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Large-scale fluctuations of the largest Lyapunov exponent in diffusive systems

Statistical Mechanics 2015-04-27 v3 Chaotic Dynamics

Abstract

We present a general formalism for computing the largest Lyapunov exponent and its fluctuations in spatially extended systems described by diffusive fluctuating hydrodynamics, thus extending the concepts of dynamical system theory to a broad range of non-equilibrium systems. Our analytical results compare favourably with simulations of a lattice model of heat conduction. We further show how the computation of the Lyapunov exponent for the Symmetric Simple Exclusion Process relates to damage spreading and to a two-species pair annihilation process, for which our formalism yields new finite size results.

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@article{arxiv.1406.6370,
  title  = {Large-scale fluctuations of the largest Lyapunov exponent in diffusive systems},
  author = {Tanguy Laffargue and Peter Sollich and Julien Tailleur and Frédéric van Wijland},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1406.6370},
  year   = {2015}
}