On Non-Topological Solutions for Planar Liouville Systems of Toda-Type

In this paper we determine the interaction of diagonal defect clusters in regions of an Aztec rectangle that scale to arbitrary points on its symmetry axis (in earlier work we treated the case when this point was the center of the scaled Aztec rectangle). We use the resulting formulas to determine the asymptotics of the correlation of defects that are macroscopically separated from one another and feel the influence of the boundary. In several of the treated situations this seems not to be accomplishable by previous methods. Our applications include the case of two long neutral strings, which turn out to interact by an analog of the Casimir force, two families of neutral doublets that turn out to interact completely independently of one another, a neutral doublet and a very long neutral string, a general collection of macroscopically separated monomer and separation defects, and the case of long strings consisting of consecutive monomers.     

Asymptotics of Block Toeplitz Determinants and the Classical Dimer Model

We compute the asymptotics of a block Toeplitz determinant which arises in the classical dimer model for the triangular lattice when considering the monomer-monomer correlation function. The model depends on a parameter interpolating between the square lattice (t = 0) and the triangular lattice (t = 1), and we obtain the asymptotics for 0 < t ≤ 1. For 0 < t < 1 we apply the Szegö Limit Theorem for block Toeplitz determinants. The main difficulty is to evaluate the constant term in the asymptotics, which is generally given only in a rather abstract form.     

Effects of Monomer Size Distribution on the fractal dimensionality of diffusion-limited aggregates

Computer simulations of diffusion-limited aggregation (DLA) for monomers to investigate the effects of size and of lognormal distribution on the fractal dimensionality of the aggregates were conducted on a two-dimensional lattice. The results show the DLA clusters posses multifractal characteristics. For clusters consisting of monodisperse monomers, the bifurcation point on the graph of the pair correlation function (PCF) for each cluster is located right at the monomers size under investigation The textural dimension (D_f1) has a stable value of about 1.65, whereas the structural dimension (D_f2) decreased with increase in monomer size. For the cases with monomers in log-normal distributions, the textural dimension is around 1.67; however, the structural dimension decreases with increasing polydispersity of monomer size.     

General Decomposition of Radial Functions on Rn and Applications to N-Body Quantum Systems

We present a generalization of the Fefferman–de la Llave decomposition of the Coulomb potential to quite arbitrary radial functions V on Rⁿ going to zero at infinity. This generalized decomposition can be used to extend previous results on N-body quantum systems with Coulomb interaction to a more general class of interactions. As an example of such an application, we derive the high density asymptotics of the ground state energy of jellium with Yukawa interaction in the thermodynamic limit, using a correlation estimate by Graf and Solovej.     

Diffusion on the Scaling Limit of the Critical Percolation Cluster in the Diamond Hierarchical Lattice

We construct critical percolation clusters on the diamond hierarchical lattice and show that the scaling limit is a graph directed random recursive fractal. A Dirichlet form can be constructed on the limit set and we consider the properties of the associated Laplace operator and diffusion process. In particular we contrast and compare the behaviour of the high frequency asymptotics of the spectrum and the short time behaviour of the on-diagonal heat kernel for the percolation clusters and for the underlying lattice. In this setting a number of features of the lattice are inherited by the critical cluster.     

Unbiased estimate of forces from measured correlation functions,including the case of strong multiplicative noise

Starting from appropriate short-time correlation function measurements, we propose a dynamical “learning” method to derive the deterministic and stochastic forces underlying an observed process, even if this process contains strong multiplicative noise. To do this we extend the ideas of our previous paper [1] to establish mathematical relationships in this more general case between the joint distribution function of the process and its corresponding Ito-Langevin equation. A numerical example for a simulated process containing strong multiplicative noise shows good agreement with the theory.     

Non-monotonic size effects on the structure and thermodynamics of Coulomb clusters in three-dimensional harmonic traps

Finite-size effects on the static and thermodynamical properties of small three-dimensional clusters of identical charged particles confined by an harmonic trap are investigated using global optimization and numerical simulations. The relative stabilities of clusters containing up to 100 particles are estimated from the second energy derivatives, as well as from the energy gap between the two lowest-energy structures at a given size. We also provide a lower bound for the number of permutationally independent minima, as a function of size, up to n=75. Molecular dynamics and exchange Monte Carlo simulations are performed to get insight into the finite temperature behaviour of these clusters. By focusing on specific sizes, we illustrate the interplay between the stable structures, the possible competition between different isomers, and the melting point. In particular, we find that the orientational melting phenomenon known in two-dimensional clusters has an equivalent form in some three-dimensional clusters. The vibrational spectra, computed for all sizes up to 100, shows an increasing number of low-frequency modes, but comparing to hydrodynamical theory reveals strong correlation effects. Finally, we investigate the effects of the trap anisotropy on the general shape of Coulomb clusters, and on the melting point of a selected case.     

Charged particles on a two-dimensional lattice subject to anisotropic Jahn-Teller interactions

The properties of a system of charged particles on a 2D lattice, subject to an anisotropic Jahn-Teller-type interaction and 3D Coulomb repulsion, are investigated. In the mean-field approximation without Coulomb interaction, the system displays a phase transition of first order. When the long-range Coulomb interaction is included, Monte Carlo simulations show that the system displays very diverse mesoscopic textures, ranging from spatially disordered pairs to ordered arrays of stripes, or charged clusters, depending only on the ratio of the two interactions (and the particle density). Remarkably, charged objects with an even number of particles are more stable than with an odd number of particles. We suggest that the diverse functional behavior-including superconductivity-observed in oxides can be thought to arise from the self-organization of this type.     

Renormalization group calculation of critical exponent of correlation length in Ising lattice on a cylinder

Renormalization group calculation of the critical exponent of the correlation length in Ising square lattice clusters wound on a cylinder surface gives extrapolated values closer to the exact value than those computed for planar lattice clusters.     

Collapse transitions of a periodic hydrophilic hydrophobic chain

We study a single self avoiding hydrophilic hydrophobic polymer chain, through Monte-Carlo lattice simulations. The affinity of monomer i for water is characterized by a (scalar) charge , and the monomer-water interaction is short-ranged. Assuming incompressibility yields an effective short ranged interaction between monomer pairs (i,j), proportional to . In this article, we take (resp. ()) for hydrophilic (resp. hydrophobic) monomers and consider a chain with (i) an equal number of hydro-philic and -phobic monomers (ii) a periodic distribution of the along the chain, with periodicity 2p. The simulations are done for various chain lengths N, in d=2 (square lattice) and d=3 (cubic lattice). There is a critical value p _c (d,N) of the periodicity, which distinguishes between different low temperature structures. For p >p _c , the ground state corresponds to a macroscopic phase separation between a dense hydrophobic core and hydrophilic loops. For p <p _c (but not too small), one gets a microscopic (finite scale) phase separation, and the ground state corresponds to a chain or network of hydrophobic droplets, coated by hydrophilic monomers. We restrict our study to two extreme cases, and to illustrate the physics of the various phase transitions. A tentative variational approach is also presented. Received: 10 March 1998 / Received in final form: 25 June 1998 / Accepted: 1st July 1998     

The strange man in random networks of automata

We have performed computer simulations of Kauffman’s automata on several graphs, such as the regular square lattice and invasion percolation clusters, in order to investigate phase transitions, radial distributions of the mean total damage (dynamical exponent) and propagation speeds of the damage when one adds a damaging agent, nicknamed “strange man”. Despite the increase in the damaging efficiency, we have not observed any appreciable change of the transition threshold to chaos neither for the short-range nor for the small-world case on the square lattices when the strange man is added, in comparison to when small initial damages are inserted in the system. Particularly, we have checked the damage spreading when some connections are removed on the square lattice and when one considers special invasion percolation clusters (high boundary-saturation clusters). It is seen that the propagation speed in these systems is quite sensible to the degree of dilution on the square lattice and to the degree of saturation on invasion percolation clusters.     

Asymptotics of the partition function of a general Markov random field on an infinite rectangular lattice

We investigate theoretically and numerically the asymptotics of the partition function of a general Markov random field (MRF) on an infinite rectangular lattice. We first propose the general local energy function (LEF)-parameterized MRF. Then we prove that the thermodynamic limit of the free energy of the MRF can be exactly characterized by the Perron root of the fundamental transfer matrix of a particular Markov additive process (MAP). This matrix possesses a special structure and many interesting properties that enable parallel computation of the Perron root and may be beneficial for deriving an analytical form of the free energy. We also develop another transfer matrix for numerical computation of the desired Perron root. Specifically, the former is a site-to-site transfer matrix on a twisted cylindrical lattice, while the latter is the one associated with a row-to-row transition on a vertical strip. Numerical results show that our methods exhibit consistent finite-size scaling behavior even for small values of the lattice width. This study reveals that the fundamental transfer matrix is an alternative direction of research on the analysis of the partition function of general MRFs within the scope of matrix algebra.     

Motion of influential players can support cooperation in Prisoner’s Dilemma

We study a spatial Prisoner’s dilemma game with two types (A and B) of players located on a square lattice. Players following either cooperator or defector strategies play Prisoner’s Dilemma games with their 24 nearest neighbors. The players are allowed to adopt one of their neighbor’s strategy with a probability dependent on the payoff difference and type of the given neighbor. Players A and B have different efficiency in the transfer of their own strategies; therefore the strategy adoption probability is reduced by a multiplicative factor (w < 1) from the players of type B. We report that the motion of the influential payers (type A) can improve remarkably the maintenance of cooperation even for their low densities.     

二维大U-Hubbard模型的铁磁相研究

本文利用Zou和Anderson的spinon-holon有效哈密顿量,在较大的库仑排斥U下,通过研究玻色子holon的涨落效应,考虑了平方格点上铁磁性问题。 关键词：     

Discrete embedded modes in the continuum in 2D lattices

We study the problem of constructing bulk and surface embedded modes (EMs) inside the quasi-continuum band of a square lattice, using a potential engineering approach à la Wigner and von Neumann. Building on previous results for the one-dimensional (1D) lattice, and making use of separability, we produce examples of two-dimensional envelope functions and the two-dimensional (2D) potentials that produce them. The 2D embedded mode decays like a stretched exponential, with a supporting potential that decays as a power law. The separability process can cause that a 1D impurity state (outside the 1D band) can give rise to a 2D embedded mode (inside the band). The embedded mode survives the addition of random perturbations of the potential; however, this process introduces other localized modes inside the band, and causes a general tendency towards localization of the perturbed modes.     

On account of Coulomb excitations of a target for the three-body break-up

The three-body break-up wavefunction asymptotics is reformulated to take into account only leading terms of the infinite number of Coulomb excitations of the target. The infinite tail of the Coulomb excitation contribution is summed up by the exact representation for the projection onto the subspace of Coulomb bound states.     

Coulomb and liquid dimer models in three dimensions

We study classical hard-core dimer models on three-dimensional lattices using analytical approaches and Monte Carlo simulations. On the bipartite cubic lattice, a local gauge field generalization of the height representation used on the square lattice predicts that the dimers are in a critical Coulomb phase with algebraic, dipolar correlations, in excellent agreement with our large-scale Monte Carlo simulations. The nonbipartite fcc and Fisher lattices lack such a representation, and we find that these models have both confined and exponentially deconfined but no critical phases. We conjecture that extended critical phases are realized only on bipartite lattices, even in higher dimensions.     

Correlation at Low Temperature: II. Asymptotics

The present paper is a continuation of ref. 4, where the truncated two-point correlation function for a class of lattice spin systems was proved to have exponential decay at low temperature, under a weak coupling assumption. In this paper we compute the asymptotics of the correlation function as the temperature goes to zero. This paper thus extends ref. 3 in two directions: The Hamiltonian function is allowed to have several local minima other than a unique global minimum, and we do not require translation invariance of the Hamiltonian function. We are in particular able to handle spin systems on a general lattice.     

Kraichnan Flow in a Square: An Example of Integrable Chaos

The Kraichnan flow provides an example of a random dynamical system accessible to an exact analysis. We study the evolution of the infinitesimal separation between two Lagrangian trajectories of the flow. Its long-time asymptotics is reflected in the large deviation regime of the statistics of stretching exponents. Whereas in the flow that is isotropic at small scales the distribution of such multiplicative large deviations is Gaussian, this does not have to be the case in the presence of an anisotropy. We analyze in detail the flow in a two-dimensional periodic square where the anisotropy generally persists at small scales. The calculation of the large deviation rate function of the stretching exponents reduces in this case to the study of the ground state energy of an integrable periodic Schrödinger operator of the Lamé type. The underlying integrability permits to explicitly exhibit the non-Gaussianity of the multiplicative large deviations and to analyze the time-scales at which the large deviation regime sets in. In particular, we indicate how the divergence of some of those time scales when the two Lyapunov exponents become close allows a discontinuity of the large deviation rate function in the parameters of the flow. The analysis of the two-dimensional anisotropic flow permits to identify the general scenario for the appearance of multiplicative large deviations together with the restrictions on its applicability.     

Finite-Time Current Probabilities in the Asymmetric Exclusion Process on a Ring

We calculate the time-dependent probability distribution of current through a selected bond in the totally asymmetric exclusion process with periodic boundary conditions. We derive a general formula for the probability that the integrated current exceeds a given value N at the moment of time t. The formula is written in a form of a contour integral of a determinant of a Toeplitz matrix. Transforming the determinant expression, we obtain a generalization of the known formula derived by Johansson for the infinite one-dimensional lattice. To check the general formula, we consider the specific case corresponding to the probability of a minimal non-zero current. For this case we get an explicit analytical expression and analyze its asymptotics.