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Lucente D, Viale M, Gnoli A, Puglisi A, Vulpiani A. Revealing the Nonequilibrium Nature of a Granular Intruder: The Crucial Role of Non-Gaussian Behavior. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 131:078201. [PMID: 37656864 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.131.078201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2023] [Revised: 05/04/2023] [Accepted: 07/19/2023] [Indexed: 09/03/2023]
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The characterization of the distance from equilibrium is a debated problem in particular in the treatment of experimental signals. If the signal is a one-dimensional time series, such a goal becomes challenging. A paradigmatic example is the angular diffusion of a rotator immersed in a vibro-fluidized granular gas. Here, we experimentally observe that the rotator's angular velocity exhibits significant differences with respect to an equilibrium process. Exploiting the presence of two relevant timescales and non-Gaussian velocity increments, we quantify the breakdown of time-reversal asymmetry, which would vanish in the case of a 1D Gaussian process. We deduce a new model for the massive probe, with two linearly coupled variables, incorporating both Gaussian and Poissonian noise, the latter motivated by the rarefied collisions with the granular bath particles. Our model reproduces the experiment in a range of densities, from dilute to moderately dense, with a meaningful dependence of the parameters on the density. We believe the framework proposed here opens the way to a more consistent and meaningful treatment of out-of-equilibrium and dissipative systems.
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- D Lucente
- Department of Physics, University of Rome Sapienza, Piazzale Aldo Moro 2, 00185, Rome, Italy
- Institute for Complex Systems-CNR, Piazzale Aldo Moro 2, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Rome Sapienza, Piazzale Aldo Moro 2, 00185, Rome, Italy
- Institute for Complex Systems-CNR, Piazzale Aldo Moro 2, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Rome Sapienza, Piazzale Aldo Moro 2, 00185, Rome, Italy
- Institute for Complex Systems-CNR, Piazzale Aldo Moro 2, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Rome Sapienza, Piazzale Aldo Moro 2, 00185, Rome, Italy
- Institute for Complex Systems-CNR, Piazzale Aldo Moro 2, 00185 Rome, Italy
- INFN, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Rome Sapienza, Piazzale Aldo Moro 2, 00185, Rome, Italy
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Capała K, Dybiec B, Gudowska-Nowak E. Nonlinear friction in underdamped anharmonic stochastic oscillators. CHAOS (WOODBURY, N.Y.) 2020; 30:073140. [PMID: 32752631 DOI: 10.1063/5.0007581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2020] [Accepted: 07/06/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Non-equilibrium stationary states of overdamped anharmonic stochastic oscillators driven by Lévy noise are typically multimodal. The very same situation is recorded for an underdamped Lévy noise-driven motion in single-well potentials with linear friction. Within the current article, we relax the assumption that the friction experienced by a particle is linear. Using computer simulations, we study underdamped motions in single-well potentials in the regime of nonlinear friction. We demonstrate that it is relatively easy to observe multimodality in the velocity distribution as it is determined by the friction itself and it is the same as the multimodality in the overdamped case with the analogous deterministic force. Contrary to the velocity marginal density, it is more difficult to induce multimodality in the position. Nevertheless, for a fine-tuned nonlinear friction, the spatial multimodality can be recorded.
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- Karol Capała
- Institute of Theoretical Physics and Mark Kac Center for Complex Systems Research, Jagiellonian University, ul. St. Łojasiewicza 11, 30-348 Kraków, Poland
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- Institute of Theoretical Physics and Mark Kac Center for Complex Systems Research, Jagiellonian University, ul. St. Łojasiewicza 11, 30-348 Kraków, Poland
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- Institute of Theoretical Physics and Mark Kac Center for Complex Systems Research, Jagiellonian University, ul. St. Łojasiewicza 11, 30-348 Kraków, Poland
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Capała K, Dybiec B, Gudowska-Nowak E. Peculiarities of escape kinetics in the presence of athermal noises. CHAOS (WOODBURY, N.Y.) 2020; 30:013127. [PMID: 32013513 DOI: 10.1063/1.5126263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2019] [Accepted: 12/19/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Stochastic evolution of various dynamic systems and reaction networks is commonly described in terms of noise assisted escape of an overdamped particle from a potential well, as devised by the paradigmatic Langevin equation in which additive Gaussian stochastic force reproduces effects of thermal fluctuations from the reservoir. When implemented for systems close to equilibrium, the approach correctly explains the emergence of the Boltzmann distribution for the ensemble of trajectories generated by the Langevin equation and relates the intensity of the noise strength to the mobility. This scenario can be further generalized to include effects of non-Gaussian, burstlike forcing modeled by Lévy noise. In this case, however, the pulsatile additive noise cannot be treated as the internal (thermal) since the relation between the strength of the friction and variance of the noise is violated. Heavy tails of Lévy noise distributions not only facilitate escape kinetics, but also, more importantly, change the escape protocol by altering the final stationary state to a non-Boltzmann, nonequilibrium form. As a result, contrary to the kinetics induced by a Gaussian white noise, escape rates in environments with Lévy noise are determined not by the barrier height, but instead by the barrier width. We further discuss consequences of simultaneous action of thermal and Lévy noises on statistics of passage times and population of reactants in double-well potentials.
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- Karol Capała
- Marian Smoluchowski Institute of Physics and Mark Kac Center for Complex Systems Research, Jagiellonian University, ul. St. Łojasiewicza 11, 30-348 Kraków, Poland
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- Marian Smoluchowski Institute of Physics and Mark Kac Center for Complex Systems Research, Jagiellonian University, ul. St. Łojasiewicza 11, 30-348 Kraków, Poland
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- Marian Smoluchowski Institute of Physics and Mark Kac Center for Complex Systems Research, Jagiellonian University, ul. St. Łojasiewicza 11, 30-348 Kraków, Poland
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Sarracino A, Vulpiani A. On the fluctuation-dissipation relation in non-equilibrium and non-Hamiltonian systems. CHAOS (WOODBURY, N.Y.) 2019; 29:083132. [PMID: 31472486 DOI: 10.1063/1.5110262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2019] [Accepted: 08/08/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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We review generalized fluctuation-dissipation relations, which are valid under general conditions even in "nonstandard systems," e.g., out of equilibrium and/or without a Hamiltonian structure. The response functions can be expressed in terms of suitable correlation functions computed in the unperturbed dynamics. In these relations, typically, one has nontrivial contributions due to the form of the stationary probability distribution; such terms take into account the interaction among the relevant degrees of freedom in the system. We illustrate the general formalism with some examples in nonstandard cases, including driven granular media, systems with a multiscale structure, active matter, and systems showing anomalous diffusion.
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- A Sarracino
- Dipartimento di Ingegneria, Università della Campania "L. Vanvitelli," via Roma 29, 81031 Aversa (CE), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università Sapienza-p.le A. Moro 2, 00185 Roma, Italy
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Postnikov EB. Density fluctuations and random walks in an overdamped and supercooled simple liquid. Phys Rev E 2019; 99:062117. [PMID: 31330632 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.99.062117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2019] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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In this work, the short-time dynamics of simple liquid is explored both analytically and numerically with the focus on the interplay between the density fluctuations in a volume surrounding a chosen particle and its random walk motion. The particles interact via the Lennard-Jones potential with parameters corresponding to liquid argon. For large times, analytical calculations based on the fluctuation theory provides an explicit expression reproducing isothermal change of the self-diffusion coefficient in liquid argon corresponding to the experimental data. These results lead to the conclusion that such behavior is based on the reduced mobility of particles reflected in their density fluctuations that can be equivalently achieved in the cases of either low temperatures and pressures (supercooling) or moderate temperatures and high pressures (overdamping).
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- E B Postnikov
- Department of Theoretical Physics, Kursk State University, Radishcheva st., 33, 305000 Kursk, Russia
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