Energy landscape properties studied using symbolic sequences

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSD.2005.12.013zbMATH Open1138.82311arXivcond-mat/0601082OpenAlexW2064216567MaRDI QIDQ2492295FDOQ2492295

Authors: Rolf Schilling 

Publication date: 9 June 2006

Published in: Physica D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We investigate a classical lattice system with $N$ particles. The potential energy $V$ of the scalar displacements is chosen as a $ph{i}^4$ on-site potential plus interactions. Its stationary points are solutions of a coupled set of nonlinear equations. Starting with Aubry's anti-continuum limit it is easy to establish a one-to-one correspondence between the stationary points of $V$ and symbolic sequences $$ with $sigm{a}_n=+,0,-$. We prove that this correspondence remains valid for interactions with a coupling constant $epsilon$ below a critical value $epsilo{n}_c$ and that it allows the use of a thermodynamic formalism to calculate statistical properties of the so-called ``energy landscape of $V$. This offers an explanation why topological quantities of $V$ may become singular, like in phase transitions. Particularly, we find the saddle index distribution is maximum at a saddle index $n_s^{max}=1/3$ for all $epsilon<epsilo{n}_c$. Furthermore there exists an interval ($v^{\ast },v_{max}$) in which the saddle index $n_s$ as function of average energy $$ is analytical in $$ and it vanishes at $v^{*}$, above the ground state energy $v_{gs}$, whereas the average saddle index $$ as function of energy $v$ is highly nontrivial. It can exhibit a singularity at a critical energy $v_c$ and it vanishes at $v_{gs}$, only. Close to $$ exhibits power law behavior which even holds for noninteracting particles.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0601082

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zbMATH Keywords

stationary pointssaddle index statistic

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Symbolic dynamics (37B10) Lattice systems (Ising, dimer, Potts, etc.) and systems on graphs arising in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B20) Dynamic lattice systems (kinetic Ising, etc.) and systems on graphs in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C20) Interacting particle systems in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C22)

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