2011