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Constraints on Metastable Dark Energy Decaying into Dark Matter 可迁移暗能量衰变为暗物质的制约因素

IF 2.9 4区物理与天体物理

Universe Pub Date : 2024-09-18 DOI: 10.3390/universe10090371

Jônathas S. T. de Souza, Gustavo S. Vicente, Leila L. Graef

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Quantum Field Theory of Black Hole Perturbations with Backreaction: I General Framework 具有反作用的黑洞扰动量子场论：I 总体框架

IF 2.9 4区物理与天体物理

Universe Pub Date : 2024-09-18 DOI: 10.3390/universe10090372

Thomas Thiemann

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Bayesian Knowledge Infusion for Studying Historical Sunspot Numbers 贝叶斯知识注入法研究历史太阳黑子数量

IF 2.9 4区物理与天体物理

Universe Pub Date : 2024-09-14 DOI: 10.3390/universe10090370

Wenxin Jiang, Haisheng Ji

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Predicting Solar Cycles with a Parametric Time Series Model 用参数时间序列模型预测太阳周期

IF 2.9 4区物理与天体物理

Universe Pub Date : 2024-09-11 DOI: 10.3390/universe10090364

Kristof Petrovay

{"title":"Predicting Solar Cycles with a Parametric Time Series Model","authors":"Kristof Petrovay","doi":"10.3390/universe10090364","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3390/universe10090364","url":null,"abstract":"The objective of this paper is to reproduce and predict the series of solar cycle amplitudes using a simple time-series model that takes into account the variable time scale of the Gleissberg oscillation and the absence of clear evidence for odd–even alternation prior to Solar Cycle 9 (SC9). It is demonstrated that the Gleissberg oscillation can be quite satisfactorily modelled as a sinusoidal variation of constant amplitude with a period increasing linearly with time. Subtracting this model from the actual cycle amplitudes, a clear even–odd alternating pattern is discerned in the time series of the residuals since SC9. For this period of time, the mean value of the residuals for odd-numbered cycles is shown to exceed the value for even-numbered cycles by more than 4σ, providing the clearest evidence yet for a persistent odd–even–odd alternation in cycle amplitudes. Random deviations from these means are less than half the standard deviation of the raw cycle amplitude time series for the same period, which allows the use of these regularities for solar cycle prediction with substantially better confidence than the simple climatological average. Predicted cycle amplitudes are found to be robust against the addition or omission of some data points from the input set, and the method correctly hindcasts SC23 and SC24. The potential physical background of the regularities is also discussed. Our predictions for the amplitudes of SC25, SC26, and SC27 are 155.8±20.7, 96.9±25.1 and 140.8±20.7, respectively. This suggests that the amplitude of SC26 will be even lower than that of SC24, making it the weakest cycle since the Dalton Minimum.","PeriodicalId":48646,"journal":{"name":"Universe","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142210886","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Comparing Analytic and Numerical Studies of Tensor Perturbations in Loop Quantum Cosmology 环路量子宇宙学中张量扰动的分析研究与数值研究的比较

IF 2.9 4区物理与天体物理

Universe Pub Date : 2024-09-11 DOI: 10.3390/universe10090365

Guillermo A. Mena Marugán, Antonio Vicente-Becerril, Jesús Yébana Carrilero

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Dark Atoms of Nuclear Interacting Dark Matter 核相互作用暗物质的暗原子

IF 2.9 4区物理与天体物理

Universe Pub Date : 2024-09-11 DOI: 10.3390/universe10090368

Vitaly A. Beylin, Timur E. Bikbaev, Maxim Yu. Khlopov, Andrey G. Mayorov, Danila O. Sopin

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The Operational Meaning of Total Energy of Isolated Systems in General Relativity 广义相对论中孤立系统总能量的操作意义

IF 2.9 4区物理与天体物理

Universe Pub Date : 2024-09-11 DOI: 10.3390/universe10090367

Abhay Ashtekar, Simone Speziale

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Initial State in Quantum Cosmology and the Proper Mass of the Universe 量子宇宙学中的初始状态与宇宙的适当质量

IF 2.9 4区物理与天体物理

Universe Pub Date : 2024-09-11 DOI: 10.3390/universe10090366

Natalia Gorobey, Alexander Lukyanenko, Alexander V. Goltsev

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On the Propagation of Gravitational Waves in the Weyl Invariant Theory of Gravity 论韦尔引力不变理论中引力波的传播