A semiclassical interpretation of wave mechanics

The single-particle wave function =Re^iS/h has been interpreted classically: At a given point the particle momentum is S, and the relative particle density in an ensemble is R ² . It is first proposed to modify this interpretation by assuming that physical variables undergo rapid fluctuations, so that S is the average of the momentum over a short time interval. However, it appears that this is not enough. It seems necessary to assume that the density also fluctuates. The fluctuations are taken to be random and to satisfy conditions required for agreement with quantum mechanics. In some cases the fluctuating density may take on instantaneous negative values. One gets agreement with quantum mechanics for the spin correlations of two particles in a singlet state. This comes about because of the correlations between the fluctuations of the variables of the two particles, the effect of which is equivalent to an action at a distance. The relation to Bell's inequality is discussed.     

An $\mathsf{\epsilon}$-expansion for small-world networks

I construct a well-defined expansion in for diffusion processes on small-world networks. The technique permits one to calculate the average over disorder of moments of the Greens function, and is used to calculate the average Greens function and fluctuations to first non-leading order in , giving results which agree with numerics. This technique is also applicable to other problems of diffusion in random media.Received: 28 July 2004, Published online: 14 December 2004PACS: 89.75.Hc Networks and genealogical trees 64.60.Ak Renormalization-group studies of phase transitions     

Deducing the Schrödinger equation from minimum χ2

The most unbiased probabilistic model for the possible values of a characteristic of a quantum system subject to the constraints represented by some known mean values characterizes the system in a steady-state condition. We suppose that random fluctuations alter such a steady-state condition. The probability distribution of the possible deviations from the steady-state condition is estimated by minimizing Pearson's ² subject to the mean fluctuations available. The optimum Pearson function ^* may be interpreted as the wave function of the system and in the case of the harmonic oscillator, the free particle in a box, and the hydrogen atom, the prediction based on it is compatible with that provided by the solution of the corresponding Schrödinger equations.     

Multifractal structure of fully developed hydrodynamic turbulence. II. Intermittency effects in the distribution of passive scalar impurities

We discuss intermittency effects in the distribution of scalar passive impurities within fully developed hydrodynamic turbulence. It is shown that the observable stronger intermittency effects in the distribution of passive impurities with respect to that for the energy dissipation rate can naturally be explained in the framework of composite random cascade models. We discuss doubly random bounded and unbounded log-normal models, the doubly random-model, and the two-scale Cantor set approximation. Then the problem of mutual correlations is discussed. The various results are compared with experiments.     

Random Incidence Matrices: Moments of the Spectral Density

We study numerically and analytically the spectrum of incidence matrices of random labeled graphs on N vertices: any pair of vertices is connected by an edge with probability p. We give two algorithms to compute the moments of the eigenvalue distribution as explicit polynomials in N and p. For large N and fixed p the spectrum contains a large eigenvalue at Np and a semicircle of small eigenvalues. For large N and fixed average connectivity pN (dilute or sparse random matrices limit) we show that the spectrum always contains a discrete component. An anomaly in the spectrum near eigenvalue 0 for connectivity close to e is observed. We develop recursion relations to compute the moments as explicit polynomials in pN. Their growth is slow enough so that they determine the spectrum. The extension of our methods to the Laplacian matrix is given in Appendix.     

Energy level statistics in disordered metals with an anderson transition

We present numerical scaling results for the energy level statistics in orthogonal and symplectic tight-binding Hamiltonian random matrix ensembles defined on disordered two and three-dimensional electronic systems with and without spinorbit coupling (SOC), respectively. In the metallic phase for weak disorder the nearest level spacing distribution functionP(S), the number variance <(N)²>, and the two-point correlation functionK ₂(), are shown to be described by the Gaussian random matrix theories. In the insulating phase, for strong disorder, the correlations vanish for large scales and the ordinary Poisson statistics is asymptotically recovered, which is consistent with localization of the corrosponding eigenstates. At the Anderson metal-insulator transition we obtain new universal scale-invariant distribution functions describing the critical spectral density fluctuations.     

Spin dynamics and spin correlations in the spinS=1 two-dimensional square-lattice Heisenberg antiferromagnet La2NiO4

The static and dynamic spin fluctuations in the spinS=1, two-dimensional (2D) square-lattice antiferromagnet La₂NiO₄ have been studied over a wide temperature range using neutron scattering techniques. The spin correlations in La₂NiO₄ exhibit a crossover from two- to three-dimensional (3D) behavior as the Néel temperature is approached from above. Critical slowing down of the low-energy spin fluctuations is also observed just aboveT _N . The correlation length, (T), and the static structure factor,S(0), have been measured and are compared with recent theoretical calculations for the quantum 2D Heisenberg antiferromagnet using microscopic parameters determined from previous spin-wave measurements. Good agreement for (T) is found with the exact low-temperature result of Hasenfratz and Niedermeyer provided that 2 p _s is renormalized by 20% from the spin-wave value.     

On Effective Conductivity on ℤ d Lattice

We study the effective conductivity _e for a random wire problem on the d-dimensional cubic lattice ^d , d2 in the case when random conductivities on bonds are independent identically distributed random variables. We give exact expressions for the expansion of the effective conductivity in terms of the moments of the disorder parameter up to the 5th order. In the 2D case using the duality symmetry we also derive the 6th order expansion. We compare our results with the Bruggeman approximation and show that in the 2D case it coincides with the exact solution up to the terms of 4th order but deviates from it for the higher order terms.     

Dirac's aether in relativistic quantum mechanics

The introduction by Dirac of a new aether model based on a stochastic covariant distribution of subquantum motions (corresponding to a vacuum state alive with fluctuations and randomness) is discussed with respect to the present experimental and theoretical discussion of nonlocality in EPR situations. It is shown (1) that one can deduce the de Broglie waves as real collective Markov processes on the top of Dirac's aether; (2) that the quantum potential associated with this aether's modification, by the presence of EPR photon pairs, yields a relativistic causal action at a distance which interprets the superluminal correlations recently established by Aspect et al.; (3) that the existence of the Einstein-de Broglie photon model (deduced from Dirac's aether) implies experimental predictions which conflict with the Copenhagen interpretation in certain specific testable interference experiments.     

Fluctuations of moments of density in random cascade models

It is suggested that measurements of fluctuations of the moments of particle density may be helpful in the search for the origin of intermittency. These fluctuations are calculated for the random cascade model. They are related to the moments themselves by relations, which do not depend on the parameters of the model and thus provide a valuable test of random cascading. A simple method of comparing the predictions with experiment is proposed.     

Block Toeplitz matrices and the two-dimensional Coulomb gas near a wall

For the two-dimensional Coulomb gas on a lattice, at the special value of the dimensionless coupling constant=2, the grand partition function and correlations can be written in terms of the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of a block Toeplitz matrix. By using the semiperiodic Coulomb potential and taking the continuum limit in the periodic direction so as to have a set of parallel lines as the domain, it is shown that these eigenvalues and eigenvectors can be computed exactly. This allows the pressure and the correlations near a charged wall to be rigorously evaluated. The two-particle correlations obey a sum rule which implies that the state in the vicinity of the wall is a conductor.     

Anomalous dimensions in multiparticle collisions and the empty bin effect

Using the random cascade model, we systematically analyze various conditions where realistic multiparticle distributions from cascading processes are affected by systematic and statistical biases at high resolution. We show, both analytically and numerically, that the effect of such conditions (empty bin effect) is to produce, in some cases, a modification of the power law of factorial moments as a function of the bin size that is, of the anomalous dimensions governing the dynamical fluctuations. We examine how these may influence the intermittency analysis of multiparticle data. Simulations based on the -model parametrization of random cascading are suggested to take into account the empty bin effects in the intermittency analysis. A systematic comparison of the fluctuation effects of known distributions, including the log-normal, negative binomial and Lévy-stable laws is performed in terms of the anomalous dimensions, in view of their use as useful approximations.Supported by the World Laboratory/HED and the CERN/LAA Projects     

Persistent Random Walks in Stationary Environment

We study the behavior of persistent random walks (RW) on the integers in a random environment. A complete characterization of the almost sure limit behavior of these processes, including the law of large numbers, is obtained. This is done in a general situation where the environmental sequence of random variables is stationary and ergodic. Szász and Tóth obtained a central limit theorem when the ratio /, of right- and left-transpassing probabilities satisfies /a<1 a.s. (for a given constant a). We consider the case where / has wider fluctuations; we shall observe that an unusual situation arises: the RW may converge a.s. to infinity even with zero drift. Then, we obtain nonclassical limiting distributions for the RW. Proofs are based on the introduction of suitable branching processes in order to count the steps performed by the RW.     

Longitudinal broadening of near-side jets due to parton cascade

Longitudinal broadening along the Δη direction on the near side in the two-dimensional (Δφ×Δη) di-hadron correlation distribution has been studied for central Au+Au collisions at  GeV, within a dynamical multi-phase transport model. It was found that longitudinal broadening is generated by a longitudinal flow induced by a strong parton cascade in central Au+Au collisions, to be compared with p+p collisions at  GeV. The longitudinal broadening may shed light on the strongly interacting partonic matter at RHIC.     

Spatial fluctuations in reaction-limited aggregation

A general method is used for describing reaction-diffusion systems, namely van Kampen's method of compounding moments, to study the spatial fluctuations in reaction-limited aggregation processes. The general formalism used here and in subsequent publications is developed. Then a particular model is considered that is of special interest, since it describes the occurrence of a phase transition (gelation). The corresponding rate constants for the reaction between two clusters of sizei and sizej areK _ij=ij (i, j=1, 2,). For thediffusion constants D _j of clusters of sizej the following class of models is considered:D _j=D if 1Js andD _j=0 ifj>s. The casess= ands< are studied separately. For the models= the equal-time and the two-time correlation functions are calculated; this modelbreaks down at the gel point. The breakdown is characterized by a divergence of the density fluctuations, and is caused by the large mobility of large clusters. For all models withs< the density fluctuations remain finite att _c, and the equal-time correlation functions in the pre- and in the post-gel stage are calculated. Many explicit and asymptotic results are given. From the exact solution the upper critical dimension in this gelling model isd _c=2.     

Moment instabilities in multidimensional systems with noise

We present a systematic study of moment evolution in multidimensional stochastic difference systems, focusing on characterizing systems whose low-order moments diverge in the neighborhood of a stable fixed point. We consider systems with a simple, dominant eigenvalue and stationary, white noise. When the noise is small, we obtain general expressions for the approximate asymptotic distribution and moment Lyapunov exponents. In the case of larger noise, the second moment is calculated using a different approach, which gives an exact result for some types of noise. We analyze the dependence of the moments on the systems dimension, relevant system properties, the form of the noise, and the magnitude of the noise. We determine a critical value for noise strength, as a function of the unperturbed systems convergence rate, above which the second moment diverges and large fluctuations are likely. Analytical results are validated by numerical simulations. Finally, we present a short discussion of the extension of our results to the continuous time limit.     

The theory of ordered spans of unrestricted random walks

The spans of ann-step random walk on a simple cubic lattice are the sides of the smallest rectangular box, with sides parallel to the coordinate axes, that contains the random walk. Daniels first developed the theory in outline and derived results for the simple random walk on a line. We show that the development of a more general asymptotic theory is facilitated by introducing the spectral representation of step probabilities. This allows us to consider the probability density for spans of random walks in which all moments of single steps may be infinite. The theory can also be extended to continuous-time random walks. We also show that the use of Abelian summation simplifies calculation of the moments. In particular we derive expressions for the span distributions of random walks (in one dimension) with single step transition probabilities of the formP(j) 1/j ¹⁺, where 0<<2. We also derive results for continuous-time random walks in which the expected time between steps may be infinite.     

Dynamics of fluctuations in a reactive system of low spatial dimension

We study, using master equation techniques, the time evolution of the average concentration and fluctuations in the two-speciesn-molecule reactionA+(n-1)XnX in one dimension described by a Glauber-type dynamical lattice model for the specific casesn=2 (bimolecular) andn=3 (trimolecular). The evolution is found to be quite different from that described by the Mean-Field equations even for the bimolecular case, where the steady state is meanfield. For the trimolecular process, the values of fluctuation correlations in the nonequilibrium steady state are well predicted by the fixed points of the dynamical equations obtained from the master equation. In addition, three-point fluctuation correlations are found to play an important role in both processes and are accounted for by an extended Bethe-type ansatz. The bimolecular system shows no memory effects of initial conditions, while the trimolecular system is characterized by memory effects in terms of the average concentration, fluctuations as well as the entropy. The spatial decay of fluctuation correlations is found to be short range at the steady state for the trimolecular system.     

Calculation of orbital magnetic moments of π-electron terms of cyclic molecules in a collective-motion model

The magnetic moments of levels of ring -electron chains along a cyclic core of a molecule are calculated for various values of the form factor of the periodic potential of the -core field. The cases of short-range (flexible chain) and long-range (rigid chain) strong interelectron repulsion are considered. The magnetic moments of the flexible-chain levels are practically independent of the form factor. The magnetic moments of the rigid-chain levels are less than the corresponding moments of the flexible chain, but at certain values of the form factor resonance occurs and the rigid-chain moments approach those of the flexible chain. An anomalously large Zeeman splitting of the upper electron levels of large aromatic molecules is predicted.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 10, pp. 37–42, October, 1976.