The Fermi-pasta-Ulam problem and its underlying integrable dynamics: an approach through Lyapunov exponents

DOI10.1007/S10955-018-2017-XMaRDI QIDQ723377zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors D. Kharzeev

Publication date 31 July 2018

Published in Journal of Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1801.05199

zbMATH Keywords

Fermi-Pasta-UlamLyapunov exponentsthermodynamic limitToda model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Completely integrable infinite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems, integration methods, integrability tests, integrable hierarchies (KdV, KP, Toda, etc.) (37K10) Classical equilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82B05)

Abstract: FPU models, in dimension one, are perturbations either of the linear model or of the Toda model; perturbations of the linear model include the usual $$-model, perturbations of Toda include the usual $$ model. In this paper we explore and compare two families, or hierarchies, of FPU models, closer and closer to either the linear or the Toda model, by computing numerically, for each model, the maximal Lyapunov exponent $chi$. We study the asymptotics of $chi$ for large $N$ (the number of particles) and small $epsilon$ (the specific energy $E/N$), and find, for all models, asymptotic power laws $chisimeqCepsilo{n}^a$, $C$ and $a$ depending on the model. The asymptotics turns out to be, in general, rather slow, and producing accurate results requires a great computational effort. We also revisit and extend the analytic computation of $chi$ introduced by Casetti, Livi and Pettini, originally formulated for the $$-model. With great evidence the theory extends successfully to all models of the linear hierarchy, but not to models close to Toda.

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