A novel class of nonequilibrium phase transitions at zero temperature is found in chains of nonlinear oscillators. For two paradigmatic systems, the Hamiltonian XY model and the discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equation, we find that the application of boundary forces induces two synchronized phases, separated by a nontrivial interfacial region where the kinetic temperature is finite. Dynamics in such a supercritical state displays anomalous chaotic properties whereby some observables are nonextensive and transport is superdiffusive. At finite temperatures, the transition is smoothed, but the temperature profile is still nonmonotonic. © 2014 American Physical Society.
Boundary-induced instabilities in coupled oscillators
Stefano Iubini;Stefano Lepri;Roberto Livi;Antonio Politi
2014
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A novel class of nonequilibrium phase transitions at zero temperature is found in chains of nonlinear oscillators. For two paradigmatic systems, the Hamiltonian XY model and the discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equation, we find that the application of boundary forces induces two synchronized phases, separated by a nontrivial interfacial region where the kinetic temperature is finite. Dynamics in such a supercritical state displays anomalous chaotic properties whereby some observables are nonextensive and transport is superdiffusive. At finite temperatures, the transition is smoothed, but the temperature profile is still nonmonotonic. © 2014 American Physical Society.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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