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The science of complexity is far from being fully understood and even its foundations are not well established. On the other hand, during the last decade, the random motion of particles or waves - the so-called diffusion - has been known…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-08-14 Guilherme R. Rezende , Luciano C. Lapas , Fernando A. Oliveira

Modern astronomy has been rapidly increasing our ability to see deeper into the universe, acquiring enormous samples of cosmic populations. Gaining astrophysical insights from these datasets requires a wide range of sophisticated…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-11 Eric D. Feigelson , Rafael S. de Souza , Emille E. O. Ishida , Gutti Jogesh Babu

We present a review of data types and statistical methods often encountered in astronomy. The aim is to provide an introduction to statistical applications in astronomy for statisticians and computer scientists. We highlight the complex,…

Physics Education · Physics 2017-10-23 James P. Long , Rafael S. de Souza

The complexity and the chaos degree can be used to examine the chaotic aspects of not only several nonlinear classical and quantum physical physics but also life sciences. We will construct a model describing the function of brain in the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Masanori Ohya

In the present work, we attempt a brief summary of various areas where nonlinear waves have been emerging in the phenomenology of lattice dynamical systems. These areas include nonlinear optics, atomic physics, mechanical systems,…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2010-09-17 P. G. Kevrekidis

We perform a detailed dynamical analysis of various cosmological scenarios in extended (varying-mass) nonlinear massive gravity. Due to the enhanced freedom in choosing the involved free functions, this cosmological paradigm allows for a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-06-05 Genly Leon , Joel Saavedra , Emmanuel N. Saridakis

Nearly all nontrivial real-world systems are nonlinear dynamical systems. Chaos describes certain nonlinear dynamical systems that have a very sensitive dependence on initial conditions. Chaotic systems are always deterministic and may be…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2016-11-16 Geoff Boeing

This article looks at philosophical aspects and questions that modern astrophysical research gives rise to. Other than cosmology, astrophysics particularly deals with understanding phenomena and processes operating at "intermediate" cosmic…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2015-10-13 Sibylle Anderl

We present the dynamical analysis for interacting quintessence, considering linear cosmological perturbations. Matter perturbations improve the background analysis and viable critical points describing the transition of the three…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-11-07 Ricardo G. Landim

The problem of characterizing complexity of quantum dynamics - in particular of locally interacting chains of quantum particles - will be reviewed and discussed from several different perspectives: (i) stability of motion against external…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Tomaz Prosen

Integrability and chaos are two of the main concepts associated with nonlinear physical systems which have revolutionized our understanding of them. Highly stable exponentially localized solitons are often associated with many of the…

solv-int · Physics 2015-06-26 M. Lakshmanan

Characterizing the emergence of chaotic dynamics of complex networks is an essential task in nonlinear science with potential important applications in many fields such as neural control engineering, microgrid technologies, and ecological…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2024-04-29 Ricardo Chacón , Pedro J. Martínez

Several problems in cosmology and astrophysics are described in which critical phenomena of various types may play a role. These include the organization of the disks of spiral galaxies, various aspects of the problem of structure formation…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-28 Lee Smolin

Stars play a key role in the evolution of the Universe, as sources of radiation, as dynamical engines, and as chemical factories. Outputs of stellar models are then central to various studies in astrophysics. Stellar physics links…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-09-18 P. Eggenberger

This short review is devoted to the problem of the equilibrium of stellar dynamical systems in the context of the Vlasov-Poisson model. In a first part we will review some classical problems posed by the application of the Vlasov-Poisson…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 jerome perez

Many real-world scientific processes are governed by complex nonlinear dynamic systems that can be represented by differential equations. Recently, there has been increased interest in learning, or discovering, the forms of the equations…

Methodology · Statistics 2022-10-20 Joshua S. North , Christopher K. Wikle , Erin M. Schliep

The dynamics of several light filaments (spatial optical solitons) propagating in an optically nonlinear and non-local random medium is investigated using the paradigms of the physics of complexity. Cluster formation is interpreted as a…

Optics · Physics 2007-05-23 Claudio Conti

Astrophysical objects frequently exhibit some irregularities or complex behaviour in their light curves. We focus primarily on hot stars, where both radial and non-radial pulsations are observed. One of the primary research goals is to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 V. Votruba , P. Koubský , D. Korčáková , F. Hroch

The mechanics of the structured particles develops. The substantiation of applicability of such mechanics for the description of processes of evolution in open nonequilibrium systems is offered. The consequences following from the equations…

General Physics · Physics 2012-10-03 V. M. Somsikov

General aspects about the thermodynamics of astrophysical systems are discussed, overall, those concerning to astrophysical systems in mutual interaction (or the called \emph{open astrophysical systems}). A special interest is devoted along…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-03-23 L. Velazquez