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Issue Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics
Volume 146, July 2007
New Trends, Dynamics and Scales in Pattern Formation
Page(s) 21 - 35
DOI 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00166-y
Published online 05 July 2007

Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics 146, 21-35 (2007)
DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00166-y

Energy diffusion in hard-point systems

L. Delfini1, S. Denisov2, S. Lepri1, R. Livi3, P.K. Mohanty4 and A. Politi1

1  Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
2  Department of Physics, University of Augsburg, 86135 Augsburg, Germany
3  Dipartimento di Fisica, via G. Sansone 1, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
4  Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, India


(Published online: 5 July 2007)

Abstract
We investigate the diffusive properties of energy fluctuations in a one-dimensional diatomic chain of hard-point particles interacting through a square-well potential. The evolution of initially localized infinitesimal and finite perturbations is numerically investigated for different density values. All cases belong to the same universality class which can be also interpreted as a Levy walk of the energy with scaling exponent $\gamma=3/5$. The zero-pressure limit is nevertheless exceptional in that normal diffusion is found in tangent space and yet anomalous diffusion with a different rate for perturbations of finite amplitude. The different behaviour of the two classes of perturbations is traced back to the "stable chaos" type of dynamics exhibited by this model. Finally, the effect of an additional internal degree of freedom is investigated, finding that it does not modify the overall scenario.



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