Analytical method for steady state vibration of system with localized non-linearities using convolution integral and Galerkin method

The analytical method using transfer function or impulse response is very effective for analyzing non-linear systems with localized non-linearities. This is because the number of non-linear equations can be reduced to that of the equations with respect to points connected with the non-linear element. In the present paper, analytical method for the steady state vibration of non-linear system including subharmonic vibration is proposed by utilizing convolution integral and the impulse response. The Galerkin method is introduced to solve the non-linear equations formulated by the convolution integral, and then the steady state vibration is obtained. An advantage of the present method is that stability or instability of the steady state vibration can be discriminated by the transient analysis from convolution integral. The three-degree-of-freedom mass-spring system is shown as a numerical example and the proposed method is verified by comparing with the result by Runge-Kutta-Gill method.     

Analytical and numerical solutions of some integral equations in radiation transport theory

Summary We discuss some mathematical and computational problems relevant to the solutions of both linear and non-linear integral equations arising in radiation transport. By means of a functional-operator approach, analytic solutions for the FEL (Free Electron Laser) integral equations are found in terms of Bessel-Clifford functions. As for applications of this method to non-linear equations, the same technique allows us to obtain an efficient yet simple algorithm for the numerical solution of the Ambartsumian-ChandrasekharH-equation corresponding to a Neumann-series expansion. Paper presented at the I International Conference on Scaling Concepts and Complex Fluids, Copanello, Italy, July 4–8, 1994.     

Stress fields caused by a dislocation in an anisotropic 3-layer system

We investigated the stress fields caused by a dislocation in an anisotropic 3-layer system. Based on the image method, the original 3-layer system is firstly decomposed into three infinite homogenous systems. The image dislocation densities used as unknowns are then strategically distributed in order to satisfy the boundary conditions. The resulting governing equations are singular Cauchy integral ones. Removing the singular terms yields non-linear Fredhom integral equations of the second kind. The obtained...     

Low-T Asymptotic Expansion of the Solution to the Yang–Yang Equation

We prove that the unique solution to the Yang–Yang equation arising in the context of the thermodynamics of the so-called non-linear Schrödinger model admits a low-temperature expansion to all orders. Our approach provides a rigorous justification, for a certain class of non-linear integral equations, of the low-temperature asymptotic expansions that were argued previously in various works related to the low-temperature behaviour of integrable models.     

Equations from non-linear chiral transformations

In comparison with theWT chiral identity which is indispensable for renormalization theory, relations deduced from the non-linear chiral transformation have a totally different physical significance. We wish to show that non-linear chiral transformations are powerful tools to deduce useful integral equations for propagators. In contrast to the case of linear chiral transformations, identities derived from non-linear ones contain more involved radiative effects and are rich in physical content. To demonstrate this fact we apply the simplest non-linear chiral transformation to the Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model, and show how our identity is related to the Dyson-Schwinger equation and Bethe-Salpeter amplitudes of the Higgs and π. Unlike equations obtained from the effective potential, our resultant equation is exact and can be used for events beyond the LEP energy.     

Exact Spectrum of Anomalous Dimensions of Planar <Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis> = 4 Supersymmetric Yang–Mills Theory: TBA and excited states

Using the thermodynamic Bethe ansatz method we derive an infinite set of integral non-linear equations for the spectrum of states/operators in AdS/CFT. The Y-system conjectured in Gromov et al. (Integrability for the Full Spectrum of Planar AdS/CFT. arXiv:0901.3753 [hep-th]) for the spectrum of all operators in planar N = 4 SYM theory follows from these equations. In particular, we present the integral TBA type equations for the spectrum of all operators within the sl(2) sector. We prove that all the kernels and free terms entering these TBA equations are real and have nice fusion properties in the relevant mirror kinematics. We find the analog of DHM formula for the dressing kernel in the mirror kinematics.     

Thermodynamics of the anisotropic spin-1/2 Heisenberg chain and related quantum chains

The free energy and correlation lengths of the spin-1/2XYZ chain are studied at finite temperature. We use the quantum transfer matrix approach and derive non-linear integral equations for all eigenvalues. Analytic results are presented for the low-temperature asymptotics, in particular for the criticalXXZ chain in an external magnetic field. These results are compared to predictions by conformal field theory. The integral equations are solved numerically for the non-criticalXXZ chain and the related spin-1 biquadratic chain at arbitrary temperature.Work performed within the research program of the Sonderforschungsbereich 341, Köln-Aachen-Jülich     

Paramagnetic susceptibility of an interacting electron gas at metallic densities

We present a self-consistent theory for the frequency and wave number dependent paramagnetic response of an interacting electron gas. The theory leads to an expression for the ‘local field’ responsible for the susceptibility enhancement, which is determined numerically by solving three coupled non-linear integral equations. Calculated values of the static susceptibility are in good agreement with experiment for simple metals in the entire metallic density range.     

Lattice model with power-law spatial dispersion for fractional elasticity

A lattice model with a spatial dispersion corresponding to a power-law type is suggested. This model serves as a microscopic model for elastic continuum with power-law non-locality. We prove that the continuous limit maps of the equations for the lattice with the power-law spatial dispersion into the continuum equations with fractional generalizations of the Laplacian operators. The suggested continuum equations, which are obtained from the lattice model, are fractional generalizations of the integral and gradient elasticity models. These equations of fractional elasticity are solved for two special static cases: fractional integral elasticity and fractional gradient elasticity.     

Renormalizable noncommutative quantum field theory

We discuss the Euclidean noncommutative f⁴₄{\phi^4_4}-quantum field theory as an example of a renormalizable field theory. Using a Ward identity, Disertori, Gurau, Magnen and Rivasseau were able to prove the vanishing of the beta function for the coupling constant to all orders in perturbation theory. We extend this work and obtain from the Schwinger–Dyson equation a non-linear integral equation for the renormalised two-point function alone. The non-trivial renormalised four-point function fulfils a linear integral equation with the inhomogeneity determined by the two-point function. These integral equations might be the starting point of a nonperturbative construction of a Euclidean quantum field theory on a noncommutative space. We expect to learn about renormalisation from this almost solvable model.     

Quantum statistical theory of chemical reactions

Exact rate equations for chemical reactions taking place in a closed homogeneous system arbitrarily far from equilibrium are derived by use of a recently developed method. The possibly different kinetic temperatures of the species are taken into account. The diagram expansion of the integral kernels of the rate equations is given and the renormalization of the interaction carried out. In lowest order non-linear non-markovian equations are obtained which reduce after suitable approximations to the usual collision theory results.     

Non-linear continuous time random walk models

A standard assumption of continuous time random walk (CTRW) processes is that there are no interactions between the random walkers, such that we obtain the celebrated linear fractional equation either for the probability density function of the walker at a certain position and time, or the mean number of walkers. The question arises how one can extend this equation to the non-linear case, where the random walkers interact. The aim of this work is to take into account this interaction under a mean-field approximation where the statistical properties of the random walker depend on the mean number of walkers. The implementation of these non-linear effects within the CTRW integral equations or fractional equations poses difficulties, leading to the alternative methodology we present in this work. We are concerned with non-linear effects which may either inhibit anomalous effects or induce them where they otherwise would not arise. Inhibition of these effects corresponds to a decrease in the waiting times of the random walkers, be this due to overcrowding, competition between walkers or an inherent carrying capacity of the system. Conversely, induced anomalous effects present longer waiting times and are consistent with symbiotic, collaborative or social walkers, or indirect pinpointing of favourable regions by their attractiveness.     

Non-linear wave and Schrödinger equations

We investigate stability of periodic and quasiperiodic solutions of linear wave and Schrödinger equations under non-linear perturbations. We show in the case of the wave equations that such solutions are unstable for generic perturbations. For the Schrödinger equations periodic solutions are stable while the quasiperiodic ones are not. We extend these results to periodic solutions of non-linear equations.Partially supported by NSERC under Grant NA7901     

The anisotropic multichannel spin-$\mathsf{S}$ Kondo model: Calculation of scales from a novel exact solution

A novel exact solution of the multichannel spin-S Kondo model is presented, based on a lattice path integral approach of the single channel spin-1/2 case. The spin exchange between the localized moment and the host is of XXZ-type, including the isotropic XXX limit. The free energy is given by a finite set of non-linear integral equations, which allow for an accurate determination of high- and low-temperature scales.Received: 9 June 2004, Published online: 3 August 2004PACS: 72.15.Qm Scattering mechanisms and Kondo effect - 04.20.Jb Exact solutions - 75.20.Hr Local moment in compounds and alloys; Kondo effect, valence fluctuations, heavy fermions - 75.10.Lp Band and itinerant models     

Non-linear heat convection and its Obukhov's model

The paper deals with a non-linear model of the convective heat exchange. By transforming Obukhov's model equations it is shown that it is possible to replace the time evolution of a dynamic system by the system of two coupled non-linear oscillators with exciting forces. This exciting force is a linear function of the temperature deviation from the linear course. From the presented results it is clear that there exist coherent regimes which are characterized by subharmonic frequencies of different orders.     

The renormalized σ model

A renormalization procedure of the boson σ model based on the finite field equations of Brandt-Wilson is given. We first show that the current operators appearing in the field equations, which are finite local limit of sums of nonlocal field products and suitable subtraction terms, can be chosen to be the same form as the one given for the symmetric limit except for the symmetry breaking constant source term itself. The set of integral equations derived from the field equations is shown to be equivalent to the usual Bogoliubov-Parasiuk-Hepp renormalization theory, and gives us immediately all the renormalized Green's functions in each order of perturbation theory in clear and straightforward fashion. We then analyze the structures of the model in detail. In particular, Ward identities are shown to be satisfied to all orders of perturbation theory. The Goldstone theorem is a particular consequence of these identities.     

Chaos in a three-variable model of an excitable cell

We describe chaotic behavior in a model that consists of three first-order, non-linear differential equations, which represent ionic events in excitable membranes. For a certain range of conductances, the model generates chaotic action potentials, and the intracellular calcium concentration also varies chaotically. The chaos was characterized by constructing phase portraits and one-variable maps using the membrane potentials and calcium concentrations. This is the first, simple, biophysically realistic model for excitable cells that shows endogenous chaos.     

A unitary model for three-body collisions

A connected 3 → 3 formalism for three-body collision processes is reduced to a hierarchy of three on-energy-shell integral equations and one off-energy-shell integral equation. Only the on-energy-shell equations, which involve only on-energy-shell three-body and two-body amplitudes, need be solved exactly in order to obtain elastic and break-up amplitudes satisfying the unitarity constraints exactly. Applied to n-d break-up, the on-energy-shell equations ensure that the n-d initial-state interaction, the nucleon-nucleon final-state interactions, and more complicated 3 → 3 processes are correctly described. After angular momentum analysis the on-energy-shell equations are one-dimensional integral equations, even in the case of local two-body potentials. This unitary model provides a practical scheme for calculating approximate three-body elastic and break-up amplitudes when two-body local potentials are used to describe the two-body subsystems.     

On the spectrum of the sinh-Gordon model in finite volume

We derive a characterization of the spectrum of the sinh-Gordon model in terms of certain nonlinear integral equations. There exists a large class of solutions to these equations which allows a continuation between the infrared and the ultraviolet limits, respectively. We present nontrivial evidence for the claim that the class of solutions in question describes the spectrum of the sinh-Gordon model completely in both of these limits. The evidence includes some nontrivial relations to Liouville theory.