Detecting chaos,determining the dimensions of tori and predicting slow diffusion in Fermi–Pasta–Ulam lattices by the Generalized Alignment Index method

The recently introduced GALI method is used for rapidly detecting chaos, determining the dimensionality of regular motion and predicting slow diffusion in multi-dimensional Hamiltonian systems. We propose an efficient computation of the GALI_k indices, which represent volume elements of k randomly chosen deviation vectors from a given orbit, based on the Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) algorithm. We obtain theoretically and verify numerically asymptotic estimates of GALIs long-time behavior in the case of regular orbits lying on low-dimensional tori. The GALI_k indices are applied to rapidly detect chaotic oscillations, identify low-dimensional tori of Fermi–Pasta–Ulam (FPU) lattices at low energies and predict weak diffusion away from quasiperiodic motion, long before it is actually observed in the oscillations.     

Bifurcation analysis and control of periodic solutions changing into invariant tori in Langford system

Bifurcation characteristics of the Langford system in a general form are systematically analysed, and nonlinear controls of periodic solutions changing into invariant tori in this system are achieved. Analytical relationship between control gain and bifurcation parameter is obtained. Bifurcation diagrams are drawn, showing the results of control for secondary Hopf bifurcation and sequences of bifurcations route to chaos. Numerical simulations of quasi-periodic tori validate analytic predictions.     

Vertex Algebras,Mirror Symmetry,and D-Branes: The Case of Complex Tori

 A vertex algebra is an algebraic counterpart of a two-dimensional conformal field theory. We give a new definition of a vertex algebra which includes chiral algebras as a special case, but allows for fields which are neither meromorphic nor anti-meromorphic. To any complex torus equipped with a flat K?hler metric and a closed 2-form we associate an N=2 superconformal vertex algebra (N=2 SCVA) in the sense of our definition. We find a criterion for two different tori to produce isomorphic N=2 SCVA's. We show that for algebraic tori the isomorphism of N=2 SCVA's implies the equivalence of the derived categories of coherent sheaves corresponding to the tori or their noncommutative generalizations (Azumaya algebras over tori). We also find a criterion for two different tori to produce N=2 SCVA's related by a mirror morphism. If the 2-form is of type (1,1), this condition is identical to the one proposed by Golyshev, Lunts, and Orlov, who used an entirely different approach inspired by the Homological Mirror Symmetry Conjecture of Kontsevich. Our results suggest that Kontsevich's conjecture must be modified: coherent sheaves must be replaced with modules over Azumaya algebras, and the Fukaya category must be ``twisted' by a closed 2-form. We also describe the implications of our results for BPS D-branes on Calabi-Yau manifolds. Received: 3 May 2001 / Accepted: 17 August 2002 Published online: 8 January 2003     

Renormalization Group¶and the Melnikov Problem for PDE's

We give a new proof of persistence of quasi-periodic, low dimensional elliptic tori in infinite dimensional systems. The proof is based on a renormalization group iteration that was developed recently in [BGK] to address the standard KAM problem, namely, persistence of invariant tori of maximal dimension in finite dimensional, near integrable systems. Our result covers situations in which the so called normal frequencies are multiple. In particular, it provides a new proof of the existence of small-amplitude, quasi-periodic solutions of nonlinear wave equations with periodic boundary conditions. Received: 29 January 2001 / Accepted: 8 March 2001     

Paul阱中共线三离子体系的经典动力学

研究了在Paul阱囚禁场赝势作用下共线构形的三离子体系经典动力学特性.尽管这是一个非线性体系，但不存在混沌，即体系在任何能量下运动都是规则的，而相空间则由两个轨迹为对称和反对称周期(或准周期)轨道的KAM不变环面构成.体系的两条最简单的周期轨道S和A的周期随能量E的下降而增大，并在E趋于体系的最小值E_min=3.0时分别为反对称和对称谐振动. 关键词：     

Merger of coherent structures in time-periodic viscous flows

Inertia-induced changes in transport properties of an incompressible viscous time-periodic flow are studied in terms of the topological properties of volume-preserving maps. In the noninertial limit, the flow admits one constant of motion and thus relates to a so-called one-action map. However, the invariant surfaces corresponding to the constant of motion are topologically equivalent to spheres rather than the common case of tori. This has fundamental ramifications for the effect of inertia and leads to a new kind of response scenario: resonance-induced merger of coherent structures.     

Levitating soliton of the Bose–Einstein condensate

We have proposed a mechanical model that corresponds to the Newton equation for describing the dynamics of an oscillon, viz., a soliton-like cluster of the Bose–Einstein condensate (with atomic attraction) placed above an oscillating atomic mirror in a uniform gravitational field. The model describes the stochastic Fermi acceleration and periodic, quasi-periodic, and chaotic motion of the oscillon center, as well as hysteresis phenomena in the case of a slow variation of mirror oscillation frequency, which are in good agreement with the results obtained using the Gross–Pitaevskii equation.     

A KAM Theorem with Applications to Partial Differential Equations of Higher Dimensions

The existence of lower dimensional KAM tori is shown for a class of nearly integrable Hamiltonian systems of infinite dimensions where the second Melnikov’s conditions are completely eliminated and the algebraic structure of the normal frequencies are not needed. As a consequence, it is proved that there exist many invariant tori and thus quasi-periodic solutions for nonlinear wave equations, Schrödinger equations and other equations of any spatial dimensions.     

About Landau–Hopf scenario in a system of coupled self-oscillators

The conditions are discussed for which an ensemble of interacting oscillators may demonstrate the Landau–Hopf scenario of successive birth of multi-frequency quasi-periodic motions. A model is proposed that is a network of five globally coupled oscillators characterized by controlled degree of activation of individual oscillators. Illustrations are given for successive birth of tori of increasing dimension via quasi-periodic Hopf bifurcations.     

Bifurcations and chaotic motions in the autonomous system of a restrained pipe conveying fluid

The stability and dynamics of a cantilevered pipe conveying fluid with motion-limiting constraints and a linear spring support have been investigated. Emphasis is placed on analyzing local qualitative behavior of the system in the neighborhood of a doubly degenerate point. Using some qualitative reduction methods of dynamical system theory, the four-dimensional differential equation of motion is reduced to a two-dimensional one, and then the possible motions of the pipe are predicted through analyzing bifurcations of the solution to the reduced equation of motion. The unfolding result is found to be in good agreement with the result obtained using the numerical method. It is also found that there exist the quasi-periodic motions and route to chaos through breakup of the quasi-periodic torus surface in some parameter region of the system, which differs from that of periodic-doubling bifurcation route found earlier in this system. Numerical simulations have been performed using the four-dimensional equation of motion to confirm the analytical results.     

Model-oriented ocean tomography using higher frequency, bottom-mounted hydrophones

A tomographic scheme is presented that ingests ocean acoustic measurements into an ocean model using data from bottom-mounted hydrophones. The short distances between source-receiver pairs (1-10 km) means arrival times at frequencies of 8-11 kHz are readily detectable and often distinguishable. The influence of ocean surface motion causes considerable variability in acoustic travel times. Techniques are presented for measuring travel times and removing the variability due to surface waves. An assimilation technique is investigated that uses differences in measured and modeled acoustic travel times to impose corrections on the oceanographic model. Equations relating travel time differences to oceanographic variables are derived, and techniques are presented for estimating the acoustic and ocean model error covariance matrices. One test case using a single source-receiver pair shows that the tomographic information can have an impact on constraining the solution of the ocean circulation model but can also introduce biases in the predictions. A second test case utilizes knowledge of a bias in a model-predicted variable to limit grid cells that are impacted by the tomographic data. In this case, using the tomographic data results in significant improvements in the model predictions without introducing any biases.     

Reducing motion artifacts in two-dimensional Fourier transform imaging

The effects of motion in two-dimensional Fourier transform imaging (2DFT) are considered. Specific calculations describing the case of periodic motion are presented. The results predict the commonly seen artifact of image replication, sometimes referred to as ghosting. Expressions for both position and amplitude of these ghosts are derived. Simulated examples illustrate the image degradation for pulsatile flow and in plane motion. Several methods of reducing motion artifacts are then suggested. These include: randomization of views, averaging views, matching repeat times to the respiratory period, hybrid imaging, ROPE and COPE. The latter two methods reorder the data acquisition to destroy the coherence of the motion. They do not increase the data acquisition time and promise to be part of the standard approach to remove motion artifacts. The final step in actually recovering ideal resolution can be accomplished by using a model of the motion and a generalized transform inversion technique.     

Commensurability oscillations in a stripe-shaped two-dimensional electron gas

We have studied the commensurability oscillations for a nonplanar, two-dimensional electron gas which is confined to a surface spatially modulated both in the transverse and longitudinal directions. We show, numerically, that coupling the drift in both directions causes the motion to be chaotic. The channeling tori, responsible for conduction along the stripes, are destroyed and the averaged squared drift velocities decrease.     

Winding number formula for Maslov indices

A formula for the Maslov index of closed curves on Lagrangian manifolds is derived. The index is expressed as the number of times the plane tangent to the curve winds around it. Applications include unstable periodic orbits, in which case the Lagrangian manifolds are the stable or unstable manifolds of the orbits, and cycles on the invariant tori of integrable systems, in which case the manifolds are the tori themselves.     

Robust tori-like Lagrangian coherent structures

In general the term “Lagrangian coherent structure” (LCS) is used to make reference about structures whose properties are similar to a time-dependent analog of stable and unstable manifolds from a hyperbolic fixed point in Hamiltonian systems. Recently, the term LCS was used to describe a different type of structure, whose properties are similar to those of invariant tori in certain classes of two-dimensional incompressible flows. A new kind of LCS was obtained. It consists of barriers, called robust tori that block the trajectories in certain regions of the phase space. We used the Double-Gyre Flow system as the model. In this system, the robust tori play the role of a skeleton for the dynamics and block, horizontally, vortices that come from different parts of the phase space.     

Coisotropic quasi-periodic motions for a constrained system of rigid bodies

Abstract

We consider a constrained system of four rigid bodies located in axisymmetric potential and gyroscopic force fields and interacting by means of angular velocities. We describe an integrable case (not in Liouville sence!) when 12-dimensional phase space of the above system is fibered by the coisotropic invariant tori, the majority of which carry quasi-periodic motions with 7 independent frequences.     

Nonlinear rotary wave ion plasma

The nonlinearly coupled Vlasov-Maxwell ion-plasma field equations are solved exactly for a transversely uniform subgroup of rotational modes induced by a uniform axial magnetic field. The ion orbits in momentum space are bipolar doubly periodic eigenfunctions of ion proper time, obtained in closed form as the difference between two doubly quasi-periodic Weierstrass zeta functions. The ion orbits in position space are helical-spiral doubly quasi-periodic functions of ion proper time, expressible simply in terms of doubly quasi-periodic Weierstrass sigma functions. The complete ion distributions are flexible functions of six constants of the ion motion: wave-frame ion energy, transverse gyro center, an inner Hamiltonian correlating wave-frame ion momentum with wave-frame axial position, and both first and second axial integration constants. A rotary electromagnetic plane wave propagates along the axial magnetic field with complex cisoidal dependence upon wave-frame axial position. The eigenvalue determination intricately interrelates the wave propagation vector, the wave amplitude, the axial magnetic field, the double periods, and the bipole separation.     

Multi-frequency tori in wide-aperture lasers

A distributed model of wide-aperture laser based on Maxwell?Bloch equations in onedimensional approximation is considered. It is shown that an increase in the pumping parameter in the system gives rise to a cascade of bifurcations of periodic and quasi-periodic dynamic modes, as a result of which attractors in the form of three-frequency tori can be observed.     

A dynamical system with a strange attractor and invariant tori

This paper describes a simple three-dimensional time-reversible system of ODEs with quadratic nonlinearities and the unusual property that it is exhibits conservative behavior for some initial conditions and dissipative behavior for others. The conservative regime has quasi-periodic orbits whose amplitude depend on the initial conditions, while the dissipative regime is chaotic. Thus a strange attractor coexists with an infinite set of nested invariant tori in the state space.     

三自由度含间隙碰撞振动系统Neimark-Sacker分岔的反控制

分岔反控制作为传统分岔控制的逆问题, 其目的是在预先指定的系统参数点通过控制主动设计出具有所期望特性的分岔解. 以一类三自由度含间隙双面碰撞振动系统为研究对象, 在不改变原系统平衡解结构的前提下, 考虑到在碰撞振动系统反控制过程中由Poincaré映射的隐式特点和传统的映射Neimark-Sacker分岔临界准则带来的困难, 通过对原系统施加线性反馈控制器并利用不直接依赖于特征值计算的Neimark-Sacker分岔显式临界准则研究了此系统的分岔反控制问题. 首先对原系统施加线性反馈控制, 建立闭环控制系统的六维Poincaré映射. 由于六维映射的雅克比矩阵的特征值没有解析的表达式, 利用高维映射Neimark-Sacker分岔的显式临界准则, 获得了系统出现拟周期碰撞振动运动的控制参数区域. 然后采用中心流形-正则形方法分析了拟周期分岔解的稳定性. 数值仿真结果表明本文方法可以在指定的系统参数点通过控制设计出稳定的拟周期碰撞运动.