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In this paper we consider the conformal dynamics for a system of $N$ interacting relativistic massless particles. A detailed study is done for the case of two-particles, with a particular attention to the symmetries of the problem. In fact,…

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A two-dimensional earthquake model that consists of a single block resting upon a slowly moving rough surface and connected by two springs to rigid supports is studied. Depending on the elastic anisotropy and the friction force three…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-10 Raul Montagne , G. L. Vasconcelos

Stability is a key property of dynamical systems. In some cases, we want to change unstable system into stable one to achieve certain goals in engineering. Here, we present an example of a $3$ dimensional switched system that alternates…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2021-10-20 Yuyi Zhang , Yao Guo

A simple model for solid friction is analyzed. It is based on tangential springs representing interlocked asperities of the surfaces in contact. Each spring is given a maximal strain according to a probability distribution. At their maximal…

Materials Science · Physics 2007-05-23 Z. Farkas , S. R. Dahmen , D. E. Wolf

We study the complex quantum dynamics of a system of many interacting atoms in an elongated anharmonic trap. The system is initially in a Bose-Einstein condensed state, well described by Thomas-Fermi profile in the elongated direction and…

We present a complete analysis of the dynamics of a Bose-Einstein condensate trapped in a symmetric triple-well potential. Our classical analogue treatment, based on a time-dependent variational method using SU(3) coherent states, includes…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-04-01 T. F. Viscondi , K. Furuya

The dynamics of elongated inertial particles in an extensional flow is studied numerically by performing simulations of freely jointed bead-rod chains. The coil-stretch transition and the tumbling instability are characterized as a function…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-08-29 Christophe Henry , Giorgio Krstulovic , Jérémie Bec

The dynamics of filaments in flow are central to understanding a wide range of biological and soft-matter systems, yet their behavior under time-dependent forcing remains poorly understood. Here, we investigate the long-time dynamics of…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2026-01-05 Francesco Bonacci , Brato Chakrabarti , Olivia du Roure , Anke Lindner , David Saintillan

We introduce and investigate an open many-body quantum system in which kinetically constrained coherent and dissipative processes compete. The form of the incoherent dissipative dynamics is inspired by that of epidemic spreading or…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-10-12 Federico Carollo , Markus Gnann , Gabriele Perfetto , Igor Lesanovsky

Theoretical approaches to nonequilibrium many-body dynamics generally rest upon an adiabatic assumption, whereby the true dynamics is represented as a sequence of equilibrium states. Going beyond this simple approximation is a notoriously…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2014-10-15 Andrea Fortini , Daniel de las Heras , Joseph M. Brader , Matthias Schmidt

Many biological phenomena such as locomotion, circadian cycles, and breathing are rhythmic in nature and can be modeled as rhythmic dynamical systems. Dynamical systems modeling often involves neglecting certain characteristics of a…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2016-01-20 M. Mert Ankaralı , Shahin Sefati , Manu S. Madhav , Andrew Long , Amy J. Bastian , Noah J. Cowan

Traditional models of wormlike chains in shear flows at finite temperature approximate the equation of motion via finite difference discretization (bead and rod models). We introduce here a new method based on a spectral representation in…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 Chris H. Wiggins , Alberto Montesi , Matteo Pasquali

This paper deals with the theoretical and numerical analysis of dynamic fracture of dissimilar chain consisting of masses lined by springs. Such a structure exhibits quite different dynamic properties in comparison with a symmetrical…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2017-09-11 Nikolai Gorbushin , Gennady Mishuris

We examine the dynamics of a particle in a general rotating quadratic potential, not necessarily stable or isotropic, using a general complex mode formalism. The problem is equivalent to that of a charged particle in a quadratic potential…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-03 R. Rossignoli , A. M. Kowalski

A one-dimensional driven two-species model with parallel sublattice update and open boundaries is considered. Although the microscopic many-body dynamics is symmetric with respect to the two species and interactions are short-ranged, there…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2018-04-27 Richard D. Willmann , Gunter M. Schuetz , Stefan Grosskinsky

We develop a theory for thermodynamic instabilities of complex fluids composed of many interacting chemical species organised in families. This model includes partially structured and partially random interactions and can be solved exactly…

Biological Physics · Physics 2022-07-21 Giorgio Carugno , Izaak Neri , Pierpaolo Vivo

We report on quantitative comparisons between simulation results of a bead-spring model and mode-coupling theory calculations for the structural and conformational dynamics of a supercooled, unentangled polymer melt. We find…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-13 Song-Ho Chong , Martin Aichele , Hendrik Meyer , Matthias Fuchs , Jörg Baschnagel

The time sequences of the molecular dynamics simulation for the folding process of a protein is analyzed with the inherent structure landscape which focuses on configurational dynamics of the system. Time dependent energy and entropy for…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2013-02-13 Naoko Nakagawa

The equilibrium properties of polymer droplets on a soft deformable surface are investigated by molecular dynamics simulations of a bead-spring model. The surface consists of a polymer brush with irreversibly end-tethered linear homopolymer…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-05-28 Fabien Léonforte , Marcus Müller

Systems with many stable configurations abound in nature, both in living and inanimate matter. Their inherent nonlinearity and sensitivity to small perturbations make them challenging to study, particularly in the presence of external…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2023-12-12 Hridesh Kedia , Deng Pan , Jean-Jacques Slotine , Jeremy L. England