Quantum Fluids and Classical DeterminantsA "quasiclassical" approximation to the quantum spectrum of the Schroedinger equation is obtained from the trace of a quasiclassical evolution operator for the "hydrodynamical"…Predrag Cvitanovic, Gabor Vattay, Andreas Wirzba·Aug 15, 1996SaveLearn
Characterization of Landau-Zener Transitions in Systems with Complex SpectraThis paper is concerned with the study of one-body dissipation effects in idealized models resembling a nucleus. In particular, we study the quantum mechanics of a free particle that collides…M. J. Sánchez, E. Vergini, D. A. Wisniacki·Aug 14, 1996SaveLearn
Why air bubbles in water glow so easilySound driven gas bubbles in water can emit light pulses (sonoluminescence). Experiments show a strong dependence on the type of gas dissolved in water. Air is found to be one of the most friendly…Michael Brenner, Sascha Hilgenfeldt, Detlef Lohse et al.·Aug 9, 1996SaveLearn
Chaotic features in classical scattering processes between ions and atomsA numerical study has been done of collisions between protons and hydrogen atoms, treated as classical particles, at low impact velocities. The presence of chaos has been looked for by investigating…Fabio Sattin, Luca Salasnich·Aug 9, 1996SaveLearn
On Conditional Statistics in Scalar Turbulence: Theory vs. ExperimentWe consider turbulent advection of a scalar field T(.r), passive or active, and focus on the statistics of gradient fields conditioned on scalar differences ΔT(R) across a scale R. In…Emily S. C. Ching, Victor S. L'vov, Evgeni Podivilov et al.·Aug 9, 1996SaveLearn
WKB to all orders and accuracy of the semiclassical quantizationWe perform a systematic WKB expansion to all orders for a one--dimensional system with potential V(x)=U0/2(αx). We are able to sum the series to the exact energy spectrum. Then we show that…Marko Robnik, Luca Salasnich·Aug 8, 1996SaveLearn
Order Parameter for the Transition from Phase to Amplitude TurbulenceThe maximal conserved phase gradient is introduced as an order parameter to characterize the transition from phase- to defect-turbulence in the complex Ginzburg-Landau equation. It has a finite value…Alessandro Torcini·Aug 6, 1996SaveLearn
Phase Diagrams for Sonoluminescing BubblesSound driven gas bubbles in water can emit light pulses. This phenomenon is called sonoluminescence (SL). Two different phases of single bubble SL have been proposed: diffusively stable and…Sascha Hilgenfeldt, Detlef Lohse, Michael Brenner·Aug 6, 1996SaveLearn
Developed turbulence: From full simulations to full mode reductionsDeveloped Navier-Stokes turbulence is simulated with varying wavevector mode reductions. The flatness and the skewness of the velocity derivative depend on the degree of mode reduction. They show a…Siegfried Grossmann, Detlef Lohse, Achim Reeh·Aug 5, 1996SaveLearn
Studies of Phase Turbulence in the One Dimensional Complex Ginzburg-Landau EquationThe phase-turbulent (PT) regime for the one dimensional complex Ginzburg-Landau equation (CGLE) is carefully studied, in the limit of large systems and long integration times, using an efficient new…Alessandro Torcini, Helge Frauenkron, Peter Grassberger·Aug 5, 1996SaveLearn
Complex Periodic Orbits and Tunnelling in Chaotic PotentialsWe derive a trace formula for the splitting-weighted density of states suitable for chaotic potentials with isolated symmetric wells. This formula is based on complex orbits which tunnel through…Stephen C. Creagh, Niall D. Whelan·Aug 3, 1996SaveLearn
Noise Induced Coherence in Neural NetworksWe investigate numerically the dynamics of large networks of N globally pulse-coupled integrate and fire neurons in a noise-induced synchronized state. The powerspectrum of an individual element…Wouter-Jan Rappel, Alain Karma·Aug 2, 1996SaveLearn
Uncertain dynamical systems defined by pseudomeasuresThis paper deals with uncertain dynamical systems in which predictions about the future state of a system are assessed by so called pseudomeasures. Two special cases are stochastic dynamical systems,…Andreas Hamm·Aug 1, 1996SaveLearn
A new model of quantum chaotic billiards: Spectral Statistics and Wavefunctions in 2DQuantum chaotic dynamics is obtained for a tight-binding model in which the energies of the atomic levels at the boundary sites are chosen at random. Results for the square lattice indicate that the…E. Cuevas, E. Louis, J. A. Verges·Aug 1, 1996SaveLearn
Thermodynamic formalism and localization in Lorentz gases and hopping modelsThe thermodynamic formalism expresses chaotic properties of dynamical systems in terms of the Ruelle pressure ψ(β). The inverse-temperature like variable β allows one to scan the structure of the…C. Appert, H. van Beijeren, M. H. Ernst et al.·Jul 31, 1996SaveLearn
Generation and Structure of Solitary Rossby Vortices in Rotating FluidsThe formation of zonal flows and vortices in the generalized Charney-Hasegawa-Mima equation is studied. We focus on the regime when the size of structures is comparable to or larger than the…Nikolai Kukharkin, Steven A. Orszag·Jul 31, 1996SaveLearn
Roundoff-induced Coalescence of Chaotic TrajectoriesNumerical experiments recently discussed in the literature show that identical nonlinear chaotic systems linked by a common noise term (or signal) may synchronize after a finite time. We study the…L. Longa, E. M. F. Curado, F. A. Oliveira·Jul 29, 1996SaveLearn
Limit Set of Trajectories of the Coupled Viscous Burgers' EquationsIn this letter, a coupled system of viscous Burgers' equations with zero Dirichlet boundary conditions and appropriate initial data is considered. For the well-known single viscous Burgers'…J. Duan, J. Nee·Jul 29, 1996SaveLearn
On developed turbulence in a weak compressibile conductive fluidA method of construction of decomposition of correlation functions of developed turbulence in a compressible fluid on Mach number Ma is generalized now for a model of stochastic magnetic…D. Yu. Wolchenkov·Jul 29, 1996SaveLearn
Turbulence Fluctuations and New Universal Realizability Conditions in ModellingGeneral turbulent mean statistics are shown to be characterized by a variational principle. The variational functionals, or ``effective actions'', have experimental consequences for…Gregory L. Eyink, Francis J. Alexander·Jul 26, 1996SaveLearn
Difficulties with the Scars Model of Quantum LocalizationNumerical calculations studying bound eigenstates in chaotic regions of phase space, including those of the stadium billiard, are summarized. These calculations demonstrate that the scars of periodic…Michael J. Davis·Jul 25, 1996SaveLearn
Scaling Exponents of Strong Turbulence in the Eddy Viscosity ApproximationA dynamic equation for velocity structure functions Sn(r) = <(u(x)-u(x'))n> in strong turbulence is derived in the one-loop (eddy viscosity) approximation. This homogemeous differential…Victor Yakhot·Jul 20, 1996SaveLearn
Hydrodynamic Turbulence Has Infinitely Many Anomalous Dynamical ExponentsOn the basis of the Navier-Stokes equations we develop the statistical theory of many space-time correlation functions of velocity differences. Their time dependence is not scale invariant:…Victor S. L'vov, Evgenii Podivilov, Itamar Procaccia·Jul 20, 1996SaveLearn
Spatio-temporal chaos and patterns formation in nonequilibrium media: phenomenological model of electronic turbulenceThe processes in nonequilibrium dissipative media caused by coherent structure formation and lead to the complicated dynamics are of interest for nonlinear physics. Here we consider a model of the…E. S. Mchedlova, D. I. Trubetskov·Jul 18, 1996SaveLearn
Turbulent behaviour in magnetic hydrodynamics is not universalA short distance expansion method (SDE) that is well known in the quantum field theory for analysis of turbulent behaviour of stochastic magnetic hydrodynamics of incompressible conductive fluid is…Wolchenkov Dmitriy·Jul 16, 1996SaveLearn