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Weak chaos and metastability in a symplectic system of many long-range-coupled standard maps
Statistical Mechanics · Submitted 22 Feb 2006 · 45 references
Pith's verdict: Plausible and potentially useful numerical model, but the Jacobian in Eq. (4) does not match the map in Eq. (1), so the reported Lyapunov exponents may be for a different system.
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The paper claims
Long-range coupling makes chaos vanish as coupled-map lattices grow.
The reading
What carries the argument
The model is a ring of N standard maps, each with angle theta_i and momentum p_i, updated by a symplectic map whose coordinate coupling is weighted by 1/r_{ij}^{$\alpha$} and normalized by the Kac factor \tilde N = ($N^{{1-alpha/d}}$ - $\alpha$/d)/(1-$\alpha$/d), with d=1. The symplectic Jacobian structure guarantees a paired Lyapunov spectrum, so the largest exponent controls the whole spectrum. The mechanism carrying the argument is the competition between the local nonlinear terms (strength a) and the normalized long-range mean-field-like coupling (strength b): as N grows, the normalized coupling per particle weakens for $\alpha$<1, driving lambda_M down as a power law, whereas for $\alpha$>1 the coupling is effectively short-ranged and the local chaotic term dominates. The scaling exponents kappa($\alpha$) and $\beta$($\alpha$) are extracted numerically from the N-dependence of lambda_M and the inflection time t_c.
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Core claim
The central claim is a scaling law with interaction range as the switch. For fixed nonlinear parameters a and b, the largest Lyapunov exponent of the coupled-map system behaves as lambda_M ~ f_alpha(b) $N^{{-kappa(alpha)}}$: kappa($\alpha$)>0 when 0 <= $\alpha$ <= about 1, making lambda_M approach zero as N -> infinity (weak chaos), and kappa about 0 for $\alpha$>1, leaving lambda_M positive (strong chaos). The same boundary appears in thermal relaxation: the crossover time from a quasistationary plateau to equilibrium scales as t_c ~ $a^{{-1.84}}$ g_alpha(b) $N^{{beta(alpha)}}$, with $\beta$>0 for $\alpha$<1 and $\beta$=0 for $\alpha$>=1, so long-range systems' metastable states become permanent in the thermodynamic limit. The paper reads these two facts as evidence that the map system reproduces, in discrete time, the anomalous ergodicity-breaking behavior of long-range Hamiltonian models such as the $\alpha$-XY model.
Load-bearing premise
The load-bearing premise is that the continuous-integral Kac factor \tilde N = ($N^{{1-alpha/d}}$ - $\alpha$/d)/(1-$\alpha$/d) correctly normalizes the coupling; if the exact discrete lattice sum differs significantly, the effective coupling per particle acquires an N-dependence that could create or alter the observed kappa and $\beta$ scalings.
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If this is right
- In the thermodynamic limit, long-range-coupled versions of this system are not strongly chaotic; the largest Lyapunov exponent, and with it the Kolmogorov-Sinai entropy rate, tends to zero.
- The order of limits matters: taking N -> infinity before t -> infinity leaves the system stuck in quasistationary states, so ergodicity and Boltzmann-Gibbs equilibrium are not reached in finite time.
- For alpha > 1 the system behaves as a conventional strongly chaotic, mixing system whose relaxation time does not grow with N.
- The measured exponents place the discrete-time map system in the same class as the alpha-XY Hamiltonian model, so maps can serve as a computationally cheaper probe of long-range Hamiltonian behaviour.
- The data leave open the possibility beta(alpha)=1-alpha for 0<=alpha<1, in which case t_c would grow as (N^{1-alpha}-1)/(1-alpha) and logarithmically at alpha=1.
Reading between the lines
- If the claimed scaling survives at much larger N, then finite-size Lyapunov exponents reported for long-range coupled systems should be extrapolated with the N^{-kappa} law rather than read as thermodynamic values, which would affect how 'chaotic' such systems are called.
- The paper's continuous-integral replacement for the discrete lattice sum could be tested directly: using the exact discrete normalization might shift kappa(alpha) near alpha=1, where the weak-chaos region appears to extend slightly past 1; a clean measurement would separate finite-size effects from a true boundary shift.
- A natural next step, not taken here, is to measure the full Lyapunov spectrum and see whether the vanishing of lambda_M is accompanied by a nontrivial spectrum shape, which would connect the weak-chaos regime to fractal phase-space constraints rather than to plain integrability.
Original abstract
We introduce, and numerically study, a system of $N$ symplectically and globally coupled standard maps localized in a $d=1$ lattice array. The global coupling is modulated through a factor $r^{-\alpha}$, being $r$ the distance between maps. Thus, interactions are {\it long-range} (nonintegrable) when $0\leq\alpha\leq1$, and {\it short-range} (integrable) when $\alpha>1$. We verify that the largest Lyapunov exponent $\lambda_M$ scales as $\lambda_{M} \propto N^{-\kappa(\alpha)}$, where $\kappa(\alpha)$ is positive when interactions are long-range, yielding {\it weak chaos} in the thermodynamic limit $N\to\infty$ (hence $\lambda_M\to 0$). In the short-range case, $\kappa(\alpha)$ appears to vanish, and the behaviour corresponds to {\it strong chaos}. We show that, for certain values of the control parameters of the system, long-lasting metastable states can be present. Their duration $t_c$ scales as $t_c \propto N^{\beta(\alpha)}$, where $\beta(\alpha)$ appears to be numerically consistent with the following behavior: $\beta >0$ for $0 \le \alpha < 1$, and zero for $\alpha\ge 1$. All these results exhibit major conjectures formulated within nonextensive statistical mechanics (NSM). Moreover, they exhibit strong similarity between the present discrete-time system, and the $\alpha$-XY Hamiltonian ferromagnetic model, also studied in the frame of NSM.
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We introduce, and numerically study, a system of $N$ symplectically and globally coupled standard maps localized in a $d=1$ lattice array. The global coupling is modulated through a factor $r^{-\alpha}$, being $r$ the distance between maps. Thus, interactions are {\it long-range} (nonintegrable) when $0\leq\alpha\leq1$, and {\it short-range} (integrable) when $\alpha>1$. We verify that the largest Lyapunov exponent $\lambda_M$ scales as $\lambda_{M} \propto N^{-\kappa(\alpha)}$, where $\kappa(\alpha)$ is positive when interactions are long-range, yielding {\it weak chaos} in the thermodynamic limit $N\to\infty$ (hence $\lambda_M\to 0$). In the short-range case, $\kappa(\alpha)$ appears to vanish, and the behaviour corresponds to {\it strong chaos}. We show that, for certain values of the control parameters of the system, long-lasting metastable states can be present. Their duration $t_c$ scales as $t_c \propto N^{\beta(\alpha)}$, where $\beta(\alpha)$ appears to be numerically consistent with the following behavior: $\beta >0$ for $0 \le \alpha < 1$, and zero for $\alpha\ge 1$. All these results exhibit major conjectures formulated within nonextensive statistical mechanics (NSM). Moreover, they exhibit strong similarity between the present discrete-time system, and the $\alpha$-XY Hamiltonian ferromagnetic model, also studied in the frame of NSM.
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| # | sentence | role | the authors' own work | states the main conclusion | strength |
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| s0 | We introduce, and numerically study, a system of $N$ symplectically and globally coupled standard maps localized in a $d=1$ lattice array. | contribution 0.99 | 0.95 | 0.04 | asserted 0.98 |
| s1 | The global coupling is modulated through a factor $r^{-\alpha}$, being $r$ the distance between maps. | method 0.85 | 0.61 | 0.02 | asserted 0.98 |
| s2 | Thus, interactions are {\it long-range} (nonintegrable) when $0\leq\alpha\leq1$, and {\it short-range} (integrable) when $\alpha>1$. | method 0.78 | 0.28 | 0.05 | asserted 1.00 |
| s3 | We verify that the largest Lyapunov exponent $\lambda_M$ scales as $\lambda_{M} \propto N^{-\kappa(\alpha)}$, where $\kappa(\alpha)$ is positive when interactions are long-range, yielding {\it weak chaos} in the thermodynamic limit $N\to\infty$ (hence $\lambda_M\to 0$). | result 0.99 | 0.95 | 0.40 | asserted 1.00 |
| s4 | In the short-range case, $\kappa(\alpha)$ appears to vanish, and the behaviour corresponds to {\it strong chaos}. | result 0.95 | 0.86 | 0.10 | hedged possibility 0.86 |
| s5 | We show that, for certain values of the control parameters of the system, long-lasting metastable states can be present. | result 0.97 | 0.95 | 0.12 | asserted 0.79 |
| s6 | Their duration $t_c$ scales as $t_c \propto N^{\beta(\alpha)}$, where $\beta(\alpha)$ appears to be numerically consistent with the following behavior: $\beta >0$ for $0 \le \alpha < 1$, and zero for $\alpha\ge 1$. | result 1.00 | 0.93 | 0.14 | hedged possibility 0.91 |
| s7 | All these results exhibit major conjectures formulated within nonextensive statistical mechanics (NSM). | interpretation 1.00 | 0.43 | 0.21 | asserted 0.99 |
| s8 | Moreover, they exhibit strong similarity between the present discrete-time system, and the $\alpha$-XY Hamiltonian ferromagnetic model, also studied in the frame of NSM. | interpretation 0.85 | 0.69 | 0.10 | asserted 0.98 |
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