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This thesis investigates critical phenomena and equilibrium states in various stochastic models through three interconnected studies. In the first chapter, we analyze the Activated Random Walk model on a one-dimensional ring in the…

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In contrast to abstract statistical analyses in the literature, we present a concrete physical diagrammatic model of entanglement characterization and measure with its underlying discrete phase-space physics. This paper serves as a…

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A key challenge in multiphase flow through porous media is to understand and predict the conditions under which trapped fluid clusters become mobilized. Here, we investigate the stability of such clusters in two-phase flow and present a…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-10-21 Mathias Klahn , Gaute Linga , Tanguy Le Borgne , Joachim Mathiesen

Studying particle-laden flows is essential to understand diverse physical processes such as rain formation in clouds, pathogen transmission, and pollutant dispersal. Distinct clustering patterns are formed in such flows with particles of…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-01-13 K Shri Vignesh , Shruti Tandon , Praveen Kasthuri , R. I. Sujith

The statistical mechanics of a ribbon polymer made up of two semiflexible chains is studied using both analytical techniques and simulation. The system is found to have a crossover transition at some finite temperature, from a type of short…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-31 Ramin Golestanian , Tanniemola B. Liverpool

We discuss the scaling of entanglement entropy in the random singlet phase (RSP) of disordered quantum magnetic chains of general spin-S. Through an analysis of the general structure of the RSP, we show that the entanglement entropy scales…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. Saguia , M. S. Sarandy , B. Boechat , M. A. Continentino

The interplay of topological constraints, excluded volume interactions, persistence length and dynamical entanglement length in solutions and melts of linear chains and ring polymers is investigated by means of kinetic Monte Carlo…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-31 M. Mueller , J. P. Wittmer , J. -L. Barrat

Single three dimensional polymers confined to a slab, i.e. to the region between two parallel plane walls, are studied by Monte Carlo simulations. They are described by $N$-step walks on a simple cubic lattice confined to the region $1 \le…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-10 Hsiao-Ping Hsu , Peter Grassberger

We introduce a model of a quantum walk on a graph in which a particle jumps between neighboring nodes and interacts with independent spins sitting on the edges. Entanglement propagates with the walker. We apply this model to the case of a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-03-30 Kevissen Sellapillay , Alberto D. Verga

We study equilibrium statistics of single semi-flexible polymer chain in the presence of defects. The defects are lying along a line in the two and three dimensions and the monomers are interacting with the onsite potential of the defects.…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2020-09-21 Pramod Kumar Mishra

We develop a segment-scale, force-based theory for the breakdown of the unentangled Rouse model and subsequent emergence of isotropic mesoscopic localization and entropic elasticity in chain polymer liquids in the absence of…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2017-04-26 Zachary E. Dell , Kenneth S. Schweizer

The predictions of the polymer mode coupling theory for the finite size corrections to the transport coefficients of entangled polymeric systems are tested in comparisons with various experimental data. It is found that quantitative…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-30 Matthias Fuchs , Kenneth S. Schweizer

In this paper, we proposed a stochastic model which describes two species of particles moving in counterflow. The model generalizes the theoretical framework describing the transport in random systems since particles can work as mobile…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2017-08-09 Eduardo Velasco Stock , Roberto da Silva , Henrique Almeida Fernandes

We study the entanglement dynamics in the system of coupled quantum fields. We prove that if the coupling is linear, that is if the total Hamiltonian is a quadratic form of field operators, entanglement can only be transferred between the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-02 Mikhail Erementchouk , Michael N. Leuenberger

Polymer melts undergoing large deformation by uniaxial elongation are studied by molecular dynamics simulations of bead-spring chains in melts. Applying a primitive path analysis to strongly deformed polymer melts, the role of topological…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2019-09-11 Hsiao-Ping Hsu , Kurt Kremer

Many dynamic pipe flow simulator tools are capable of predicting the onset of hydrodynamic flow instability through detailed simulation. These instabilities provide a natural mechanism for flow regime transition. The quality and reliability…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-11-29 Andreas Holm Akselsen

We analyze the conformational dynamics and statistical properties of an active polymer model. The polymer is described as a freely-jointed bead-rod chain subject to stochastic active force dipoles that act on the suspending solvent where…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2022-02-09 Achal Mahajan , David Saintillan

The discrete-time quantum walk is a quantum counterpart of the random walk. It is expected that the model plays important roles in the quantum field. In the quantum information theory, entanglement is a key resource. We use the von Neumann…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-09-21 Yusuke Ide , Norio Konno , Takuya Machida

We investigate the dynamical evolution of entanglement entropy in a holographic superconductor model by quenching the source term of the dual charged scalar operator. By access to the full background geometry, the holographic entanglement…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-04-17 Xiaojian Bai , Bum-Hoon Lee , Li Li , Jia-Rui Sun , Hai-Qing Zhang

The transport of deformable particles through porous media underlies a wealth of applications ranging from filtration to oil recovery to the transport and spreading of biological agents. Using direct numerical simulations, we analyze the…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2020-06-09 Brato Chakrabarti , Charles Gaillard , David Saintillan