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The Feynman effective classical potential in the Schrödinger formulation: New physical insight into the correspondence between path integral concepts and the Schr\"odinger formulation is gained by the analysis of the effective classical potential, that is defined within the Feynman path integral formulation of statis...
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Quantum phase transitions of the extended isotropic XY model with long-range interactions: The one-dimensional extended isotropic XY model (s=1/2) in a transverse field with uniform long-range interactions among the \textit{z} components of the spin is considered. The model is exactly solved by introducing the gaussi...
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Many-particle dephasing after a quench: After a quench in a quantum many-body system, expectation values tend to relax towards long-time averages. However, in any finite-size system, temporal fluctuations remain. It is crucial to study the suppression of these fluctuations with system size. The particularly important c...
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Essentially Ergodic Behaviour: I prove a theorem on the precise connection of the time and phase space average of the Boltzmann equilibrium showing that the behaviour of a dynamical system with a stationary measure and a dominant equilibrium state is qualitatively ergodic.
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Accuracy of energy measurement and reversible operation of a microcanonical Szilard engine: In a recent paper [Vaikuntanathan and Jarzynski, Phys. Rev. E {\bf 83}, 061120 (2011), arXiv:1105.1744] a model was introduced whereby work could be extracted from a thermal bath by measuring the energy of a particle that was ...
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Non mean-field behaviour of critical wetting transition for short-range forces: Critical wetting transition for short-range forces in three dimensions ($d=3$) is reinvestigated by means of Monte Carlo simulation. Using anisotropic finite size scaling approach, as well as approaches that do not rely on finite size sca...
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Dynamic Mean-Field Glass Model with Reversible Mode Coupling and Trivial Hamiltonian: Often the current mode coupling theory (MCT) of glass transitions is compared with mean field theories. We explore this possible correspondence. After showing a simple-minded derivation of MCT with some difficulties we give a concis...
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Separation of spin and charge in the continuum Schrödinger equation: I describe here the attempt to introduce spin-charge separation in Schrodinger equation. The construction we present here gives a decomposed Schrodinger spinor that has one problem: Its absolute value can only have value between 0 and ${1}{2}$. The pr...
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Scaling laws for diffusion on (trans)fractal scale-free networks: Fractal (or transfractal) features are common in real-life networks and are known to influence the dynamic processes taking place in the network itself. Here we consider a class of scale-free deterministic networks, called $(u,v)$-flowers, whose topologi...
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Thermodynamic relations at the coupling boundary in adaptive resolution simulations for open systems: The adaptive resolution simulation (AdResS) technique couples regions with different molecular resolutions and allows the exchange of molecules between different regions in an adaptive fashion. The latest development...
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Optimal inference strategies and their implications for the linear noise approximation: We study the information loss of a class of inference strategies that is solely based on time averaging. For an array of independent binary sensors (e.g., receptors, single electron transistors) measuring a weak random signal (e.g...
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Special flow model for passive particle transport considering internal noise: We have generalized the semi-analytic approach of special flow to the description of flows of passive particles taking into account internal noise. The model is represented by a series of recurrence relations. The recurrence relations are c...
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Finite-size scaling as a way to probe near-criticality in natural swarms: Collective behaviour in biological systems is often accompanied by strong correlations. The question has therefore arisen of whether correlation is amplified by the vicinity to some critical point in the parameters space. Biological systems, thou...
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A Numerical Study on the Evolution of Portfolio Rules: Is CAPM Fit for Nasdaq?: In this paper we test computationally the performance of CAPM in an evolutionary setting. In particular we study the stability of wealth distribution in a financial market where some traders invest as prescribed by CAPM and others behave ...
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Anomalous cooling and heating - the Mpemba effect and its inverse: Under certain conditions, it takes a shorter time to cool a hot system than to cool the same system initiated at a lower temperature. This phenomenon - the "Mpemba Effect" - is well known in water, and has recently been observed in other systems as well...
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On the microscopic foundation of thermodynamics and kinetics. Current status and prospects: A comparative analysis of two concepts aimed at microscopic substantiation of thermodynamics and kinetics has been performed. The first concept is based on the idea of microscopic reversibility of the dynamics of a system of p...
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Spectral properties of three-dimensional Anderson model: The three-dimensional Anderson model represents a paradigmatic model to understand the Anderson localization transition. In this work we first review some key results obtained for this model in the past 50 years, and then study its properties from the perspective...
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Dichotomous acceleration process in one dimension: Position fluctuations: We study the motion of a one-dimensional particle which reverses its direction of acceleration stochastically. We focus on two contrasting scenarios, where the waiting-times between two consecutive acceleration reversals are drawn from (i) an exp...
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Latent Heat Calculation of the 3D q=3, 4, and 5 Potts models by Tensor Product Variational Approach: Three-dimensional (3D) $q$-state Potts models ($q$=3, 4, and 5) are studied by the tensor product variational approach (TPVA), which is a recently developed variational method for 3D classical lattice models. The vari...
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Exact analytic multi-quanta states of the Davydov Dimer: The Davydov model describes amide I energy transfer in proteins without dispersion or dissipation. In spite of five decades of study, there are few exact analytical results, especially for the discrete version of this model. Here we develop two methods to determi...
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Dynamics of Fluctuating Bose-Einstein Condensates: We present a generalized Gross-Pitaevskii equation that describes also the dissipative dynamics of a trapped partially Bose condensed gas. It takes the form of a complex nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation with noise. We consider an approximation to this Langevin field eq...
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Voter Model with Time dependent Flip-rates: We introduce time variation in the flip-rates of the Voter Model. This type of generalisation is relevant to models of ageing in language change, allowing the representation of changes in speakers' learning rates over their lifetime and may be applied to any other similar mod...
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Rayleigh-Benard convection in a hard disk system: We do a generic study of the behavior of a hard disk system under the action of a thermal gradient in presence of an uniform gravity field. We observe the conduction-convection transition and measure the main system observables and fields as the thermal current, global ...
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On Dynamics and Optimal Number of Replicas in Parallel Tempering Simulations: We study the dynamics of parallel tempering simulations, also known as the replica exchange technique, which has become the method of choice for simulation of proteins and other complex systems. Recent results for the optimal choice of the ...
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Note on Phase Space Contraction and Entropy Production in Thermostatted Hamiltonian Systems: The phase space contraction and the entropy production rates of Hamiltonian systems in an external field, thermostatted to obtain a stationary state are considered. While for stationary states with a constant kinetic energy t...
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Engineering statistical transmutation of identical quantum particles: A fundamental pillar of quantum mechanics concerns indistinguishable quantum particles. In three dimensions they may be classified into fermions or bosons, having, respectively, antisymmetric or symmetric wave functions under particle exchange. One o...
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A mechanism to synchronize fluctuations in scale free networks using growth models: In this paper we study the steady state of the fluctuations of the surface for a model of surface growth with relaxation to any of its lower nearest neighbors (SRAM) [F. Family, J. Phys. A {\bf 19}, L441 (1986)] in scale free networks...
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Sub-Gaussian and subexponential fluctuation-response inequalities: Sub-Gaussian and subexponential distributions are introduced and applied to study the fluctuation-response relation out of equilibrium. A bound on the difference in expected values of an arbitrary sub-Gaussian or subexponential physical quantity is esta...
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Noise-intensity fluctuation in Langevin model and its higher-order Fokker-Planck equation: In this paper, we investigate a Langevin model subjected to stochastic intensity noise (SIN), which incorporates temporal fluctuations in noise-intensity. We derive a higher-order Fokker-Planck equation (HFPE) of the system, ta...
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Phase diagram of the restricted solid-on-solid model coupled to the Ising model: We study the phase transitions of a restricted solid-on-solid model coupled to an Ising model, which can be derived from the coupled XY-Ising model. There are two kinds of phase transition lines. One is a Ising transition line and the ot...
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Universal entanglement and correlation measure in two-dimensional conformal field theories: We calculate the amount of entanglement shared by two intervals in the ground state of a (1+1)-dimensional conformal field theory (CFT), quantified by an entanglement measure $\mathcal{E}$ based on the computable cross norm (C...
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Scaling in a Nonconservative Earthquake Model of Self-Organised Criticality: We numerically investigate the Olami-Feder-Christensen model for earthquakes in order to characterise its scaling behaviour. We show that ordinary finite size scaling in the model is violated due to global, system wide events. Nevertheless w...
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Non-Newtonian Poiseuille flow of a gas in a pipe: The Bhatnagar-Gross-Krook kinetic model of the Boltzmann equation is solved for the steady cylindrical Poiseuille flow fed by a constant gravity field. The solution is obtained as a perturbation expansion in powers of the field (through fourth order) and for a general c...
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Relevant spontaneous magnetization relations for the triangular and the cubic lattice Ising model: The spontaneous magnetization relations for the 2D triangular and the 3D cubic lattices of the Ising model are derived by a new tractable easily calculable mathematical method. The result obtained for the triangular lat...
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Percolation on correlated networks: We reconsider the problem of percolation on an equilibrium random network with degree-degree correlations between nearest-neighboring vertices focusing on critical singularities at a percolation threshold. We obtain criteria for degree-degree correlations to be irrelevant for critica...
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Exact solution of the geometrically frustrated spin-1/2 Ising-Heisenberg model on the triangulated Kagome (triangles-in-triangles) lattice: The geometric frustration of the spin-1/2 Ising-Heisenberg model on the triangulated Kagome (triangles-in-triangles) lattice is investigated within the framework of an exact anal...
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How to Quantify and Avoid Finite Size Effects in Computational Studies of Crystal Nucleation: The Case of Heterogeneous Ice Nucleation: Computational studies of crystal nucleation can be impacted by finite size effects, primarily due to unphysical interactions between crystalline nuclei and their periodic images. It ...
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Equilibrium statistics of an inelastically bouncing ball, subject to gravity and a random force: We consider a particle moving on the half line $x>0$ and subject to a constant force in the $-x$ direction plus a delta-correlated random force. At $x=0$ the particle is reflected inelastically. The velocities just after ...
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Screening of classical Casimir forces by electrolytes in semi-infinite geometries: We study the electrostatic Casimir effect and related phenomena in equilibrium statistical mechanics of classical (non-quantum) charged fluids. The prototype model consists of two identical dielectric slabs in empty space (the pure Cas...
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Q-factor: A measure of competition between the topper and the average in percolation and in SOC: We define the $Q$-factor in the percolation problem as the quotient of the size of the largest cluster and the average size of all clusters. As the occupation probability $p$ is increased, the $Q$-factor for the system si...
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Comment on ``Renormalization-group picture of the Lifshitz critical behavior'': We show that the recent renormalization-group analysis of Lifshitz critical behavior presented by Leite [Phys. Rev. B {\bf 67}, 104415 (2003)] suffers from a number of severe deficiencies. In particular, we show that his approach does not...
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Understanding and Controlling Regime Switching in Molecular Diffusion: Diffusion can be strongly affected by ballistic flights (long jumps) as well as long-lived sticking trajectories (long sticks). Using statistical inference techniques in the spirit of Granger causality, we investigate the appearance of long jumps an...
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Diffusion in a logarithmic potential: scaling and selection in the approach to equilibrium: The equation which describes a particle diffusing in a logarithmic potential arises in diverse physical problems such as momentum diffusion of atoms in optical traps, condensation processes, and denaturation of DNA molecules. ...
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Analytical theory of mesoscopic Bose-Einstein condensation in ideal gas: We find universal structure and scaling of BEC statistics and thermodynamics for mesoscopic canonical-ensemble ideal gas in a trap for any parameters, including critical region. We identify universal constraint-cut-off mechanism that makes BEC flu...
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The Coulomb-Higgs phase transition of three-dimensional lattice Abelian-Higgs gauge models with noncompact gauge variables and gauge fixing: We study the critical behavior of three-dimensional (3D) lattice Abelian-Higgs (AH) gauge models with noncompact gauge variables and multicomponent complex scalar fields, along ...
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Asymptotic front behavior in an $A+B\rightarrow 2A$ reaction under subdiffusion: We discuss the front propagation in the $A+B\rightarrow 2A$ reaction under subdiffusion which is described by continuous time random walks with a heavy-tailed power law waiting time probability density function. Using a crossover argumen...
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Consistent Lattice Boltzmann Method: The problem of energy conservation in the lattice Boltzmann method is solved. A novel model with energy conservation is derived from Boltzmann's kinetic theory. It is demonstrated that the full thermo-hydrodynamics pertinent to the Boltzmann equation is recovered in the domain where...
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Kondo signature in heat transfer via a local two-state system: We study the Kondo effect in heat transport via a local two-state system. This system is described by the spin-boson Hamiltonian with Ohmic dissipation, which can be mapped onto the Kondo model with anisotropic exchange coupling. We calculate thermal conduc...
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Microcanonical Thermostatistical Investigation of the Blackbody Radiation: In this work is presented the microcanonical analysis of the blackbody radiation. In our model the electromagnetic radiation is confined in an isolated container with volume V in which the radiation can not escape, conserving this way its tota...
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Informational and Causal Architecture of Continuous-time Renewal and Hidden Semi-Markov Processes: We introduce the minimal maximally predictive models ({\epsilon}-machines) of processes generated by certain hidden semi-Markov models. Their causal states are either hybrid discrete-continuous or continuous random vari...
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Negative Specific Heat in a Quasi-2D Generalized Vorticity Model: Negative specific heat is a dramatic phenomenon where processes decrease in temperature when adding energy. It has been observed in gravo-thermal collapse of globular clusters. We now report finding this phenomenon in bundles of nearly parallel, periodic...
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Analytical approximation for reaction-diffusion processes in rough pores: The concept of an active zone in Laplacian transport is used to obtain an analytical approximation for the reactive effectiveness of a pore with an arbitrary rough geometry. We show that this approximation is in very good agreement with direct nu...
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Out-of-equilibrium scaling behavior arising during round-trip protocols across a quantum first-order transition: We investigate the nonequilibrium dynamics of quantum spin chains during a round-trip protocol that slowly drives the system across a quantum first-order transition. Out-of-equilibrium scaling behaviors \`...
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Exact Solution of a Vertex Model with Unlimited Number of States Per Bond: The exact solution is obtained for the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the row-to-row transfer matrix of a two-dimensional vertex model with unlimited number of states per bond. This model is a classical counterpart of a quantum spin chain wit...
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On the velocity distributions of the one-dimensional inelastic gas: We consider the single-particle velocity distribution of a one-dimensional fluid of inelastic particles. Both the freely evolving (cooling) system and the non-equilibrium stationary state obtained in the presence of random forcing are investigated, and...
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Characterization of relaxation processes in interacting vortex matter through a time-dependent correlation length: Vortex lines in type-II superconductors display complicated relaxation processes due to the intricate competition between their mutual repulsive interactions and pinning to attractive point or extended d...
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High-precision Estimate of the Critical Exponents for the Directed Ising Universality Class: With extensive Monte Carlo simulations, we present high-precision estimates of the critical exponents of branching annihilating random walks with two offspring, a prototypical model of the directed Ising universality class in...
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Kinetics of Vapor-Solid Phase Transitions: Structure, growth and mechanism: Kinetics of separation between the low and high density phases in a single component Lennard-Jones model has been studied via molecular dynamics simulations, at a very low temperature, in the space dimension $d=2$. For densities close to the ...
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Time evolution of entanglement entropy after quenches in two-dimensional free fermion systems: a dimensional reduction treatment: We study the time evolution of the R\'enyi entanglement entropies following a quantum quench in a two-dimensional (2D) free-fermion system. By employing dimensional reduction, we effective...
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Far-from-equilibrium growth of thin films in a temperature gradient: The irreversible growth of thin films under far-from-equilibrium conditions is studied in $(2+1)-$dimensional strip geometries. Across one of the transverse directions, a temperature gradient is applied by thermal baths at fixed temperatures between $...
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Aging and fluctuation-dissipation ratio for the diluted Ising Model: We consider the out-of-equilibrium, purely relaxational dynamics of a weakly diluted Ising model in the aging regime at criticality. We derive at first order in a $\sqrt{\epsilon}$ expansion the two-time response and correlation functions for vanishin...
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Scaling, Multiscaling, and Nontrivial Exponents in Inelastic Collision Processes: We investigate velocity statistics of homogeneous inelastic gases using the Boltzmann equation. Employing an approximate uniform collision rate, we obtain analytic results valid in arbitrary dimension. In the freely evolving case, the v...
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Large-n conditional facedness m_n of 3D Poisson-Voronoi cells: We consider the three-dimensional Poisson-Voronoi tessellation and study the average facedness m_n of a cell known to neighbor an n-faced cell. Whereas Aboav's law states that m_n=A+B/n, theoretical arguments indicate an asymptotic expansion m_n = 8 + k_1 n...
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1/f Noise and Extreme Value Statistics: We study the finite-size scaling of the roughness of signals in systems displaying Gaussian 1/f power spectra. It is found that one of the extreme value distributions (Gumbel distribution) emerges as the scaling function when the boundary conditions are periodic. We provide a rea...
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Magnetic properties of exactly solvable doubly decorated Ising-Heisenberg planar models: Applying the decoration-iteration procedure, we introduce a class of exactly solvable doubly decorated planar models consisting both of the Ising- and Heisenberg-type atoms. Exact solutions for the ground state, phase diagrams an...
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Monte Carlo Study of the Axial Next-Nearest-Neighbor Ising Model: The equilibrium phase behavior of microphase-forming substances and models is notoriously difficult to obtain because of the extended metastability of the modulated phases. We develop a simulation method based on thermodynamic integration that avoids thi...
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On the Truncation of Systems with Non-Summable Interactions: In this note we consider long range $q$-states Potts models on $\mathbf{Z}^d$, $d\geq 2$. For various families of non-summable ferromagnetic pair potentials $\phi(x)\geq 0$, we show that there exists, for all inverse temperature $\beta>0$, an integer $N$ such...
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Emergence of oscillations in fixed energy sandpile models on complex networks: Fixed-energy sandpile (FES) models, introduced to understand the self-organized criticality, show a continuous phase transition between absorbing and active phases. In this work, we study the dynamics of the deterministic FES models on ran...
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Self-Organized Criticality in the Olami-Feder-Christensen model: A system is in a self-organized critical state if the distribution of some measured events (avalanche sizes, for instance) obeys a power law for as many decades as it is possible to calculate or measure. The finite-size scaling of this distribution functi...
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Geometrical interpretation of fluctuating hydrodynamics in diffusive systems: We discuss geometric formulations of hydrodynamic limits in diffusive systems. Specifically, we describe a geometrical construction in the space of density profiles --- the Wasserstein geometry --- which allows the deterministic hydrodynami...
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Interface growth in two dimensions: A Loewner-equation approach: The problem of Laplacian growth in two dimensions is considered within the Loewner-equation framework. Initially the problem of fingered growth recently discussed by Gubiec and Szymczak [T. Gubiec and P. Szymczak, Phys. Rev. E 77, 041602 (2008)] is revisi...
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Slow relaxation, dynamic transitions and extreme value statistics in disordered systems: We show that the dynamics of simple disordered models, like the directed Trap Model and the Random Energy Model, takes place at a coexistence point between active and inactive dynamical phases. We relate the presence of a dynamic...
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Conductance in diffusive quasi-one-dimensional periodic waveguides: a semiclassical and random matrix study: We study quantum transport properties of finite periodic quasi-one-dimensional waveguides whose classical dynamics is diffusive. The system we consider is a scattering configuration, composed of a finite perio...
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Hidden Criticality of Counterion Condensation Near a Charged Cylinder: We study the condensation transition of counterions on a charged cylinder via Monte Carlo simulations. Varying the cylinder radius systematically in relation to the system size, we find that all counterions are bound to the cylinder and the heat cap...
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Colossal Brownian yet non-Gaussian diffusion induced by nonequilibrium noise: We report on novel Brownian, yet non-Gaussian diffusion, in which the mean square displacement of the particle grows linearly with time, the probability density for the particle spreading is Gaussian-like, however, the probability density f...
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Improved upper and lower energy bounds for antiferromagnetic Heisenberg spin systems: Large spin systems as given by magnetic macromolecules or two-dimensional spin arrays rule out an exact diagonalization of the Hamiltonian. Nevertheless, it is possible to derive upper and lower bounds of the minimal energies, i.e. ...
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Triangular arbitrage as an interaction among foreign exchange rates: We first show that there are in fact triangular arbitrage opportunities in the spot foreign exchange markets, analyzing the time dependence of the yen-dollar rate, the dollar-euro rate and the yen-euro rate. Next, we propose a model of foreign exchang...
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Triangle Distribution and Equation of State for Classical Rigid Disks: The triangle distribution function f^(3) for three mutual nearest neighbors in the plane describes basic aspects of short-range order and statistical thermodynamics in two-dimensional many-particle systems. This paper examines prospects for construc...
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Metal - non-metal transition and the second critical point in expanded metals: Based on the non-relativistic Coulomb model within which the matter is a system of interacting electrons and nuclei, using the quantum field theory and linear response theory methods, opportunity for the existence of the second critical po...
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A simple one-dimensional model of heat conduction which obeys Fourier's law: We present the computer simulation results of a chain of hard point particles with alternating masses interacting on its extremes with two thermal baths at different temperatures. We found that the system obeys Fourier's law at the thermodyn...
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Random graphs containing arbitrary distributions of subgraphs: Traditional random graph models of networks generate networks that are locally tree-like, meaning that all local neighborhoods take the form of trees. In this respect such models are highly unrealistic, most real networks having strongly non-tree-like neigh...
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Crossing the bottleneck of rain formation: The demixing of a binary fluid mixture, under gravity, is a two stage process. Initially droplets, or in general aggregates, grow diffusively by collecting supersaturation from the bulk phase. Subsequently, when the droplets have grown to a size, where their Peclet number is o...
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Two-bath model for activated surface diffusion of interacting adsorbates: The diffusion and low vibrational motions of adsorbates on surfaces can be well described by a purely stochastic model, the so-called interacting single adsorbate model, for low-moderate coverages (\theta \lesssim 0.12). Within this model, the ef...
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Glassy dynamics: effective temperatures and intermittencies from a two-state model: We show the existence of intermittent dynamics in one of the simplest model of a glassy system: the two-state model, which has been used to explain the origin of the violation of the fluctuation-dissipation theorem. The dynamics is an...
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Minimal knotted polygons in cubic lattices: An implementation of BFACF-style algorithms on knotted polygons in the simple cubic, face centered cubic and body centered cubic lattice is used to estimate the statistics and writhe of minimal length knotted polygons in each of the lattices. Data are collected and analysed o...
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Comment on `Monte Carlo simulation study of the two-stage percolation transition in enhanced binary trees': The enhanced binary tree (EBT) is a nontransitive graph which has two percolation thresholds $p_{c1}$ and $p_{c2}$ with $p_{c1}<p_{c2}$. Our Monte Carlo study implies that the second threshold $p_{c2}$ is signi...
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Most probable path of an active Brownian particle: In this study, we investigate the transition path of a free active Brownian particle (ABP) on a two-dimensional plane between two given states. The extremum conditions for the most probable path connecting the two states are derived using the Onsager--Machlup integral ...
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A Finite Temperature Treatment of Ultracold Atoms in a 1-D Optical Lattice: We consider the effects of temperature upon the superfluid phase of ultracold, weakly interacting bosons in a one dimensional optical lattice. We use a finite temperature treatment of the Bose-Hubbard model based upon the Hartree-Fock-Bogoliu...
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Zero-temperature glass transition in two dimensions: The nature of the glass transition is theoretically understood in the mean-field limit of infinite spatial dimensions, but the problem remains totally open in physical dimensions. Nontrivial finite-dimensional fluctuations are hard to control analytically, and experi...
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The Visibility Graphs of Correlated Time Series Violate the Barthelemy's Conjecture for Degree and Betweenness Centralities: The problem of betweenness centrality remains a fundamental unsolved problem in complex networks. After a pioneering work by Barthelemy, it has been well-accepted that the maximal betweenness-d...
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Symmetry enriched phases of quantum circuits: Quantum circuits consisting of random unitary gates and subject to local measurements have been shown to undergo a phase transition, tuned by the rate of measurement, from a state with volume-law entanglement to an area-law state. From a broader perspective, these circuits ...
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Statistics of quantum transmission in one dimension with broad disorder: We study the statistics of quantum transmission through a one-dimensional disordered system modelled by a sequence of independent scattering units. Each unit is characterized by its length and by its action, which is proportional to the logarithm ...
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Competition between relaxation and external driving in the dissipative Landau-Zener problem: We study Landau-Zener transitions in a dissipative environment by means of the quasiadiabatic propagator path-integral scheme. It allows to obtain numerically exact results for the full range of the involved parameters. We di...
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Probabilistic analysis of the phase space flow for linear programming: The phase space flow of a dynamical system leading to the solution of Linear Programming (LP) problems is explored as an example of complexity analysis in an analog computation framework. An ensemble of LP problems with $n$ variables and $m$ constra...
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Farey Graphs as Models for Complex Networks: Farey sequences of irreducible fractions between 0 and 1 can be related to graph constructions known as Farey graphs. These graphs were first introduced by Matula and Kornerup in 1979 and further studied by Colbourn in 1982 and they have many interesting properties: they are...
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Real-Time Wavelet-transform spectrum analyzer for the investigation of 1/f^αnoise: A wavelet transform spectrum analyzer operating in real time within the frequency range 3X10^(-5) - 1.3X10^5 Hz has been implemented on a low-cost Digital Signal Processing board operating at 150MHz. The wavelet decomposition of the si...
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Onsager coefficients of a finite-time Carnot cycle: We study a finite-time Carnot cycle of a weakly interacting gas which we can regard as a nearly ideal gas in the limit of $T_\mathrm{h}-T_\mathrm{c}\to 0$ where $T_\mathrm{h}$ and $T_\mathrm{c}$ are the temperatures of the hot and cold heat reservoirs, respectively. I...
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Overdamped dynamics of particles with repulsive power-law interactions: We investigate the dynamics of overdamped $D$-dimensional systems of particles repulsively interacting through short-ranged power-law potentials, $V(r)\sim r^{-\lambda}\;(\lambda/D>1)$. We show that such systems obey a non-linear diffusion equation...
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Superchemistry: dynamics of coupled atomic and molecular Bose-Einstein condensates: We analyze the dynamics of a dilute, trapped Bose-condensed atomic gas coupled to a diatomic molecular Bose gas by coherent Raman transitions. This system is shown to result in a new type of `superchemistry', in which giant collective...
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Resilience of the topological phases to frustration: Recently it was highlighted that one-dimensional antiferromagnetic spin models with frustrated boundary conditions, i.e. periodic boundary conditions in a ring with an odd number of elements, may show very peculiar behavior. Indeed the presence of frustrated boundary...
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