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We investigate a phase transition from linear to nonlinear information processing in echo state networks, a widely used framework in reservoir computing. The network consists of randomly connected recurrent nodes perturbed by a noise and…

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We investigate transient nonlinear localization, namely the self-excitation of energy bursts in an atomic lattice at finite temperature. As a basic model we consider the diatomic Lennard-Jones chain. Numerical simulations suggest that the…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2021-06-15 Stefano Lepri , Francesco Piazza

A spatially extended classical system with metastable states subject to weak spatiotemporal noise can exhibit a transition in its activation behavior when one or more external parameters are varied. Depending on the potential, the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2008-07-09 J. Bürki , C. A. Stafford , D. L. Stein

We study the dynamics of flexible, semiflexible, and self-avoiding polymer chains moving under a Kramers metastable potential. Due to thermal noise, the polymers, initially placed in the metastable well, can cross the potential barrier, but…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2013-12-05 Jaeoh Shin , Timo Ikonen , Mahendra D. Khandkar , Tapio Ala-Nissila , Wokyung Sung

In this study we demonstrate a self-oscillating acoustic meta-atom functioning as an amplifying transistor, where a steady external flow serves as a control signal to switch between reflective (off-state) and transmissive (on-state)…

Applied Physics · Physics 2025-08-25 Alexander K. Stoychev , Xinxin Guo , Ulrich Kuhl , Nicolas Noiray

We study the noise-driven escape of active Brownian particles (ABPs) and run-and-tumble particles (RTPs) from confining potentials. In the small noise limit, we provide an exact expression for the escape rate in term of a variational…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2019-07-03 Eric Woillez , Yongfeng Zhao , Yariv Kafri , Vivien Lecomte , Julien Tailleur

We describe the emergence and interactions of breather modes and resonant wave modes within a two-dimensional ring-like oscillator chain in a microcanonical situation. Our analytical results identify different dynamical regimes…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2014-10-01 Torsten Gross , Dirk Hennig , Lutz Schimansky-Geier

Self-organization phenomena in ensembles of self-propelled particles open pathways to the synthesis of new dynamic states not accessible by traditional equilibrium processes. The challenge is to develop a set of principles that facilitate…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2022-05-26 Bo Zhang , Alexey Snezhko , Andrey Sokolov

Local networks of neurons are nonlinear systems driven by synaptic currents elicited by its own spiking activity and the input received from other brain areas. Synaptic currents are well approximated by correlated Gaussian noise. Besides,…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2024-04-09 Gianni Valerio Vinci , Maurizio Mattia

We consider the dynamics of a periodic chain of N coupled overdamped particles under the influence of noise. Each particle is subjected to a bistable local potential, to a linear coupling with its nearest neighbours, and to an independent…

Probability · Mathematics 2007-10-16 Nils Berglund , Bastien Fernandez , Barbara Gentz

We propose a new non-equilibrium model for spatial pattern formation on the basis of local information transfer. Unlike standard models of pattern formation it is not based on the Turing instability. Information is transmitted through the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Thimo Rohlf , Stefan Bornholdt

Non-Gaussian noise influences many complex out-of-equilibrium systems on a wide range of scales such as quantum devices, active and living matter, and financial markets. Despite the ubiquitous nature of non-Gaussian noise, its effect on…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-09-01 Adrian Baule , Peter Sollich

The thermal decay of linear chains from a metastable state is investigated. A crossover from rigid to elastic decay occurs when the number of particles, the single particle energy barrier or the coupling strength between the particles is…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-10-31 Thorsten Droese , Cristiane Morais-Smith

We demonstrate that the modulation instability of the zone boundary mode in a finite (periodic) Fermi-Pasta-Ulam chain is the necessary but not sufficient condition for the efficient energy transfer by localized excitations. This transfer…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2015-05-19 L. I. Manevitch , V. V. Smirnov

We present a study of the noise driven escape of an overdamped Brownian particle moving in a cubic potential profile with a metastable state. We analyze the role of the initial conditions of the particle on the enhancement of the average…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-10 A. Fiasconaro , D. Valenti , B. Spagnolo

Electron tunneling between quantum Hall systems on the same two dimensional plane separated by a narrow barrier is studied. We show that in the limit where inelastic scattering time is much longer than the tunneling time, which can be…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-22 Tin-Lun Ho

Following the long-lived qualitative-dynamics tradition of explaining behavior in complex systems via the architecture of their attractors and basins, we investigate the patterns of switching between qualitatively distinct trajectories in a…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2016-09-02 Jeffrey Emenheiser , Airlie Chapman , Márton Pósfai , James P. Crutchfield , Mehran Mesbahi , Raissa M. D'Souza

We consider particles that are conditioned to initial and final states. The trajectory of these particles is uniquely shaped by the intricate interplay of internal and external sources of randomness. The internal randomness is aptly…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-09-13 Daniel Owusu Adu , Yongxin Chen

Non-equilibrium critical phenomena generally exist in many dynamic systems, like chemical reactions and some driven-dissipative {reactive} particle systems. Here, by using computer simulation and theoretical analysis, we demonstrate the…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2021-05-26 Qun-Li Lei , Hao Hu , Ran Ni

The dynamical organization in the presence of noise of a Boolean neural network with random connections is analyzed. For low levels of noise, the system reaches a stationary state in which the majority of its elements acquire the same…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2007-05-23 Cristian Huepe , Maximino Aldana