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We consider a two-dimensional Fermi-Pasta-Ulam (FPU) lattice with hexagonal symmetry. Using asymptotic methods based on small amplitude ansatz, at third order we obtain a reduction to a cubic nonlinear Schrodinger equation (NLS) for the…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2009-11-11 Imran A Butt , Jonathan A D Wattis

We study the dynamics of Fermi-Pasta-Ulam chains with both harmonic and anharmonic power-law long-range interactions. We show that the dynamics is described in the continuum limit by a generalized fractional Boussinesq differential…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2018-07-31 G. N. B. Chendjou , J. P. Nguenang , A. Trombettoni , T. Dauxois , R. Khomeriki , S. Ruffo

This paper investigates the robust stability and stabilization analysis of interval fractional-order systems with time-varying delay. The stability problem of such systems is solved first, and then using the proposed results a stabilization…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-09-19 Pouya Badri , Mahdi Sojoodi

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

We investigate the instabilities and bifurcations of traveling pulses in a model excitable medium; in particular we discuss three different scenarios for the loss of stability resp. the disappearance of stable pulses. In numerical…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2009-11-07 M. Or-Guil , J. Krishnan , I. G. Kevrekidis , M. Bar

The evolution towards equipartition in the $\beta$-FPU chain is studied considering as initial condition the highest frequency mode. Above an analytically derived energy threshold, this zone-boundary mode is shown to be modulationally…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-08-31 Thierry Cretegny , Thierry Dauxois , Stefano Ruffo , Alessandro Torcini

We investigate the energy relaxation process produced by thermal baths at zero temperature acting on the boundary atoms of chains of classical anharmonic oscillators. Time-dependent perturbation theory allows us to obtain an explicit…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2016-09-08 F. Piazza , S. Lepri , R. Livi

The three-dimensional (3D) Fitzhugh-Nagumo neuron model with inertia was shown to exhibit a chaotic mixed-mode dynamics composed of large-amplitude spikes separated by an irregular number of small-amplitude chaotic oscillations. In contrast…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2023-01-25 Marzena Ciszak , Salvador Balle , Oreste Piro , Francesco Marino

We consider a stochastic version of the so-called Brusselator - a mathematical model for a two-dimensional chemical reaction network - in which one of its parameters is assumed to vary randomly. It has been suggested via numerical…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2023-05-30 Maximilian Engel , Guillermo Olicón-Méndez

We study the inhomogeneous kinetic Fermi-Pasta-Ulam (FPU) equation, a nonlinear transport equation describing the evolution of phonon density distributions with four-phonon interactions. The equation combines free transport in physical…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-12-25 Haoling Xiang

We numerically study a one dimensional, nonlinear lattice model which in the linear limit is relevant to the study of bending (flexural) waves. In contrast with the classic one dimensional mass-spring system, the linear dispersion relation…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-02-16 Arnold Ngapasare , Geogios Theocharis , Olivier Richoux , Vassos Achilleos , Charalampos Skokos

We study the well known Schr\"odinger-Lohe model for quantum synchronization with non-identical natural frequencies. The main results are related to the characterization and convergence to phase-locked states for this quantum system. The…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-12-31 Paolo Antonelli , David N Reynolds

The Fermi-Pasta-Ulam problem was one of the first computational experiments. It has stirred the physics community since, and resisted a simple solution for half a century. The combination of straightforward simulations, efficient…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2009-11-13 S. Flach , M. V. Ivanchenko , O. I. Kanakov , K. G. Mishagin

We study the interaction of small amplitude, long wavelength solitary waves in the Fermi-Pasta-Ulam model with general nearest-neighbor interaction potential. We establish global-in-time existence and stability of counter-propagating…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2009-11-13 A. Hoffman , C. E. Wayne

Temporal, spectral, and sample-to-sample fluctuations in coherence properties of qubits form an outstanding challenge for the development of upscaled fault-tolerant quantum computers. A ubiquitous source for these fluctuations in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-10-29 Shlomi Matityahu , Alexander Shnirman , Moshe Schechter

We address the equilibrium and out-of-equilibrium behavior of the particle density in many-body systems undergoing quantum transitions driven by the chemical potential $\mu$. They originate from a nontrivial interplay between noncritical…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-07-22 Davide Rossini , Ettore Vicari

We consider the original $\beta$-Fermi-Pasta-Ulam-Tsingou ($\beta$-FPUT) system; numerical simulations and theoretical arguments suggest that, for a finite number of masses, a statistical equilibrium state is reached independently of the…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2020-06-05 Yuri V Lvov , Miguel Onorato

A recent theory by Bertini, De Sole, Gabrielli, Jona-Lasinio and Landim predicts a temporal asymmetry in the fluctuation-relaxation paths of certain observables of nonequilibrium systems in local thermodynamic equilibrium. We find temporal…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-11 C. Giberti , L. Rondoni , C. Vernia

The problem analysis results made the author to draw a conclusion that the nature of the resonance frequency long-term instability and drift at harmonic excitation is related to the phase dynamics of the "atom + field" system in the small…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. G. Chirkov

Relaxor ferroelectrics are complex oxide materials which are rather unique to study the effects of compositional disorder on phase transitions. Here, we study the effects of quenched cubic random electric fields on the lattice instabilities…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-06-14 J. R. Arce-Gamboa , G. G. Guzmán-Verri