Quantum chaos in nuclear physics

A definition of classical and quantum chaos on the basis of the Liouville–Arnold theorem is proposed. According to this definition, a chaotic quantum system that has N degrees of freedom should have M < N independent first integrals of motion (good quantum numbers) that are determined by the symmetry of the Hamiltonian for the system being considered. Quantitative measures of quantum chaos are established. In the classical limit, they go over to the Lyapunov exponent or the classical stability parameter. The use of quantum-chaos parameters in nuclear physics is demonstrated.     

单参数Lorenz混沌系统的电路设计与实现

为了研究混沌系统的性质及其应用,采用分立元件设计并实现了单参数Lorenz混沌系统,系统参数与电路元件参数一一对应.通过调节电路中的可变电阻,观察到了该单参数系统的极限环、叉式分岔、倍周期分岔和混沌等动力学现象,以及该系统由倍周期分岔进入混沌的过程.研究了分数阶单参数Lorenz系统存在混沌的必要条件,找出了分数阶单参数Lorenz系统出现混沌的最低阶数以及最低阶数随系统参数变化的一般规律.电路仿真与电路实现研究表明,单参数Lorenz系统具有物理可实现性、丰富的动力学特性以及理论分析与实验结果的一致性.     

Spontaneous phase symmetry breaking in a four-frequency ring gas laser

Lasing regimes of a single-mode four-frequency class-A ring gas laser with elliptical polarization of the emitted waves are studied numerically. Stationary regimes typical of both standing-and traveling-wave lasing are discovered. Self-oscillations exhibiting the properties of asymmetric and symmetric limit cycles are also found. It is shown that transition between cycles with different symmetry may result in the spontaneous phase symmetry breaking and the appearance of chaos arising due to the period doubling bifurcation cascade of the asymmetric limit cycle.     

Quantum signatures of chaos or quantum chaos?

A critical analysis of the present-day concept of chaos in quantum systems as nothing but a “quantum signature” of chaos in classical mechanics is given. In contrast to the existing semi-intuitive guesses, a definition of classical and quantum chaos is proposed on the basis of the Liouville–Arnold theorem: a quantum chaotic system featuring N degrees of freedom should have M < N independent first integrals of motion (good quantum numbers) specified by the symmetry of the Hamiltonian of the system. Quantitative measures of quantum chaos that, in the classical limit, go over to the Lyapunov exponent and the classical stability parameter are proposed. The proposed criteria of quantum chaos are applied to solving standard problems of modern dynamical chaos theory.     

Dynamical supersymmetry breaking in a finite field theoretical model

We present a supersymmetric field theory in two or three space-time dimensions with an internal symmetry of the O(N) type. In the large-N limit the model is finite and supersymmetry is spontaneously broken. The fields representing the order parameters of the broken supersymmetry phase acquire dynamics through quantum corrections. In particular the Goldstone fermion is a zero-mass fermionic bound state.     

Description of collective 0+ states in the Tamm-Dancoff approximation

The Tamm-Dancoff approximation is applied to the correlated FBCS ground state. This procedure proves very successful for medium and heavy nuclei both superconducting and non-superconducting. The accuracy of the Tamm-Dancoff approximation is equivalent to forth order boson methods. Calculations have been performed for the nickel isotopes, for Sn¹¹⁴ and for the lead isotopes. The connection with the broken-pair approximation is established. The influence of a nucleus withN?2 nucleons on the spectrum of a nucleus withN particles is exhibited.     

Symmetry breaking bifurcations in a circular chain of N coupled logistic maps

A circular chain of N cells with logistic dynamics, coupled together with symmetric nearest neighbor coupling and periodic boundary conditions is investigated. For certain coupling parameters we observe bifurcation of a stable state into two types of period two solutions. By using the symmetry of this Coupled Map Lattice model, we show that the bifurcated system only can have periodic solutions with symmetry group corresponding to certain subgroups of the full symmetry group of the system.     

Bifurcation to heteroclinic cycles and sensitivity in three and four coupled phase oscillators

We study the bifurcation and dynamical behaviour of the system of N globally coupled identical phase oscillators introduced by Hansel, Mato and Meunier, in the cases N=3 and N=4. This model has been found to exhibit robust ‘slow switching’ oscillations that are caused by the presence of robust heteroclinic attractors. This paper presents a bifurcation analysis of the system in an attempt to better understand the creation of such attractors. We consider bifurcations that occur in a system of identical oscillators on varying the parameters in the coupling function. These bifurcations preserve the permutation symmetry of the system. We then investigate the implications of these bifurcations for the sensitivity to detuning (i.e. the size of the smallest perturbations that give rise to loss of frequency locking).For N=3 we find three types of heteroclinic bifurcation that are codimension-one with symmetry. On varying two parameters in the coupling function we find three curves giving (a) an S₃-transcritical homoclinic bifurcation, (b) a saddle-node/heteroclinic bifurcation and (c) a Z₃-heteroclinic bifurcation. We also identify several global bifurcations with symmetry that organize the bifurcation diagram; these are codimension-two with symmetry.For N=4 oscillators we determine many (but not all) codimension-one bifurcations with symmetry, including those that lead to a robust heteroclinic cycle. A robust heteroclinic cycle is stable in an open region of parameter space and unstable in another open region. Furthermore, we verify that there is a subregion where the heteroclinic cycle is the only attractor of the system, while for other parts of the phase plane it can coexist with stable limit cycles. We finish with a discussion of bifurcations that appear for this coupling function and general N, as well as for more general coupling functions.     

Lorenz混沌系统的近似有限时间稳定控制

针对Lorenz混沌系统,研究其有限时间稳定控制问题.考虑系统存在不确定非线性,提出一种可使受控Lorenz系统实现近似有限时间稳定的控制方法.改进并设计一种扩张状态观测器,解决了受控Lorenz系统中不确定非线性未知问题.通过引入奇异扰动性理论,分析了闭环系统的近似有限时间稳定性.仿真实验结果验证了该控制方法及扩张状态观测器的有效性. 关键词： Lorenz混沌系统 近似有限时间稳定 扩张状态观测器 奇异扰动     

Nonlinear dynamos: A complex generalization of the Lorenz equations

Plane nonlinear dynamo waves can be described by a sixth order system of nonlinear ordinary differential equations which is a complex generalization of the Lorenz system. In the regime of interest for modelling magnetic activity in stars there is a sequence of bifurcations, ending in chaos, as a stability parameter D (the dynamo number) is increased. We show that solutions undergo three successive Hopf bifurcations, followed by a transition to chaos. The system possesses a symmetry and can therefore be reduced to a fifth order system, with trajectories that lie on a 2-torus after the third bifurcation. As D is then increased, frequency locking occurs, followed by a sequence of period-doubling bifurcations that leads to chaos. This behaviour is probably caused by the Shil'nikov mechanism, with a (conjectured) homoclinic orbit when D is infinite.     

Time reversible evolution via nonadiabatic coupling in adiabatic dark subspace

We propose a method for the creation of arbitrary superposition of N atomic states using generalized stimulated Raman adiabatic passage (STIRAP) techniques with laser fields coupling each one of N lower states to a single upper state in a (N+1)-level atomic system. (N-1) dark states that are composed of N lower states span a dark subspace. In the adiabatic limit, the dark and bright subspaces are decoupled, thus the nonadiabatic interaction within this dark subspace dominates the evolution of the system. Different from general methods to create our required coherent superposition state, in a reverse way, here we consider the required state as the starting point of evolution dynamics, and utilize laser fields to drive it into a single lower state step by step. Time reverse pulses of laser fields return the single lower state back to our required coherent superposition state based on time reversal symmetry. In principle, the computationally simple method allows the case with a large value of N. Based on the STIRAP techniques, it is robust against small variations of parameters of laser pulses and is immune to spontaneous radiation.     

On theO(1/N 2)β-function of the Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model with non-abelian chiral symmetry

We present the formalism for computing the critical exponent corresponding to the β-function of the Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model withSU(M)×SU(M) continuous chiral symmetry atO(1/N ²) in a largeN expansion, whereN is the number of fermions. We find that the equations can only be solved for the caseM=2 and subsequently an analytic expression is then derived. This contrasting behavior between theM=2 andM>2 cases, which appears first atO(1/N ²), is related to the fact that the anomalous dimensions of the bosonic fields are only equivalent forM=2.     

Dynamical breakdown of supersymmetry and chiral symmetry in 1+1 dimensions

Dynamical breakdown of supersymmetry and chiral symmetry is studied through a 1+1 dimensional field theoretical model in the large-N limit in 1/N expansion. The study is based on the calculation of bilinear field condensates in an effective potential approach. It is shown that the condition for supersymmetry breaking is related to the values of the parameters in the model and chiral symmetry breaking exists in most cases.     

Pressure induced antiferromagnet-ferromagnet transition in La<Subscript>0.5</Subscript>Ba<Subscript>0.5</Subscript>CoO<Subscript>2.8</Subscript> cobaltite

The anion deficient cobaltite La_0.5Ba_0.5CoO_2.8 with theformal cobalt valence state close to 3+ has been studied as function of pressure up to6.5 GPa at different temperatures by neutron powder diffraction. At ambient pressure thecrystal structure of this compound has cubic symmetry (space group Pm3?m) and is found to become antiferromagnetic withT _N close to 250 K. Applied pressure inducesa gradual transition from the antiferromagnetic into a ferromagnetic state through a mixedmagnetic state. The transition is not accompanied by obvious changes in the macroscopiccrystal symmetry. It is suggested that the magnetic ground state strongly depends on theunit cell volume and that the transition is associated with a spin state crossover of thecobalt ions whereas the formal Co³⁺/Co⁴⁺ ratio is less importantthan expected following the double exchange scenario for the appearance offerromagnetism.     

Stability criterion for projective synchronization in three-dimensional chaotic systems

Projective synchronization, in which the state vectors synchronize up to a scaling factor, has recently been observed in coupled partially linear chaotic systems (Lorenz system) under certain conditions. In this Letter, we present a stability criterion that guarantees the occurrence of the projective synchronization in three-dimensional systems. By applying the criterion to two typical partially linear systems (Lorenz and disk dynamo), it shows that only some parameters play the key role in influencing the stability. Projective synchronization only happens when σ>−1 for the Lorenz and μ>0 for the disk dynamo.     

Liquid–gas and other unusual thermal phase transitions in some large-N magnets

Much insight into the low temperature properties of quantum magnets has been gained by generalizing them to symmetry groups of order N, and then studying the large-N limit. In this paper we consider an unusual aspect of their finite temperature behavior—their exhibiting a phase transition between a perfectly paramagnetic state and a paramagnetic state with a finite correlation length at N=∞. We analyze this phenomenon in some detail in the large “spin” (classical) limit of the SU(N) ferromagnet which is also a lattice discretization of the CP^N−1 model. We show that at N=∞ the order of the transition is governed by lattice connectivity. At finite values of N, the transition goes away in one or less dimension but survives on many lattices in two dimensions and higher, for sufficiently large N. The latter conclusion contradicts a recent conjecture of Sokal and Starinets [Nucl. Phys. B 601 (2001) 425], yet is consistent with the known finite temperature behavior of the SU(2) case. We also report closely related first order paramagnet–ferromagnet transitions at large N and shed light on a violation of Elitzur's theorem at infinite N via the large-q limit of the q state Potts model, reformulated as an Ising gauge theory.     

Chaos and limit cycles in the Lorenz model

The Lorenz model is interpreted as a damping motion under a time-dependent force. The range of the Rayleigh number r in which limit cycles exist is studied by numerical simulation. The shape of the limit cycle is given.     

Instantons and the 1/N expansion

We show that a non-interacting gas of instantons, gives a contribution which vanishes, in QCD, exponentially withN(the number of colours). If we include some of the interactions between instantons, then the resulting dilute gas of instantons—which is now in the form that is used in practice to investigate the structure of hadrons—gives a contribution that is essentialyconstant withN. Thus it is entirely consistent for both theN → ∞ limit to be useful and for the dilute gas of instantons to be relevant for the properties of hadrons.     

Critical behaviour in baryonic matter

First we consider the phenomenology of deconfinement and chiral symmetry restoration for strongly interacting matter at non-vanishing baryon number density. Subsequently, we present numerical results obtained by a Monte Carlo evaluation of statistical QCD on an 8³×3 lattice, using Wilson fermions withN _f =2, in fourth order hopping parameter expansion, and suppressing the imaginary part of the fermion action. We consider baryonic chemical potentials up to μa=0.6μa=0.6 (μ/Λ _L ?200); in this range, the critical parameters for deconfinement and chiral symmetry restoration are found to coincide.     

Large N expansion for Yukawa-type theories

4 dimensional Yukawa-type theories with an internal SU(N) symmetry group are studied in the large N limit by means of path integral techniques. For a simplified model where the bosonic field transforms as a singket under SU(N), we explicitly solve the gap equation and shiw that the symmetry is spontaneously broken.