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Anisotropic non-perturbative zero modes for passively advected magnetic fields

A first analytic assessment of the role of anisotropic corrections to the isotropic anomalous scaling exponents is given for the $d$-dimensional kinematic magneto-hydrodynamics problem in the presence of a mean magnetic field. The velocity advecting the magnetic field changes very rapidly in time and scales with a positive exponent $ξ$. Inertial-range anisotropic contributions to the scaling exponents, $ζ_j$, of second-order magnetic correlations are associated to zero modes and have been calculated non-perturbatively. For $d=3$, the limit $ξ\mapsto 0$ yields $\protect{ζ_j=j-2+ ξ(2j^3 +j^2 -5 j - 4)/[2(4 j^2 - 1)]} $ where $j$ ($j\geq 2$) is the order in the Legendre polynomial decomposition applied to correlation functions. Conjectures on the fact that anisotropic components cannot change the isotropic threshold to the dynamo effect are also made.

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Two-finger selection theory in the Saffman-Taylor problem

We find that solvability theory selects a set of stationary solutions of the Saffman-Taylor problem with coexistence of two \it unequal \rm fingers advancing with the same velocity but with different relative widths $λ_1$ and $λ_2$ and different tip positions. For vanishingly small dimensionless surface tension $d_0$, an infinite discrete set of values of the total filling fraction $λ= λ_1 + λ_2$ and of the relative individual finger width $p=λ_1/λ_2$ are selected out of a two-parameter continuous degeneracy. They scale as $λ-1/2 \sim d_0^{2/3}$ and $|p-1/2| \sim d_0^{1/3}$. The selected values of $λ$ differ from those of the single finger case. Explicit approximate expressions for both spectra are given.

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Phase ordering in chaotic map lattices with conserved dynamics

Dynamical scaling in a two-dimensional lattice model of chaotic maps, in contact with a thermal bath, is numerically studied. The model here proposed is equivalent to a conserved Ising model with coupligs which fluctuate over the same time scale as spin moves. When couplings fluctuations and thermal fluctuations are both important, this model does not belong to the class of universality of a Langevin equation known as model B; the scaling exponents are continuously varying with the temperature and depend on the map used. The universal behavior of model B is recovered when thermal fluctuations are dominant.

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About coherent structures in random shell models for passive scalar advection

A study of anomalous scaling in models of passive scalar advection in terms of singular coherent structures is proposed. The stochastic dynamical system considered is a shell model reformulation of Kraichnan model. We extend the method introduced in \cite{DDG99} to the calculation of self-similar instantons and we show how such objects, being the most singular events, are appropriate to capture asymptotic scaling properties of the scalar field. Preliminary results concerning the statistical weight of fluctuations around these optimal configurations are also presented.

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Differential light scattering: probing the sonoluminescence collapse

We have developed a light scattering technique based on differential measurement and polarization (differential light scattering, DLS) capable in principle of retrieving timing information with picosecond resolution without the need for fast electronics. DLS was applied to sonoluminescence, duplicating known results (sharp turnaround, self-similar collapse); the resolution was limited by intensity noise to about 0.5 ns. Preliminary evidence indicates a smooth turnaround on a time scale of a few hundred picoseconds, and suggests the existence of subnanosecond features within a few nanoseconds of the turnaround.

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Strange attractor for the renormalization flow for invariant tori of Hamiltonian systems with two generic frequencies

We analyze the stability of invariant tori for Hamiltonian systems with two degrees of freedom by constructing a transformation that combines Kolmogorov-Arnold-Moser theory and renormalization-group techniques. This transformation is based on the continued fraction expansion of the frequency of the torus. We apply this transformation numerically for arbitrary frequencies that contain bounded entries in the continued fraction expansion. We give a global picture of renormalization flow for the stability of invariant tori, and we show that the properties of critical (and near critical) tori can be obtained by analyzing renormalization dynamics around a single hyperbolic strange attractor. We compute the fractal diagram, i.e., the critical coupling as a function of the frequencies, associated with a given one-parameter family.

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Lyapunov exponents and Kolmogorov-Sinai entropy for a high-dimensional convex billiard

We compute the Lyapunov exponents and the Kolmogorov-Sinai (KS) entropy for a self-bound N-body system that is realized as a convex billiard. This system exhibits truly high-dimensional chaos, and 2N-4 Lyapunov exponents are found to be positive. The KS entropy increases linearly with the numbers of particles. We examine the chaos generating defocusing mechanism and investigate how high-dimensional chaos develops in this system with no dispersing elements.

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Linear and nonlinear time series analysis of the black hole candidate Cygnus X-1

We analyze the variability in the X-ray lightcurves of the black hole candidate Cygnus X-1 by linear and nonlinear time series analysis methods. While a linear model describes the over-all second order properties of the observed data well, surrogate data analysis reveals a significant deviation from linearity. We discuss the relation between shot noise models usually applied to analyze these data and linear stochastic autoregressive models. We debate statistical and interpretational issues of surrogate data testing for the present context. Finally, we suggest a combination of tools from linear andnonlinear time series analysis methods as a procedure to test the predictions of astrophysical models on observed data.

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Pdf's of Derivatives and Increments for Decaying Burgers Turbulence

A Lagrangian method is used to show that the power-law with a -7/2 exponent in the negative tail of the pdf of the velocity gradient and of velocity increments, predicted by E, Khanin, Mazel and Sinai (1997 Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 1904) for forced Burgers turbulence, is also present in the unforced case. The theory is extended to the second-order space derivative whose pdf has power-law tails with exponent -2 at both large positive and negative values and to the time derivatives. Pdf's of space and time derivatives have the same (asymptotic) functional forms. This is interpreted in terms of a "random Taylor hypothesis".

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Decaying magnetohydrodynamics: effects of initial conditions

We study the effects of homogenous and isotropic initial conditions on decaying Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD). We show that for an initial distribution of velocity and magnetic field fluctuations, appropriately defined structure functions decay as power law in time. We also show that for a suitable choice of initial cross-correlations between velocity and magnetic fields even order structure functions acquire anomalous scaling in time where as scaling exponents of the odd order structure functions remain unchanged. We discuss our results in the context of fully developed MHD turbulence.

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Ultrasound scattering and the study of vortex correlations in disordered flows

In an idealized way, some turbulent flows can be pictured by assemblies of many vortices characterized by a set of particle distribution functions. Ultrasound provide an useful, nonintrusive, tool to study the spatial structure of vorticity in flows. This is analogous to the use of elastic neutron scattering to determine liquid structure. We express the dispersion relation, as well as the scattering cross section, of sound waves propagating in a ``liquid'' of identical vortices as a function of vortex pair correlation functions. In two dimensions, formal analogies with ionic liquids are pointed out.

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Excited Eigenstates and Strength Functions for Isolated Systems of Interacting Particles

Eigenstates in finite systems such as nuclei, atoms, atomic clusters and quantum dots with few excited particles are chaotic superpositions of shell model basis states. We study criterion for the equilibrium distribution of basis components (ergodicity, or Quantum Chaos), effects of level density variation and transition from the Breit-Wigner to the Gaussian shape of eigenstates and strength functions. In the model of $n$ interacting particles distributed over $m$ orbitals, the shape is given by the Breit-Wigner function with the width in the form of gaussian dependence on energy.

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Critical states of transient chaos

One-dimensional maps exhibiting transient chaos and defined on two preimages of the unit interval [0,1] are investigated. It is shown that such maps have continuously many conditionally invariant measures $μ_σ$ scaling at the fixed point at x=0 as $x^σ$, but smooth elsewhere. Here $σ$ should be smaller than a critical value $σ_{c}$ that is related to the spectral properties of the Frobenius-Perron operator. The corresponding natural measures are proven to be entirely concentrated on the fixed point.

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Energy dissipation statistics in a shell model of turbulence

The Reynolds number dependence of the statistics of energy dissipation is investigated in a shell model of fully developed turbulence. The results are in agreement with a model which accounts for fluctuations of the dissipative scale with the intensity of energy dissipation. It is shown that the assumption of a fixed dissipative scale leads to a different scaling with Reynolds which is not compatible with numerical results.

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Solitary waves in nonequilibrium molecular dynamics simulations of heat flow in one-dimensional lattices

We study the use of the Evans Nonequilibrium Molecular Dynamics (NEMD) heat flow algorithm for the computation of the heat conductivity in one-dimensional lattices. For the well-known Fermi-Pasta-Ulam (FPU) model, it is shown that when the heat field strength is greater than a certain critical value (which depends on the system size) solitons can be generated in molecular dynamics simulations starting from random initial conditions. Such solitons are stable and travel with supersonic speeds. For smaller heat fields, no solitons are generated in the molecular dynamics simulations; the heat conductivity obtained via the NEMD algorithm increases monotonically with the size of the system.

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Numerical study of a three-dimensional generalized stadium billiard

We study a generalized three-dimensional stadium billiard and present strong numerical evidence that this system is completely chaotic. In this convex billiard chaos is generated by the defocusing mechanism. The construction of this billiard uses cylindrical components as the focusing elements and thereby differs from the recent approach pioneered by Bunimovich and Rehacek [Commun. Math. Phys. 189, 729 (1997)]. We investigate the stability of lower-dimensional invariant manifolds and discuss bouncing ball modes.

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Quantum Resonances and Regularity Islands in Quantum Maps

We study analytically as well as numerically the dynamics of a quantum map near a quantum resonance of an order q. The map is embedded into a continuous unitary transformation generated by a time-independent quasi-Hamiltonian. Such a Hamiltonian generates at the very point of the resonance a local gauge transformation described the unitary unimodular group SU(q). The resonant energy growth of is attributed to the zero Liouville eigenmodes of the generator in the adjoint representation of the group while the non-zero modes yield saturating with time contribution. In a vicinity of a given resonance, the quasi-Hamiltonian is then found in the form of power expansion with respect to the detuning from the resonance. The problem is related in this way to the motion along a circle in a (q^2-1)-component inhomogeneous "magnetic" field of a quantum particle with $q$ intrinsic degrees of freedom described by the SU(q) group. This motion is in parallel with the classical phase oscillations near a non-linear resonance. The most important role is played by the resonances with the orders much smaller than the typical localization length, q << l. Such resonances master for exponentially long though finite times the motion in some domains around them. Explicit analytical solution is possible for a few lowest and strongest resonances.

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Quantum Algorithmic Integrability: The Metaphor of Polygonal Billiards

An elementary application of Algorithmic Complexity Theory to the polygonal approximations of curved billiards-integrable and chaotic-unveils the equivalence of this problem to the procedure of quantization of classical systems: the scaling relations for the average complexity of symbolic trajectories are formally the same as those governing the semi-classical limit of quantum systems. Two cases-the circle, and the stadium-are examined in detail, and are presented as paradigms.

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