Weakly Non-Ergodic Statistical Physics

For weakly non ergodic systems, the probability density function of a time average observable is where is the value of the observable when the system is in state j=1,…L. p _j ^eq is the probability that a member of an ensemble of systems occupies state j in equilibrium. For a particle undergoing a fractional diffusion process in a binding force field, with thermal detailed balance conditions, p _j ^eq is Boltzmann’s canonical probability. Within the unbiased sub-diffusive continuous time random walk model, the exponent 0<α<1 is the anomalous diffusion exponent 〈x ²〉∼t ^α found for free boundary conditions. When α→1 ergodic statistical mechanics is recovered . We briefly discuss possible physical applications in single particle experiments.     

Resonances dans l'approximation de Born-Oppenheimer II-largeur des resonances

This paper is devoted to the Schrödinger operatorP=–h ² _x – _y +V(x,y) onR _x ⁿ ×R _y ^p in the Born-Oppenheimer limith0. We study the case where resonances appear due to a well of the second electronic level, so that there can exist transition points only in the complex domain. We then prove that the widths of these resonances are exponentially small ash tends to zero.     

Large Deviations for Expanding Transformations with Additive White Noise

Large-deviations estimates for the autocorrelations of order kof the random process Z _n=(X _n)+ _n, n0, are obtained. The processes (X _n) _n0and ( _n) _n0are independent, _n, n0, are i.i.d. bounded random variables, X _n=T ⁿ(X ₀), n , T: MMis expanding leaving invariant a Gibbs measure on a compact set M, and : M is a continuous function. A possible application of this result is the case where Mis the unit circle and the Gibbs measure is the one absolutely continuous with respect to the Lebesgue measure on the circle. The case when Tis a uniquely ergodic map was studied in Carmona et al.(1998). In the present paper Tis an expanding map. However, it is possible to derive large-deviations properties for the autocorrelations samples (1/n) ^n–1 _j=0 Z _j Z _j+k . But the deviation function is quite different from the uniquely ergodic case because it is necessary to take into account the entropy of invariant measures for Tas an important information. The method employed here is a combination of the variational principle of the thermodynamic formalism with Donsker and Varadhan's large-deviations approach.     

Note on the quantum displacement of the critical point

The quantum corrections to the law of corresponding states are studied by calculating the critical pressure, temperature, and density to first order in Planck's constanth on an exactly soluble model. The ratio of the critical parameters to the corresponding classical values are found to be (p _c/p _c ⁰)^1/2=_c/_c ⁰ = T_c/T_c ⁰ = 1–0.67, with=h _c ^1/3(mkT _c)^–1/2. The critical ratio is independent ofh to first order. The results are compared with critical data for noble gases and hydrogen isotopes.     

Absence of continuous symmetry breaking in a one-dimensional n−2 model

For a one-dimensional array ofS ^N–1 spins (N 2) with isotropic pair interactions (and more general systems) with J(j–i) obeying sup_n[n^–1 ₁ ⁿ j ²|J(j)|]<, we prove that every equilibrium state is invariant under the natural action ofSO(N). In particular, there is no long-range order of the conventional type. Included is the caseJ(n)=n ^–2.Research partially supported by U.S.N.S.F. Grant No. MCS-78-01885.S. Fairchild Scholar at Caltech. On leave from Departments of Mathematics and Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544.     

Smooth phase in the one-dimensional discrete Gaussian model with 1/(−j)2 interaction at inverse temperature β>1

We consider the one-dimensional discrete Gaussian model with interaction energyg satisfyingg(i, j)=g(i–j)1/(i– j)² and prove that for the inverse temperature>1 this system displays a smooth phase characterized by <(n _{n 0} –n _{y 0})²> C < if the nearest neighbor coupling g(1) is sufficiently large. Our method also allows us to treat the 1/(i– j)² Ising model and reproves the existence of spontaneous magnetization under the above conditions.     

Solution of the Semi-Infinite Toda Lattice for Unbounded Sequences

The semi-infinite Toda lattice is the system of differential equations d _n (t)/dt = _n (t)(b _n+1(t) – b _n (t)), db _n (t)/dt = 2( _n ²(t) – _n–1 ²(t)), n = 1, 2, ..., t > 0. The solution of this system (if it exists) is a pair of real sequences _n (t), b _n (t) which satisfy the conditions _n (0) = _n ,, b _n (0) = b _n , where _n > 0 and b _n are given sequences of real numbers. It is well known that the system has a unique solution provided that both sequences _n and b _n are bounded. When at least one of the known sequences _n and b _n is unbounded, many difficulties arise and, to the best of our knowledge, there are few results concerning the solution of the system. In this letter we find a class of unbounded sequences _n and b _n such that the system has a unique solution. The results are illustrated with a typical example where the sequences _i (t), b _i (t), i = 1, 2, ... can be exactly determined. The connection of the Toda lattice with the semi-infinite differential-difference equation d²/dt ² log h _n = h _n+1 + h _n–1 – 2h _n , n = 1, 2, ... is also discussed and the above results are translated to analogous results for the last equation.     

A supersymmetric transfer matrix and differentiability of the density of states in the one-dimensional Anderson model

LetH=–+V onl ²(), whereV(x),x, are i.i.d.r.v.'s with common probability distributionv. Leth(t)=e ^–itv dv(v) and letk(E) be the integrated density of states. It is proven: (i) Ifh isn-times differentiable withh ^(j)(t)=O((1+|t|)^–) for some >0,j=0, 1, ...,n, thenk(E) is aC ⁿ function. In particular, ifv has compact support andh(t)=O((1+|t|)^–) with >0, thenk(E) isC . This allowsv to be singular continuous. (ii) Ifh(t)=O(e ^–|t|) for some >0 thenk(E) is analytic in a strip about the real axis.The proof uses the supersymmetric replica trick to rewrite the averaged Green's function as a two-point function of a one-dimensional supersymmetric field theory which is studied by the transfer matrix method.Research partially supported by the NSF under grant MC-8301889     

Relativistic dynamics of interacting point particles: Central position of the Wheeler-Feynman scheme

The Wheeler-Feynman (WF) relativistic theory of interacting point particles, generalized by acceptance of an arbitrary spacelike interaction, is shown to possess a privileged status, reminiscent of the central force interactions occurring in Newtonian mechanics. This scheme is shown to be isomorphic to the classical one of the statics of interacting flexible current-carrying wires obeying the Ampère-Laplace (AL) formulas: to the tensionT (T ² =const) of the wire corresponds the momentum-energy pⁱ (p_ipⁱ=–c²m²) of the particle; to the Laplace linear force density –iH×dr corresponds the Lorentz force QH^ij dr_j; to the Laplace potential ir^–1 dr corresponds the WF potential Q(r²) drⁱ, etc. Among the differences, there is self-action in the AL scheme and no self-action in the WF scheme. A stationary energy principle in the AL scheme is isomorphic to Fokker's stationary action principle in the WF scheme.     

A New Family of Deformations of Darboux-Pöschl-Teller Potentials

The aim of this Letter is to present a new family of integrable functional-difference deformations of the Schrödinger equation with Darboux–Pöschl–Teller potentials. The related potentials are labeled by two integers m and n, and also depend on a deformation parameter h. When h 0 the classical Darboux–Pöschl–Teller model is recovered.     

Some jacobi matrices with decaying potential and dense point spectrum

We discuss doubly infinite matrices of the formM _ij= _i,j+1+ _i,j–1+V _{i ij} as operators on ². We present for each >0, examples of potentialsV _n with |V _n|=O(n ^–1/2+) and whereM has only point spectrum. Our discussion should be viewed as a remark on the recent work of Delyon, Kunz, and Souillard.Research partially supported by USNSF under grant MCS 81-20833     

Quantum mechanics as relativistic statistics III. A relativistic particle in two-dimensional space-time

Statistics of random world lines in a fixed electromagnetic field are considered. The equation for a vectorj ⁱ is obtained. This vector describes the density of random world lines in a pure ensemble. It is shown that in the two-dimensional space-time this equation coincides with the Dirac equation to within the terms of the order of magnitude of (/L)² ( is Compton's wavelength,L is a typical length of the system).     

The Sixth-Moment Sum Rule for the Pair Correlations of the Two-Dimensional One-Component Plasma: Exact Result

The system under consideration is a two-dimensional one-component plasma in the fluid regime, at density n and arbitrary coupling =e ² (e=unit charge, =inverse temperature). The Helmholtz free energy of the model, as the generating functional for the direct pair correlation c, is treated in terms of a convergent renormalized Mayer diagrammatic expansion in density. Using specific topological transformations within the bond-renormalized Mayer expansion, we prove that the nonzero contributions to the regular part of the Fourier component of c up to the k ²-term originate exclusively from the ring diagrams (unable to undertake the bond-renormalization procedure) of the Helmholtz free energy. In particular, (k)=–/k ²+/(8n)–k ²/[96(n)²]+O(k ⁴). This result fixes via the Ornstein–Zernike relation, besides the well-known zeroth-, second-, and fourth-moment sum rules, the new sixth-moment condition for the truncated pair correlation h, n(n/2)³ r ⁶ h(r) d r=3(–6)(8–3)/4.     

Trapping of random walks on the line

Several features of the trapping of random walks on a one-dimensional lattice are analyzed. The results of this investigation are as follows: (1) The correction term to the known asymptotic form for the survival probability ton steps is O(( ₂n)^–1/3), where =–ln(1–c), andc is the trap concentration. (2) The short time form for the survival probability is found to be exp[–a(c)n ^1/2], wherea(c) is given in Eq. (21). (3) The mean-square displacement of a surviving random walker is found to go liken ^2/3for largen. (4) When the distribution of trap-free regions is changed so that very large regions are much rarer than for ideally random trap placement the asymptotic survival probability changes its dependence onn. One such model is studied.     

A Note on Universality of the Distribution of the Largest Eigenvalues in Certain Sample Covariance Matrices

Recently Johansson and Johnstone proved that the distribution of the (properly rescaled) largest principal component of the complex (real) Wishart matrix X*X(X ^t X) converges to the Tracy–Widom law as n,p (the dimensions of X) tend to in some ratio n/p>0. We extend these results in two directions. First of all, we prove that the joint distribution of the first, second, third, etc. eigenvalues of a Wishart matrix converges (after a proper rescaling) to the Tracy–Widom distribution. Second of all, we explain how the combinatorial machinery developed for Wigner random matrices in refs. 27, 38, and 39 allows to extend the results by Johansson and Johnstone to the case of X with non-Gaussian entries, provided n–p=O(p ^1/3). We also prove that _max(n ^1/2+p ^1/2)²+O(p ^1/2 log(p)) (a.e.) for general >0.     

Percolation cluster numbers by real-space renormalization

The average numbern _s (p) of percolation clusters withs sites is calculated for the triangular lattice using real-space renormalization. Fors up to 2,000 the whole range of concentrationsp was analyzed;n _s varied over sixty decades. We found logn _s –s forp belowp _c =0.5, andn _s s ^–, =2.35 atp=p _c . For smallp one hasn _s (p · ) ^s . Nearp _c we found the scaling fromn _s s ^– f((p _c –p) ·s ) with=0.53. Presumably for the first time renormalization methods were used to calculate percolation properties not only nearp _c but also far away from the critical point.Sonderforschungsbereich 125 Aachen-Jülich-Köln     

Probabilistic bond percolation in random arrays

We consider the problem of percolation in a system having sites distributed at random, but in which only a fractionh of the physical overlaps form viable links. We convert this to a site problem on the covering lattice, and then show that in two dimensionsh - 1/S ⁴ forh - 1, andh - 4)S² forh 1, whereS is proportional to the critical percolation radius in the original array. This result reproduces the T^–1/3 behavior for log(conductivity) expected of variable-range hopping and found by numerical methods. It also accounts for the region of transition tor-percolation asT . We make a prediction that in three dimensions,h = 1/8S³ + const/S⁶, but numerical confirmation is lacking for this case. While the argument is not exact, we have demonstrated a novel approach to random systems.Supported by the National Research Council of Canada.     

Estimates of general Mayer graphs. IV. On the computation of Gaussian integrals by the star-mesh transformation

We point out that, to compute by hand a Gaussian integral exp · (– _LL y _l r _ij ² d r _n+1 ...d r _n+k , where the sum runs over all linesL = (i,j) of a graph andr _ij = ¦r _i –r _j ¦, the simplest way is to use the star-mesh transformation, well known in electrical network theory. We apply this to test, on a relatively complicatedn-graph, the accuracy of an estimation method that we proposed elsewhere [Phys. Lett. 62A:295 (1977)].     

Local observables and particle statistics I

We consider the family of those states which become asymptotically indistinguishable from the vacuum for observations in far away regions of space. The pure states of this family may be subdivided into superselection sectors labelled by generalized charge quantum numbers. The principle of locality implies that within this family one may define a natural product composition (leading for instance from single particle states ton-particle states). Intrinsically associated with then-fold product of states of one sector there is a unitary representation ofP ⁽ⁿ⁾, the permutation group ofn elements, analogous in its role to that arising in wave mechanics from the permutations of the arguments of ann-particle wave function. We show that each sector possesses a statistics parameter which determines the nature of the representation ofP ⁽ⁿ⁾ for alln and whose possible values are 0, ±d ^–1 (d a positive integer). A sector with 0 has a unique charge conjugate (antiparticle states); if =d ^–1 the states of the sector obey para-Bose statistics of orderd, if =–d ^–1 they obey para-Fermi statistics of orderd. Some conditions which restrict to ± 1 (ordinary Bose or Fermi statistics) are given.     

Bloch electron dynamics

New equations of motion for a Bloch electron [momentum p=h k,energy ε _n(p),zone number n, charge -e]: $$m_j \frac{{dv_j }}{{dt}} = - e(E + v \times B)_j $$ are proposed, where v≡?ε_n(p)/?p is the velocity, and {m_j}are the principal masses m _j ^? 1=?²ε_n/?p _j ² along the normal and the two principal axes of curvatures at each point of the constant-energy surface represented by ε=ε_n(p).Their advantages over the prevalent equations of motion where the left-hand-side is replaced by hk _j are demonstrated by examining de Haas-van Alphen oscillations and orientation-dependent cyclotron resonance peaks.