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A higher-order multiscale analysis of the dissipation range of collisionless plasma turbulence is presented using in-situ high-frequency magnetic field measurements from the Cluster spacecraft in a stationary interval of fast ambient solar…

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The global energy fluctuations of a low density gas granular gas in the homogeneous cooling state near its clustering instability are studied by means of molecular dynamics simulations. The relative dispersion of the fluctuations is shown…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-10 J. Javier Brey , M. I. Garcia de Soria , P. Maynar , M. J. Ruiz-Montero

We carry out multifractal analyses of multiple tracers namely the main galaxy sample, the LRG sample and the quasar sample from the SDSS to test the assumption of cosmic homogeneity and identify the scale of transition to homogeneity, if…

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This paper introduces a scale-invariant methodology employing \textit{Fractal Geometry} to analyze and explain the nonlinear dynamics of complex connectionist systems. By leveraging architectural self-similarity in Deep Neural Networks…

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One of the main problems of observational cosmology is to determine the range in which a reliable measurement of galaxy correlations is possible. This corresponds to determine the shape of the correlation function, its possible evolution…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-07-18 Francesco Sylos Labini , Daniil Tekhanovich , Yurij V. Baryshev

We discuss the constraints imposed on the nonlinear evolution of the Large Scale Structure (LSS) of the universe by galilean invariance, the symmetry relevant on subhorizon scales. Using Ward identities associated to the invariance, we…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Marco Peloso , Massimo Pietroni

By constructing a multicanonical Monte Carlo simulation, we obtain the full probability distribution $\rho_N(r)$ of the degree assortativity coefficient $r$ on configuration networks of size $N$ by using the multiple histogram reweighting…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2021-11-05 Hanshuang Chen , Feng Huang , Chuansheng Shen , Guofeng Li , Haifeng Zhang

Starting from a critical analysis of recently reported surprisingly large uncertainties in length and position measurements deduced within the framework of quantum gravity, we embark on an investigation both of the correlation structure of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Manfred Requardt

We find that multifractal scaling is a robust property of a large class of continuous stochastic processes, constructed as exponentials of long-memory processes. The long memory is characterized by a power law kernel with tail exponent…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-11 A. Saichev , D. Sornette

We study the small scale clustering of gyrotactic swimmers transported by a turbulent flow, when the intrinsic variability of the swimming parameters within the population is considered. By means of extensive numerical simulations, we find…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2017-02-22 Matteo Borgnino , Filippo De Lillo , Guido Boffetta

A study is made of deviations from the mean power-law relationship between the Galactocentric distances and the half-light radii of Galactic globular clusters. Surprisingly, deviations from the mean R_h versus R_gc relationship do not…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-03 Sidney van den Bergh

By means of high-resolution N-body simulations in a LambdaCDM cosmology, we verify that scaling relations similar to those observed for nearby galaxy clusters are also defined by their dark matter hosts; the slopes, however, are not the…

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It is assumed the existence of the universal potential fluctuations valid for all scales in the universe which follow the fractal law $\delta_U=(\Delta r/r)^2$. The value of the universal potential fluctuations is determined from the data…

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We study percolation as a critical phenomenon on a multifractal support. The scaling exponents of the the infinite cluster size ($\beta$ exponent) and the fractal dimension of the percolation cluster ($d_f$) are quantities that seem do not…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. E. Freitas , G. Corso , L. S. Lucena

In this review article, we discuss the distinction and possible equivalence between scale invariance and conformal invariance in relativistic quantum field theories. Under some technical assumptions, we can prove that scale invariant…

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We investigate the dependence of cluster abundance $n(>M,r_{cl})$, i.e., the number density of clusters with mass larger than $M$ within radius $r_{cl}$, on scale parameter $r_{cl}$. Using numerical simulations of clusters in the CDM…

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One of the most striking features predicted by standard models of galaxy formation is the presence of anti-correlations in the matter distribution at large enough scales (r>r_c). Simple arguments show that the location of the length-scale…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-02 Francesco Sylos Labini , Nikolay L. Vasilyev , Yurij V. Baryshev , Martin Lopez-Corredoira

We define optimal per-particle fluctuation and correlation measures, relate fluctuations and correlations through an integral equation and show how to invert that equation to obtain precise autocorrelations from fluctuation scale…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-11 Duncan J Prindle , Thomas A Trainor

The breakdown of scale invariance in turbulent flows, known as multifractal scaling, is considered a cornerstone of turbulence. In solar wind turbulence, a monofractal behavior can be observed at electron scales, in contrast to larger…

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