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We study the stationary states of an over-damped active Brownian particle (ABP) in a harmonic trap in two dimensions, via mathematical calculations and numerical simulations. In addition to translational diffusion, the ABP self-propels with…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2023-07-27 Urvashi Nakul , Manoj Gopalakrishnan

An antiproton plasma confined in a quasi-1D device is described in terms of a self-consistent fluid formulation using a variational approach. Unlike previous treatments, the use of the time-dependent variational method allows to retain the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2024-06-19 Luiz Gustavo F. Soares , Fernando Haas

We propose a new type of traveling wave pattern, one that can adapt to the size of physical system in which it is embedded. Such a system arises when the initial state has an instability that extends down to zero wavevector, connecting at…

Subcellular Processes · Quantitative Biology 2017-01-04 David A. Kessler , Herbert Levine

Lagrangian measurements of tracer particle dispersion in stratified turbulence are presented from a large-scale experiment achieving both high buoyancy Reynolds numbers and low Froude numbers -- a regime characteristic of oceanic…

It is often asserted or implicitly assumed, without justification, that the results of two-dimensional investigations of plasma turbulence are applicable to the three-dimensional plasma environments of interest. A projection method is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-20 Gregory G. Howes

Theoretical and numerical studies are presented of the nonlinear amplitude modulation of dust-acoustic (DA) waves propagating in an unmagnetized three component, weakly-coupled, fully ionized plasma consisting of electrons, positive ions…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 I. Kourakis , P. K. Shukla

The propagation of plasma waves in a new non-linear, logarithmic electrodynamics model is performed. A cold, uniform, collisionless fluid plasma model is applied. Electrostatic waves in magnetized plasma are shown to correspond to modified…

We rigorously study the long time dynamics of solitary wave solutions of the nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation in {\it time-dependent} external potentials. To set the stage, we first establish the well-posedness of the Cauchy problem for a…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Walid K. Abou Salem

The evolution of an initial perturbation in Vlasov plasma is studied in the intrinsically nonlinear long-time limit dominated by the effects of particle trapping. After the possible transient linear exponential Landau damping, the evolution…

chao-dyn · Physics 2008-02-03 M. B. Isichenko

Nonlinear regimes of one-dimensional parametric instabilities of long-wave plasma waves are considered for the cases when the average plasma field energy density is less (Zakharov's model) or greater (Silin's model) than the plasma thermal…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-02-03 A. V. Kirichok , V. M. Kuklin , A. V. Pryjmak , A. G. Zagorodny

We examine the general question of statistical changes experienced by ensembles of nonlinear random waves propagating in systems ruled by integrable equations. In our study that enters within the framework of integrable turbulence, we…

Optics · Physics 2016-08-24 S. Randoux , P. Walczak , M. Onorato , P. Suret

We study the nonlinear wave dynamics of one-dimensional chains of polycatenated rings. These interlocked structures support amplitude-dependent nonlinear wave propagation driven by tensile activation and internal structural flexibility,…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2026-05-25 Xiaoxiao Xiong , Reo Yanagi , Tingtao Zhou , Chiara Daraio

We study the non-equilibrium relaxational dynamics of a probe particle linearly coupled to a thermally fluctuating scalar field and subject to a harmonic potential, which provides a cartoon for an optically trapped colloid immersed in a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-10-28 Davide Venturelli , Francesco Ferraro , Andrea Gambassi

The nonlinear aspects of longitudinal motion of interacting point masses in a lattice are revisited, with emphasis on the paradigm of charged dust grains in a dusty plasma (DP) crystal. Different types of localized excitations, predicted by…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-10 I. Kourakis , P. K. Shukla

This paper develops the basic sets of equations which lead to the conservation laws describing collisionless plasma shock waves. We discuss the evolution of shock waves by wave steepening, derive the Rankine-Hugoniot conditions for…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-05-16 R. A. Treumann , C. H. Jaroschek

The adsorption phenomenon of neutral particles from the limiting surfaces of the sample in the Langmuir approximation is investigated. The diffusion equation regulating the redistribution of particles in the bulk is assumed to be of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-02-13 A Sapora , M Codegone , G Barbero , LR Evangelista

This article discusses the existence of solitary electromagnetic waves trapped in a self-generated Langmuir wave and embedded in an infinitely long circularly polarized electromagnetic wave propagating through a plasma. From the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2011-04-18 G. Sánchez-Arriaga , E. Siminos , E. Lefebvre

The nonlinear propagation of two-dimensional (2D) quantum ion-acoustic waves (QIAWs) is studied in a quantum electron-ion plasma. By using a 2D quantum hydrodynamic model and the method of multiple scales, a new set of coupled nonlinear…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2009-12-23 Amar P. Misra , Mattias Marklund , Gert Brodin , Padma K. Shukla

The relationship between anomalous superdiffusive behavior and particle trapping probability is analyzed on a rocking ratchet potential with spatially correlated weak disorder. The trapping probability density is shown, analytically and…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2019-02-18 D. G. Zarlenga , G. L. Frontini , Fereydoon Family , C. M. Arizmendi

In the present paper, we consider nonlinear PT-symmetric dimers and trimers (more generally, oligomers) embedded within a linear Schr{\"o}dinger lattice. We examine the stationary states of such chains in the form of plane waves, and…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2015-06-04 J. D'Ambroise , P. G. Kevrekidis , S. Lepri