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A. Sulaiman

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arXiv2025

Investigating Magnetic Field Fluctuations in Jovian Auroral Electron Beams

The Juno spacecraft provides a unique opportunity to explore the mechanisms generating Jupiter's aurorae. Past analyses of Juno data immensely advanced our understanding of its auroral acceleration processes, however, few studies utilized multiple instruments on Juno in a joint systematic analysis. This study uses measurements from the Juno Ultraviolet Spectrograph (UVS), the Jupiter Energetic particle Detector Instrument (JEDI), and the Juno Magnetometer (MAG) from the first 20 perijoves. On magnetic field lines associated with the diffuse aurora, we consistently find small-scale magnetic field fluctuations with amplitudes of up to 100 nT on time scales of seconds to 1 minute. On magnetic field lines directly linked to the main emission, the electron distribution is field-aligned, mostly broad-band in energy, and accompanied by large-scale magnetic field perturbations of several 100 nT on time scales of tens of min (except one case). These large-scale perturbations are generally associated with quasistatic field-aligned electric currents. Small-scale magnetic fields are not resolved over the main emission zone closer than radial distances 4 Jovian radii due to the digitization limit of the magnetometer. However, in all cases where Juno crosses the main auroral field lines beyond 4RJ, the digitization limit is significantly reduced and we detect small-scale magnetic field fluctuations of 2 nT to 10 nT consistent with a turbulent spectrum. Associated energy fluxes projected to Jupiter can exceed 1000 mW/m2. The general broad-band nature of the electron distributions and the consistent presence of small-scale magnetic field fluctuations over the main emission support that wave-particle interaction can dominantely contribute to power Jupiter's auroral processes.

astro-ph.EP↗

arXiv2025

Jupiter's ultraviolet auroral bridge: the influence of the solar wind on polar auroral morphology

Jupiters ultraviolet aurora frequently shows a number of arcs between the dusk-side polar region and the main emission, which are denoted as bridges. This work presents a largely automated detection and statistical analysis of bridges over 248 Hubble-Space-Telescope observations, alongside a multi-instrument study of crossings of magnetic field lines connected to bridges by the Juno spacecraft during its first 30 perijoves. Bridges are observed to arise on timescales of around 2 hours, can persist over a full Jupiter rotation, and are conjugate between hemispheres. The appearance of bridges is associated with compression of the magnetosphere, likely by the solar wind. Low-altitude bridge crossings are associated with upward-dominated, broadband electron distributions, consistent with Zone-II aurorae, as well as with plasma-wave emission observed by Juno-Waves, in agreement with existing theoretical models for the generation of polar-region aurorae. Main-emission crossings where no bridges are visible also show characteristics associated with bridges (more upward electron flux, plasma-wave emission), which is not the case for main-emission crossings with visible bridges, as though bridges remain present but spatially indistinguishable from the main emission in the former case. In all, compression of the magnetosphere may work to spatially separate the Zone-I and Zone-II regions of the main emission, in the form of Zone-II bridges.

physics.space-ph↗

arXiv2012

Dynamics of DNA Bubble in Viscous Medium

The damping effect to the DNA bubble is investigated within the Peyrard-Bishop model. In the continuum limit, the dynamics of the bubble of DNA is described by the damped nonlinear Schrodinger equation and studied by means of variational method. It is shown that the propagation of solitary wave pattern is not vanishing in a non-viscous system. Inversely, the solitary wave vanishes soon as the viscous force is introduced.

q-bio.BM↗

arXiv2012

The thermal denaturation of Peyrard-Bishop model with an external potential

The impact of various types of external potentials to the Peyrard-Bishop DNA denaturation is investigated through statistical mechanics approach. The partition function is obtained using transfer integral method, and further the stretching of hydrogen bond is calculated using time independent perturbation method. It is shown that all types of external potentials accelerate the denaturation processes at lower temperature. In particular, it is argued that the Gaussian potential with infinitesimal width reproduces a constant force at one end of DNA sequence as already done in some previous works.

physics.bio-ph↗

arXiv2012

Nonlinear conformation of secondary protein folding

A model to describe the mechanism of conformational dynamics in secondary protein based on matter interactions is proposed. The approach deploys the lagrangian method by imposing certain symmetry breaking. The protein backbone is initially assumed to be nonlinear and represented by the Sine-Gordon equation, while the nonlinear external bosonic sources is represented by $ϕ^4$ interaction. It is argued that the nonlinear source induces the folding pathway in a different way than the previous work with initially linear backbone. Also, the nonlinearity of protein backbone decreases the folding speed.

physics.bio-ph↗

arXiv2012

Modeling the interactions of biomatter and biofluid

The internal motions of biomatter immersed in biofluid are investigated. The interactions between the fragments of biomatter and its surrounding biofluid are modeled using field theory. In the model, the biomatter is coupled to the gauge field representing the biofluid. It is shown that at non-relativistic limit various equation of motions, from the well-known Sine-Gordon equation to the simultaneous nonlinear equations, can be reproduced within a single framework.

physics.bio-ph↗

arXiv2012

The statistical properties of protein folding in the ϕ^4 theory

The statistical properties of protein folding within the ϕ^4 model are investigated. The calculation is performed using statistical mechanics and path integral method. In particular, the evolution of heat capacity in term of temperature is given for various levels of the nonlinearity of source and the strength of interaction between protein backbone and nonlinear source. It is found that the nonlinear source contributes constructively to the specific heat especially at higher temperature when it is weakly interacting with the protein backbone. This indicates increasing energy absorption as the intensity of nonlinear sources are getting greater. The simulation of protein folding dynamics within the model is also refined.

physics.bio-ph↗

arXiv2011

Dynamics of DNA breathing in the Peyrard-Bishop model with damping and external force

The impact of damping effect and external forces to the DNA breathing is investigated within the Peyrard-Bishop model. In in the continuum limit, the dynamics of the breathing of DNA is described by the forced-damped nonlinear Schrodinger equation and studied by means of variational method. The analytical solutions are obtained for special cases. It is shown that the breather propagation is decelerated in the presence of damping factor without the external force, while the envelope velocity and the amplitude increase significantly with the presence of external force. It is particularly found that the higher harmonic terms are enhanced when the periodic force is applied. It is finally argued that the external force accelerates the DNA breathing.

physics.bio-ph↗

arXiv2011

Conformation changes and protein folding induced by ϕ^4 interaction

A model to describe the mechanism of conformational dynamics in protein based on matter interactions using lagrangian approach and imposing certain symmetry breaking is proposed. Both conformation changes of proteins and the injected non-linear sources are represented by the bosonic lagrangian with an additional ϕ^4 interaction for the sources. In the model the spring tension of protein representing the internal hydrogen bonds is realized as the interactions between individual amino acids and nonlinear sources. The folding pathway is determined by the strength of nonlinear sources that propagate through the protein backbone. It is also shown that the model reproduces the results in some previous works.

physics.bio-ph↗

arXiv2011

The thermodynamic properties of Davydov-Scott's protein model in thermal bath

The thermodynamic properties of Davydov-Scott monomer contacting with thermal bath is investigated using Lindblad open quantum system formalism. The Lindblad equation is investigated through path integral method. It is found that the environmental effects contribute destructively to the specific heat, and large interaction between amide-I and amide-site is not preferred for a stable Davydov-Scott monomer.

cond-mat.stat-mech↗

arXiv2010

The effects of bio-fluid on the internal motion of DNA

The internal motions of DNA immersed in bio-fluid are investigated. The interactions between the fragments of DNA and the surrounding bio-fluid are modeled using the gauge fluid lagrangian. In the model, the bio-fluid is coupled to the standard gauge invariant bosonic lagrangian describing the DNA. It is shown that at non-relativistic limit various equation of motions, from the well-known Sine-Gordon equation to the simultaneous nonlinear equations, can be constructed within a single framework. The effects of bio-fluid are investigated for two cases : single and double stranded DNA. It is argued that the small and large amplitudes of a single stranded DNA motion immersed in bio-fluid can be explained in a natural way within the model as a solitonic wave regardless with the fluid velocity. In contrary the double stranded DNA behaves as regular or damped harmonic oscillator and is highly depending on the fluid velocity.

physics.bio-ph↗

arXiv2010

Anharmonic oscillation effect on the Davydov-Scott monomer in thermal bath

The dynamics of Davydov-Scott monomer in a thermal bath with higher order amide-site's displacement leads to anharmonic oscillation effect is investigated using full-quantum approach and the Lindblad formulation of master equation. The specific heat is calculated based on the thermodynamic partition function using the path integral method. The temperature dependence of the specific heat is studied. In the model the specific heat anomaly as pointed out in recent works by Ingold et.al is also observed. However it is found that the anomaly occurs at high temperature region, and the anharmonic oscillation restores the positivity of specific heat.

cond-mat.stat-mech↗

arXiv2009

Gauge invariant fluid lagrangian and its application to cosmology

A lagrangian for relativistic fluid systems with matters inside is developed using gauge principle. In the model, the gauge boson represents the fluid field in a form $A_μ\equiv ε_μϕ$, where $ε_μ$ contains the fluid kinematics and $ϕ$ is an auxiliary field representing the fluid distribution. This leads to a new relativistic equation of motion for fluid, but which further coincides to the classical Euler equation at non-relativistic limit. The lagrangian is applied to model homogeneous universe as a bulk pure fluid system. Taking the simplest case of fluid with radial velocity and uniform distribution, the free energy density is calculated and its behaviour around Hubble distance is discussed.

physics.flu-dyn↗

arXiv2009

Large amplitude of the internal motion of DNA immersed in bio-fluid

The interaction between large internal motion of DNA surrounded by bio-fluid is investigated. The phenomenon is modelled using the relativistic Navier-Stokes lagrangian describing the bio-fluid coupled to the standard Klein-Gordon lagrangian describing the DNA. It is shown that the equation of motion at non-relativistic limit, v << c, reproduces the well-known Sine-Gordon equation. The effect of the interaction in a single soliton solution is also given and discussed.

physics.flu-dyn↗

arXiv2008

Magnetofluid Unification in the Yang-Mills Lagrangian

The Yang-Mills magnetofluid unification is constructed using lagrangian approach by imposing certain gauge symmetry to the matter inside the fluid. The model provides a general description for relativistic fluid interacting with Abelian or non-Abelian gauge field. The differences with the hybrid magnetofluid model are discussed, and few physical consequences of this formalism are worked out.

physics.flu-dyn↗

arXiv2005

Lagrangian dynamics of the Navier-Stokes equation

Most researches on fluid dynamics are mostly dedicated to obtain the solutions of Navier-Stokes equation which governs fluid flow with particular boundary conditions and approximations. We propose an alternative approach to deal with fluid dynamics using the lagrangian. We attempt to develop a gauge invariant lagrangian which reconstructs the Navier-Stokes equation through the Euler-Lagrange equation. The lagrangian consists of gauge boson field $\A_μ$ with appropriate content describing the fluid dynamics, i.e. $\A_μ= (Φ, -\uv)$. An example of applying the lagrangian to the interaction of fluid in a solitonic medium is also given.

physics.flu-dyn↗