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Nava A, Egger R. Mpemba Effects in Open Nonequilibrium Quantum Systems. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2024; 133:136302. [PMID: 39392945 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.133.136302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2024] [Accepted: 09/03/2024] [Indexed: 10/13/2024]
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We generalize the classical thermal Mpemba effect (where an initially hot system relaxes faster to the final equilibrium state than a cold one) to open quantum systems coupled to several reservoirs. We show that, in general, two different types of quantum Mpemba effects are possible. They may be distinguished by quantum state tomography. However, the existence of a quantum Mpemba effect (without determining the type) can already be established by measuring simpler observables such as currents or energies. We illustrate our general results for the experimentally feasible case of an interacting two-site Kitaev model coupled to two metallic leads.
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Aharony Shapira S, Shapira Y, Markov J, Teza G, Akerman N, Raz O, Ozeri R. Inverse Mpemba Effect Demonstrated on a Single Trapped Ion Qubit. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2024; 133:010403. [PMID: 39042793 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.133.010403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2024] [Accepted: 04/24/2024] [Indexed: 07/25/2024]
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The Mpemba effect is a counterintuitive phenomena in which a hot system reaches a cold temperature faster than a colder system, under otherwise identical conditions. Here, we propose a quantum analog of the Mpemba effect, on the simplest quantum system, a qubit. Specifically, we show it exhibits an inverse effect, in which a cold qubit reaches a hot temperature faster than a hot qubit. Furthermore, in our system a cold qubit can heat up exponentially faster, manifesting the strong version of the effect. This occurs only for sufficiently coherent systems, making this effect quantum mechanical, i.e., due to interference effects. We experimentally demonstrate our findings on a single ^{88}Sr^{+} trapped ion qubit. The existence of this anomalous relaxation effect in simple quantum systems reveals its fundamentality, and may have a role in designing and operating quantum information processing devices.
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- Shahaf Aharony Shapira
- Department of Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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Chatterjee S, Ghosh S, Vadakkayil N, Paul T, Singha SK, Das SK. Mpemba effect in pure spin systems : A universal picture of the role of spatial correlations at initial states. Phys Rev E 2024; 110:L012103. [PMID: 39161011 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.110.l012103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2024] [Accepted: 07/03/2024] [Indexed: 08/21/2024]
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The quicker freezing of hotter water, than a colder sample, when quenched to a common lower temperature, is referred to as the Mpemba effect (ME). While this counter-intuitive fact remains a surprize since long, efforts have begun to identify similar effect in other systems. We investigate the ME in a rather general context concerning magnetic phase transitions. From Monte Carlo simulations of model systems, viz., the Ising model and the q-state Potts model, with varying range of interaction and space dimension, we assert that hotter paramagnets undergo ferromagnetic ordering faster than the colder ones. This conclusion we have arrived at following the analyses of the simulation results on decay of energy and growth in ordering following quenches from different starting temperatures, to fixed final temperatures below the Curie points. The general observation, in all the considered models, without any element of frustration, is a crucial and important fact of our study. Furthermore, we have obtained an important scaling picture, on the strength of the effect, with respect to the variation in spatial correlation in the initial states. This behavior appears true irrespective of the nature of order-parameter fluctuation and even order of transition. The observations are expected to be relevant to the understanding of ME in a rather general class of systems.
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Santos A. Mpemba meets Newton: Exploring the Mpemba and Kovacs effects in the time-delayed cooling law. Phys Rev E 2024; 109:044149. [PMID: 38755857 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.109.044149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2024] [Accepted: 04/01/2024] [Indexed: 05/18/2024]
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Despite extensive research, the fundamental physical mechanisms underlying the Mpemba effect, a phenomenon where a substance cools faster after initially being heated, remain elusive. Although historically linked with water, the Mpemba effect manifests across diverse systems, sparking heightened interest in Mpemba-like phenomena. Concurrently, the Kovacs effect, a memory phenomenon observed in materials such as polymers, involves rapid quenching and subsequent temperature changes, resulting in nonmonotonic relaxation behavior. This paper probes the intricacies of the Mpemba and Kovacs effects within the framework of the time-delayed Newton's law of cooling, recognized as a simplistic yet effective phenomenological model accommodating memory phenomena. This law allows for a nuanced comprehension of temperature variations, introducing a delay time (τ) and incorporating specific protocols for the thermal bath temperature, contingent on a defined waiting time (t_{w}). Remarkably, the relevant parameter space is two-dimensional (τ and t_{w}), with bath temperatures exerting no influence on the presence or absence of the Mpemba effect or on the relative strength of the Kovacs effect. The findings enhance our understanding of these memory phenomena, providing valuable insights applicable to researchers across diverse fields, ranging from physics to materials science.
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- Andrés Santos
- Departamento de Física and Instituto de Computación Científica Avanzada (ICCAEx), Universidad de Extremadura, E-06006 Badajoz, Spain
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Pemartín IGA, Mompó E, Lasanta A, Martín-Mayor V, Salas J. Shortcuts of Freely Relaxing Systems Using Equilibrium Physical Observables. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2024; 132:117102. [PMID: 38563945 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.132.117102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2023] [Revised: 11/15/2023] [Accepted: 01/18/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
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Many systems, when initially placed far from equilibrium, exhibit surprising behavior in their attempt to equilibrate. Striking examples are the Mpemba effect and the cooling-heating asymmetry. These anomalous behaviors can be exploited to shorten the time needed to cool down (or heat up) a system. Though, a strategy to design these effects in mesoscopic systems is missing. We bring forward a description that allows us to formulate such strategies, and, along the way, makes natural these paradoxical behaviors. In particular, we study the evolution of macroscopic physical observables of systems freely relaxing under the influence of one or two instantaneous thermal quenches. The two crucial ingredients in our approach are timescale separation and a nonmonotonic temperature evolution of an important state function. We argue that both are generic features near a first-order transition. Our theory is exemplified with the one-dimensional Ising model in a magnetic field using analytic results and numerical experiments.
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- Departamento de Matemática Aplicada, Grupo de Dinámica No Lineal, Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Alberto Aguilera 25, 28015 Madrid, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Tecnológica (IIT), Universidad Pontificia Comillas, 28015 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Álgebra, Facultad de Educación, Economía y Tecnología de Ceuta, Universidad de Granada, Cortadura del Valle, s/n, 51001 Ceuta, Spain
- Instituto Carlos I de Física Teórica y Computacional, Universidad de Granada, E-18071 Granada, Spain
- Nanoparticles Trapping Laboratory, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
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- Departamento de Física Teórica, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain
- Instituto de Biocomputación y Física de Sistemas Complejos (BIFI), 50018 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Departamento de Matemáticas, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 28911 Leganés, Spain
- Grupo de Teorías de Campos y Física Estadística, Instituto Gregorio Millán, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Unidad Asociada al Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC, Spain
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Biswas A, Rajesh R. Mpemba effect for a Brownian particle trapped in a single well potential. Phys Rev E 2023; 108:024131. [PMID: 37723739 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.108.024131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2023] [Accepted: 08/03/2023] [Indexed: 09/20/2023]
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The Mpemba effect refers to the counterintuitive phenomenon of a hotter system equilibrating faster than a colder system when both are quenched to the same low temperature. For a Brownian particle trapped in a piecewise linear single well potential that is devoid of any other metastable minima, we show the existence of the Mpemba effect for a wide range of parameters through an exact solution. This result challenges the prevalent explanation of the Mpemba effect that requires the energy landscape to be rugged with multiple minima. We also demonstrate the existence of inverse and strong Mpemba effects.
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- Apurba Biswas
- The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, C.I.T. Campus, Taramani, Chennai 600113, India and Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School Complex, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai 400094, India
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- The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, C.I.T. Campus, Taramani, Chennai 600113, India and Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School Complex, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai 400094, India
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Biswas A, Prasad VV, Rajesh R. Mpemba effect in driven granular gases: Role of distance measures. Phys Rev E 2023; 108:024902. [PMID: 37723801 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.108.024902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2023] [Accepted: 07/25/2023] [Indexed: 09/20/2023]
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The Mpemba effect refers to the counterintuitive effect where a system which is initially further from the final steady state equilibrates faster than an identical system that is initially closer. The closeness to the final state is defined in terms of a distance measure. For driven granular systems, the Mpemba effect has been illustrated in terms of an ad hoc measure of mean kinetic energy as the distance function. In this paper, by studying four different distance measures based on the mean kinetic energies as well as velocity distribution, we show that the Mpemba effect depends on the definition of the measures.
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- Apurba Biswas
- The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, C.I.T. Campus, Taramani, Chennai 600113, India
- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School Complex, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai 400094, India
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- Department of Physics, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi 682022, India
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- The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, C.I.T. Campus, Taramani, Chennai 600113, India
- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School Complex, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai 400094, India
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Biswas A, Rajesh R, Pal A. Mpemba effect in a Langevin system: Population statistics, metastability, and other exact results. J Chem Phys 2023; 159:044120. [PMID: 37522403 DOI: 10.1063/5.0155855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2023] [Accepted: 07/06/2023] [Indexed: 08/01/2023] Open
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The Mpemba effect is a fingerprint of the anomalous relaxation phenomenon wherein an initially hotter system equilibrates faster than an initially colder system when both are quenched to the same low temperature. Experiments on a single colloidal particle trapped in a carefully shaped double well potential have demonstrated this effect recently [A. Kumar and J. Bechhoefer, Nature 584, 64 (2020)]. In a similar vein, here, we consider a piece-wise linear double well potential that allows us to demonstrate the Mpemba effect using an exact analysis based on the spectral decomposition of the corresponding Fokker-Planck equation. We elucidate the role of the metastable states in the energy landscape as well as the initial population statistics of the particles in showcasing the Mpemba effect. Crucially, our findings indicate that neither the metastability nor the asymmetry in the potential is a necessary or a sufficient condition for the Mpemba effect to be observed.
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- Apurba Biswas
- The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, C.I.T. Campus, Taramani, Chennai 600113, India
- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School Complex, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai 400094, India
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- The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, C.I.T. Campus, Taramani, Chennai 600113, India
- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School Complex, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai 400094, India
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- The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, C.I.T. Campus, Taramani, Chennai 600113, India
- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Training School Complex, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai 400094, India
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Das SK. Perspectives on a Few Puzzles in Phase Transformations: When Should the Farthest Reach the Earliest? LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2023. [PMID: 37499235 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c00668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/29/2023]
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We briefly review the facts concerning two important aspects of phase transitions, namely, critical and coarsening phenomena. A discussion of the universal features, highlighting the current challenges, is provided. Following this, we elaborate on a topic of much recent interest, viz., the Mpemba effect, a puzzle that found mention even in the works of Aristotle. After a description of the debated case of faster freezing of a hotter sample of liquid water, into ice, than a colder one, when quenched to the same subzero temperature, we discuss more modern interest. There one asks, should a hotter body of a material equilibrate faster than a colder one when quenched to a common lower temperature? Within this broad scenario, we focus on magnetic systems. A surprising observation of the effect during the para- to ferromagnetic transition, in a simple model system, viz., the nearest-neighbor Ising model, without any built-in frustration, is described. Some associated future directions are pointed out. A discussion is provided by considering the effect as a kinetic outcome in the background of critical phenomena. A picture is drawn by putting emphasis on the role of spatial correlations in the initial configurations alongside discussing the importance of frustration and metastability in evolution from one state to another. In connection with dynamical freezing, concerning metastability, we have introduced the complex Ginzburg-Landau equation that has relevance in phase transitions, chemical oscillations, and elsewhere. For this model and a few other cases also, we have described how a lack of order or correlation in certain parameters can lead to quicker evolution.
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- Subir K Das
- Theoretical Sciences Unit and School of Advanced Materials, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur P.O., Bangalore 560064, India
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Teza G, Yaacoby R, Raz O. Relaxation Shortcuts through Boundary Coupling. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 131:017101. [PMID: 37478423 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.131.017101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2021] [Revised: 07/06/2022] [Accepted: 05/17/2023] [Indexed: 07/23/2023]
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When a hot system cools down faster than an equivalent cold one, it exhibits the Mpemba effect (ME). This counterintuitive phenomenon was observed in several systems including water, magnetic alloys, and polymers. In most experiments the system is coupled to the bath through its boundaries, but all theories so far assumed bulk coupling. Here we build a general framework to characterize anomalous relaxations through boundary coupling, and present two emblematic setups: a diffusing particle and an Ising antiferromagnet. In the latter, we show that the ME can survive even arbitrarily weak couplings.
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- Gianluca Teza
- Department of Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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Cao Z, Bao R, Zheng J, Hou Z. Fast Functionalization with High Performance in the Autonomous Information Engine. J Phys Chem Lett 2023; 14:66-72. [PMID: 36566388 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c03335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Mandal and Jarzynski have proposed a fully autonomous information heat engine, consisting of a demon, a mass, and a memory register interacting with a thermal reservoir. This device converts thermal energy into mechanical work by writing information to a memory register or, conversely, erasing information by consuming mechanical work. Here, we derive a speed limit inequality between the relaxation time of state transformation and the distance between the initial and final distributions, where the combination of the dynamical activity and entropy production plays an important role. Such inequality provides a hint that a speed-performance trade-off relation exists between the relaxation time to a functional state and the average production. To obtain fast functionalization while maintaining the performance, we show that the relaxation dynamics of the information heat engine can be accelerated significantly by devising an optimal initial state of the demon. Our design principle is inspired by the so-called Mpemba effect, where water freezes faster when initially heated.
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- Zhiyu Cao
- Department of Chemical Physics and Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui230026, China
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- Department of Chemical Physics and Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui230026, China
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- Department of Chemical Physics and Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui230026, China
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- Department of Chemical Physics and Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui230026, China
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Schwarzendahl FJ, Löwen H. Anomalous Cooling and Overcooling of Active Colloids. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2022; 129:138002. [PMID: 36206411 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.129.138002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2021] [Revised: 07/14/2022] [Accepted: 08/10/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The phenomenon that a system at a hot temperature cools faster than at a warm temperature, referred to as the Mpemba effect, has recently been realized for trapped colloids. Here, we investigate the cooling and heating process of a self-propelled active colloid using numerical simulations and theoretical calculations with a model that can be directly tested in experiments. Upon cooling, activity induces a Mpemba effect and the active particle transiently escapes an effective temperature description. At the end of the cooling process the notion of temperature is recovered and the system can exhibit even smaller temperatures than its final temperature, a surprising phenomenon which we refer to as activity-induced overcooling.
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- Fabian Jan Schwarzendahl
- Institut für Theoretische Physik II: Weiche Materie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik II: Weiche Materie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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Zhang S, Hou JX. Theoretical model for the Mpemba effect through the canonical first-order phase transition. Phys Rev E 2022; 106:034131. [PMID: 36266910 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.106.034131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2022] [Accepted: 09/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The Mpemba effect is the phenomenon in which the system with high initial temperature cools faster than the system with low initial temperature when all other conditions are the same. A theoretical model of the Mpemba effect through the canonical first-order phase transition is proposed in this paper, which shows that in the cooling processes, the path of the first-order phase transition of the system with the high initial temperature does not pass through any metastable state, while the path of the first-order phase transition of the system with the low initial temperature passes through a metastable state, which leads to the occurrence of the Mpemba effect. Then an example of the theoretical model is given in the Blume-Emery-Griffiths model. The Monte Carlo algorithm is adopted to calculate the estimated times for both systems with different initial temperature to cool down and undergo a first-order phase transition. The simulation results demonstrate a Mpemba effect in the system. Moreover, the evolution paths of the first-order phase transitions of the systems with high and low initial temperatures are given, respectively. The theoretical model presented here may help explain the Mpemba effect in water.
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- Sheng Zhang
- School of Physics, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
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- School of Physics, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
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Megías A, Santos A, Prados A. Thermal versus entropic Mpemba effect in molecular gases with nonlinear drag. Phys Rev E 2022; 105:054140. [PMID: 35706208 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.105.054140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2022] [Accepted: 05/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Loosely speaking, the Mpemba effect appears when hotter systems cool sooner or, in a more abstract way, when systems further from equilibrium relax faster. In this paper, we investigate the Mpemba effect in a molecular gas with nonlinear drag, both analytically (by employing the tools of kinetic theory) and numerically (direct simulation Monte Carlo of the kinetic equation and event-driven molecular dynamics). The analysis is carried out via two alternative routes, recently considered in the literature: first, the kinetic or thermal route, in which the Mpemba effect is characterized by the crossing of the evolution curves of the kinetic temperature (average kinetic energy), and, second, the stochastic thermodynamics or entropic route, in which the Mpemba effect is characterized by the crossing of the distance to equilibrium in probability space. In general, a nonmutual correspondence between the thermal and entropic Mpemba effects is found, i.e., there may appear the thermal effect without its entropic counterpart or vice versa. Furthermore, a nontrivial overshoot with respect to equilibrium of the thermal relaxation makes it necessary to revise the usual definition of the thermal Mpemba effect, which is shown to be better described in terms of the relaxation of the local equilibrium distribution. Our theoretical framework, which involves an extended Sonine approximation in which not only the excess kurtosis but also the sixth cumulant is retained, gives an excellent account of the behavior observed in simulations.
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- Alberto Megías
- Departamento de Física, Universidad de Extremadura, E-06006 Badajoz, Spain
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- Departamento de Física, Universidad de Extremadura, E-06006 Badajoz, Spain and Instituto de Computación Científica Avanzada (ICCAEx), Universidad de Extremadura, E-06006 Badajoz, Spain
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- Física Teórica, Universidad de Sevilla, Apartado de Correos 1065, E-41080 Sevilla, Spain
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Vadakkayil N, Singha SK, Das SK. Influence of roughening transition on magnetic ordering. Phys Rev E 2022; 105:044142. [PMID: 35590609 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.105.044142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2021] [Accepted: 03/31/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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In the literature of magnetic phase transitions, in addition to a critical point, the existence of another special point has been discussed. This is related to the broadening of the interface between two different ordering phases and is referred to as the point of roughening transition. While the equilibrium properties associated with this transition are well understood, the influence of this on nonequilibrium dynamics still needs to be investigated. In this paper we present comprehensive results, from Monte Carlo simulations, on coarsening dynamics in a system, over a wide range of temperature, in space dimension d=3, for which there exists a roughening transition at a nonzero temperature T_{R}. An advanced analysis of the simulation data, on structure, growth, and aging, shows that the onset of unexpected glasslike slow dynamics in this system, that has received attention in recent times, for quenches to zero temperature, actually occurs at this transition point. This implies that the structure and aging depend upon the final temperature, when the latter lies between 0 and T_{R}. This is a very interesting exception to universality in coarsening dynamics. The results also demonstrate an important structure-dynamics connection in the phase-ordering dynamics. We compare the key results with those from d=2, for which there exists no nonzero roughening transition temperature. The absence of the above-mentioned anomalous features in the latter dimension places our conjecture on the role of the roughening transition on a firmer footing.
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- Nalina Vadakkayil
- Theoretical Sciences Unit and School of Advanced Materials, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur P.O., Bangalore 560064, India
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- Theoretical Sciences Unit and School of Advanced Materials, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur P.O., Bangalore 560064, India
- Assam Energy Institute, Centre of Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, Sivasagar 785697, India
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- Theoretical Sciences Unit and School of Advanced Materials, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur P.O., Bangalore 560064, India
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Yang ZY, Hou JX. Mpemba effect of a mean-field system: The phase transition time. Phys Rev E 2022; 105:014119. [PMID: 35193204 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.105.014119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2021] [Accepted: 01/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The counterintuitive phenomenon-that an initially hotter water freezes faster than initially cooler water-is named the "Mpemba effect." Although it has been known for centuries, the underlying mechanism remains unclear. Recently, the Mpemba effect rekindled the interest of researchers since several studies identified that it might occur in some Markovian systems, and a general statistical-physical Mpemba effect framework was correspondingly proposed. In our previous study [Z.-Y. Yang and J.-X. Hou, Phys. Rev. E 101, 052106 (2020)10.1103/PhysRevE.101.052106], we observed the non-Markovian Mpemba effect in a mean-field system (MFS), where the Mpemba effect originates from the back-reaction of the thermal reservoir. Naturally, the phase transition time is the key to the occurrence of the Mpemba effect, which, however, has not been quantitatively described. Following the direction of previous work, this study rigorously derives the phase transition time under different conditions, and quantitatively describes the mechanism of the non-Markovian Mpemba effect in a MFS. In addition, the validation of our theory was further verified via the microcanonical Monte Carlo simulation. An accurate description of the underlying mechanism of our proposed MFS facilitates the generalization of the Mpemba effect framework in statistical physics and may benefit in answering the riddle of the century, the original Mpemba effect in water.
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- Zhen-Yu Yang
- School of Physics, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
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- School of Physics, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
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