Localization and coherence in nonintegrable systems

[摘要] We study the irreversible dynamics of nonlinear, nonintegrable Hamiltonian oscillator chains approaching their statistical asymptotic states. In systems constrained by more than one conserved quantity, the partitioning of the conserved quantities leads naturally to localized and coherent structures. If the phase space is compact, the final equilibrium state is governed by entropy maximization and the coherent structures are stable lumps. In systems where the phase space is not compact, the coherent structures can be collapsed, represented in phase space by a heteroclinic connection of some unstable saddle to infinity. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

[发布日期] 2003-10-01

[效力级别]  Proceedings Paper

[关键词] localized structures;statistical physics