Thermodynamic Cross-Effects from Dynamical SystemsWe give a thermodynamically consistent description of simultaneous heat and particle transport, as well as of the associated cross-effects, in the framework of a chaotic dynamical system, a…Laszlo Matyas, Tamas Tel, Jurgen Vollmer·Dec 20, 1999SaveLearn
Differentiability Implies Continuity in Neuronal DynamicsRecent work has identified nonlinear deterministic structure in neuronal dynamics using periodic orbit theory. Troublesome in this work were the significant periods of time where no periodic orbits…Joseph T. Francis, Paul So, Bruce J. Gluckman et al.·Dec 18, 1999SaveLearn
Experimental improvement of chaotic synchronization due to multiplicative time-correlated Gaussian noiseThe effect of time-correlated zero-mean Gaussian noise on chaotic synchronization is analyzed experimentally in small-size arrays of Chua's circuits. Depending on the correlation time, an…V. Perez-Munuzuri, M. N. Lorenzo·Dec 17, 1999SaveLearn
Transition to Chaotic Phase Synchronization through Random Phase JumpsPhase synchronization is shown to occur between opposite cells of a ring consisting of chaotic Lorenz oscillators coupled unidirectionally through driving. As the coupling strength is diminished,…D. Pazo, I. P. Marino, V. Perez-Munuzuri et al.·Dec 15, 1999SaveLearn
Anomalous scaling in a shell model of helical turbulenceIn a helical flow there is a subrange of the inertial range in which there is a cascade of both energy and helicity. In this range the scaling exponents associated with the cascade of helicity can be…P. D. Ditlevsen, P. Giuliani·Dec 15, 1999SaveLearn
Periodic-Orbit Theory of Anderson Localization on GraphsWe present the first quantum system where Anderson localization is completely described within periodic-orbit theory. The model is a quantum graph analogous to an a-periodic Kronig-Penney model in…Holger Schanz, Uzy Smilansky·Dec 15, 1999SaveLearn
Critical behavior of vorticity in two-dimensional turbulenceWe point out some similitudes between the statistics of high Reynolds number turbulence and critical phenomena. An analogy is developed for two-dimensional decaying flows, in particular by studying…Denis Boyer·Dec 14, 1999SaveLearn
Ultrasound scattering and the study of vortex correlations in disordered flowsIn 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…Denis Boyer, Fernando Lund·Dec 14, 1999SaveLearn
Characteristic Relations of Type-I Intermittency in the Presence of NoiseNear the point of tangent bifurcation, the scaling properties of the laminar length of type-I intermittency are investigated in the presence of noise. Based on analytic and numerical studies, we show…Won-Ho Kye, Chil-Min Kim·Dec 13, 1999SaveLearn
The boundary integral method for magnetic billiardsWe introduce a boundary integral method for two-dimensional quantum billiards subjected to a constant magnetic field. It allows to calculate spectra and wave functions, in particular at strong fields…Klaus Hornberger, Uzy Smilansky·Dec 13, 1999SaveLearn
Turbulent 4-wave Interaction of Two Type of WavesWe consider turbulent 4-wave interaction of two types of waves: acoustic waves (dispersion ω= k) and electromagnetic-type waves (dispersion Ω2 = m2 + p2). For large wave vectors ( k m),…Maxim Lyutikov·Dec 13, 1999SaveLearn
Extraction of information about periodic orbits from scattering functionsAs a contribution to the inverse scattering problem for classical chaotic systems, we show that one can select sequences of intervals of continuity, each of which yields the information about period,…Thomas Bütikofer, Christof Jung, Thomas H. Seligman·Dec 13, 1999SaveLearn
The Nose-hoover thermostated Lorentz gasWe apply the Nose-Hoover thermostat and three variations of it, which control different combinations of velocity moments, to the periodic Lorentz gas. Switching on an external electric field leads to…K. Rateitschak, R. Klages, W. G. Hoover·Dec 10, 1999SaveLearn
Generalized Stable Multivariate Distribution and Anisotropic DilationsAfter having closely re-examined the notion of a L\'evy's stable vector, it is shown that the notion of a stable multivariate distribution is more general than previously defined. Indeed, a more…D. Schertzer, M. Larcheveque, J. Duan et al.·Dec 9, 1999SaveLearn
Differential light scattering: probing the sonoluminescence collapseWe have developed a light scattering technique based on differential measurement and polarization (differential light scattering, DLS) capable in principle of retrieving timing information with…G. Vacca, R. D. Morgan, R. B. Laughlin·Dec 9, 1999SaveLearn
The effect of forcing on the spatial structure and spectra of chaotically advected passive scalarsThe stationary distribution of passive tracers chaotically advected by a two-dimensional large-scale flow is investigated. The tracer field is force by resetting the value of the tracer in certain…Zoltan Neufeld, Peter H. Haynes, Guillemette Picard·Dec 9, 1999SaveLearn
Bifurcation analysis of the plane sheet pinchA numerical bifurcation analysis of the electrically driven plane sheet pinch is presented. The electrical conductivity varies across the sheet such as to allow instability of the quiescent basic…Joerg Schumacher, Norbert Seehafer·Dec 9, 1999SaveLearn
Quantum-classical correspondence and nonclassical states generation in dissipative quantum optical systemsWe develop a semiclassical method for the determination of the nonlinear dynamics of dissipative quantum optical systems in the limit of large number of photons N, based on the 1/N-expansion and the…Kirill N. Alekseev, Natasha V. Alekseeva, Jan Perina·Dec 9, 1999SaveLearn
Algebraic Entropy of Birational Maps with Invariant CurvesThe relevance of the algebraic entropy in the study of birational discrete time dynamical systems highlights the need to relate it to other characteristics of these systems. In this letter, two…M. P. Bellon·Dec 8, 1999SaveLearn
Universality classes for self-similarity of noiseless multi-dimensional Burgers turbulence and interface growthThe present work is devoted to the evolution of random solutions of the unforced Burgers and KPZ equations in d-dimensions in the limit of vanishing viscosity. We consider a cellular model and as…S. N. Gurbatov·Dec 8, 1999SaveLearn
From Generalized Synchrony to Topological Decoherence: Emergent Sets in Coupled Chaotic SystemsWe consider the evolution of the unstable periodic orbit structure of coupled chaotic systems. This involves the creation of a complicated set outside of the synchronization manifold (the emergent…E. Barreto, P. So, B. J. Gluckman et al.·Dec 7, 1999SaveLearn
Quantum Resonances and Regularity Islands in Quantum MapsWe 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…V. V. Sokolov, O. V. Zhirov, D. Alonso et al.·Dec 7, 1999SaveLearn
Dynamic bifurcations: hysteresis, scaling laws and feedback controlWe review some properties of dynamical systems with slowly varying parameters, when a parameter is moved through a bifurcation point of the static system. Bifurcations with a single zero eigenvalue…N. Berglund·Dec 6, 1999SaveLearn
An exit-time approach to ε-entropyAn efficient approach to the calculation of the ε-entropy is proposed. The method is based on the idea of looking at the information content of a string of data, by analyzing the signal only at the…M. Abel, L. Biferale, M. Cencini et al.·Dec 3, 1999SaveLearn
Reconstruction of systems with delayed feedback: (II) ApplicationWe apply a recently proposed method for the analysis of time series from systems with delayed feedback to experimental data generated by a CO2 laser. The method is able to estimate the delay time…M. J. Bünner, M. Ciofini, A. Giaquinta et al.·Dec 3, 1999SaveLearn