3 papers
nlin.CD2026
Shock Wave in the Beirut Explosion: Theory and Video Analysis
Adam J. Czarnecki, Andrzej Czarnecki, Raquel Secrist +1
Videos of the 2020 Beirut explosion offer a rare opportunity to see a shock wave. We summarize the non-linear theory of a weak shock, derive the Landau-Whitham formula for the thic…
hep-ph2025
False-vacuum decay and flaws in Frampton's model of the origin of life
Andrzej Czarnecki, Jishnu Khanna
We briefly review false-vacuum decay and examine a recent proposal by Frampton to model the origin of the first single-celled organism (SCO) as a phase transition between no-life a…
astro-ph.SR2025
Solar fusion III: New data and theory for hydrogen-burning stars
B. Acharya, M. Aliotta, A. B. Balantekin +47
In stars that lie on the main sequence in the Hertzsprung-Russel diagram, like our sun, hydrogen is fused to helium in a number of nuclear reaction chains and series, such as the p…