{"title":"Particle in a spherical potential well of energy dependent depth","authors":"Radu Budaca","doi":"10.1140/epjp/s13360-025-06285-1","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epjp/s13360-025-06285-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The Schrödinger equation is solved for a spherical finite well potential whose depth depends linearly on the energy. The energy spectrum is derived as a function of the well’s dimensional parameter and the slope of the energy dependence. The latter is found to have a finite domain of values which assures the existence of bound states. The evolution of the energy spectrum and the corresponding wave functions as a function of the slope parameter is exemplified within a numerical analysis. The upper limit of the slope parameter offers an infinite spectrum which is compared to the case of the infinite spherical well case. A physical application of this limiting case is presented for the shape fluctuation phenomena in atomic nuclei.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":792,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal Plus","volume":"140 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1140/epjp/s13360-025-06285-1.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143879678","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aytaç Levet, Hüseyin Dağ, Mohammed Sultan Al-Buriahi, Mehmet Büyükyıldız
{"title":"Klein-Nishina cross-sections and radiation interaction coefficients of human organs and dosimetric materials for diagnostic and radiation dosimetry applications","authors":"Aytaç Levet, Hüseyin Dağ, Mohammed Sultan Al-Buriahi, Mehmet Büyükyıldız","doi":"10.1140/epjp/s13360-025-06271-7","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epjp/s13360-025-06271-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>X-ray and γ-ray have been frequently used worldwide for different aims such as scans, diagnostic, and therapeutic applications. While these processes occur for the aims, people unintentionally receive various doses of these rays which are highly energetic. Thus, electronic and energy transfer cross-sections, Compton mass attenuation coefficients, Compton mass energy transfer coefficients (CMETC) according to effective charges and charge to atomic weight ratios should be investigated for our health especially organs or dosimetric materials. In the present study, these parameters have been studied using Klein-Nishina approach in the wide energy region. The cross-sections have been firstly calculated in the photon energies. The investigated parameters of the materials have been then determined using the relevant cross-sections and effective atomic numbers in the same energy range. The results were compared with each other and some possible results from the literature. A good agreement was observed for electronic and energy transfer cross-sections (Diff. ≤ 0.16%). In addition, a comparison with the literature was conducted for possible materials at certain photon energies, and maximum difference (%) in soft tissue was observed up to around 33.61% for CMETCs. The reported data should be useful using the gamma rays in medicine and dosimetry applications.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":792,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal Plus","volume":"140 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1140/epjp/s13360-025-06271-7.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143879679","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dynamical stability of bootstrapped Newtonian stars","authors":"Octavian Micu","doi":"10.1140/epjp/s13360-025-06272-6","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epjp/s13360-025-06272-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We investigate the dynamical stability of bootstrapped Newtonian stars following homologous adiabatic perturbations, focussing on objects of low or intermediate compactness. The results show that for stars with homogeneous densities these perturbations induce some oscillatory behaviour regardless of their compactness, density and adiabatic index, which makes them dynamically stable. In the case or polytropes with density profiles approximated by Gaussian distributions, both stable and unstable behaviours are possible. It was also shown that in the limit in which the profile of the Gaussian density distribution flattens out, the parameter space for which the perturbations result in an oscillatory behaviour increases, which is similar with the case of stars with homogeneous densities.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":792,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal Plus","volume":"140 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1140/epjp/s13360-025-06272-6.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143877721","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yuan Shun, Zhang Yunpeng, Chang Guohao, Hunduzi Halimjan, Ahmad Abliz
{"title":"Macroscopic entanglement generation and transfer in a coupled cavity–magnon system via optical parametric amplifier","authors":"Yuan Shun, Zhang Yunpeng, Chang Guohao, Hunduzi Halimjan, Ahmad Abliz","doi":"10.1140/epjp/s13360-025-06274-4","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epjp/s13360-025-06274-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Generation and transfer of quantum entanglement at macroscopic scales are key for advancing quantum information processing and communication. This paper presents a theoretical framework for achieving and transferring bipartite and tripartite entanglement in a coupled cavity–magnon system integrated with an optical parametric amplifier (OPA). The findings indicate that in the four-mode system under study, the nonlinear gain introduced by the OPA facilitates the creation of bipartite entanglement. This bipartite entanglement, produced by two coupled microwave cavities, is driven concurrently by the squeezing effects of the OPA and transferred to two magnons through cavity–magnon coupling. The transfer rate of this entanglement increases with the strength of the linear cavity–magnon coupling and approaches unity. The magnon–magnon entanglement produced can be tuned using parameters such as the cavity–cavity coupling strength, the cavity dissipation rate, and the nonlinear gain coefficient of the OPA. Additionally, this entanglement shows robustness to temperature. Under steady-state conditions, the system achieves tripartite entanglement in both cavity–magnon–cavity and magnon–cavity–magnon configurations, and the OPA nonlinear effects improve the system's resilience to temperature fluctuations.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":792,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal Plus","volume":"140 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143871314","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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}
{"title":"Reduced-order Bopp-Podolsky model on the null-plane","authors":"Mario Bertin, Ronaldo Thibes","doi":"10.1140/epjp/s13360-025-06279-z","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epjp/s13360-025-06279-z","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We consider the null-plane dynamics for a reduced-order version of the higher-derivatives Bopp-Podolsky generalized electrodynamics model. By introducing an auxiliary vector field, we achieve a simpler equivalent version with lower derivatives. The massive and massless modes for the Podolsky gauge field get split into two sectors. We describe the model in terms of light-front coordinates and, by choosing <span>(x^+)</span> as a natural evolution parameter, proceed to its null-plane dynamics analysis obtaining the whole constraints structure and canonical field equations. After a convenient constraints redefinition, we calculate the Dirac brackets corresponding to the second-class sector. Gauge invariance is preserved and, after elimination of second-class constraints, we obtain a consistent Abelian first-class theory for the reduced-order Bopp-Podolsky model.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":792,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal Plus","volume":"140 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143875339","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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}
{"title":"Non-Gaussianity and entanglement swapping of two-mode entangled squeezed-coherent state","authors":"Shao-Hua Xiang, Yu-Jing Zhao, Zhen-Gang Shi","doi":"10.1140/epjp/s13360-025-06259-3","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epjp/s13360-025-06259-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We investigate the non-Gaussianity of two-mode entangled squeezed-coherent state by using an improved non-Gaussianity measure. It shows that the coherent amplitude and squeezing degree of two-mode entangled squeezed-coherent state have a distinct contribution to its non-Gaussianity. We also present a protocol of entanglement swapping based on two-mode entangled squeezed-coherent state. We can obtain two different classes of entangled states: two-mode entangled squeezed states and two-mode entangled coherent states, with the help of an intermediate partner. Finally, we discuss some practical implementation issues of our swapping scheme.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":792,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal Plus","volume":"140 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143871311","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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}
{"title":"Maximum power point tracking based on improved sliding mode control","authors":"Abdelkader Ouacel, Benalia M’hamdi, Tahar Benaissa, Abderrahmane Amari, Matilde Pietrafesa, Mario Versaci","doi":"10.1140/epjp/s13360-025-06264-6","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epjp/s13360-025-06264-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Solar energy is a renewable, sustainable and definitely inexhaustible supply of power, in contrast to fossil fuels. Photovoltaic systems provide the cleanest, economic production of energy. However, photovoltaic structures are faced with the problem of maximum power point tracking (MPPT) and the need to provide the best of techniques that will operate efficiently in continuously varying atmospheric conditions. A novel MPPT algorithm based on sliding mode control for photovoltaic systems is proposed in this paper, to efficiently track maximum power under changing climate conditions. The effectiveness of the proposed MPPT algorithm, based on sliding mode control, is substantiated by a comparative study with three other methods, namely P&O, GWO-based MPPT and PSO-based MPPT. On the basis of simulation results using MATLAB/Simulink software, the proposed method offers good tracking performance.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":792,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal Plus","volume":"140 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143875340","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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}
Pietro Bertolotti, Federico Gallinardi, Marta Ghidoli, Chiara Bertarelli, Guglielmo Lanzani, Giuseppe Maria Paternò
{"title":"Photocontrol of bacterial membrane potential regulates antibiotic persistence in B. subtilis","authors":"Pietro Bertolotti, Federico Gallinardi, Marta Ghidoli, Chiara Bertarelli, Guglielmo Lanzani, Giuseppe Maria Paternò","doi":"10.1140/epjp/s13360-025-06263-7","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epjp/s13360-025-06263-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Bacterial persistence and resistance to antibiotics pose critical challenges in healthcare and environmental contexts. Recent studies revealing that bacteria possess a dynamic electrical membrane potential open new avenues for influencing bacterial behaviour and drug susceptibility. In this work, we present a novel light-responsive strategy to modulate bacterial antibiotic persistence using Ziapin2, an azobenzene photoswitch previously shown to alter bacterial membrane potential. We selected two broad-spectrum antibiotics with distinct modes of action: Kanamycin, which requires cytosolic uptake to inhibit protein synthesis, and Ampicillin, which targets cell wall polymerization at the cell envelope, to probe the role of membrane potential in antibiotic efficacy. Our findings show that when <i>Bacillus subtilis</i> is exposed to Kanamycin and Ziapin2, photoactivation (470 nm) significantly impacts bacterial viability: under illumination, the previously lethal effects of Kanamycin are markedly reduced, suggesting that membrane potential changes drive altered antibiotic uptake or intracellular accumulation. In contrast, Ampicillin-treated samples remain largely unaffected by light-induced membrane modulation, consistent with its action at the external cell envelope. Taken together, these results indicate that membrane potential manipulation can selectively influence the activity of antibiotics whose intracellular uptake is critical to their function. This proof-of-concept study underscores the potential of non-genetic, light-based interventions to modulate bacterial susceptibility in real time. Future work will expand this approach by exploring additional antibiotic classes and novel azobenzene derivatives, ultimately advancing our understanding of bacterial bioelectric regulation and its applications in antimicrobial therapies.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":792,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal Plus","volume":"140 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1140/epjp/s13360-025-06263-7.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143865518","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Curvature-driven acceleration and a notion of vacuum in Nash theory","authors":"Soumya Chakrabarti, Soumya Bhattacharya, Rabin Banerjee, Amitabha Lahiri","doi":"10.1140/epjp/s13360-025-06258-4","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epjp/s13360-025-06258-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We discuss the cosmological implications in the <i>Nash theory</i> of gravity, where the field equations are derived from a lagrangian quadratic in Ricci invariants. A spatially homogeneous exact solution is found which can serve as a cosmological toy model. The implications of this model (departures from a standard <span>(Lambda)</span>CDM cosmology) are compared with standard observational expectations, using a Markov chain Monte Carlo simulation of <span>(JLA + OHD + BAO)</span> datasets. The Hubble evolution is satisfactory compared to the luminosity distance modulus measurements, and the evolution of deceleration parameter suggests an epoch of deceleration prior to the present acceleration. The redshift of transition is found to be quite satisfactory.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":792,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal Plus","volume":"140 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143865519","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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}
{"title":"Microbeam irradiation reveals cytoplasmic damage contributes to micronuclei induction","authors":"Teruaki Konishi, Jun Wang, Alisa Kobayashi, Cuihua Liu, Yota Hiroyama, Taisei Mamiya, Tamon Kusumoto, Masakazu Oikawa","doi":"10.1140/epjp/s13360-025-06265-5","DOIUrl":"10.1140/epjp/s13360-025-06265-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Microbeam technology offers a valuable tool for investigating inter- and intracellular responses to radiation-induced damage. This study investigated the contribution of cytoplasmic irradiation to micronuclei (MN) induction using proton microbeams. Three irradiation conditions were employed: (N) nucleus-only, (C) cytoplasm-only, and (N + C) irradiating both. In N + C, 1000 protons were delivered to the cytoplasm. For both N and N + C, MN induction increased proportionally with nuclear proton dose (Np) within the 0 ≤ Np ≤ 100 range. However, the N + C slope was 2/3 of the N slope. N cells exhibited peak MN induction at 150 protons, while N + C peaked at 300 protons. Cytoplasmic irradiation alone also induced MNs, but with a lower slope and reaching a plateau after Np = 300. These results demonstrate that cytoplasmic damage not only contributes to MN induction but also appears to promote protective cellular responses. This highlights the complex interplay between cellular organelles during radiation exposure and emphasizes the importance of considering cytoplasmic contributions to cellular radioresistance.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":792,"journal":{"name":"The European Physical Journal Plus","volume":"140 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143865501","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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}