Topological localization in out-of-equilibrium dissipative systems

DOI10.1073/PNAS.1721096115zbMATH Open1416.82027arXiv1706.04526OpenAlexW2627063684WikidataQ64936148 ScholiaQ64936148MaRDI QIDQ4967494FDOQ4967494

Suriyanarayanan Vaikuntanathan, Kinjal Dasbiswas, Kranthi K. Mandadapu

Publication date: 3 July 2019

Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper we report that notions of topological protection can be applied to stationary configurations that are driven far from equilibrium by active, dissipative processes. We show this for physically two disparate cases : stochastic networks governed by microscopic single particle dynamics as well as collections of driven, interacting particles described by coarse-grained hydrodynamic theory. In both cases, the presence of dissipative couplings to the environment that break time reversal symmetry are crucial to ensuring topologically protection. These examples constitute proof of principle that notions of topological protection, established in the context of electronic and mechanical systems, do indeed extend generically to processes that operate out of equilibrium. Such topologically robust boundary modes have implications for both biological and synthetic systems.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.04526

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Interacting particle systems in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C22) Cell biology (92C37) Quantum hydrodynamics and relativistic hydrodynamics (76Y05)

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