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F. Leyvraz

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New algebraically solvable systems of two autonomous first-order ordinary differential equations with purely quadratic right-hand sides

We identify many new solvable subcases of the general dynamical system characterized by two autonomous first-order ordinary differential equations with purely quadratic right-hand sides; the solvable character of these dynamical systems amounting to the possibility to obtain the solution of their initial value problem via algebraic operations. Equivalently---by considering the analytic continuation of these systems to complex time---their algebraically solvable character corresponds to the fact that their general solution is either singlevalued or features only a finite number of algebraic branch points as functions of complex time (the independent variable). Thus our results provide a major enlargement of the class of solvable systems beyond those with singlevalued general solution identified by Garnier about 60 years ago. An interesting property of several of these new dynamical systems is the elementary character of their general solution, identifiable as the roots of a polynomial with explicitly obtainable time-dependent coefficients. We also mention that, via a well-known time-dependent change of (dependent and independent) variables featuring the imaginary parameter $% \mathbf{i} ω$ (with $ω$ an arbitrary strictly positive real number), autonomous variants can be explicitly exhibited of each of the algebraically solvable models we identify: variants which all feature the remarkable property to be isochronous, i.e. their generic solution is periodic with a period that is a fixed integer multiple of the basic period $T=2π/ω$.

math-ph

The two-dimensional three-body problem in a strong magnetic field is integrable

The problem of $N$ particles interacting through pairwise central forces is notoriously intractable for $N\geq3$. Some quite remarkable specific cases have been solved in one dimension, whereas higher-dimensional exactly solved systems involve velocity-dependent or many-body forces. Here we show that the guiding center approximation---valid for charges moving in two dimensions in a strong constant magnetic field---simplifies the three-body problem for an arbitrary interparticle interaction invariant under rotations and translations and makes it solvable by quadratures. This includes a broad variety of special cases, such as that of three particles interacting through arbitrary pairwise central potentials. A spinorial representation for the system is introduced, which allows a visualization of its phase space as the corresponding Bloch sphere as well as the identification of a Berry-Hannay rotational anholonomy. Finally, a brief discussion of the quantization of the problem is presented.

math-ph

Correlations between spectra with different symmetry: any chance to be observed?

A standard assumption in quantum chaology is the absence of correlation between spectra pertaining to different symmetries. Doubts were raised about this statement for several reasons, in particular, because in semiclassics spectra of different symmetry are expressed in terms of the same set of periodic orbits. We reexamine this question and find absence of correlation in the universal regime. In the case of continuous symmetry the problem is reduced to parametric correlation, and we expect correlations to be present up to a certain time which is essentially classical but larger than the ballistic time.

nlin.CD

Surprising relations between parametric level correlations and fidelity decay

Unexpected relations between fidelity decay and cross form--factor, i.e., parametric level correlations in the time domain are found both by a heuristic argument and by comparing exact results, using supersymmetry techniques, in the framework of random matrix theory. A power law decay near Heisenberg time, as a function of the relevant parameter, is shown to be at the root of revivals recently discovered for fidelity decay. For cross form--factors the revivals are illustrated by a numerical study of a multiply kicked Ising spin chain.

nlin.CD

Violation of the Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics in Systems with Negative Specific Heat

We show that systems with negative specific heat can violate the zeroth law of thermodynamics. By both numerical simulations and by using exact expressions for free energy and microcanonical entropy it is shown that if two systems with the same intensive parameters but with negative specific heat are thermally coupled, they undergo a process in which the total entropy increases irreversibly. The final equilibrium is such that two phases appear, that is, the subsystems have different magnetizations and internal energies at temperatures which are equal in both systems, but that can be different from the initial temperature.

cond-mat.stat-mech

A trivial observation on time reversal in random matrix theory

It is commonly thought that a state-dependent quantity, after being averaged over a classical ensemble of random Hamiltonians, will always become independent of the state. We point out that this is in general incorrect: if the ensemble of Hamiltonians is time reversal invariant, and the quantity involves the state in higher than bilinear order, then we show that the quantity is only a constant over the orbits of the invariance group on the Hilbert space. Examples include fidelity and decoherence in appropriate models.

quant-ph

Equilibrium statistical mechanics for single waves and wave spectra in Langmuir wave-particle interaction

Under the conditions of weak Langmuir turbulence, a self-consistent wave-particle Hamiltonian models the effective nonlinear interaction of a spectrum of M waves with N resonant out-of-equilibrium tail electrons. In order to address its intrinsically nonlinear time-asymptotic behavior, a Monte Carlo code was built to estimate its equilibrium statistical mechanics in both the canonical and microcanonical ensembles. First the single wave model is considered in the cold beam/plasma instability and in the O'Neil setting for nonlinear Landau damping. O'Neil's threshold, that separates nonzero time-asymptotic wave amplitude states from zero ones, is associated to a second order phase transition. These two studies provide both a testbed for the Monte Carlo canonical and microcanonical codes, with the comparison with exact canonical results, and an opportunity to propose quantitative results to longstanding issues in basic nonlinear plasma physics. Then the properly speaking weak turbulence framework is considered through the case of a large spectrum of waves. Focusing on the small coupling limit, as a benchmark for the statistical mechanics of weak Langmuir turbulence, it is shown that Monte Carlo microcanonical results fully agree with an exact microcanonical derivation. The wave spectrum is predicted to collapse towards small wavelengths together with the escape of initially resonant particles towards low bulk plasma thermal speeds. This study reveals the fundamental discrepancy between the long-time dynamics of single waves, that can support finite amplitude steady states, and of wave spectra, that cannot.

physics.plasm-ph

Rigorous results in the scaling theory of irreversible aggregation kinetics

The kinetic equations describing irreversible aggregation and the scaling approach developed to describe them in the limit of large times and large sizes are tersely reviewed. Next, a system is considered in which aggregates can only react with aggregates of their own size. The existence of a scaling solution of the kinetic equations can then be shown rigorously in the case in which the total mass of the system is conserved. A large number of detailed properties of the solution, previously predicted by qualitative arguments, can be shown rigorously as well in this system. In the case in which gelation occurs, some sketchy rigorous results are shown, and numerical evidence for the existence of a scaling solution is presented. These are the first explicit examples of typical scaling behaviour for systems exhibiting gelation.

math-ph

Wigner--Dyson statistics for a class of integrable models

We construct an ensemble of second--quantized Hamiltonians with two bosonic degrees of freedom, whose members display with probability one GOE or GUE statistics. Nevertheless, these Hamiltonians have a second integral of motion, namely the boson number, and thus are integrable. To construct this ensemble we use some ``reverse engineering'' starting from the fact that $n$--bosons in a two--level system with random interactions have an integrable classical limit by the old Heisenberg association of boson operators to actions and angles. By choosing an $n$--body random interaction and degenerate levels we end up with GOE or GUE Hamiltonians. Ergodicity of these ensembles completes the example.

nlin.CD

Scaling Theory and Exactly Solved Models In the Kinetics of Irreversible Aggregation

The scaling theory of irreversible aggregation is discussed in some detail. First, we review the general theory in the simplest case of binary reactions. We then extend consideration to ternary reactions, multispecies aggregation, inhomogeneous situations with arbitrary size dependent diffusion constants as well as arbitrary production terms. A precise formulation of the scaling hypothesis is given as well as a general theory of crossover phenomena. The consequences of this definition are described at length. The specific issues arising in the case in which an infinite cluster forms at finite times (the so-called gelling case) are discussed, in order to address discrepancies between theory and recent numerical work. Finally, a large number of exactly solved models are reviewed extensively with a view to pointing out precisely in which sense the scaling hypothesis holds in these various models. It is shown that the specific definition given here will give good results for almost all cases. On the other hand, we show that it is usually possible to find counterexamples to stronger formulations of the scaling hypothesis.

cond-mat.stat-mech

Fluctuation-Dissipation Theorem for Metastable Systems

We show that an appropriately defined fluctuation-dissipation theorem, connecting generalized susceptibilities and time correlation functions, is valid for times shorter than the nucleation time of the metastable state of Markovian systems satisfying detailed balance. This is done by assuming that such systems can be described by a superposition of the ground and first excited states of the master equation. We corroborate our results numerically for the metastable states of a two-dimensional Ising model.

cond-mat.stat-mech

Phase shift experiments identifying Kramers doublets in a chaotic superconducting microwave billiard of threefold symmetry

The spectral properties of a two-dimensional microwave billiard showing threefold symmetry have been studied with a new experimental technique. This method is based on the behavior of the eigenmodes under variation of a phase shift between two input channels, which strongly depends on the symmetries of the eigenfunctions. Thereby a complete set of 108 Kramers doublets has been identified by a simple and purely experimental method. This set clearly shows Gaussian unitary ensemble statistics, although the system is time-reversal invariant.

nlin.CD

Transport properties of a modified Lorentz gas

We present a detailed study of the first simple mechanical system that shows fully realistic transport behavior while still being exactly solvable at the level of equilibrium statistical mechanics. The system under consideration is a Lorentz gas with fixed freely-rotating circular scatterers interacting with point particles via perfectly rough collisions. Upon imposing a temperature and/or a chemical potential gradient, a stationary state is attained for which local thermal equilibrium holds for low values of the imposed gradients. Transport in this system is normal, in the sense that the transport coefficients which characterize the flow of heat and matter are finite in the thermodynamic limit. Moreover, the two flows are non-trivially coupled, satisfying Onsager's reciprocity relations to within numerical accuracy as well as the Green-Kubo relations . We further show numerically that an applied electric field causes the same currents as the corresponding chemical potential gradient in first order of the applied field. Puzzling discrepancies in higher order effects (Joule heating) are also observed. Finally, the role of entropy production in this purely Hamiltonian system is shortly discussed.

cond-mat.stat-mech

Fluctuations of wave functions about their classical average

Quantum-classical correspondence for the average shape of eigenfunctions and the local spectral density of states are well-known facts. In this paper, the fluctuations that quantum mechanical wave functions present around the classical value are discussed. A simple random matrix model leads to a Gaussian distribution of the amplitudes. We compare this prediction with numerical calculations in chaotic models of coupled quartic oscillators. The expectation is broadly confirmed, but deviations due to scars are observed.

nlin.CD

Transition from Gaussian-orthogonal to Gaussian-unitary ensemble in a microwave billiard with threefold symmetry

Recently it has been shown that time-reversal invariant systems with discrete symmetries may display in certain irreducible subspaces spectral statistics corresponding to the Gaussian unitary ensemble (GUE) rather than to the expected orthogonal one (GOE). A Kramers type degeneracy is predicted in such situations. We present results for a microwave billiard with a threefold rotational symmetry and with the option to display or break a reflection symmetry. This allows us to observe the change from GOE to GUE statistics for one subset of levels. Since it was not possible to separate the three subspectra reliably, the number variances for the superimposed spectra were studied. The experimental results are compared with a theoretical and numerical study considering the effects of level splitting and level loss.

nlin.CD

Inhomogeneous Quasi-stationary States in a Mean-field Model with Repulsive Cosine Interactions

The system of N particles moving on a circle and interacting via a global repulsive cosine interaction is well known to display spatially inhomogeneous structures of extraordinary stability starting from certain low energy initial conditions. The object of this paper is to show in a detailed manner how these structures arise and to explain their stability. By a convenient canonical transformation we rewrite the Hamiltonian in such a way that fast and slow variables are singled out and the canonical coordinates of a collective mode are naturally introduced. If, initially, enough energy is put in this mode, its decay can be extremely slow. However, both analytical arguments and numerical simulations suggest that these structures eventually decay to the spatially uniform equilibrium state, although this can happen on impressively long time scales. Finally, we heuristically introduce a one-particle time dependent Hamiltonian that well reproduces most of the observed phenomenology.

cond-mat.stat-mech

Scaling Theory for Migration-Driven Aggregate Growth

We give a comprehensive rate equation description for the irreversible growth of aggregates by migration from small to large aggregates. For a homogeneous rate K(i;j) at which monomers migrate from aggregates of size i to those of size j, that is, K(ai;aj) ~ a^{lambda} K(i,j), the mean aggregate size grows with time as t^{1/(2-lambda)} for lambda<2. The aggregate size distribution exhibits distinct regimes of behavior which are controlled by the scaling properties of the migration rate from the smallest to the largest aggregates. Our theory applies to diverse phenomena, such as the distribution of city populations, late stage coarsening of non-symmetric binary systems, and models for wealth exchange.

cond-mat.stat-mech

Ensemble inequivalence: A formal approach

Ensemble inequivalence has been observed in several systems. In particular it has been recently shown that negative specific heat can arise in the microcanonical ensemble in the thermodynamic limit for systems with long-range interactions. We display a connection between such behaviour and a mean-field like structure of the partition function. Since short-range models cannot display this kind of behaviour, this strongly suggests that such systems are necessarily non-mean field in the sense indicated here. We further show that a broad class of systems with non-integrable interactions are indeed of mean-field type in the sense specified, so that they are expected to display ensemble inequivalence as well as the peculiar behaviour described above in the microcanonical ensemble.

cond-mat.stat-mech