Weak chaos in the disordered nonlinear Schrödinger chain: destruction of Anderson localization by Arnold diffusion

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DOI10.1016/J.AOP.2011.02.004zbMATH Open1220.82060arXiv1005.5033OpenAlexW3106495467MaRDI QIDQ550596FDOQ550596

D. M. Basko

Publication date: 13 July 2011

Published in: Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The subject of this study is the long-time equilibration dynamics of a strongly disordered one-dimensional chain of coupled weakly anharmonic classical oscillators. It is argued that chaos in this system has a very particular spatial structure: it can be viewed as a dilute gas of chaotic spots. Each chaotic spot corresponds to a stochastic pump which drives the Arnold diffusion of the oscillators surrounding it, thus leading to their relaxation and thermalization. The most important mechanism of relaxation at long distances is provided by random migration of the chaotic spots along the chain, which bears analogy with variable-range hopping of electrons in strongly disordered solids. The cor- resonding macroscopic transport equations are obtained.


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