Entropy Production in Stochastic Systems with Fast and Slow Time-Scales

The behavior of stochastic systems with interacting fast and slow degrees of freedom is investigated both for discrete and continuous processes. Effective equations that govern the process on the slow timescale are derived by asymptotic methods, both for the propagator and the entropy production of the systems. It is found that in general the result of the limiting procedure for entropy does not coincide with the one defined for the effective slow process and features an additional contribution. The specific conditions under which such a correction does or does not arise are stated and the general explicit form of this remnant entropy production is offered. Finally, the fluctuation theorems that are satisfied by this additional term are given.     

Separation of Variables for Bi-Hamiltonian Systems

We address the problem of the separation of variables for the Hamilton–Jacobi equation within the theoretical scheme of bi-Hamiltonian geometry. We use the properties of a special class of bi-Hamiltonian manifolds, called N manifolds, to give intrisic tests of separability (and Stäckel separability) for Hamiltonian systems. The separation variables are naturally associated with the geometrical structures of the N manifold itself. We apply these results to bi-Hamiltonian systems of the Gel'fand–Zakharevich type and we give explicit procedures to find the separated coordinates and the separation relations.     

Approach to Equilibrium for the Stochastic NLS

We study the approach to equilibrium, described by a Gibbs measure, for a system on a d-dimensional torus evolving according to a stochastic nonlinear Schrödinger equation (SNLS) with a high frequency truncation. We prove exponential approach to the truncated Gibbs measure both for the focusing and defocusing cases when the dynamics is constrained via suitable boundary conditions to regions of the Fourier space where the Hamiltonian is convex. Our method is based on establishing a spectral gap for the non self-adjoint Fokker-Planck operator governing the time evolution of the measure, which is uniform in the frequency truncation N. The limit N →∞ is discussed.     

Universal Global Cloning of Continuous Variables Entanglement

It is impossible to perfectly duplicate an unknown entangled state while preserving inseparability, which is known as the entanglement no-cloning principle. Nevertheless, approximate cloning of entanglement is allowed by quantum mechanics. A universal entanglement cloning machine (UECM) duplicates an entangled state such that the quality of its entanglement replicas does not depend on the input. To duplicate entanglement shared between two parties, 1-to-N universal local entanglement cloning machine (ULECM) has already been proposed (Weedbrook, et al., Phys. Rev. A, 77, 052313 (2008)), which employs two local UECMs to copy each party of the entangled state. However, the ULECM can never preserve the inseparability in its replicas. Here, a 1-to-N universal global entanglement cloning machine (UGECM) that takes the entire entangled state as the input and then globally clone it to produce replicas is proposed. It is demonstrated that the UGECM outperforms the ULECM both in terms of the fidelity and the inseparability preservation. In addition, the UGECM is of more simple and easy structure, compared with the UGECM. Such a UGECM may find its new applications in quantum entanglement broadcasting.     

Dimension Reduction for Systems with Slow Relaxation

Journal of Statistical Physics - We develop reduced, stochastic models for high dimensional, dissipative dynamical systems that relax very slowly to equilibrium and can encode long term memory. We...     

Local Thermodynamic Equilibrium for some Stochastic Models of Hamiltonian Origin

We consider a class of 1-D stochastic models that are realizations of Hamiltonian models of heat conduction and prove that in the infinite volume limit local thermodynamic equilibrium is attained with linear energy profile.     

多元复相平衡体系热力学变量的微分关系

根据相平衡原理 ,导出了无绝热壁、刚性壁和半透壁及无化学反应、除相平衡条件约束外无其他约束的k组分和 φ相 (2≤φ≤k - 1)的多元复相平衡体系非独立变量与独立变量之间的微分关系 .任一相有温度、压力和 (k - 1)个摩尔分数共 (k+1)个变量 ,其中温度和压力是各相的公共变量 ;k组分复相平衡体系的独立变量个数最多为k ,把温度和压力作为首选的独立变量 ,独立的浓度变量最多为 (k - 2 ) ;把独立的浓度变量全部选在第一相 ,而把其他相的浓度变量都做非独立变量 ,第一相至少有一个非独立的浓度变量     

Non Equilibrium Current Fluctuations in Stochastic Lattice Gases

We study current fluctuations in lattice gases in the macroscopic limit extending the dynamic approach for density fluctuations developed in previous articles. More precisely, we establish a large deviation principle for a space-time fluctuation j of the empirical current with a rate functional I(j). We then estimate the probability of a fluctuation of the average current over a large time interval; this probability can be obtained by solving a variational problem for the functional I. We discuss several possible scenarios, interpreted as dynamical phase transitions, for this variational problem. They actually occur in specific models. We finally discuss the time reversal properties of I and derive a fluctuation relationship akin to the Gallavotti-Cohen theorem for the entropy production.     

Equilibrium Fluctuations for a Non Gradient Energy Conserving Stochastic Model

In this paper we study the equilibrium energy fluctuation field of a one-dimensional reversible non gradient model. We prove that the limit fluctuation process is governed by a generalized Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process, whose covariances are given in terms of the diffusion coefficient. The fact that the conserved, quantity (energy) is not a linear functional of the coordinates of the system: introduces new difficulties of a geometric nature when adapting the non gradient method introduced by Varadhan.     

Slow Motion and Metastability for a Nonlocal Evolution Equation

In this paper we consider a nonlocal evolution equation in one dimension, which describes the dynamics of a ferromagnetic system in the mean field approximation. In the presence of a small magnetic field, it admits two stationary and homogeneous solutions, representing the stable and metastable phases of the physical system. We prove the existence of an invariant, one dimensional manifold connecting the stable and metastable phases. This is the unstable manifold of a distinguished, spatially nonhomogeneous, stationary solution, called the critical droplet.^{(4, 10)} We show that the points on the manifold are droplets longer or shorter than the critical one, and that their motion is very slow in agreement with the theory of metastable patterns. We also obtain a new proof of the existence of the critical droplet, which is supplied with a local uniqueness result.     

Luenberger-Type Observer Design for Stochastic Time-Delay Systems

This paper deals with the problem of an observer design for stochastic time-delay systems. The system states are unmeasured. We derive delay-dependent LMI criteria by means of the Leibniz-Newton formula, the Itô’s differential operator and stochastic Lyapunov stability theory in order to obtain sufficient conditions for the asymptotic stability in the mean square for the closed-loop stochastic time-delay system. The proposed conditions are easily and numerically tractable via a Matlab LMI toolbox. The effectiveness of the control strategy is verified by numerical experiments.     

Fast and Slow Convergence to Equilibrium for Maxwellian Molecules via Wild Sums

We consider the spatially homogeneous Boltzmann equation for Maxwellian molecules and general finite energy initial data: positive Borel measures with finite moments up to order 2. We show that the coefficients in the Wild sum converge strongly to the equilibrium, and quantitatively estimate the rate. We show that this depends on the initial data F essentially only through on the behavior near r=0 of the function J _F (r)=_|v|>1/r |v|² dF(v). These estimates on the terms in the Wild sum yield a quantitative estimate, in the strongest physical norm, on the rate at which the solution converges to equilibrium, as well as a global stability estimate. We show that our upper bounds are qualitatively sharp by producing examples of solutions for which the convergence is as slow as permitted by our bounds. These are the first examples of solutions of the Boltzmann equation that converge to equilibrium more slowly than exponentially.     

Vlasov Scaling for Stochastic Dynamics of Continuous Systems

We describe a general derivation scheme for the Vlasov-type equations for Markov evolutions of particle systems in continuum. This scheme is based on a proper scaling of corresponding Markov generators and has an algorithmic realization in terms of related hierarchical chains of correlation functions equations. Several examples of realization of the proposed approach in particular models are presented.     

Form Factors of Few-Body Systems: Point Form Versus Front Form

We present a relativistic point-form approach for the calculation of electroweak form factors of few-body bound states that leads to results which resemble those obtained within the covariant light-front formalism of Carbonell et al. (Phys. Rep. 300:215–347, 1998). Our starting points are the physical processes in which such form factors are measured, i.e. electron scattering off the bound state, or the semileptonic weak decay of the bound state. These processes are treated by means of a coupled-channel framework for a Bakamjian–Thomas type mass operator. A current with the correct covariance properties is then derived from the pertinent leading-order electroweak scattering or decay amplitude. As it turns out, the electromagnetic current is affected by unphysical contributions which can be traced back to wrong cluster properties inherent in the Bakamjian–Thomas construction. These spurious contributions, however, can be separated uniquely, as in the covariant light-front approach. In this way we end up with form factors which agree with those obtained from the covariant light-front approach. As an example we will present results for electroweak form factors of heavy–light systems and discuss the heavy-quark limit which leads to the famous Isgur–Wise function.     

Modified Form of Wigner Functions for Non-Hamiltonian Systems

Quantization of non-Hamiltonian systems （such as damped systems） often gives rise to complex spectra and corresponding resonant states, therefore a standard form calculating Wigner functions cannot lead to static quasiprobability distribution functions. We show that a modified form of the Wigner functions satisfies a ＊-genvalue equation and can be derived from deformation quantization for such systems.     

Adiabatic Ratchet Effect in Systems with Discrete Variables

JETP Letters - An adiabatic theory of the ratchet effect in various systems described by random transitions between discrete states has been developed. The theory is based on the development of a...