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Blitstein AM, Rosales RR, Sáenz PJ. Minimal Quantization Model in Pilot-Wave Hydrodynamics. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2024; 132:104003. [PMID: 38518309 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.132.104003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2023] [Revised: 10/06/2023] [Accepted: 01/31/2024] [Indexed: 03/24/2024]
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Investigating how classical systems may manifest dynamics analogous to those of quantum systems is a broad subject of fundamental interest. Walking droplets, which self-propel through a resonant interaction with their own wave field, provide a unique macroscopic realization of wave-particle duality that exhibits behaviors previously thought exclusive to quantum particles. Despite significant efforts, elucidating the precise origin and form of the wave-mediated forces responsible for the walker's quantumlike behavior remained elusive. Here, we demonstrate that, owing to wave interference, the force responsible for orbital quantization originates from waves excited near stationary points on the walker's past trajectory. Moreover, we derive a minimal model with the essential ingredients to capture quantized orbital dynamics, including quasiperiodic and chaotic orbits. Notably, this minimal model provides an explicit distinction between local forces, which account for the walker's preferred speed and wave-induced added mass, and spatiotemporal nonlocal forces responsible for quantization. The quantization mechanism revealed here is generic, and will thus play a role in other hydrodynamic quantum analogs.
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- Austin M Blitstein
- Department of Mathematics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
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- Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Department of Mathematics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
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Ellegaard C, Levinsen MT. Experimental investigation of walking drops: Wave field and interaction with slit structures. Phys Rev E 2024; 109:035101. [PMID: 38632787 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.109.035101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2023] [Accepted: 02/09/2024] [Indexed: 04/19/2024]
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While bouncing walking silicone oil droplets (walkers) do show many quantumlike phenomena, the original, most intriguing, double-slit experiment with walkers has been shown to be an overinterpretation of data. Several experiments and numerical simulations have proven that for at least some parameter region there is no randomness. Still, true randomness was claimed to be observed in an experiment on chaotically bouncing walkers. Also, most of the available phase space has not been investigated. The main goal of this paper is therefore to look for true interference and chaos in the entire phase space. Recently, we made an extensive investigation of drops interacting with slits, but still in a limited range. However, the outcome was always deterministic and only incidentally mimicked the statistics of the corresponding quantum case. We also showed that the extra interference, already seen by others, in the double-slit case was caused by reflection of waves from the outlet of the unused slit after passage and thus was not a true double-slit effect. A new theoretical treatment of bouncing drop dynamics has since given analytic relations for the associated wave field, leading to a proposal for criteria for the possible occurrence of true interference in the double-slit experiment. Satisfying these criteria, requires working close to the onset of the Faraday instability, with two spatial conditions favoring slow walkers, and a temporal condition favoring fast walkers. The regions of high velocity, where the walkers bounce periodically, and of very low velocity, with chaotically bouncing walkers, have not been comprehensively investigated so far. We have therefore looked at these regions, probing the limits for interaction with slits. Furthermore, noting that a short transit time is essential to fulfill the criteria, experiments were done using double-slit barriers only 0.5 and 2 mm broad. Nowhere was true interference or a chaotic response found. As the theory has implications for many of the observed quantumlike phenomena involving walkers as, e.g., tunneling and interaction between drops, we have measured the spatial and temporal decay of the wave field. A comparison with the theory shows very good agreement but leads to a reformulation of the above-mentioned criteria.
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- Clive Ellegaard
- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 17, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
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- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 17, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
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Valani RN. Infinite-memory classical wave-particle entities, attractor-driven active particles, and the diffusionless Lorenz equations. CHAOS (WOODBURY, N.Y.) 2024; 34:013133. [PMID: 38252778 DOI: 10.1063/5.0171007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2023] [Accepted: 12/24/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2024]
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A classical wave-particle entity (WPE) can materialize as a millimeter-sized droplet walking horizontally on the free surface of a vertically vibrating liquid bath. This WPE comprises a particle (droplet) that shapes its environment by locally exciting decaying standing waves, which, in turn, guides the particle motion. At high amplitude of bath vibrations, the particle-generated waves decay very slowly in time and the particle motion is influenced by the history of waves along its trajectory. In this high-memory regime, WPEs exhibit hydrodynamic quantum analogs where quantum-like statistics arise from underlying chaotic dynamics. Exploration of WPE dynamics in the very high-memory regime requires solving an integrodifferential equation of motion. By using an idealized one-dimensional WPE model where the particle generates sinusoidal waves, we show that in the limit of infinite memory, the system dynamics reduce to a 3D nonlinear system of ordinary differential equations (ODEs) known as the diffusionless Lorenz equations (DLEs). We use our algebraically simple ODE system to explore in detail, theoretically and numerically, the rich set of periodic and chaotic dynamical behaviors exhibited by the WPE in the parameter space. Specifically, we link the geometry and dynamics in the phase-space of the DLE system to the dynamical and statistical features of WPE motion, paving a way to understand hydrodynamic quantum analogs using phase-space attractors. Our system also provides an alternate interpretation of an attractor-driven particle, i.e., an active particle driven by internal state-space variables of the DLE system. Hence, our results might also provide new insights into modeling active particle locomotion.
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- R N Valani
- School of Computer and Mathematical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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Perks J, Valani RN. Dynamics, interference effects, and multistability in a Lorenz-like system of a classical wave-particle entity in a periodic potential. CHAOS (WOODBURY, N.Y.) 2023; 33:033147. [PMID: 37003812 DOI: 10.1063/5.0125727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2022] [Accepted: 03/03/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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A classical wave-particle entity (WPE) can be realized experimentally as a droplet walking on the free surface of a vertically vibrating liquid bath, with the droplet's horizontal walking motion guided by its self-generated wave field. These self-propelled WPEs have been shown to exhibit analogs of several quantum and optical phenomena. Using an idealized theoretical model that takes the form of a Lorenz-like system, we theoretically and numerically explore the dynamics of such a one-dimensional WPE in a sinusoidal potential. We find steady states of the system that correspond to a stationary WPE as well as a rich array of unsteady motions, such as back-and-forth oscillating walkers, runaway oscillating walkers, and various types of irregular walkers. In the parameter space formed by the dimensionless parameters of the applied sinusoidal potential, we observe patterns of alternating unsteady behaviors suggesting interference effects. Additionally, in certain regions of the parameter space, we also identify multistability in the particle's long-term behavior that depends on the initial conditions. We make analogies between the identified behaviors in the WPE system and Bragg's reflection of light as well as electron motion in crystals.
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- J Perks
- School of Computer and Mathematical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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- School of Computer and Mathematical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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Müller-Bender D, Valani RN, Radons G. Pseudolaminar chaos from on-off intermittency. Phys Rev E 2023; 107:014208. [PMID: 36797907 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.107.014208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2022] [Accepted: 01/03/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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In finite-dimensional, chaotic, Lorenz-like wave-particle dynamical systems one can find diffusive trajectories, which share their appearance with that of laminar chaotic diffusion [Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 074101 (2022)0031-900710.1103/PhysRevLett.128.074101] known from delay systems with lag-time modulation. Applying, however, to such systems a test for laminar chaos, as proposed in [Phys. Rev. E 101, 032213 (2020)2470-004510.1103/PhysRevE.101.032213], these signals fail such a test, thus leading to the notion of pseudolaminar chaos. The latter can be interpreted as integrated periodically driven on-off intermittency. We demonstrate that, on a signal level, true laminar and pseudolaminar chaos are hardly distinguishable in systems with and without dynamical noise. However, very pronounced differences become apparent when correlations of signals and increments are considered. We compare and contrast these properties of pseudolaminar chaos with true laminar chaos.
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- David Müller-Bender
- Institute of Physics, Chemnitz University of Technology, 09107 Chemnitz, Germany
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- School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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- Institute of Physics, Chemnitz University of Technology, 09107 Chemnitz, Germany
- ICM - Institute for Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 09117 Chemnitz, Germany
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Choueiri G, Suri B, Merrin J, Serbyn M, Hof B, Budanur NB. Crises and chaotic scattering in hydrodynamic pilot-wave experiments. CHAOS (WOODBURY, N.Y.) 2022; 32:093138. [PMID: 36182399 DOI: 10.1063/5.0102904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2022] [Accepted: 08/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Theoretical foundations of chaos have been predominantly laid out for finite-dimensional dynamical systems, such as the three-body problem in classical mechanics and the Lorenz model in dissipative systems. In contrast, many real-world chaotic phenomena, e.g., weather, arise in systems with many (formally infinite) degrees of freedom, which limits direct quantitative analysis of such systems using chaos theory. In the present work, we demonstrate that the hydrodynamic pilot-wave systems offer a bridge between low- and high-dimensional chaotic phenomena by allowing for a systematic study of how the former connects to the latter. Specifically, we present experimental results, which show the formation of low-dimensional chaotic attractors upon destabilization of regular dynamics and a final transition to high-dimensional chaos via the merging of distinct chaotic regions through a crisis bifurcation. Moreover, we show that the post-crisis dynamics of the system can be rationalized as consecutive scatterings from the nonattracting chaotic sets with lifetimes following exponential distributions.
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- George Choueiri
- Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria
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Valani RN. Lorenz-like systems emerging from an integro-differential trajectory equation of a one-dimensional wave-particle entity. CHAOS (WOODBURY, N.Y.) 2022; 32:023129. [PMID: 35232028 DOI: 10.1063/5.0076162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2021] [Accepted: 01/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Vertically vibrating a liquid bath can give rise to a self-propelled wave-particle entity on its free surface. The horizontal walking dynamics of this wave-particle entity can be described adequately by an integro-differential trajectory equation. By transforming this integro-differential equation of motion for a one-dimensional wave-particle entity into a system of ordinary differential equations (ODEs), we show the emergence of Lorenz-like dynamical systems for various spatial wave forms of the entity. Specifically, we present and give examples of Lorenz-like dynamical systems that emerge when the wave form gradient is (i) a solution of a linear homogeneous constant coefficient ODE, (ii) a polynomial, and (iii) a periodic function. Understanding the dynamics of the wave-particle entity in terms of Lorenz-like systems may prove to be useful in rationalizing emergent statistical behavior from underlying chaotic dynamics in hydrodynamic quantum analogs of walking droplets. Moreover, the results presented here provide an alternative physical interpretation of various Lorenz-like dynamical systems in terms of the walking dynamics of a wave-particle entity.
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- Rahil N Valani
- School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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Valani RN. Anomalous transport of a classical wave-particle entity in a tilted potential. Phys Rev E 2022; 105:L012101. [PMID: 35193237 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.105.l012101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2021] [Accepted: 12/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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A classical wave-particle entity in the form of a millimetric walking droplet can emerge on the free surface of a vertically vibrating liquid bath. Such wave-particle entities have been shown to exhibit hydrodynamic analogs of quantum systems. Using an idealized theoretical model of this wave-particle entity in a tilted potential, we explore its transport behavior. The integro-differential equation of motion governing the dynamics of the wave-particle entity transforms to a Lorenz-like system of ordinary differential equations that drives the particle's velocity. Several anomalous transport regimes such as absolute negative mobility, differential negative mobility, and lock-in regions corresponding to force-independent mobility are observed. These observations motivate experiments in the hydrodynamic walking-droplet system for the experimental realizations of anomalous transport phenomena.
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- Rahil N Valani
- School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia
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Valani RN, Slim AC, Paganin DM, Simula TP, Vo T. Unsteady dynamics of a classical particle-wave entity. Phys Rev E 2021; 104:015106. [PMID: 34412331 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.104.015106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2020] [Accepted: 06/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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A droplet bouncing on the surface of a vertically vibrating liquid bath can walk horizontally, guided by the waves it generates on each impact. This results in a self-propelled classical particle-wave entity. By using a one-dimensional theoretical pilot-wave model with a generalized wave form, we investigate the dynamics of this particle-wave entity. We employ different spatial wave forms to understand the role played by both wave oscillations and spatial wave decay in the walking dynamics. We observe steady walking motion as well as unsteady motions such as oscillating walking, self-trapped oscillations, and irregular walking. We explore the dynamical and statistical aspects of irregular walking and show an equivalence between the droplet dynamics and the Lorenz system, as well as making connections with the Langevin equation and deterministic diffusion.
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- Rahil N Valani
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia
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- School of Mathematics, Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia.,School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia
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- Optical Sciences Centre, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne 3122, Australia
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- School of Mathematics, Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia
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Sáenz PJ, Pucci G, Turton SE, Goujon A, Rosales RR, Dunkel J, Bush JWM. Emergent order in hydrodynamic spin lattices. Nature 2021; 596:58-62. [PMID: 34349289 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03682-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2020] [Accepted: 06/01/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Macroscale analogues1-3 of microscopic spin systems offer direct insights into fundamental physical principles, thereby advancing our understanding of synchronization phenomena4 and informing the design of novel classes of chiral metamaterials5-7. Here we introduce hydrodynamic spin lattices (HSLs) of 'walking' droplets as a class of active spin systems with particle-wave coupling. HSLs reveal various non-equilibrium symmetry-breaking phenomena, including transitions from antiferromagnetic to ferromagnetic order that can be controlled by varying the lattice geometry and system rotation8. Theoretical predictions based on a generalized Kuramoto model4 derived from first principles rationalize our experimental observations, establishing HSLs as a versatile platform for exploring active phase oscillator dynamics. The tunability of HSLs suggests exciting directions for future research, from active spin-wave dynamics to hydrodynamic analogue computation and droplet-based topological insulators.
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- Pedro J Sáenz
- Department of Mathematics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. .,Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
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- Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.,Institut de Physique de Rennes, CNRS, Université de Rennes, UMR 6251, Rennes, France
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- Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.,School of Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
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Valani RN, Slim AC, Simula TP. Stop-and-go locomotion of superwalking droplets. Phys Rev E 2021; 103:043102. [PMID: 34005929 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.103.043102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2020] [Accepted: 03/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Vertically vibrating a liquid bath at two frequencies, f and f/2, having a constant relative phase difference can give rise to self-propelled superwalking droplets on the liquid surface. We have numerically investigated such superwalking droplets in the regime where the phase difference varies slowly with time. We predict the emergence of stop-and-go motion of droplets, consistent with experimental observations [Valani et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, 024503 (2019)PRLTAO0031-900710.1103/PhysRevLett.123.024503]. Our simulations in the parameter space spanned by the droplet size and the rate of traversal of the phase difference uncover three different types of droplet motion: back-and-forth, forth-and-forth, and irregular stop-and-go motion, which we explore in detail. Our findings lay a foundation for further studies of dynamically driven droplets, whereby the droplet's motion may be guided by engineering arbitrary time-dependent phase difference functions.
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- Rahil N Valani
- School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia
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- School of Mathematics, Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia.,School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia
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- Optical Sciences Centre, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne 3122, Australia
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Andreev PA. Quantum hydrodynamic theory of quantum fluctuations in dipolar Bose-Einstein condensate. CHAOS (WOODBURY, N.Y.) 2021; 31:023120. [PMID: 33653039 DOI: 10.1063/5.0036511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2020] [Accepted: 01/27/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Traditional quantum hydrodynamics of Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) is restricted by the continuity and Euler equations. The quantum Bohm potential (the quantum part of the momentum flux) has a nontrivial part that can evolve under quantum fluctuations. The quantum fluctuations are the effect of the appearance of particles in the excited states during the evolution of BEC mainly consisting of the particles in the quantum state with the lowest energy. To cover this phenomenon in terms of hydrodynamic methods, we need to derive equations for the momentum flux and the current of the momentum flux. The current of the momentum flux evolution equation contains the interaction leading to the quantum fluctuations. In the dipolar BECs, we deal with the long-range interaction. Its contribution is proportional to the average macroscopic potential of the dipole-dipole interaction (DDI) appearing in the mean-field regime. The current of the momentum flux evolution equation contains the third derivative of this potential. It is responsible for the dipolar part of quantum fluctuations. Higher derivatives correspond to the small scale contributions of the DDI. The quantum fluctuations lead to the existence of the second wave solution. The quantum fluctuations introduce the instability of the BECs. If the dipole-dipole interaction is attractive, but being smaller than the repulsive short-range interaction presented by the first interaction constant, there is the long-wavelength instability. There is a more complex picture for the repulsive DDI. There is the small area with the long-wavelength instability that transits into a stability interval where two waves exist.
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- Pavel A Andreev
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation and Faculty of Physics, Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), 6 Miklukho-Maklaya Street, Moscow 117198, Russian Federation
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Bush JWM, Oza AU. Hydrodynamic quantum analogs. REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS. PHYSICAL SOCIETY (GREAT BRITAIN) 2020; 84:017001. [PMID: 33065567 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6633/abc22c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2020] [Accepted: 10/16/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The walking droplet system discovered by Yves Couder and Emmanuel Fort presents an example of a vibrating particle self-propelling through a resonant interaction with its own wave field. It provides a means of visualizing a particle as an excitation of a field, a common notion in quantum field theory. Moreover, it represents the first macroscopic realization of a form of dynamics proposed for quantum particles by Louis de Broglie in the 1920s. The fact that this hydrodynamic pilot-wave system exhibits many features typically associated with the microscopic, quantum realm raises a number of intriguing questions. At a minimum, it extends the range of classical systems to include quantum-like statistics in a number of settings. A more optimistic stance is that it suggests the manner in which quantum mechanics might be completed through a theoretical description of particle trajectories. We here review the experimental studies of the walker system, and the hierarchy of theoretical models developed to rationalize its behavior. Particular attention is given to enumerating the dynamical mechanisms responsible for the emergence of robust, structured statistical behavior. Another focus is demonstrating how the temporal nonlocality of the droplet dynamics, as results from the persistence of its pilot wave field, may give rise to behavior that appears to be spatially nonlocal. Finally, we describe recent explorations of a generalized theoretical framework that provides a mathematical bridge between the hydrodynamic pilot-wave system and various realist models of quantum dynamics.
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- John W M Bush
- Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States of America
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- Department of Mathematical Sciences, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, United States of America
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Durey M. Bifurcations and chaos in a Lorenz-like pilot-wave system. CHAOS (WOODBURY, N.Y.) 2020; 30:103115. [PMID: 33138446 DOI: 10.1063/5.0020775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2020] [Accepted: 09/29/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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A millimetric droplet may bounce and self-propel on the surface of a vertically vibrating fluid bath, guided by its self-generated wave field. This hydrodynamic pilot-wave system exhibits a vast range of dynamics, including behavior previously thought to be exclusive to the quantum realm. We present the results of a theoretical investigation of an idealized pilot-wave model, in which a particle is guided by a one-dimensional wave that is equipped with the salient features of the hydrodynamic system. The evolution of this reduced pilot-wave system may be simplified by projecting onto a three-dimensional dynamical system describing the evolution of the particle velocity, the local wave amplitude, and the local wave slope. As the resultant dynamical system is remarkably similar in form to the Lorenz system, we utilize established properties of the Lorenz equations as a guide for identifying and elucidating several pilot-wave phenomena, including the onset and characterization of chaos.
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- Matthew Durey
- Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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Durey M, Turton SE, Bush JWM. Speed oscillations in classical pilot-wave dynamics. Proc Math Phys Eng Sci 2020; 476:20190884. [PMID: 32831603 DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2019.0884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2019] [Accepted: 06/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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We present the results of a theoretical investigation of a dynamical system consisting of a particle self-propelling through a resonant interaction with its own quasi-monochromatic pilot-wave field. We rationalize two distinct mechanisms, arising in different regions of parameter space, that may lead to a wavelike statistical signature with the pilot-wavelength. First, resonant speed oscillations with the wavelength of the guiding wave may arise when the particle is perturbed from its steady self-propelling state. Second, a random-walk-like motion may set in when the decay rate of the pilot-wave field is sufficiently small. The implications for the emergent statistics in classical pilot-wave systems are discussed.
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- Matthew Durey
- Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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Tadrist L, Gilet T, Schlagheck P, Bush JWM. Predictability in a hydrodynamic pilot-wave system: Resolution of walker tunneling. Phys Rev E 2020; 102:013104. [PMID: 32795022 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.102.013104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2019] [Accepted: 06/21/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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A walker is a macroscopic coupling of a droplet and a capillary wave field that exhibits several quantumlike properties. In 2009, Eddi et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 240401 (2009)PRLTAO0031-900710.1103/PhysRevLett.102.240401] showed that walkers may cross a submerged barrier in an unpredictable manner and named this behavior "unpredictable walker tunneling." In quantum mechanics, tunneling is one of the simplest arrangements where similar unpredictability occurs. In this paper, we investigate how unpredictability can be unveiled for walkers through an experimental study of walker tunneling with precision. We refine both time and position measurements to take into account the fast bouncing dynamics of the system. Tunneling is shown to be unpredictable until a distance of 2.6 mm from the barrier center, where we observe the separation of reflected and transmitted trajectories in the position-velocity phase-space. The unpredictability is unlikely to be attributable to either uncertainty in the initial conditions or to the noise in the experiment. It is more likely due to changes in the drop's vertical dynamics arising when it interacts with the barrier. We compare this macroscopic system to a tunneling quantum particle that is subjected to repeated measurements of its position and momentum. We show that, despite the different theoretical treatments of these two disparate systems, similar patterns emerge in the position-velocity phase space.
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- Loïc Tadrist
- Microfluidics Lab, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Liege, Allée de la découverte 9, 4000 Liège, Belgium
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- Microfluidics Lab, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Liege, Allée de la découverte 9, 4000 Liège, Belgium
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- IPNAS, CESAM research unit, University of Liege, Allée du 6 Août 15, 4000 Liège, Belgium
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- Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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Sáenz PJ, Cristea-Platon T, Bush JWM. A hydrodynamic analog of Friedel oscillations. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2020; 6:eaay9234. [PMID: 32440541 PMCID: PMC7228752 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aay9234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2019] [Accepted: 03/09/2020] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We present a macroscopic analog of an open quantum system, achieved with a classical pilot-wave system. Friedel oscillations are the angstrom-scale statistical signature of an impurity on a metal surface, concentric circular modulations in the probability density function of the surrounding electron sea. We consider a millimetric drop, propelled by its own wave field along the surface of a vibrating liquid bath, interacting with a submerged circular well. An ensemble of drop trajectories displays a statistical signature in the vicinity of the well that is strikingly similar to Friedel oscillations. The droplet trajectories reveal the dynamical roots of the emergent statistics. Our study elucidates a new mechanism for emergent quantum-like statistics in pilot-wave hydrodynamics and so suggests new directions for the nascent field of hydrodynamic quantum analogs.
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- Pedro J. Sáenz
- Department of Mathematics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
- Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Department of Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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Bacot V, Perrard S, Labousse M, Couder Y, Fort E. Multistable Free States of an Active Particle from a Coherent Memory Dynamics. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2019; 122:104303. [PMID: 30932640 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.122.104303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2018] [Revised: 12/14/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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We investigate the dynamics of a deterministic self-propelled particle endowed with coherent memory. We evidence experimentally and numerically that it exhibits several stable free states. The system is composed of a self-propelled drop bouncing on a vibrated liquid driven by the waves it emits at each bounce. This object possesses a propulsion memory resulting from the coherent interference of the waves accumulated along its path. We investigate here the transitory regime of the buildup of the dynamics which leads to velocity modulations. Experiments and numerical simulations enable us to explore unchartered areas of the phase space and reveal the existence of a self-sustained oscillatory regime. Finally, we show the coexistence of several free states. This feature emerges both from the spatiotemporal nonlocality of this path memory dynamics as well as the wave nature of the driving mechanism.
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- V Bacot
- Matière et Systèmes Complexes, CNRS UMR 7057, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75013 Paris, France
- Institut Langevin, CNRS UMR 7587, ESPCI Paris and PSL University, 75005 Paris, France
- LadHyX, CNRS UMR 7646, École Polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Statistique, CNRS UMR 8550 ENS and PSL University, 75005 Paris, France
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- Gulliver, CNRS UMR 7083, ESPCI Paris and PSL University, 75005 Paris, France
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- Matière et Systèmes Complexes, CNRS UMR 7057, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75013 Paris, France
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- Institut Langevin, CNRS UMR 7587, ESPCI Paris and PSL University, 75005 Paris, France
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Bush JWM, Couder Y, Gilet T, Milewski PA, Nachbin A. Introduction to focus issue on hydrodynamic quantum analogs. CHAOS (WOODBURY, N.Y.) 2018; 28:096001. [PMID: 30278632 DOI: 10.1063/1.5055383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2018] [Accepted: 09/09/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Hydrodynamic quantum analogs is a nascent field initiated in 2005 by the discovery of a hydrodynamic pilot-wave system [Y. Couder, S. Protière, E. Fort, and A. Boudaoud, Nature 437, 208 (2005)]. The system consists of a millimetric droplet self-propeling along the surface of a vibrating bath through a resonant interaction with its own wave field [J. W. M. Bush, Annu. Rev. Fluid Mech. 47, 269-292 (2015)]. There are three critical ingredients for the quantum like-behavior. The first is "path memory" [A. Eddi, E. Sultan, J. Moukhtar, E. Fort, M. Rossi, and Y. Couder, J. Fluid Mech. 675, 433-463 (2011)], which renders the system non-Markovian: the instantaneous wave force acting on the droplet depends explicitly on its past. The second is the resonance condition between droplet and wave that ensures a highly structured monochromatic pilot wave field that imposes an effective potential on the walking droplet, resulting in preferred, quantized states. The third ingredient is chaos, which in several systems is characterized by unpredictable switching between unstable periodic orbits. This focus issue is devoted to recent studies of and relating to pilot-wave hydrodynamics, a field that attempts to answer the following simple but provocative question: Might deterministic chaotic pilot-wave dynamics underlie quantum statistics?
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- John W M Bush
- Department of Mathematics, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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- Matière et Sytèmes Complexes, CNRS UMR 7057, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75013 Paris, France
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- Microfluidics Lab, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Liege, Allée de la Découverte 9, 4000 Liège, Belgium
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- Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, United Kingdom
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- National Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IMPA), Est. D. Castorina 110, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 22460-320, Brazil
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