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Mean field theory for the time evolution of quantum meson fields is studied in terms of the functional Schroedinger picture with a time-dependent Gaussian variational wave functional. We first show that the equations of motion for the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-31 Y. Tsue , D. Vautherin , T. Matsui

We study the long-time behavior of a point mass moving in a one-dimensional viscous compressible fluid. Previously, we showed that the velocity of the point mass $V(t)$ satisfies a decay estimate $V(t)=O(t^{-3/2})$~[K. Koike, J.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-09-13 Kai Koike

The vibrational entropy of a solid at finite temperature is investigated from the perspective of information theory. Ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD) simulations generate ensembles of atomic configurations at finite temperature from…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-05-11 Yang Huang , Michael Widom

Owing to three conditions (namely: (a) the velocity is represented by sum of irrotational and solenoidal components; (b) the fluid is barotropic; (c) a bath with the fluid undergoes vertical vibrations) the Navier-Stokes equation admits…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2014-06-23 Valeriy I. Sbitnev

A model of self-driven particles similar to the Vicsek model [Phys. Rev. Lett. 75 (1995) 1226] but with metric-free interactions is studied by means of a novel Enskog-type kinetic theory. In this model, N particles of constant speed v0 try…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2012-08-21 Yen-Liang Chou , Rylan Wolfe , Thomas Ihle

We study the tensor-optimized antisymmetrized molecular dynamics (TOAMD) as a successive variational method in many-body systems with strong interaction for nuclei. In TOAMD, the correlation functions for the tensor force and the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2017-05-09 Takayuki Myo , Hiroshi Toki , Kiyomi Ikeda , Hisashi Horiuchi , Tadahiro Suhara

In systems where one coordinate undergoes periodic oscillation, the net displacement in any other coordinate over a single period is shown to be given by differentiation of the action integral associated with the oscillating coordinate.…

Classical Physics · Physics 2015-05-19 Rory J. Perkins , Paul M. Bellan

Physical vacuum is a special superfluid medium populated by enormous amount of virtual particle-antiparticle pairs. Its motion is described by the modified Navier-Stokes equation: (a)~the pressure gradient divided by the mass density is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-09-13 Valeriy I. Sbitnev

Mode-coupling theory provides a unified description of the rotational and translational dynamics of polyatomic ions. These molecular ions are distinct from usual models of ion diffusion, such as K+ , Cl- etc., and also different from…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2018-03-06 Puja Banerjee , Biman Bagchi

We extend the phase field crystal model to accommodate exact atomic configurations and vacancies by requiring the order parameter to be non-negative. The resulting theory dictates the number of atoms and describes the motion of each of…

Computational Physics · Physics 2009-02-10 Pak Yuen Chan , Nigel Goldenfeld , Jon Dantzig

We investigate the fluctuating incompressible Navier--Stokes equation driven by spatially correlated thermal noise characterized by a single length scale. This formulation is constructed to preserve thermal equilibrium through the…

Biological Physics · Physics 2025-11-19 Sijie Huang , Ayush Saurabh , Steve Presse

Group-theoretical approach is applied to study behavior of lossless two-level atoms in a standing-wave laser field. Due to the recoil effect, the internal and external atomic degrees of freedom become coupled. The internal dynamics is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-01-06 S. V. Prants

It is argued that the world is a dissipative dynamic system, a phase flow of which is formed by conformally-symplectic mapping. The key assumption is that the concept of energy in microcosm makes sense only for the steady motions…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2009-04-08 A. P. Alexandrov

Here the authors provide a generalized Chudley-Elliott expression for activated atom surface diffusion which takes into account the coupling between both low-frequency vibrational motion (namely, the frustrated translational modes) and…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. Martinez-Casado , J. L. Vega , A. S. Sanz , S. Miret-Artes

Run-and-tumble (RNT) motion is a prominent locomotion strategy employed by many living microorganisms. It is characterized by straight swimming intervals (runs), which are interrupted by sudden reorientation events (tumbles). In contrast,…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2018-02-14 Celia Lozano , Juan Ruben Gomez-Solano , Clemens Bechinger

An approximate method based on adiabatic time dependent density functional theory (TDDFT) is presented, that allows for the description of the electron dynamics in nanoscale junctions under arbitrary time dependent external potentials. In…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-27 Y. Wang , C. -Y. Yam , G. H. Chen , Th. Frauenheim , T. A. Niehaus

Electrically actuated continuous motion of a water droplet over PDMS-coated single active electrode is analyzed from detailed modeling and experiments. In an experiment, continuous motion of the droplet is achieved when it is located over…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-05-02 Supriya Upadhyay , K. Muralidhar

Equations of motion are derived for (visco)elastic, self-gravitating, and variably-rotating planets. The equations are written using a decomposition of the elastic motion that separates the body's elastic deformation from its net…

Classical Physics · Physics 2023-09-25 Matthew Maitra , David Al-Attar

The predictions of the mode-coupling theory of the glass transition (MCT) for the tagged-particle density-correlation functions and the mean-squared displacement curves are compared quantitatively and in detail to results from Newtonian-…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-10 Th. Voigtmann , A. M. Puertas , M. Fuchs

A millimetric bouncing droplet sustained on a vibrating bath becomes a moving wave source (particle) through periodically interacting with the local wave field it generates during the droplet-bath impact. By virtue of such particle-wave…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-08-25 Jianbo Tang , Xi Zhao , Jing Liu