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D. Petrov

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Asteroid (3200) Phaethon: results of polarimetric, photometric, and spectral observations

We present results of polarimetric, photometric, and spectral observations of the near-Earth asteroid (3200) Phaethon carried out at the 6-m BTA telescope of the Special Astrophysical Observatory and the 2.6-m and 1.25-m telescopes of the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory over a wide range of phase angles during its close approach to the Earth at the end of 2017 (19-135 deg) and in 2020 at α= 52.2 deg. Using our and other available in literature data, we found that the maximum degree of linear polarization of Phaethon in the V band is 45% at the phase angle 124 deg. Using the dependence (polarimetric slope-albedo) we have found the geometric albedo of asteroid Phaethon to be 0.06. This value falls into the lower range of albedo values for asteroids determined by different methods. The mean color indices U-B=0.207 and B-V=0.639 of the asteroid are derived at heliocentric and geocentric distances 1.077 au and 0.102 au, respectively. The effective diameter of Phaethon is estimated from obtained absolute magnitude and geometrical albedo, it is equal to 6.8 km. The best fit to the observed polarimetric data was obtained with the Sh-matrix model of conjugated random Gaussian particles composed of Mg-rich silicate (90%) and amorphous carbon (10%).

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A Review Of Two Novel Numerical Methods in QFT

We outline two alternative schemes to perform numerical calculations in quantum field theory. In principle, both of these approaches are better suited to study phase structure than conventional Monte Carlo. The first method, Source Galerkin, is based on a numerical analysis of the Schwinger-Dyson equations using modern computer techniques. The nature of this approach makes dealing with fermions relatively straightforward, particularly since we can work on the continuum. Its ultimate success in non-trivial dimensions will depend on the power of a propagator expansion scheme which also greatly simplifies numerical calculation of traditional perturbation graphs. The second method extends Monte Carlo approaches by introducing a procedure to deal with rapidly oscillating integrals.

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A Test of The Source Galerkin Method

Some results of the ongoing development of our Source Galerkin (SG) nonperturbative approach to numerically solving Quantum Field theories are presented. This technique has the potential to be much faster than Monte Carlo methods. SG uses known symmetries and theoretical properties of a theory. In order to test this approach, we applied it to phi^4 theory in zero dimensions. This model has been extensively studied and has a known set of exact solutions. This allows us to broaden the understanding of various properties of the SG method and to develop techniques necessary for the successful application of this method to more sophisticated theories.

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Numerical Quantum Field Theory on the Continuum and a New Look at Perturbation Theory

The Source Galerkin method finds approximate solutions to the functional differential equations of field theories in the presence of external sources. While developing this process, it was recognized that approximations of the spectral representations of the Green's functions by Sinc function expansions are an extremely powerful calculative tool. Specifically, this understanding makes it not only possible to apply the Source Galerkin method to higher dimensional field theories, but also leads to a new approach to perturbation theory calculations in scalar and fermionic field theories. This report summarizes the methodologies for solving quantum field theories with the Source Galerkin method and for performing perturbation theory calculations using Sinc approximations.

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