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We consider a zero-range process $\eta^N_t(x)$ with superlinear local jump rate, which in a hydrodynamic-small particle rescaling converges to the porous medium equation $\partial_t u=\frac12\Delta u^\alpha, \alpha>1$. As a main result we…

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In this paper, we revisit the interpretation of the circular Unruh effect. To this aim, we rely on the principle of general covariance applied to the decay properties of non-inertial particles. Specifically, we show how the tree-level decay…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-14 Luciano Petruzziello , Martin B. Plenio

Boltzmann's principle is used to select the "most probable" realization (macrostate) of an isolated or closed thermodynamic system, containing a small number of particles ($N \llsp \infty$), for both classical and quantum statistics. The…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-05-13 Robert K. Niven

We consider the problem of state selection for a stochastic system, initially in an unstable stationary state, when multiple metastable states compete for occupation. Using path-integral techniques we derive remarkably simple and accurate…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2008-02-03 Martin B. Tarlie , Alan J. McKane

Concepts like `typicality' and the `eigenstate thermalization hypothesis' aim at explaining the apparent equilibration of quantum systems, possibly after a very long time. However, these concepts are not concerned with the specific way in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-12-12 Lars Knipschild , Jochen Gemmer

Several lectures for non-experts on equilibrium and non-equilibrium kinetics in expanding universe are presented. An establishment of thermal equilibrium in the ealry universe as well as mechanisms leading to deviations from the equilibrium…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-02-07 A. D. Dolgov

Because of the extreme smallness of the energy spread of the unstable state describing the decaying proton, due in its turn to the anomalous smallness of the resonance width expected for the proton decay, the application of the Heisenberg…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 Giovanni Salesi

The decay modes and fractions in particle physics are some quantitative and very complex questions. Various decays of particles and some known decay formulas are discussed. Many important decays of particles and some known decays of…

General Physics · Physics 2010-07-21 Yi-Fang Chang

Within the framework of the hypothesis offered by authors about a complex-valued nature of physical quantities the stability of basic equations of the classical physics concerning complex-valued perturbations of parameters and boundary…

General Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 V. V. Lyahov , V. M. Nechshadim

The evolution of a composite closed system using the integral wave equation with the kernel in the form of path integral is considered. It is supposed that a quantum particle is a subsystem of this system. The evolution of the reduced…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-08-30 A. Yu. Samarin

We study relativistic scattering when one only has access to a subset of the particles, using the language of quantum measurement theory. We give an exact, non-perturbative formula for the von Neumann entanglement entropy of an apparatus…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-06-13 Daniel Carney , Laurent Chaurette , Gordon Semenoff

It is known by now that amorphous solids at zero temperature do not possess a nonlinear elasticity theory: besides the shear modulus which exists, all the higher order coefficients do not exist in the thermodynamic limit. Here we show that…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2016-06-15 Itamar Procaccia , Corrado Rainone , Carmel Shor , Murari Singh

Without invalidating quantum mechanics as a principle underlying the dynamics of a fundamental theory, it is possible to ask for even more basic dynamical laws that may yield quantum mechanics as the machinery needed for its statistical…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Gerard 't Hooft

We study a system of particles moving on a line in the same direction. Passing is allowed and when a fast particle overtakes a slow particle, it acquires a new velocity drawn from a distribution P_0(v), while the slow particle remains…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-31 I. Ispolatov , P. L. Krapivsky

We analyze properties of unstable systems at rest and in motion.

General Physics · Physics 2017-11-17 K. Urbanowski

We consider the hydrodynamic behavior of some conservative particle systems with degenerate jump rates without exclusive constraints. More precisely, we study the particle systems without restrictions on the total number of particles per…

Probability · Mathematics 2017-05-01 Makiko Sasada

In complex crystals close to melting or at finite temperatures, different types of defects are ubiquitous and their role becomes relevant in the mechanical response of these solids. Conventional elasticity theory fails to provide a…

Active matter describes systems whose constituents convert energy from their surroundings into directed motion, such as bacteria or catalytic colloids. We establish a thermodynamic law for dilute suspensions of interacting active particles…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-07-22 Lennart Dabelow , Ralf Eichhorn

The approach to a substantiation of thermodynamics is offered. A conservative system of interacting elements, which is not in equilibrium, is used as a model. This system is then split into small subsystems that are accepted as being in…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 V. M. Somsikov

This note has no new results and is therefore not intended to be submitted to a "research" journal in the foreseeable future, but to be available to the numerous individuals who are interested in this issue. Several of those have approached…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Yoseph Imry