Bounded Gain of Energy on the Breathing Circle BilliardThe Breathing Circle is a 2-dimensional generalization of the Fermi Accelerator. It is shown that the billiard map associated to this model has invariant curves in phase space, implying that any…Sylvie Oliffson Kamphorst, Sonia Pinto de Carvalho·Nov 23, 1998SaveLearn
Simulation of a Dripping FaucetWe present a simulation of a dripping faucet system. A new algorithm based on Lagrangian description is introduced. The shape of drop falling from a faucet obtained by the present algorithm agrees…Nobuko Fuchikami, Shunya Ishioka, Ken Kiyono·Nov 21, 1998SaveLearn
Multiscale velocity correlation in turbulence: experiments, numerical simulations, synthetic signalsMultiscale correlation functions in high Reynolds number experimental turbulence, numerical simulations and synthetic signals are investigated. Fusion Rules predictions as they arise from…R. Benzi, L. Biferale, G. Ruiz-Chavarria et al.·Nov 21, 1998SaveLearn
On the Statistics of Small Scale Turbulence and its UniversalityWe present a method how to estimate from experimental data of a turbulent velocity field the drift and the diffusion coefficient of a Fokker-Planck equation. It is shown that solutions of this…Ch. Renner, B. Reisner, St. Lück et al.·Nov 16, 1998SaveLearn
Chaotic scattering from pinball machine like systemsWe study a model inspired by the pinball machine involving chaotic scattering of particles on hard disks with inelasticity. This system exhibits sensitivity not only on the initial conditions of the…Constantia Alexandrou, Iacovos Kyprianou·Nov 14, 1998SaveLearn
Resonant dynamics of the H atom in an elliptically polarized microwave fieldThe dynamics of Rydberg states of atomic hydrogen driven by elliptically polarized microwaves of frequency fulfilling 2:1 classical resonance condition is investigated both semiclassically and…Krzysztof Sacha, Jakub Zakrzewski·Nov 13, 1998SaveLearn
A semiclassical theory of quantum noise in open chaotic systemsWe consider the quantum evolution of classically chaotic systems in contact with surroundings. Based on -scaling of an equation for time evolution of the Wigner's quasi-probability…B. C. Bag, S. Chaudhuri, J. Ray Chaudhuri et al.·Nov 13, 1998SaveLearn
Definition of fractal measures arising from fractional calculusIt is wellknown that the ordinary calculus is inadequate to handle fractal structures and processes and another suitable calculus needs to be developed for this purpose. Recently it was realized that…Kiran M. Kolwankar, Anil D. Gangal·Nov 12, 1998SaveLearn
Influence of phase space localization on the energy diffusion in a quantum chaotic billiardThe quantum dynamics of a chaotic billiard with moving boundary is considered in this work. We found a shape parameter Hamiltonian expansion which enables us to obtain the spectrum of the deformed…D. A. Wisniacki, E. Vergini·Nov 10, 1998SaveLearn
On the strong anomalous diffusionThe superdiffusion behavior, i.e. <x2(t)> t2 ν, with ν> 1/2, in general is not completely characherized by a unique exponent. We study some systems exhibiting strong anomalous diffusion,…P. Castiglione, A. Mazzino, P. Muratore-Ginanneschi et al.·Nov 9, 1998SaveLearn
Synchronous Behavior of Two Coupled Biological NeuronsWe report experimental studies of synchronization phenomena in a pair of biological neurons that interact through naturally occurring, electrical coupling. When these neurons generate irregular…Robert C. Elson, Allen I. Selverston, Ramon Huerta et al.·Nov 5, 1998SaveLearn
Cascades of energy and helicity in the GOY shell model of turbulenceThe effect of extreme hyperviscous damping, νknp, p=∞ is studied numerically in the GOY shell model of turbulence. It has resently been demonstrated [Leveque and She, Phys. Rev. Lett,…P. D. Ditlevsen·Nov 4, 1998SaveLearn
Studies of fractal structures and processes using methods of fractional calculusThe thesis deals with applications of fractional calculus to fractals. It introduces the notion of local fractional derivative (LFD). Fractal and multifractal functions have been studied in the…Kiran M. Kolwankar·Nov 4, 1998SaveLearn
Anomalous oscillations of average transient lifetimes near crisesIt is common that the average length of chaotic transients appearing as a consequence of crises in dynamical systems obeys a power low of scaling with the distance from the crisis point. It is,…Krzysztof Kacperski, Janusz A. Holyst·Nov 3, 1998SaveLearn
Cascades and statistical equilibrium in shell models of turbulenceWe study the GOY shell model simulating the cascade processes of turbulent flow. The model has two inviscid invariants governing the dynamical behavior. Depending on the choice of interaction…P. D. Ditlevsen, I. A. Mogensen·Nov 2, 1998SaveLearn
Phase slips and phase synchronization of coupled oscillatorsThe behaviors of coupled oscillators, each of which has periodic motion with random natural frequency in the absence of coupling, are investigated. Some novel collective phenomena are revealed. At…Zhigang Zheng, Gang Hu, Bambi Hu·Oct 31, 1998SaveLearn
Trace formulas for stochastic evolution operators: Smooth conjugation methodThe trace formula for the evolution operator associated with nonlinear stochastic flows with weak additive noise is cast in the path integral formalism. We integrate over the neighborhood of a given…Predrag Cvitanovic, C. P. Dettmann, Ronnie Mainieri et al.·Oct 30, 1998SaveLearn
Entropy Production in Non-Linear, Thermally Driven Hamiltonian SystemsWe consider a finite chain of non-linear oscillators coupled at its ends to two infinite heat baths which are at different temperatures. Using our earlier results about the existence of a stationary…Jean-Pierre Eckmann, Claude-Alain Pillet, Luc Rey-Bellet·Oct 30, 1998SaveLearn
Large Coherent Structure Formation by Magnetic Stretching Term in Two-Dimensional MHD TurbulenceUsing EDQNM approximation, it is shown that the magnetic stretching term is responsible for turning the small-scale turbulent structures into the large coherent magnetic structures in the 2-D MHD…Akihiro Ishizawa, Yuji Hattori·Oct 30, 1998SaveLearn
Bryuno Function and the Standard MapFor the standard map the homotopically non-trivial invariant curves of rotation number satisfying the Bryuno condition are shown to be analytic in the perturbative parameter, provided the latter is…Alberto Berretti, Guido Gentile·Oct 29, 1998SaveLearn
Data-Adaptive Wavelets and Multi-Scale Singular Spectrum AnalysisUsing multi-scale ideas from wavelet analysis, we extend singular-spectrum analysis (SSA) to the study of nonstationary time series of length N whose intermittency can give rise to the divergence…P. Yiou, D. Sornette, M. Ghil·Oct 29, 1998SaveLearn
Geometric approach to chaos in the classical dynamics of abelian lattice gauge theoryA Riemannian geometrization of dynamics is used to study chaoticity in the classical Hamiltonian dynamics of a U(1) lattice gauge theory. This approach allows one to obtain analytical estimates of…Lapo Casetti, Raoul Gatto, Marco Pettini·Oct 28, 1998SaveLearn
Lyapunov Exponents for the Intermittent Transition to ChaosThe dependence of the Lyapunov exponent on the closeness parameter, ε, in tangent bifurcation systems is investigated. We study and illustrate two averaging procedures for defining Lyapunov…James Hanssen, Walter Wilcox·Oct 23, 1998SaveLearn
Fractional Calculus and the Evolution of Fractal PhenomenaIt is argued that the evolution of complex phenomena ought to be described by fractional, differential, stochastic equations whose solutions have scaling properties and are therefore random, fractal…Andrea Rocco, Bruce J. West·Oct 23, 1998SaveLearn
Homoclinic Structure Controls Chaotic TunnellingTunnelling from a chaotic potential well is explained in terms of a set of complex periodic orbits which contain information about the real dynamics inside the well as well as the complex dynamics…Stephen C. Creagh, Niall D. Whelan·Oct 22, 1998SaveLearn