When the classical charged particle is scattered on the likely charged target particle, executing the rapid finite motion, a metastable bound state of the incident particle and the target particle may occur. This type of behavior differs dramatically from the Rutherford scattering.

The large amount of molecular dynamics simulation data produced by modern computational models brings big opportunities and challenges to researchers. Clustering algorithms play an important role in understanding biomolecular kinetics from the simulation data, especially under the Markov state model framework. However, the ruggedness of the free energy landscape in a biomolecular system makes c...

We provide a complete solution of the problems of the probability distribution and the escape rate in Poisson-noise driven systems. It includes both the exponents and the prefactors. The analysis refers to an overdamped particle in a potential well. The results apply for an arbitrary average rate of noise pulses, from slow pulse rates, where the noise acts on the system as strongly non-Gaussian...

We develop a quantum Smoluchowski equation in terms of a true probability distribution function to describe quantum Brownian motion in configuration space in large friction limit at arbitrary temperature and derive the rate of barrier crossing and tunneling within an unified scheme. The present treatment is independent of path integral formalism and is based on canonical quantization procedure.

Clusters of solid-state quantum devices have very long-lived metastable states of local energy minima which may be used to store quantum information. The strong power against decoherence with the great flexibility in state manipulation and system scaling up together should make solid-state devices very competitive in quantum computer engineering. PACS numbers: 89.80.+h, 03.65.Bz, 71.45.-d Types...

A metastable state, characterized by a low degree of mass localization, is identified using density-functional theory (DFT). This free energy minimum, located through the proper evaluation of competing terms in the free energy functional, is independent of the specific form of the DFT used. Computer simulation results on particle motion indicate that this heterogeneous state corresponds to the ...

although cu and fe are immiscible under equilibrium conditions, they can form supersaturated solid solutions by mechanical alloying. in this paper, nano-structured of the metastable cu-fe phase containing 10, 15, 20 and 25% wt fe were synthesized by intensive ball milling for 15h, in order to achieve a solid solution of fe in cu. the phase composition, dissolution of the fe atoms into the cu ma...

The stability of the asymmetric domain wall (ATDW) in soft magnetic cylindrical nanowires and nanotubes is investigated using micromagnetic simulations. Our calculated phase diagram shows that for cylindrical permalloy nanowires, the transverse domain wall (TDW) is the ground state for radii below 20 nm whilst the Bloch point wall (BPW) is favoured in thicker wires. The ATDW stabilises only as ...

Carbon monoxide molecules in their electronic, vibrational, and rotational ground state are highly attractive for trapping experiments. The optical or ac electric traps that can be envisioned for these molecules will be very shallow, however, with depths in the sub-milliKelvin range. Here, we outline that the required samples of translationally cold CO (X(1)Σ(+), v'' = 0, N'' = 0) molecules can...