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We study localization in a one-dimensional quasiperiodic lattice obtained by extending the Aubry-Andr\'e model with an additional $N$th-neighbor hopping term of strength $J_{N}$. This long-range tunneling couples successive windings of an…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2026-05-19 Taylan Yildiz , B. Tanatar , Balázs Hetényi

A recent experiment by P. Bordia et al. (Periodically Driving a Many Body Localized Quantum System, Nat Phys, Jan 2017) has demonstrated that periodically modulating the potential of a localised many-body quantum system described by the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-07-31 Donato Romito , Carlos Lobo , Alessio Recati

We numerically study the single particle localization and delocalization phenomena of an initially localized wave packet in the kicked Harper model (KHM) and Harper model subjected to quasi-periodic perturbation composed of $M-$modes. Both…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2022-07-26 Hiroaki S. Yamada , Kensuke S. Ikeda

Recent work has developed a nonlinear hydrodynamic fluctuation theory for a chain of coupled anharmonic oscillators governing the conserved fields, namely stretch, momentum, and energy. The linear theory yields two propagating sound modes…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2014-07-30 Suman G. Das , Abhishek Dhar , Keiji Saito , Christian B. Mendl , Herbert Spohn

Logistic growth on a static heterogenous substrate is studied both above and below the drift-induced delocalization transition. Using stochastic, agent-based simulations the delocalization of the highest eigenfunction is connected with the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2008-08-20 David A. Kessler , Nadav M. Shnerb

The dichotomy of localization versus delocalization is a historic topic central to quantum and condensed matter physics. We discover a new delocalization mechanism attributed to a residue imaginary (part of) velocity $\operatorname{Im}(v)$,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-04 Shi-Xin Hu , Yong-Xu Fu , Yi Zhang

It is shown numerically that for Fermi Pasta Ulam (FPU) chains with alternating masses and heat baths at slightly different temperatures at the ends, the local temperature (LT) on small scales behaves paradoxically in steady state. This…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-11 Trieu Mai , Abhishek Dhar , Onuttom Narayan

In a dissipative Fermi-Pasta-Ulam-Tsingou chain particles interact with their nearest neighbors through anharmonic potentials and linear dissipative forces. We prove the existence of front solutions connecting two different uniformly…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-11-04 Michael Herrmann , Guillaume James , Karsten Matthies

Many-body localization has become an important phenomenon for illuminating a potential rift between non-equilibrium quantum systems and statistical mechanics. However, the nature of the transition between ergodic and localized phases in…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2018-06-04 Johnnie Gray , Sougato Bose , Abolfazl Bayat

We consider a one dimensional infinite chain of har- monic oscillators whose dynamics is perturbed by a stochastic term conserving energy and momentum. We prove that in the unpinned case the macroscopic evolution of the energy converges to…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-01-12 Milton Jara , Tomasz Komorowski , Stefano Olla

Diffusive transport is among the most common phenomena in nature [1]. However, as predicted by Anderson [2], diffusion may break down due to interference. This transition from diffusive transport to localization of waves should occur for…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2009-11-11 Martin Störzer , Peter Gross , Christof M. Aegerter , Georg Maret

The universal statistics of density fluctuations of localized quantum states may offer unprecedented opportunities to probe and understand quantum transport in connection with dimensionality, coherence, symmetry and disorder. To date, the…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2026-05-29 Hai-Tao Ding , Sen Mu , Leong-Chuan Kwek , Gabriel Lemarié , Jiangbin Gong

In this paper, we consider the classic Fermi-Pasta-Ulam-Tsingou system as a model of interacting particles connected by harmonic springs with a quadratic nonlinear term (first system) and a set of second-order ordinary differential…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2022-12-20 Zulkarnain , H. Susanto , C. G. Antonopoulos

A novel energy minimization formulation of electrostatics that allows computation of the electrostatic energy and forces to any desired accuracy in a system with arbitrary dielectric properties is presented. An integral equation for the…

Classical Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 O. I. Obolensky , T. P. Doerr , R. Ray , Yi-Kuo Yu

We study various realizations of collective coordinates, e.g. the position of a particle, the charge of a Coulomb box or the phase of a Bose or a superconducting condensate, coupled to Luttinger liquids (LL) with N flavors. We find that for…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2013-09-18 B. Horovitz , T. Giamarchi , P. Le Doussal

The localization transition and the critical properties of the Lorentz model in three dimensions are investigated by computer simulations. We give a coherent and quantitative explanation of the dynamics in terms of continuum percolation…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 Felix Höfling , Thomas Franosch , Erwin Frey

According to the second law of thermodynamics the total entropy of a system is increased during almost any dynamical process. The positivity of the specific heat implies that the entropy increase is associated with heating. This is…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-11 Luca D'Alessio , Anatoli Polkovnikov

We consider the effect of a local perturbation on the energy levels of a system described by random matrix theory. An analytic expression for the joint distribution function of initial and final energy levels is obtained. In the case of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 I. L. Aleiner , K. A. Matveev

We study theoretically the localization of relativistic particles in disordered one-dimensional chains. It is found that the relativistic particles tend to dislocation in comparison with the non-relativistic particles with the same disorder…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2009-06-30 Shi-Liang Zhu , Dan-Wei Zhang , Z. D. Wang

We consider a one dimensional infinite acoustic chain of harmonic oscillators whose dynamics is perturbed by a random exchange of velocities, such that the energy and momentum of the chain are conserved. Consequently, the evolution of the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-02-17 Tomasz Komorowski , Stefano Olla