{"title":"First-passage times to a fractal boundary: Local persistence exponent and its log-periodic oscillations.","authors":"Yilin Ye, Adrien Chaigneau, Denis S Grebenkov","doi":"10.1103/PhysRevE.111.014153","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.111.014153","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We investigate the statistics of the first-passage time (FPT) to a fractal self-similar boundary of the Koch snowflake. When the starting position is fixed near the absorbing boundary, the FPT distribution exhibits an apparent power-law decay over a broad range of timescales, culminated by an exponential cutoff. By extensive Monte Carlo simulations, we compute the local persistence exponent of the survival probability and reveal its log-periodic oscillations in time due to self-similarity of the boundary. The effect of the starting point on this behavior is analyzed in depth. Theoretical bounds on the survival probability are derived from the analysis of diffusion in a circular sector. Physical rationales for the refined structure of the survival probability are presented.</p>","PeriodicalId":20085,"journal":{"name":"Physical review. E","volume":"111 1-1","pages":"014153"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143458924","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Self-consistent expansion and field-theoretic renormalization group for a singular nonlinear diffusion equation with anomalous scaling.","authors":"Minhui Zhu, Nigel Goldenfeld","doi":"10.1103/PhysRevE.111.014145","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.111.014145","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The method of self-consistent expansions is a powerful tool for handling strong coupling problems that might otherwise be beyond the reach of perturbation theory, providing surprisingly accurate approximations even at low order. First applied in its embryonic form to fully-developed turbulence, it has subsequently been successfully applied to a variety of problems that include polymer statistics, interface dynamics, and high-order perturbation theory for the anharmonic oscillator. Here, we show that the self-consistent expansion can be applied to singular perturbation problems arising in the theory of partial differential equations in conjunction with renormalization group methods. We demonstrate its application to Barenblatt's nonlinear diffusion equation for porous media filtration, where the long-time asymptotics exhibits anomalous dimensions that can be systematically calculated using the perturbative renormalization group. We find that even the first-order self-consistent expansion, when combined with the Callan-Symanzik equation, improves the approximation of the anomalous dimension obtained by the first-order perturbative renormalization group, especially in the strong coupling regime. We also develop a field-theoretic framework for deterministic partial differential equations to facilitate the application of self-consistent expansions to other dynamic systems and illustrate its application using the example of Barenblatt's equation. The scope of our results on the application of renormalization group and self-consistent expansions is limited to partial differential equations whose long-time asymptotics is controlled by incomplete similarity. However, our work suggests that these methods could be applied to a broader suite of singular perturbation problems such as boundary layer theory, multiple scales analysis, and matched asymptotic expansions, for which excellent approximations using renormalization group methods alone are already available.</p>","PeriodicalId":20085,"journal":{"name":"Physical review. E","volume":"111 1-1","pages":"014145"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143458932","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Generalized two-state random walk model: Nontrivial anomalous diffusion, aging, and ergodicity breaking.","authors":"Yuhang Hu, Jian Liu","doi":"10.1103/PhysRevE.111.014148","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.111.014148","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The intermittent stochastic motion is a dichotomous process that alternates between two distinct states. This phenomenon, observed across various physical and biological systems, is attracting increasing interest and highlighting the need for comprehensive theories to describe it. In this paper, we introduce a generalized intermittent random walk model based on a renewal process that alternates between the continuous time random walk (CTRW) state and the generalized Lévy walk (gLW) state. Notably, the nonlinear space-time coupling inherent in the gLW state allows this generalized model to encompass a variety of random walk models and makes it applicable to diverse systems. By deriving the velocity correlation function and utilizing the scaling Green-Kubo relation, the ensemble-averaged and time-averaged mean-squared displacement (MSD) is calculated, and the anomalous diffusive behavior, aging effect, and ergodic property of the model are further analyzed and discussed. The results reveal that, due to the intermittent nature, there are two diffusive terms in the expression of the MSD, and the diffusion can be intermediately characterized by the diffusive term with the largest diffusion coefficient instead of the diffusive term with the largest diffusion exponent, which is significantly different from single-state stochastic process. We demonstrate that, due to the power-law distribution of sojourn times, nonlinear space-time coupling, and intermittent characteristics, both ergodicity and nonergodicity can coexist in intermittent stochastic processes.</p>","PeriodicalId":20085,"journal":{"name":"Physical review. E","volume":"111 1-1","pages":"014148"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143458942","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Steady-state solution of Markov jump processes in terms of arrival probabilities.","authors":"Diego Frezzato","doi":"10.1103/PhysRevE.111.014126","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.111.014126","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Several dynamical processes can be modeled as Markov jump processes among a finite number N of sites (the distinct physical states). Here we consider strongly connected networks with time-independent site-to-site jump rate constants, and focus on the steady-state occupation probabilities of the sites. We provide a physically framed expression of the steady-state distribution in terms of arrival probabilities, here defined as the probabilities of going from starting sites to target sites with a given number of jumps (regardless of the time required). In particular, the full set of return probabilities (for all the sites of the network) up to N-1 jumps is necessary and sufficient. A few examples illustrate the outcomes, including the case of stochastic chemical kinetics.</p>","PeriodicalId":20085,"journal":{"name":"Physical review. E","volume":"111 1-1","pages":"014126"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143458948","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Stochastic resetting in a nonequilibrium environment.","authors":"Koushik Goswami","doi":"10.1103/PhysRevE.111.014150","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.111.014150","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study examines the dynamics of a tracer particle diffusing in a nonequilibrium medium under stochastic resetting. The nonequilibrium state is induced by harmonic coupling between the tracer and bath particles, generating memory effects with an exponential decay in time. We explore the tracer's behavior under a Poissonian resetting protocol, where resetting does not disturb the bath environment, with a focus on key dynamical behavior and first-passage properties, both in the presence and absence of an external force. The interplay between coupling strength and diffusivity of bath particles significantly impacts both the tracer's relaxation dynamics and search time, with external forces further modulating these effects. Our analysis identifies distinct hot and cold bath particles based on their diffusivities, revealing that coupling to a hot particle facilitates the searching process, whereas coupling to a cold particle hinders it. Using a combination of numerical simulations and analytical methods, this study provides a comprehensive framework for understanding resetting mechanisms in non-Markovian systems, with potential applications to complex environments such as active and viscoelastic media, where memory-driven dynamics and nonequilibrium interactions are significant.</p>","PeriodicalId":20085,"journal":{"name":"Physical review. E","volume":"111 1-1","pages":"014150"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143458952","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Huimin Zhang, Jian Gao, Changgui Gu, Chuansheng Shen, Huijie Yang
{"title":"Structure of random Turing-like patterns in discrete-time systems is determined by the initial conditions.","authors":"Huimin Zhang, Jian Gao, Changgui Gu, Chuansheng Shen, Huijie Yang","doi":"10.1103/PhysRevE.111.014206","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.111.014206","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Patterns, spatiotemporal ordered structures, are prevalent in diverse systems, arising from the emergence of complexity. Turing proposed a mechanism that involves a short-range activator and a long-range inhibitor to explain the formation of patterns, and patterns that satisfy this mechanism are called Turing patterns. Patterns with similar structures but not caused by the Turing mechanism are referred to as Turing-like patterns. In the absence of external influences, the structure of Turing patterns is generally determined by control parameters. In this study, we revealed that the structure of Turing-like patterns in discrete-time systems is only determined by the ratio of states in the initial conditions. As the ratio changes, the structure of patterns transitions from spots to labyrinth and eventually to inverse spots. We proposed the structure parameter for the quantitative description of the structure of the patterns. And the structure parameter is directly proportional to the ratio in the initial conditions. The mechanism underlying this structure control is attributed to the traversability of multiperiodic states in discrete-time systems, where each local point will go through all states in the periodic orbit. Our findings shed light on the pattern formation for Turing-like patterns in discrete-time systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":20085,"journal":{"name":"Physical review. E","volume":"111 1-1","pages":"014206"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143458974","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rheology of nonconvex granular flows based on particle rotational characteristics.","authors":"Wenjin Han, He Zhao, Dengming Wang","doi":"10.1103/PhysRevE.111.015415","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.111.015415","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Particle shape has a profound impact on the flow behaviors of granular materials, yet effectively incorporating the role of particle shape into granular rheology remains challenging. In this study, we employ three representative types of nonconvex particles generated through the multisphere approach and identify a consistent one-to-one relationship between the rescaled friction coefficient and the inertial number I across both inertial and quasistatic flow regimes. However, variations in particle shape cause notable deviations in rheological data compared to their spherical counterparts. Based on the observed dependence of rheological data on I for various nonconvex particles and their convergence at high I, we propose an inertial number I_{s} to effectively capture the impact of particle shape on flow states. The model parameters defining I_{s} are shown to be nearly independent of flow states and configurations, with physical interpretations related to particle rotational characteristics during shear. For practical application, we propose an empirical formula to capture the dependence of model parameters on particle geometrical shapes. The robustness of the proposed model is validated by predicting flow in an inclined flow configuration and applying it to additional nonconvex particles with more irregular and asymmetric features. This establishes a crucial foundation for extending the application of this generalized rheological model to other complex granular flows.</p>","PeriodicalId":20085,"journal":{"name":"Physical review. E","volume":"111 1-2","pages":"015415"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143458992","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Linear coupling of patterning systems can have nonlinear effects.","authors":"N Mahashri, Thomas E Woolley, M Chandru","doi":"10.1103/PhysRevE.111.014224","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.111.014224","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Isolated patterning systems have been repeatedly investigated. However, biological systems rarely work on their own. This paper presents a theoretical and quantitative analysis of a two-domain interconnected geometry, or bilayer, coupling two two-species reaction-diffusion systems mimicking interlayer communication, such as in mammary organoids. Each layer has identical kinetics and parameters, but differing diffusion coefficients. Critically, we show that despite a linear coupling between the layers, the model demonstrates nonlinear behavior; the coupling can lead to pattern suppression or pattern enhancement. Using the Routh-Hurwitz stability criterion multiple times, we investigate the pattern-forming capabilities of the uncoupled system, the weakly coupled system, and the strongly coupled system, using numerical simulations to back up the analysis. We show that although the dispersion relation of the entire system is a nontrivial octic polynomial, the patterning wave modes in the strongly coupled case can be approximated by a quartic polynomial, whose features are easier to understand.</p>","PeriodicalId":20085,"journal":{"name":"Physical review. E","volume":"111 1-1","pages":"014224"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143459030","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R Sree Ardhanareeswaran, S Sudharsan, M Senthilvelan, Dibakar Ghosh
{"title":"Intermittent cluster synchronization in a unidirectional ring of bursting neurons.","authors":"R Sree Ardhanareeswaran, S Sudharsan, M Senthilvelan, Dibakar Ghosh","doi":"10.1103/PhysRevE.111.014215","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.111.014215","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We report a new mechanism through which extreme events with a dragon-king-like distribution emerge in a network of unidirectional ring of Hindmarsh-Rose bursting neurons interacting through chemical synapses. We establish and substantiate the fact that depending on the choice of initial conditions, the neurons are divided into different clusters. These clusters transit from a phase-locked state (antiphase) to phase synchronized regime with increasing value of the coupling strength. Before attaining phase synchronization, there exist some regions of the coupling strength where these clusters are phase synchronized intermittently. During such intermittent phase synchronization, extreme events originate in the mean field of the membrane potential. This mechanism, which we name as intermittent cluster synchronization, is proposed as the new precursor for the generation of emergent extreme events in this system. These results are also true for diffusive coupling (gap junctions). The distribution of the local maxima of the collective observable shows a long-tailed non-Gaussian while the interevent interval follows the Weibull distribution. The goodness of fit is corroborated using probability-probability plot and quantile-quantile plot. This intermittent phase synchronization becomes rarer and rarer with an increase in the number of clusters of initial conditions.</p>","PeriodicalId":20085,"journal":{"name":"Physical review. E","volume":"111 1-1","pages":"014215"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143459035","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Time-dependent Hamiltonians and geometry of operators generated by them.","authors":"Kunal Pal, Kuntal Pal","doi":"10.1103/PhysRevE.111.014104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.111.014104","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We obtain the complexity geometry associated with the Hamiltonian of a quantum mechanical system, specifically in cases where the Hamiltonian is explicitly time-dependent. Using Nielsen's geometric formulation of circuit complexity, we calculate the bi-invariant cost associated with these time-dependent Hamiltonians by suitably regularizing their norms and obtain analytical expressions of the costs for several well-known time-dependent quantum mechanical systems. In particular, we show that an equivalence exists between the total costs of obtaining an operator through time evolution generated by a unit mass harmonic oscillator whose frequency depends on time, and a harmonic oscillator whose both mass and frequency are functions of time. These results are illustrated with several examples, including a specific smooth quench protocol where the comparison of time variation of the cost with other information theoretic quantities, such as the Shannon entropy, is discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":20085,"journal":{"name":"Physical review. E","volume":"111 1-1","pages":"014104"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143459047","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}