Chaos in the segments from Korean traditional singing and western singingWe investigate the time series of the segments from a Korean traditional song ``Gwansanyungma'' and a western song ``La Mamma Morta'' using chaotic analysis techniques. It is found…Myeong-Hwa Lee, Jeong-No Lee, Kwang-Sup Soh·Oct 28, 1997SaveLearn
Electrodynamics of a two-electron atom with retardation and self-interaction effectsWe study the linear stability of a circular orbit in a two-electron atom, with the inclusion of retardation and self-interaction effects. We calculate all the eigenvalues of the linear stability of…Jayme De Luca·Oct 27, 1997SaveLearn
Largest Lyapunov Exponent for Many Particle Systems at Low DensitiesThe largest Lyapunov exponent λ+ for a dilute gas with short range interactions in equilibrium is studied by a mapping to a clock model, in which every particle carries a watch, with a discrete…R. van Zon, H. van Beijeren, Ch. Dellago·Oct 27, 1997SaveLearn
Hamilton--Jacobi's equation and Arnold's diffusion near invariant tori in a priori unstable isochronous systemsLocal integrability of hyperbolic oscillators is discussed to provide an introductory example of the Arnold's diffusion phenomenon in a forced pendulum. This is a text prepared for the the ISI…Giovanni Gallavotti·Oct 23, 1997SaveLearn
Chaos and Quantumlike Mechanics in Atmospheric Flows : A Superstring Theory for SupergravityThe author has identified quantumlike mechanics in atmospheric flows with intrinsic nonlocal space-time connections manifested as the selfsimilar fractal geometry to the global cloud cover pattern…A. Mary Selvam·Oct 22, 1997SaveLearn
Exponentially rapid decoherence of quantum chaotic systemsWe use a recent result to show that the rate of loss of coherence of a quantum system increases with increasing system phase space structure and that a chaotic quantal system in the semiclassical…Arjendu K. Pattanayak, Paul Brumer·Oct 21, 1997SaveLearn
Hierarchy in chaotic scattering in Hill's problemHierarchic properties of chaotic scattering in a model of satellite encounters, studied first by Petit and Henon, are examined by decomposing the dwell time function and comparing scattering…Zoltan Kovacs·Oct 20, 1997SaveLearn
Symbolic Dynamics Analysis of the Lorenz EquationsRecent progress of symbolic dynamics of one- and especially two-dimensional maps has enabled us to construct symbolic dynamics for systems of ordinary differential equations (ODEs). Numerical study…Bai-lin Hao, Jun-xian Liu, Wei-mou Zheng·Oct 18, 1997SaveLearn
Towards the global: complexity, topology and chaos in modelling, simulation and computationTopological effects produce chaos in multiagent simulation and distributed computation. We explain this result by developing three themes concerning complex systems in the natural and social…David A. Meyer·Oct 17, 1997SaveLearn
Localized Optimal Control of Spatiotemporal ChaosA linear output feedback control scheme is developed for a coupled map lattice system. H-infinity control theory is used to make the scheme local: both the collection of information and the feedback…Roman O. Grigoriev, Sanjay G. Lall, Geir E. Dullerud·Oct 16, 1997SaveLearn
Periodic orbit quantization of the Sinai billiard in the small scatterer limitWe consider the semiclassical quantization of the Sinai billiard for disk radii R small compared to the wave length 2 pi/k. Via the application of the periodic orbit theory of diffraction we derive…Per Dahlqvist, Gabor Vattay·Oct 16, 1997SaveLearn
Multiscaling in Models of Magnetohydrodynamic TurbulenceFrom a direct numerical simulation of the MHD equations we show, for the first time, that velocity and magnetic-field structure functions exhibit multiscaling, extended self similarity (ESS), and…Abhik Basu, Anirban Sain, Sujan K. Dhar et al.·Oct 15, 1997SaveLearn
Chaos of the Relativistic Parametrically Forced van der Pol OscillatorA manifestly relativistically covariant form of the van der Pol oscillator in 1+1 dimensions is studied. We show that the driven relativistic equations, for which x and t are coupled, relax very…Y. Ashkenazy, C. Goren, L. P. Horwitz·Oct 15, 1997SaveLearn
Orbit stability in billiards in magnetic fieldWe study the stability properties of orbits in dispersing billiards in a homogeneous magnetic field by using a modified formalism based on the Bunimovich-Sinai curvature (horocycle method). We…Zoltan Kovacs·Oct 14, 1997SaveLearn
Stochastic Response, Cascading and Control of Colored Noise in Dynamical SystemWe analytically determine the correlation functions of the stochastic response of a generic mapping system driven by colored noise. We also address the issue of noise cascading in coupled-element…Rue-Ron Hsu, Jyh-Long Chern, Wei-Fu Lin et al.·Oct 14, 1997SaveLearn
Uniform semiclassical expansions for the direct part of Franck-Condon transitionsSemiclassical expansions for traces involving Greens functions have two contributions, one from the periodic or recurrent orbits of the classical system and one from the phase space volume, i.e. the…B. Huepper, B. Eckhardt·Oct 13, 1997SaveLearn
Size-Dependent Transition to High-Dimensional Chaotic Dynamics in a Two-Dimensional Excitable MediumThe spatiotemporal dynamics of an excitable medium with multiple spiral defects is shown to vary smoothly with system size from short-lived transients for small systems to extensive chaos for large…Matthew C. Strain, Henry S. Greenside·Oct 11, 1997SaveLearn
Universal Quantification for Self-Organized Criticality in Atmospheric FlowsAtmospheric flows exhibit selfsimilar fluctuations on all scales(space-time) ranging from climate(kilometers/years) to turbulence(millimeters/seconds) manifested as fractal geometry to the global…A. Mary Selvam·Oct 9, 1997SaveLearn
Self Control of Chaotic Dynamics using LTI FiltersIn this brief, an algorithm for controlling chaotic systems using small, continuous time perturbations is presented. Stabilisation is achieved by self controlling feedback using low order LTI…Pabitra Mitra·Oct 8, 1997SaveLearn
Dynamical Organization around Turbulent BurstsThe detailed dynamics around intermittency bursts is investigated in turbulent shell models. We observe that the amplitude of the high wave number velocity modes vanishes before each burst, meaning…Fridolin Okkels, Mogens H. Jensen·Oct 6, 1997SaveLearn
WKB corrections to the energy splitting in double-well potentialsBy using the WKB quantization we deduce an analytical formula for the energy splitting in a double-well potential which is the usual Landau formula with additional quantum corrections. Then we…Marko Robnik, Luca Salasnich·Oct 3, 1997SaveLearn
Two complementary descriptions of intermittencyWe describe two complementary formalisms designed for the description of probability density function (PDF) of the gradients of turbulent fields. The first approach, we call it adiabatic, describes…E. Balkovsky, G. Falkovich·Oct 2, 1997SaveLearn
Improving a method for the study of limit cycles of the Lienard equationIn recent papers we have introduced a method for the study of limit cycles of the Lienard system: dotx=y-F(x), doty=-x, where F(x) is an odd polynomial. The method gives a sequence of polynomials…Hector Giacomini, Sebastien Neukirch·Oct 2, 1997SaveLearn
Intermittency Route to Strange Nonchaotic AttractorsStrange nonchaotic attractors (SNA) arise in quasiperiodically driven systems in the neighborhood of a saddle node bifurcation whereby a strange attractor is replaced by a periodic (torus) attractor.…Awadhesh Prasad, Vishal Mehra, Ramakrishna Ramaswamy·Oct 2, 1997SaveLearn
Dissipative Scaling Functions in Navier-Stokes Turbulence: Experimental TestsA recent theoretical development in the understanding of the small-scale structure of Navier-Stokes turbulence has been the proposition that the scales ηn(R) that separate inertial from viscous…Adrienne L. Fairhall, Victor S. L'vov, Itamar Procaccia·Oct 1, 1997SaveLearn