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We consider a bound system of charged particles moving in an external electromagnetic field, including leading relativistic corrections. The difference from the point particle with a magnetic moment comes from the presence of…

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We study the well-posedness of a coupled system of Skorohod-like stochastic differential equations with reflecting boundary condition. The setting describes the evacuation dynamics of a mixed crowd composed of both active and passive…

Probability · Mathematics 2021-02-09 Thi Kim Thoa Thieu , Adrian Muntean

In the present work, we study the classical behavior of an electric dipole in presence of an external uniform magnetic field. We derive equations and constants of motion from the Lagrangian formulation. We obtain an infinitely periodic…

Classical Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Paulina I. Troncoso , Sergio Curilef

A model of two coupled complex scalar fields is studied at finite temperature and under an external magnetic field. The results are obtained in the context of the nonperturbative method of the optimized perturbation theory and contrasted…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-11-19 R. L. S. Farias , Rudnei O. Ramos , Dérick S. Rosa

We study the simplest terms that need to be included in active field theories to couple them to external potentials. To do so, we consider active Brownian particles and implement a systematic perturbative expansion in the particle…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-04-21 Yariv Kafri , Julien Tailleur

We have studied numerically the quantum-classical crossover in the escape-rate for an uniaxial spin system with an arbitrarily directed field. Using the simple quantum transition-state theory, we have obtained the boundary separating the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Gwang-Hee Kim , E. M. Chudnovsky

Consider a periodically forced nonlinear system which can be presented as a collection of smaller subsystems with pairwise interactions between them. Each subsystem is assumed to be a massive point moving with friction on a compact surface,…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2015-09-25 Ivan Polekhin

We study the escape problem for interacting, self-propelled particles confined to a disc, where particles can exit through one open slot on the circumference. Within a minimal 2D Vicsek model, we numerically study the statistics of escape…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2021-01-04 Kristian Stølevik Olsen , Luiza Angheluta , Eirik Grude Flekkøy

A system of partial differential equations representing stochastic neural fields was recently proposed with the aim of modelling the activity of noisy grid cells when a mammal travels through physical space. The system was rigorously…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-07-18 José Antonio Carrillo , Pierre Roux , Susanne Solem

Path integrals play a crucial role in describing the dynamics of physical systems subject to classical or quantum noise. In fact, when correctly normalized, they express the probability of transition between two states of the system. In…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-09-02 Giulio Corazza , Matteo Fadel

Progress in the research area of colloidal dispersions in external fields within the last years is reviewed. Colloidal dispersions play a pivotal role as model systems for phase transitions in classical statistical mechanics. In recent…

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We present a very simple model of a spontaneous emission from a two-level atom, interacting with a field of a finite number of states. Such a process is often said to occur because of the large number of equally-probable states of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-04-03 Krzysztof Piotr Wójcik

We are exploring two archetypal noise induced escape scenarios: escape from a finite interval and from the positive half-line under the action of the mixture of L\'evy and Gaussian white noises in the overdamped regime, for the random…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2023-05-10 Przemysław Pogorzelec , Bartłomiej Dybiec

This article introduces, and reviews recent work using, a simple optimisation technique for analysing the nonlinear stability of a state in a dynamical system. The technique can be used to identify the most efficient way to disturb a system…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2014-08-18 R. R. Kerswell , C. C. T. Pringle , A. P. Willis

Noise-induced transitions between metastable fixed points in systems evolving on multiple time scales are analyzed in situations where the time scale separation gives rise to a slow manifold with bifurcation. This analysis is performed…

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Multi-particle non-equilibrium dynamics in two-channel asymmetric exclusion processes with narrow entrances is investigated theoretically. Particles move on two parallel lattices in opposite directions without changing them, while the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-25 Ekaterina Pronina , Anatoly B. Kolomeisky

Non-equilibrium thermodynamics can provide strong advantages when compared to more standard equilibrium situations. Here, we present a general framework to study its application to concrete problems, which is valid also beyond the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-03-16 Qiongyuan Wu , Matteo Carlesso

We explore the effects of a homogeneous external electric field on the static properties and dynamical behavior of two charged particles confined to a helix. In contrast to the field-free setup which provides a separation of the…

Classical Physics · Physics 2017-01-30 J. Plettenberg , J. Stockhofe , A. V. Zampetaki , P. Schmelcher

Equilibrium is a rather ideal situation, the exception rather than the rule in Nature. Whenever the external or internal parameters of a physical system are varied its subsequent relaxation to equilibrium may be either impossible or take…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-10-04 Leticia F. Cugliandolo