• α decay in extreme laser fields within a deformed Gamow-like model

    分类: 物理学 >> 核物理学 提交时间: 2023-12-28

    摘要: In this study, the effect of extreme laser fields on the decay process of ground-state eveneven nuclei was investigated. Using the deformed Gamow-like model, we found that state-of-the-art lasers can cause a slight change in the decay penetration probability of most nuclei. In addition, we studied the correlation between the rate of change of the decay penetration probability and angle between the directions of the laser electric field and particle emission for different nuclei. Based on this correlation, the average effect of extreme laser fields on the half-life of many nuclei with arbitrary particle emission angles was calculated. The calculations show that the laser suppression and promotion effects on the decay penetration probability of the nuclei population with completely random particle-emission directions are not completely canceled. The remainder led to a change in the average penetration probability of the nuclei. Furthermore, the possibility of achieving a higher average rate of change by altering the spatial shape of the laser is explored. We conclude that circularly polarized lasers may be helpful in future experiments to achieve a more significant average rate of change of the decay half-life of the nuclei population.

  • The Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Routing Problem with Recharging

    分类: 管理学 >> 管理工程 提交时间: 2021-01-21

    摘要: The application of Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in both civilian and military domains is drawing increasing attention recently. This paper investigates a new routing problem of small UAVs for information collection, where UAVs can be recharged at platforms (ground vehicles or stations) distributed in the area. Different from the previous works on UAV routing, the UAVs are allowed to partially recharge their batteries according to the requirement in the following route. A mixed integer nonlinear programming model is developed to formulate the problem, where both the overall time for completing all targets’ observation and the number of UAVs are minimized. An improved adaptive large neighborhood search (ALNS) algorithm with simulated annealing criterion is designed, and a recharging platform insertion heuristic is developed to determine the recharging strategy and construct feasible solutions. To verify the effectiveness of the proposed ALNS algorithm, a set of new benchmark instances are designed based on the well-known Solomon dataset and solved. The computational results are compared with those obtained by the ant colony optimization and variable neighborhood search, which shows that ALNS performs significantly better and stable. Furthermore, analysis of the experimental results indicates that many advantages can be obtained through introducing the recharging strategy for small UAVs.