Noise-intensity fluctuation in Langevin model and its higher-order Fokker-Planck equation

In this paper, we investigate a Langevin model subjected to stochastic intensity noise (SIN), which incorporates temporal fluctuations in noise-intensity. We derive a higher-order Fokker-Planck equation (HFPE) of the system, taking into account the effect of SIN by the adiabatic elimination technique. Stationary distributions of the HFPE are calculated by using the perturbation expansion. We investigate the effect of SIN in three cases: (a) parabolic and quartic bistable potentials with additive noise, (b) a quartic potential with multiplicative noise, and (c) a stochastic gene expression model. We find that the existence of noise-intensity fluctuations induces an intriguing phenomenon of a bimodal-to-trimodal transition in probability distributions. These results are validated with Monte Carlo simulations.     

The quasiclassical Langevin equation and its application to the decay of a metastable state and to quantum fluctuations

We report on investigations on the consequences of the quasiclassical Langevin equation. This Langevin equation is an equation of motion of the classical type where, however, the stochastic Langevin force is correlated according to the quantum form of the dissipation-fluctuation theorem such that ultimately its power spectrum increases linearly with frequency. Most extensively, we have studied the decay of a metastable state driven by a stochastic force. For a particular type of potential well (piecewise parabolic), we have derived explicit expressions for the decay rate for an arbitrary power spectrum of the stochastic force. We have found that the quasiclassical Langevin equation leads to decay rates which are physically meaningful only within a very restricted range. We have also studied the influence of quantum fluctuations on a predominantly deterministic motion and we have found that there the predictions of the quasiclassical Langevin equations are correct.     

External noise and its interaction with spatial degrees of freedom in nonlinear dissipative systems

A brief introduction to the field is given together with an overview of the lectures given at the workshop on External Noise and its Interaction with Spatial Degrees of Freedom in Nonlinear Dissipative Systems organized by the Center for Nonlinear Studies at Los Alamos, March 28–31, 1988. It is hoped that the publication of papers presented at the workshop in a single issue of theJournal of Statistical Physics will help draw attention to the recent developments in this rapidly area of nonequilibrium phenomena.     

平流涡度方程及其在2006年Bilis台风分析中的应用

推导得到气压坐标中的动量叉乘形式的垂直涡度方程,这个动量叉乘形式的涡度方程包含了水平风的平流旋转效应,可称为平流涡度方程.由于水平风场的平流作用可由等压面天气图直观分析得到,因此平流涡度方程可方便用于实际天气分析.对2006年的Bilis台风移动过程中由经典涡度方程和平流涡度方程计算得到的垂直涡度倾向进行对比分析发现,二者计算得到的垂直涡度倾向变化的分布形式接近,但平流涡度方程计算得到的倾向的数值明显大于经典涡度方程的数值,正负涡度倾向区也更集中.对Bilis移动过程中的垂直涡度方程和平流涡度方程中各项的计算分析表明,水平风场的平流旋转作用是Bilis发展移动过程中垂直涡度变化的一个主要因素,是造成垂直涡度增强并发展的主要原因.因此,当水平风场平流旋转效应较强时,平流作用对垂直涡度倾向变化起主导作用,可直接用平流项来近似分析Bilis台风的涡度变化.而平流涡度方程中地转涡度和散度项的变化趋势与Bilis台风的移动路径有较好的一致性,这一项对台风的移动路径预报有更好的指示意义.     

Newly modified method and its application to the coupled Boussinesq equation in ocean engineering with its linear stability analysis

Investigating the dynamic characteristics of nonlinear models that appear in ocean science plays an important role in our lifetime. In this research, we study some features of the paired Boussinesq equation that appears for two-layered fluid flow in the shallow water waves. We extend the modified expansion function method (MEFM) to obtain abundant solutions, as well as to find new solutions. By using this newly modified method one can obtain novel and more analytic solutions comparing to MEFM. Also, numerical solutions via the Adomian decomposition scheme are discussed and favorable comparisons with analytical solutions have been done with an outstanding agreement. Besides, the instability modulation of the governing equations are explored through the linear stability analysis function. All new solutions satisfy the main coupled equation after they have been put into the governing equations.     

Spectral Analysis of Stochastic Phase Lockings and Stochastic Bifurcations in the Sinusoidally Forced van der Pol Oscillator with Additive Noise

Noise effects on the phase lockings and bifurcations in the sinusoidally forced van der Pol relaxation oscillator are investigated. Deterministic (noise-free) one-dimensional Poincaré mapping is extended to the iteration of the operator defined by a stochastic kernel function. Stochastic phase lockings and bifurcations are analyzed in terms of the density evolution by the operator. In particular, a new method which uses spectra (eigenvalues and eigenfunctions) of the operator to analyze stochastic bifurcations intensively is proposed.     

Potential symmetry and invariant solutions of Fokker-Planck equation in cylindrical coordinates related to magnetic field diffusion in magnetohydrodynamics including the Hall current

Lie groups involving potential symmetries are applied in connection with the system of magnetohydrodynamic equations for incompressible matter with Ohm's law for finite resistivity and Hall current in cylindrical geometry. Some simplifications allow to obtain a Fokker-Planck type equation. Invariant solutions are obtained involving the effects of time-dependent flow and the Hall-current. Some interesting side results of this approach are new exact solutions that do not seem to have been reported in the literature.     

Breather‐to‐soliton transitions and nonlinear wave interactions for the nonlinear Schrödinger equation with the sextic operators in optical fibers

We find that the sextic nonlinear Schrödinger (NLS) equation admits breather‐to‐soliton transitions. With the Darboux transformation, analytic breather solutions with imaginary eigenvalues up to the second order are explicitly presented. The condition for breather‐to‐soliton transitions is explicitly presented and several examples of transitions are shown. Interestingly, we show that the sextic NLS equation admits not only the breather‐to‐bright‐soliton transitions but also the breather‐to‐dark‐soliton transitions. We also show the interactions between two solitons on the constant backgrounds, as well as between breather and soliton.     

Some investigations in holographic microscopic interferometry with respect to the estimation of stress and strain in micro-opto-electro-mechanical systems (MOEMS)

Holographic microscopy with conjugate reconstruction for the interferometric determination of three-dimensional displacement was used for the investigation of the mechanical behaviour of micromechanic and microelectronic components. An experimental set-up for the exposure of the holographic interferograms is described for the application of the spatial heterodyne technique, for the application of phase shifting, and for electro-optic holography. Three holograms for different illumination directions recorded on one holographic plate were reconstructed conjugately, and spatial-heterodyne technique as well as phase-shift technique were used to evaluate the interferograms. Only by conjugated reconstruction, it is possible to obtain a perfectly optimised interferometer for the static evaluation method. The evaluation of interferograms, which are strongly disturbed by speckle noise, can be performed successfully. A comparison of the results of the application of these techniques is given. The influence of the speckle effect on the resolution was investigated.