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We examine the effects of introducing a wall or edge into a directed percolation process. Scaling ansatzes are presented for the density and survival probability of a cluster in these geometries, and we make the connection to surface…

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We consider a collection of weakly interacting diffusion processes moving in a two-scale locally periodic environment. We study the large deviations principle of the empirical distribution of the particles' positions in the combined limit…

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We show that propagation of ultrashort (few-cycle) pulses in nonlinear Drude metamaterials with both electric and magnetic Kerr nonlinearities is described by coupled generalized Short Pulse Equations. The resulting system of equations…

Optics · Physics 2016-01-01 Monika E. Pietrzyk , Igor V. Kanattsikov

In this paper, we study a macroscopic system of electrically interacting metallic beads organized as a sequence along an annulus. A random mechanical shaking mimics the thermal excitation. We exhibit non Fickian diffusion (Single File…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-05-18 Christophe Coste , Jean-Baptiste Delfau , Catherine Even , Michel Saint Jean

We propose a novel perspective on varied-density clustering for high-dimensional data by framing it as a label propagation process in neighborhood graphs that adapt to local density variations. Our method formally connects density-based…

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We give a new numerical model of pulsar pulse radiation through the interstellar medium (ISM) considering the propagation effects. It explains the deficit of a scattering measure at the decameter range of frequencies that leads to the…

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The mutual compatibility of the dynamical equations and constraints describing a massive particle of arbitrary spin, though essential for consistency, is generically lost in the presence of interactions. The conventional Lagrangian approach…

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Segregation is a popular phenomenon. It has considerable effects on material performance. To the author's knowledge, there is still no automated objective quantitative indicator for segregation. In order to full fill this task, segregation…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2015-11-30 Ting Peng , Aiping Qu , Xiaoling Wang

Propagation of pulses in myelinated fibers may be described by appropriate solutions of spatially discrete FitzHugh-Nagumo systems. In these systems, propagation failure may occur if either the coupling between nodes is not strong enough or…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-03-08 A. Carpio , L. L. Bonilla

We have observed the ultraslow propagation of matched pulses in nondegenerate four-wave mixing in a hot atomic vapor. Probe pulses as short as 70 ns can be delayed by a tunable time of up to 40 ns with little broadening or distortion.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 V. Boyer , C. F. McCormick , E. Arimondo , P. D. Lett

The propagation of an external transverse magnetic signal acting locally on a 1d chain of spins generates a disturbance which runs through the system. This quantum effect can be interpreted as a classical traveling wave which contains a…

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An approximation is elaborated for the paraxial propagation of diffracted beams, with both one- and two-dimensional cross sections, which are released from apertures with sharp boundaries. The approximation applies to any beam under the…

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We have investigated the impact of circumplanetary rings consisting of spherical micrometer-sized particles on the net scattered light polarization of extrasolar gas giants. Using the three-dimensional Monte Carlo radiative transfer code…

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We analyze the flow and clogging of circular grains passing through a small aperture under vibration in two dimensions. Via Discrete Element Method simulations, we show that when grains smaller than the original ones are introduced in the…

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We present a gradient-index crystal that offers extreme tunability in terms of manipulating the propagation of elastic waves. For small-amplitude excitations, we achieve control over wave transmission depth into the crystal. We numerically…

Applied Physics · Physics 2019-11-27 Eunho Kim , Rajesh Chaunsali , Jinkyu Yang

We report the statistical properties of spherical steel particles rolling on an inclined surface being driven by an oscillating wall. Strong dissipation occurs due to collisions between the particles and rolling and can be tuned by changing…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-07 Daniel L. Blair , A. Kudrolli

Wave propagation in ray-chaotic scenarios, characterized by exponential sensitivity to ray-launching conditions, is a topic of significant interest, with deep phenomenological implications and important applications, ranging from optical…

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