Concept of the effective potential in describing the motion of ions in a quadrupole mass filter

We propose a generalization of the effective potential theory for the motion of particles in a rapidly oscillating electric field for the stability parameters lying near the boundary of the diagram where the standard effective potential theory is inapplicable. We derive the dynamic equations describing the variation of the envelope of ion oscillations for the motion of ions near the stability vertex of the first zone of the quadrupole mass filter. We reduce them to the form of the Hamilton equations for oscillations of a material particle in the field of potential forces. We obtain expressions for the effective potential well. It is shown that in spite of the high kinetic energy of oscillations, the depth of the effective potential well for ions in the quadrupole is less than 1 eV in the case of filtration with a mass resolution exceeding 200 units. The acceptance of the mass filter is calculated as a function of the stability parameters and the resolving power.     

Gravitational decoupled charged anisotropic solutions in modified Gauss-Bonnet gravity

This paper is devoted to the study of charged anisotropic exact solutions for spherical geometry in the context of modified Gauss-Bonnet gravity using the gravitational decoupling technique. We take Krori-Barua solution in the presence of charge for a spherically symmetric self-gravitating system and extend it to obtain two anisotropic solutions through some constraints. We study the stability as well as the physical viability criterion of the resulting solutions using anisotropy, squared speed of sound parameter and energy bounds. Both models turn out to be physically viable and stable as they fulfill the required energy conditions and stability criterion. We conclude that the stability of both anisotropic solutions increases with a decrease in charge.     

Intrinsic stability of a body hovering in an oscillating airflow

We explore the stability of flapping flight in a model system that consists of a pyramid-shaped object hovering in a vertically oscillating airflow. Such a flyer not only generates sufficient aerodynamic force to keep aloft but also robustly maintains balance during free flight. Flow visualization reveals that both weight support and orientational stability result from the periodic shedding of vortices. We explain these findings with a model of the flight dynamics, predict increasing stability for higher center of mass, and verify this counterintuitive fact by comparing top- and bottom-heavy flyers.     

Stability of incoherence in a population of coupled oscillators

We analyze a mean-field model of coupled oscillators with randomly distributed frequencies. This system is known to exhibit a transition to collective oscillations: for small coupling, the system is incoherent, with all the oscillators running at their natural frequencies, but when the coupling exceeds a certain threshold, the system spontaneously synchronizes. We obtain the first rigorous stability results for this model by linearizing the Fokker-Planck equation about the incoherent state. An unexpected result is that the system has pathological stability properties: the incoherent state is unstable above threshold, butneutrally stable below threshold. We also show that the system is singular in the sense that its stability properties are radically altered by infinitesimal noise.     

Exponential stability of synchronization in asymmetrically coupled dynamical networks

Based on the original definition of the synchronization stability, a general framework is presented for investigating the exponential stability of synchronization in asymmetrically coupled networks. By choosing an appropriate Lyapunov function, we prove that the mechanism of the exponential synchronization stability is the asymmetrical coupling matrix with diffusive condition. We deduce the second largest eigenvalue of a symmetric matrix to govern the exponential stability of synchronization in asymmetrically coupled networks. Moreover, we have given the threshold value which can guarantee that the states of the asymmetrically coupled network achieve the exponential stability of synchronization.     

三体相互作用下Bessel型光晶格中物质波孤立子的稳定性研究

研究了两体和三体相互作用空间调制情形下Bessel型光晶格中准二维玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚体系中物质波孤立子的稳定性.利用标准的变分法程序,得出体系有效势能的表达式,进而根据有效势能结构给出了体系的稳定性条件.结果表明,在有Bessel型光晶格和没有Bessel型光晶格的情况下,体系均能形成稳定的孤立子解,但是有晶格参与时,体系有很大范围的稳定区间.另外,稳定性受两体相互作用和三体相互作用共同支配,其中两体相互作用对体系的稳定性起主导作用,三体相互作用和相互作用的空间调制只对稳定性起调节作用,但是在特定情况下,必须要有三体相互作用或者相互作用空间调制的参与才能形成稳定的孤立子解.     

A boundary integral method for simulating the dynamics of inextensible vesicles suspended in a viscous fluid in 2D

We present a new method for the evolution of inextensible vesicles immersed in a Stokesian fluid. We use a boundary integral formulation for the fluid that results in a set of nonlinear integro-differential equations for the vesicle dynamics. The motion of the vesicles is determined by balancing the non-local hydrodynamic forces with the elastic forces due to bending and tension. Numerical simulations of such vesicle motions are quite challenging. On one hand, explicit time-stepping schemes suffer from a severe stability constraint due to the stiffness related to high-order spatial derivatives and a milder constraint due to a transport-like stability condition. On the other hand, an implicit scheme can be expensive because it requires the solution of a set of nonlinear equations at each time step. We present two semi-implicit schemes that circumvent the severe stability constraints on the time step and whose computational cost per time step is comparable to that of an explicit scheme. We discretize the equations by using a spectral method in space, and a multistep third-order accurate scheme in time. We use the fast multipole method (FMM) to efficiently compute vesicle–vesicle interaction forces in a suspension with a large number of vesicles. We report results from numerical experiments that demonstrate the convergence and algorithmic complexity properties of our scheme.     

Basin stability of the Kuramoto-like model in small networks

Power system stability is quantified as the ability to regain an equilibrium state after being subjected to perturbations. We start by investigating the global basin stability of a single machine bus-bar system and then extend it to two and four oscillators. We calculate the basin stability of the stable fixed point over the whole parameter space, in which different parameter combinations give rise to a stable fixed point and/or a stable limit cycle depending crucially on initial conditions. A governing equation for the limit cycle of the one-machine infinite bus system is derived analytically and these results are found to be in good agreement with numerical simulations.     

三体相互作用下Bessel型光晶格中物质波孤立子的稳定性研究

研究了两体和三体相互作用空间调制情形下Bessel型光晶格中准二维玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚体系中物质波孤立子的稳定性. 利用标准的变分法程序, 得出体系有效势能的表达式, 进而根据有效势能结构给出了体系的稳定性条件. 结果表明, 在有Bessel型光晶格和没有Bessel型光晶格的情况下, 体系均能形成稳定的孤立子解, 但是有晶格参与时, 体系有很大范围的稳定区间. 另外, 稳定性受两体相互作用和三体相互作用共同支配, 其中两体相互作用对体系的稳定性起主导作用, 三体相互作用和相互作用的空间调制只对稳定性起调节作用, 但是在特定情况下, 必须要有三体相互作用或者相互作用空间调制的参与才能形成稳定的孤立子解.     

Asymptotic Stability of Lattice Solitons in the Energy Space

Orbital and asymptotic stability for 1-soliton solutions of the Toda lattice equations as well as for small solitary waves of the FPU lattice equations are established in the energy space. Unlike analogous Hamiltonian PDEs, the lattice equations do not conserve the adjoint momentum. In fact, the Toda lattice equation is a bidirectional model that does not fit in with the existing theory for the Hamiltonian systems by Grillakis, Shatah and Strauss. To prove stability of 1-soliton solutions, we split a solution around a 1-soliton into a small solution that moves more slowly than the main solitary wave and an exponentially localized part. We apply a decay estimate for solutions to a linearized Toda equation which has been recently proved by Mizumachi and Pego to estimate the localized part. We improve the asymptotic stability results for FPU lattices in a weighted space obtained by Friesecke and Pego.     

Self-organized synchronization and voltage stability in networks of synchronous machines

The integration of renewable energy sources in the course of the energy transition is accompanied by grid decentralization and fluctuating power feed-in characteristics. This development raises novel challenges for power system stability and design. We investigate power system stability from the viewpoint of self-organized synchronization aspects. In this approach, the power grid is represented by a network of synchronous machines. We supplement the classical Kuramoto-like network model, which assumes constant voltages, with dynamical voltage equations, and thus obtain an extended model, that incorporates the coupled categories voltage stability and rotor angle synchronization. We compare disturbance scenarios in small systems simulated on the basis of both classical and extended model and we discuss resultant implications and possible applications to complex modern power grids.     

Deterministic Raman crosstalk effects in amplified wavelength division multiplexing transmission

We study the deterministic effects of inter-pulse Raman-induced crosstalk in amplified wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) optical fiber transmission lines. We show that the dynamics of pulse amplitudes in an N-channel transmission system is described by an N-dimensional predator-prey model. We find the equilibrium states with non-zero amplitudes and prove their stability by obtaining the Lyapunov function. The stability is independent of the exact details of the approximation for the Raman gain curve. Furthermore, we investigate the impact of cross phase modulation and Raman self and cross frequency shifts on the dynamics and establish the stability of the equilibrium state with respect to these perturbations. Our results provide a quantitative explanation for the robustness of differential-phase-shift-keyed WDM transmission against Raman crosstalk effects.     

Time Periodicity and Dynamical Stability in Two-Boson Systems

We calculate the period of recurrence of dynamical systems comprising two interacting bosons. A number of theoretical issues related to this problem are discussed, in particular, the conditions for small periodicity. The knowledge gathered in this way is then used to propose a notion of dynamical stability based on the stability of the period. Dynamical simulations show good agreement with the proposed scheme. We also apply the results to the phenomenon known as coherent population trapping and find stability conditions for this specific case.     

Phase-locked solutions and their stability in the presence of propagation delays

We investigate phase-locked solutions of a continuum field of nonlocally coupled identical phase oscillators with distance-dependent propagation delays. Equilibrium relations for both synchronous and travelling wave solutions in the parameter space characterizing the nonlocality and time delay are delineated. For the synchronous states a comprehensive stability diagram is presented that provides a heuristic synchronization condition as well as an analytic relation for the marginal stability curve. The relation yields simple stability expressions in the limiting cases of local and global coupling of phase oscillators.     

Absolute stability limit for relativistic charged spheres

We find an exact solution for the stability limit of relativistic charged spheres for the case of constant gravitational mass density and constant charge density. We argue that this provides an absolute stability limit for any relativistic charged sphere in which the gravitational mass density decreases with radius and the charge density increases with radius. We then provide a cruder absolute stability limit that applies to any charged sphere with a spherically symmetric mass and charge distribution. We give numerical results for all cases. In addition, we discuss the example of a neutral sphere surrounded by a thin, charged shell.     

Instability and Stability of Rolls in the Swift–Hohenberg Equation

We develop a method for the stability analysis of bifurcating spatially periodic patterns under general nonperiodic perturbations. In particular, it enables us to detect sideband instabilities. We treat in all detail the stability question of roll solutions in the two–dimensional Swift–Hohenberg equation and derive a condition on the amplitude and the wave number of the rolls which is necessary and sufficent for stability. Moreover, we characterize the set of those wave vectors which give rise to unstable perturbations. Dedicated to Professor K. Kirchg?ssner on the occasion of his sixty-fifth birthday Received: 25 October 1996 / Accepted: 24 March 1997     

Entanglement and dynamic stability of Nash equilibria in a symmetric quantum game

We study the evolutionary stability of Nash equilibria (NE) in a symmetric quantum game played by the recently proposed scheme of applying ‘identity’ and ‘Pauli spin-flip’ operators on an initial state with classical probabilities. We show that in this symmetric game dynamic stability of a NE can be changed when the game changes its form, for example, from classical to quantum. It happens even when the NE remains intact in both forms.     

Stability of moving fronts in the Ginzburg-Landau equation

We use Renormalization Group ideas to study stability of moving fronts in the Ginzburg-Landau equation in one spatial dimension. In particular, we prove stability of the real fronts under complex perturbations. This extends the results of Aronson and Weinberger to situations where the maximum principle is inapplicable and constitutes a step in proving the general marginal stability hypothesis for the Ginzburg-Landau equation.Supported by EC grant SC1-CT91-0695Supported by NSF grant DMS-8903041     

On the stability of delayed feedback controllers for discrete time systems

We consider the stability of delayed feedback control (DFC) scheme for multi-dimensional discrete time systems. We first construct a map whose fixed points correspond to the periodic orbits of the uncontrolled system. Then the stability of the DFC is analyzed as the stability of the corresponding equilibrium point of the constructed map. For each periodic orbit, we construct a characteristic polynomial whose Schur stability corresponds to the stability of DFC scheme.     

Splitting of folded strings in AdS 4×CP 3

We investigate the dynamics of generalized tachyon field in FRW spacetime. We obtain the autonomous dynamical system for the general case. Because the general autonomous dynamical system cannot be solved analytically, we discuss two cases in detail: β=1 and β=2. We find the critical points and study their stability. At these critical points, we also consider the stability of the generalized tachyon field, which is as important as the stability of critical points. The possible final states of the universe are discussed.