Population Dynamics near an Oasis with Time-Dependent Convection

We investigate the time evolution of a bacterial population near a favorable spot with time-dependent convection. Diffusion, growth, and saturation effects lead to a localized colony which spreads out in the surroundings. Convection by a time-dependent but spatially uniform random velocity introduces fluctuations. Equations of motion for ensemble averages are derived and compared to numerical simulations.     

Excitable Structures in Stochastic Bistable Media

We examine the influence of parametric noise on the spatiotemporal behavior of a bistable medium with activator–inhibitor dynamics. Deterministic front propagation in one dimension is seen to be destabilized by the external noise, resulting in the propagation of solitary pulses through the system. For large enough noise levels, this state becomes unstable via a backfiring mechanism, which eventually leads to a turbulent state.     

Competition of Spatial and Temporal Instabilities underTime Delay near Codimension-Two Turing-Hopf Bifurcations

Competition of spatial and temporal instabilities under time delay near the codimension-two Turing-Hopf bifurcations is studied in a reaction-diffusion equation. The time delay changes remarkably the oscillation frequency, the intrinsic wave vector, and the intensities of both Turing and Hopf modes.
The application of appropriate time delay can control the competition between the Turing and Hopf modes. Analysis shows that individual or both feedbacks can realizethe control of the transformation between the Turing and Hopf patterns.Two-dimensional numerical simulations validate the analytical results.     

利用参量驱动法实现Bragg声光双稳系统的混沌同步

对混沌同步方法进行了研究,利用参量驱动法实现了两个混沌系统的同步.以Bragg声光双稳系统为例进行仿真模拟,验证了这种方法的有效性.仿真模拟结果表明：当外加驱动信号作用于两系统的某个被驱动参量,两个初始条件不同的Bragg声光双稳系统误差变量很快平稳地趋于零,说明该同步方法是快速有效的.     

Density Waves in One-Dimensional Granular Flows Driven by Non-Uniform Force Field

We introduce a non-uniform gravity-like force field to control the granular flow state in a quasi-onedimensional system, and study the system by the molecular dynamics simulation. We find that the granular flow under non-uniform force field can be well described by a density wave with fixed time period if a fixed particle number condition is used. The base frequency of the density wave does not depend on the position of the flow, while both the average density and oscillation amplitude of the flow vary continuously with the position. The formation of the density wave results from the aggregation of the granules in the decelerated region and the feed-back mechanism in the fixed particle number condition.     

Density Waves in One-Dimensional Granular Flows Driven by Non-Uniform Force Field

We introduce a non-uniform gravity-like force field to control the granular flow state in a quasi-one-dimensional system, and study the system by the molecular dynamics simulation. We find that the granular flow under non-uniform force field can be well described by a density wave with fixed time period if a fixed particle number condition is used. The base frequency of the density wave does not depend on the position of the flow, while both the average density and oscillation amplitude of the flow vary continuously with the position. The formation of the density wave results from the aggregation of the granules in the decelerated region and the feed-back mechanism in the fixed particle number condition.     

Recent Theoretical Developments on the Formation of Liesegang Patterns

When an electrolyte A diffuses into a gel containing another electrolyte B, the eventual formation of a rhythmic pattern of precipitate by the moving chemical reaction front is known as the Liesegang phenomenon. Although the Liesegang phenomenon has been studied for a century, the mechanisms responsible for these structures are still under discussion. However, recently, important theoretical progresses have been made towards a theoretical understanding of this phenomena. A critical analysis of the present state of the art as well as a discussion of some open problems is presented.     

反应扩散系统中反螺旋波与反靶波的数值研究

采用三变量Brusselator扩展模型在二维空间对反应扩散系统中反螺旋波和反靶波进行了数值模拟,利用色散关系和参量的时空变化研究了反螺旋波与反靶波的形成机制和时空特性,分析了方程参数对反螺旋波与反靶波的影响,获得了多种不同臂数的反螺旋波.模拟结果表明：反螺旋波源于波失稳、霍普失稳,或两种失稳的共同作用,而在反靶波中除上述两种失稳外还同时存在图灵失稳,波的传播方向均由外向内;反螺旋波波头的相位运动方向与波的走向相同,且旋转周期随臂数的增加逐渐增大;多臂数的反螺旋波由于受微扰及边界条件的影响,在波头的持续旋转运动中可以向臂数少的反螺旋波发生转变,并且在一定条件下单臂反螺旋波可实现到反靶波的转变;当不活跃中间物质的浓度的扩散系数超过临界值时,波的传播方向发生改变,系统可以实现反螺旋波到螺旋波以及反靶波到靶波的转变.     

Lorenz系统驱动声光双稳时空混沌系统并行同步的研究

研究了一个时间混沌系统驱动多个时空混沌系统的并行同步问题.以单模激光Lorenz系统和一维耦合映像格子为例,在单模激光Lorenz系统中提取一个混沌序列,通过与一维耦合映像格子中的状态变量耦合使单模激光Lorenz系统和多个同结构一维耦合映像格子同时达到广义同步,并且多个一维耦合映像格子之间实现完全并行同步.通过计算条件Lyapunov指数,可以得到并行同步所需反馈系数的取值范围.数值模拟证明了此方法的可行性和有效性.     

光学双稳系统混沌驱动保密通讯原理研究

根据声光双稳系统混沌驱动下的动力学行为，提出利用系统的相位特性实现信息的混沌加密，并且由接收端混沌驱动产生的混沌信号完成信息提取的原理。发现在较大的噪声覆盖下仍然可以实现信息的安全传送，由于信息解密不需要与载波安全同步的混信号而只利用传输信号与接收端被驱动系统输出信号的相位关系，因此这种方法具有实际应用价值。     

Front dynamics in heterogeneous diffusive media

We herein consider two-component reaction-diffusion systems with a specific bistable and odd symmetric nonlinearity, which have the bifurcation structure of pitchfork type traveling front solutions with opposite velocities. We introduce a spatial heterogeneity, for example, a Heaviside-like abrupt change at the origin in the space, into diffusion coefficients. Numerically, the responses of traveling fronts via the heterogeneity can be classified into four types of behavior depending on the strength of the heterogeneity, which, in the present paper, is represented by the height of the jump: passage, stoppage, and two types of reflection. The goal of the present paper is to reduce the PDE dynamics to finite-dimensional ODE systems on a center manifold and show the mathematical mechanism for producing the four types of response in the PDE systems using finite-dimensional ODE systems. The reduced ODE systems include the terms (referred to as heterogeneous perturbations) originating from the interaction between traveling front solutions and the heterogeneity, which is very important for determining the dynamics of the ODE systems. In the present paper, we succeed in calculating these heterogeneous perturbations exactly and explicitly.     

Quantum Retrodiction in Non-Equilibrium Thermo Field Dynamics

The quantum retrodiction for open systems which obey the quantum Markovian dynamics is investigated by means of non-equilibrium thermo Field dynamics (NETFD) which can easily derive the retrodictive time-evolution generators. NETFD can formulate the quantum retrodiction for open systems in the same way as that for closed systems.     

Characterizing Topics in Social Media Using Dynamics of Conversation

Online social media provides massive open-ended platforms for users of a wide variety of backgrounds, interests, and beliefs to interact and debate, facilitating countless discussions across a myriad of subjects. With numerous unique voices being lent to the ever-growing information stream, it is essential to consider how the types of conversations that result from a social media post represent the post itself. We hypothesize that the biases and predispositions of users cause them to react to different topics in different ways not necessarily entirely intended by the sender. In this paper, we introduce a set of unique features that capture patterns of discourse, allowing us to empirically explore the relationship between a topic and the conversations it induces. Utilizing “microscopic” trends to describe “macroscopic” phenomena, we set a paradigm for analyzing information dissemination through the user reactions that arise from a topic, eliminating the need to analyze the involved text of the discussions. Using a Reddit dataset, we find that our features not only enable classifiers to accurately distinguish between content genre, but also can identify more subtle semantic differences in content under a single topic as well as isolating outliers whose subject matter is substantially different from the norm.     

低渗透多孔介质非达西渗流动边界界面追踪

基于低渗透多孔介质非达西不稳定渗流的动边界数学模型,推导动边界移动速度的微分表达式,揭示动边界移动速度与动边界上地层压力关于径向距离的二次导数成正比;由此利用拉格朗日三点插值公式求得动边界附近控制方程的有限差分格式,并对下一时刻动边界的精确位置进行追踪.有限差分方法的数值结果表明界面追踪法可较好地反映低渗透多孔介质非达西不稳定渗流动边界的移动规律.     

Electron‐Nuclear Dynamics in Molecular Harmonic Generation Driven by a Plasmonic Nonhomogeneous Field

Electron (z)‐nuclear (R) dynamics in the molecular high‐order harmonic generation (MHHG) from H₂⁺ driven by the plasmonic nonhomogeneous field, generated by the surface plasmon polaritons in the bowtie‐shaped nanostructure, have been theoretically investigated through solving the two dimensional time‐dependent Schrödinger equation with the Non‐Bohn‐Oppenheimer approximation. It is found that (i) due to the plasmonic enhancement of the laser intensity, the harmonic cutoff can be extended when the spatial position of H₂⁺ is away from the gap center of the nanostructure. However, due to the limit of the gap size, the threshold value of the harmonic cutoff can be obtained at a given position of H₂⁺. (ii) Due to the asymmetric enhancement of the laser intensity in space, the extended higher harmonics are respectively from E(t) > 0 a.u. or E(t) < 0 a.u. for the cases of the positive and the negative spatial position of H₂⁺. As a result, the intensities of the extended higher harmonics are different and can be controlled by changing the carrier‐envelope phase and the pulse duration of the laser field. (iii) In the few‐cycle pulse duration, the MHHG mainly comes from the multi‐photon resonance ionization (MPRI), while as the pulse duration increases, the MPRI, the charge‐resonance enhanced ionization (CREI) and even the dissociative ionization (DI) are contributed to the MHHG. Moreover, as the spatial position of H₂⁺ moves, the contributions of the MHHG from the MPRI, the CERI and the DI can be controlled. (iv) The contributions of the MHHG from the two‐H nuclei have been investigated and found that when E(t) > 0 a.u., the intensities of the harmonics from the negative‐H is higher than those from the positive‐H; while when E(t) < 0 a.u., the intensities of the harmonics from the positive‐H plays the main role in the MHHG. Moreover, the multi‐minima, caused by the two‐center interference can also be found. (v) Finally, by superposing a properly selected harmonics, a single isolated attosecond pulse (SIAP) with the full width at half maximum (FWHM) of 34 as can be obtained.     

Stochastic Resonance of a Periodically Driven Bistable System with Two Different Kinds of Time Delays

In this paper, we study the phenomenon of stochastic resonance (SR) in a periodically driven bistable system with correlations between multiplicative and additive white noise terms when there are two different kinds of time delays existed in the deterministic and fluctuating forces, respectively. Using the small time delay approximation and the theory of signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) in the adiabatic limit, the expression of SNR is obtained. The effects ofthe delay time τ in the deterministic force, and the delay time θ in the fluctuating force on SNR are discussed. Based on the numerical computation, it is found that: (i) There appears a reentrant transition between one peak and two peaks and then to one peak again in the curve of SNR when the value of the time delay θ is increased. (ii) SR can be realized by tuning thetime delay τ or θ with fixed noise, i.e., delay-inducedstochastic resonance (DSR) exists.     

Stochastic Resonance of a Periodically Driven Bistable System with Two Different Kinds of Time Delays

In this paper, we study the phenomenon of stochastic resonance （SR） in a periodically driven bistable system with correlations between multiplicative and additive white noise terms when there, are two different kinds of time delays existed in the deterministic and fluctuating forces, respectively. Using the small time delay approximation and the theory of signal-to-noise ratio （SNR） in the adiabatic limit, the expression of SNR is obtained. The effects of the delay time T in the deterministic force, and the delay time 8 in the fluctuating force on SNR are discussed. Based on the numerical computation, it is found that： （i） There appears a reentrant transition between one peak and two peaks and then to one peak again in the curve of SNR when the value of the time delay θ is increased. （ii） SR can be realized by tuning the time delay T or 8 with fixed noise, i.e., delay-induced stochastic resonance （DSR） exists.     

Boundary Effects on the Structural Stability of Stationary Patterns in a Bistable Reaction-Diffusion System

We study a piecewise linear version of a one-component, two-dimensional bistable reaction-diffusion system subjected to partially reflecting boundary conditions, with the aim of analyzing the structural stability of its stationary patterns. Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions are included as limiting cases. We find a critical line in the space of the parameters which divides different dynamical behaviors. That critical line merges as the locus of the coalescence of metastable and unstable nonuniform structures.     

Entanglement Dynamics of Quantum States Undergoing Decoherence from a Driven Critical Environment

In this paper,we have investigated the quantum entanglement of quantum states undergoing decoherence from a spin environment which drives a quantum phase transition.From our analysis,we find that the entanglement dynamics depends not only on the coupling strength but also on the external magnetic field and the number of the freedom degrees of the environment.Specially,our results imply that the decay of the entanglement can be enhanced by the quantum phase transition of the environment when the system is coupled to the environment weakly.Additionally,the discussion of the case of the multipartite states with high dimensions is made.     

Field Theory Methods in Classical Dynamics

A Dirac picture perturbation theory is developed for the time evolution operator in classical dynamics in the spirit of the Schwinger–Feynman–Dyson perturbation expansion and detailed rules are derived for computations. Complexification formalisms are given for the time evolution operator suitable for phase space analyses, and then extended to a two-dimensional setting for a study of the geometrical Berry phase as an example. Finally a direct integration of Hamilton's equations is shown to lead naturally to a path integral expression, as a resolution of the identity, as applied to arbitrary functions of generalized coordinates and momenta.