Extremality and the global Markov property II: The global markov property for non-FKG maximal Gibbs measures

We give a condition on a Gibbs measure for an attractive Markov specification, which assures extremality and the global Markov property. As an example of application we consider the class of attractive Markov specifications defined on a compact configuration space over a two-dimensional lattice by the interaction Hamiltonians (assumed to have a finite set of periodic ground configurations) satisfying Peierl's condition. We prove that each extremal Gibbs measure for such a specification, at sufficiently low temperature, has the global Markov property.On leave of absence from the Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Wrocaw, Poland.     

Auxiliary-field Monte Carlo methods

I discuss Monte Carlo algorithms for quantum many-body systems that employ an auxiliary field to linearize a two-body interaction. These reduce the evaluation of the partition function to sampling many one-body evolutions in a fluctuating field. Fermions and bosons are treated on an equal footing. Applications to potential models and to quantum spin systems are discussed. This work was supported in part by the National Science Foundation, grants PHY82-07332 and PHY85-05682. The potential-model studies were done in collaboration with G. Sugiyama, while A. Khan and T. Troudet were responsible for the work on the quantum spin systems.     

Statistical replacement for systems with delta-correlated fluctuations

Nonlinear systems with stochastic parameters are approximated by simpler systems using a method that we call statistical replacement. This method is an extension of the previously developed AGREE which was restricted to systems with additive fluctuations. Statistical replacement incorporates the distinctions between globally stable thermodynamically closed systems and thermodynamically open systems that can be unstable.     

On the stationary measures of anharmonic systems in the presence of a small thermal noise

We consider certain small stochastic perturbations of ad-dimensional infinite system of coupled anharmonic oscillators. The evolution law is reversible in the Yaglom sense, thus Gibbs states with the given interaction and temperature are stationary measures. If d<3 then some stability properties of the interaction imply the converse statement; if d>2 then the same is proven for translation invariant measures only. The methods and results of Ref. 4, 6–8 are extended to second-order systems of stochastic differential equations.     

统一混沌系统的耦合同步

对线性耦合的两个统一混沌系统同步进行研究.基于线性时变连续系统的稳定性理论，得到初始值不同的两个统一混沌系统全局渐进同步的一种新的充分条件.另外，与已经提出的判定统一混沌系统同步的方法进行比较，发现这里得到的充分条件的约束关系少、缺少保守性，而且满足的耦合系数范围更广.将该方法应用于统一混沌系统，数值仿真表明了该法的有效性与可行性. 关键词： 统一混沌系统 耦合同步 线性时变连续系统     

带非线性边界条件的二阶奇异微分系统正解的存在性

研究了带非线性边界条件的二阶奇异微分系统边值问题-u″=ΛG(t)F(u),0<t<1,u(0)=0,u'(1)+C(u(1))u(1)=0正解的存在性,其中u=(u1,u2,?,un)T,G(t)=diag[g1(t),g2(t),?,gn(t)],且gi(t)(i=1,2,?,n)在t=0处允许有奇性F(u)=(f1(u),f2(u),?,fn(u))T,C=diag(c1,c2,?,cn),Λ=diag(λ1,λ2,?,λn),λi(i=1,2,?,n)为正参数。在非线性项F分别满足超线性、次线性和渐近线性的增长条件下,运用锥拉伸与压缩不动点定理获得了该问题正解的存在性结论。     

Femtosecond stimulated Raman spectroscopy

Advances in the field of Femtosecond Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy (FSRS), a new time‐resolved structural technique that provides complete vibrational spectra on the ultrafast timescale, are reviewed. When coupled with a femtosecond optical trigger, the time evolution of a reacting species can be monitored with unprecedented <25 femtosecond temporal and 5 cm^‐1 spectral resolution. New technological and theoretical advances including the development of tunable FSRS and a background‐free FSRS format are discussed. The most recent experimental studies focus on ultrafast reaction dynamics in electronically excited states: isomerization in cyanobacterial phytochrome, ultrafast spin flipping in a solar cell sensitizer, and excited state proton transfer in green fluorescent protein. The use of FSRS to directly map multidimensional reactive potential energy surfaces and to probe the mechanism of reactive internal conversion is prospectively discussed.