Sensitivity of the eigenfunctions and the level curvature distribution in quantum billiardsIn searching for the manifestations of sensitivity of the eigenfunctions in quantum billiards (with Dirichlet boundary conditions) with respect to the boundary data (the normal derivative) we have…Baowen Li, Marko Robnik·Oct 26, 1995SaveLearn
Estimating the Attractor Dimension of the Equatorial Weather SystemThe correlation dimension and limit capacity serve theoretically as lower and upper bounds, respectively, of the fractal dimension of attractors of dynamic systems. In this paper, we show that…Melvin Leok Boon Tiong·Oct 25, 1995SaveLearn
A Generalization of the Theory of Normal FormsNormal forms allow the use of a restricted class of coordinate transformations (typically homogeneous polynomials) to put the bifurcations found in nonlinear dynamical systems into a few standard…W. H. Warner, P. R. Sethna, James P. Sethna·Oct 23, 1995SaveLearn
Quantum Mechanics with Chaos: Correspondence Principle, Measurement and ComplexityThe true dynamical randomness is obtained as a natural fundamental property of deterministic quantum systems. It provides quantum chaos passing to the classical dynamical chaos under the ordinary…Andrei P. Kirilyuk·Oct 20, 1995SaveLearn
Rifts in Spreading Wax LayersWe report experimental results on the rift formation between two freezing wax plates. The plates were pulled apart with constant velocity, while floating on the melt, in a way akin to the tectonic…Rolf Ragnarsson, J. Lewis Ford, Christian D. Santangelo et al.·Oct 19, 1995SaveLearn
Dynamical behavior of a dissipative particle in a periodic potential subject to chaotic noise: Retrieval of chaotic determinism with broken parityDynamical behaviors of a dissipative particle in a periodic potential subject to chaotic noise are reported. We discovered a macroscopic symmetry breaking effect of chaotic noise on a dissipative…Tsuyoshi Hondou, Yasuji Sawada·Oct 17, 1995SaveLearn
Helical shell models for three dimensional turbulenceIn this paper we study a new class of shell models, defined in terms of two complex dynamical variables per shell, transporting positive and negative helicity respectively. The dynamical equations…R. Benzi, L. Biferale, E. Trovatore·Oct 16, 1995SaveLearn
Intermittency, chaos and singular fluctuations in the mixed Obukhov-Novikov shell model of turbulenceThe multiscaling properties of the mixed Obukhov-Novikov shell model of turbulence are investigated numerically and compared with those of the complex GOY model, mostly studied in the recent years.…Thierry Dombre, Jean-Louis Gilson·Oct 16, 1995SaveLearn
Mechanisms for Stable SonoluminescenceA gas bubble trapped in water by an oscillating acoustic field is expected to either shrink or grow on a diffusive timescale, depending on the forcing strength and the bubble size. At high ambient…Michael Brenner, Detlef Lohse, David Oxtoby et al.·Oct 13, 1995SaveLearn
Global Diffusion in a Realistic Three-Dimensional Time-Dependent Nonturbulent Fluid FlowWe introduce and study the first model of an experimentally realizable three-dimensional time-dependent nonturbulent fluid flow to display the phenomenon of global diffusion of passive-scalar…Julyan H. E. Cartwright, Mario Feingold, Oreste Piro·Oct 13, 1995SaveLearn
The Level Splitting Distribution in Chaos-assisted TunnelingA compound tunneling mechanism from one integrable region to another mediated by a delocalized state in an intermediate chaotic region of phase space was recently introduced to explain peculiar…F. Leyvraz, D. Ullmo·Oct 12, 1995SaveLearn
The Role of the Environment in Chaotic Quantum DynamicsWe study how the interaction with an external incoherent environment induces a crossover from quantum to classical behavior for a particle whose classical motion is chaotic. Posing the problem in the…B. S. Helmkamp, D. A. Browne·Oct 12, 1995SaveLearn
Generalized scaling in fully developed turbulenceIn this paper we report numerical and experimental results on the scaling properties of the velocity turbulent fields in several flows. The limits of a new form of scaling, named Extended Self…R. Benzi, L. Biferale, S. Ciliberto et al.·Oct 12, 1995SaveLearn
Multiple Transitions to Chaos in a Damped Parametrically Forced PendulumWe study bifurcations associated with stability of the lowest stationary point (SP) of a damped parametrically forced pendulum by varying ω0 (the natural frequency of the pendulum) and A (the…Sang-Yoon Kim, Kijin Lee·Oct 11, 1995SaveLearn
Bifurcations in Globally Coupled Chaotic MapsWe propose a new method to investigate collective behavior in a network of globally coupled chaotic elements generated by a tent map. In the limit of large system size, the dynamics is described with…Satoru Morita·Oct 11, 1995SaveLearn
Spatiotemporal bifurcations in plasma drift-wavesExperimental data from an experiment on drift--waves in plasma is presented. The experiment provides a space--time diagnostic and has a control parameter that permits the study of the transition from…Alex Madon, Thomas Klinger·Oct 10, 1995SaveLearn
Undecidability everywhere?We discuss the question of if and how undecidability might be translatable into physics, in particular with respect to prediction and description, as well as to complementarity games.Karl Svozil·Oct 5, 1995SaveLearn
Infinite dimensional SRB measuresWe review the basic steps leading to the construction of a Sinai-Ruelle-Bowen (SRB) measure for an infinite lattice of weakly coupled expanding circle maps, and we show that this measure has…J. Bricmont, A. Kupiainen·Oct 2, 1995SaveLearn
The Limits of MathematicsThis condensed version of chao-dyn/9509010 will be the main hand-out for a course on algorithmic information theory to be given 22-29 May 1996 at the Rovaniemi Institute of Technology, Rovaniemi,…G J Chaitin·Sep 28, 1995SaveLearn
Semiclassical Quantisation Using Diffractive OrbitsDiffraction, in the context of semiclassical mechanics, describes the manner in which quantum mechanics smooths over discontinuities in the classical mechanics. An important example is a billiard…Niall D. Whelan·Sep 27, 1995SaveLearn
Distribution of Eigenvalues for the Modular GroupThe two-point correlation function of energy levels for free motion on the modular domain, both with periodic and Dirichlet boundary conditions, are explicitly computed using a generalization of the…E. Bogomolny, F. Leyvraz, C. Schmit·Sep 26, 1995SaveLearn
Extended Self Similarity in numerical simulations of 3D anisotropic turbulenceUsing a code based on the Lattice Boltzmann Equation, we have performed numerical simulations of a turbulent shear flow. We investigate the scaling behaviour of the structure functions in presence of…R. Benzi, M. V. Struglia, R. Tripiccione·Sep 25, 1995SaveLearn
Approach to ergodicity in quantum wave functionsAccording to theorems of Shnirelman and followers, in the semiclassical limit the quantum wavefunctions of classically ergodic systems tend to the microcanonical density on the energy shell. We here…Bruno Eckhardt, Shmuel Fishman, Jonathan Keating et al.·Sep 21, 1995SaveLearn
Periodic Orbit Quantization beyond SemiclassicsA quantum generalization of the semiclassical theory of Gutzwiller is given. The new formulation leads to systematic orbit-by-orbit inclusion of higher contributions to the spectral…Gabor Vattay, Per E. Rosenqvist·Sep 20, 1995SaveLearn
Is there relevance of chaos in numerical solutions of quantum billiards?In numerically solving the Helmholtz equation inside a connected plane domain with Dirichlet boundary conditions (the problem of the quantum billiard) one surprisingly faces enormous difficulties if…Baowen Li, Marko Robnik·Sep 20, 1995SaveLearn