@phdthesis{Mulansky2012,
  author    = {Mulansky, Mario},
  title     = {Chaotic diffusion in nonlinear Hamiltonian systems},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-63180},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  year      = {2012},
  abstract  = {This work investigates diffusion in nonlinear Hamiltonian systems. The diffusion, more precisely subdiffusion, in such systems is induced by the intrinsic chaotic behavior of trajectories and thus is called chaotic diffusion''. Its properties are studied on the example of one- or two-dimensional lattices of harmonic or nonlinear oscillators with nearest neighbor couplings. The fundamental observation is the spreading of energy for localized initial conditions. Methods of quantifying this spreading behavior are presented, including a new quantity called excitation time. This new quantity allows for a more precise analysis of the spreading than traditional methods. Furthermore, the nonlinear diffusion equation is introduced as a phenomenologic description of the spreading process and a number of predictions on the density dependence of the spreading are drawn from this equation. Two mathematical techniques for analyzing nonlinear Hamiltonian systems are introduced. The first one is based on a scaling analysis of the Hamiltonian equations and the results are related to similar scaling properties of the NDE. From this relation, exact spreading predictions are deduced. Secondly, the microscopic dynamics at the edge of spreading states are thoroughly analyzed, which again suggests a scaling behavior that can be related to the NDE. Such a microscopic treatment of chaotically spreading states in nonlinear Hamiltonian systems has not been done before and the results present a new technique of connecting microscopic dynamics with macroscopic descriptions like the nonlinear diffusion equation. All theoretical results are supported by heavy numerical simulations, partly obtained on one of Europe's fastest supercomputers located in Bologna, Italy. In the end, the highly interesting case of harmonic oscillators with random frequencies and nonlinear coupling is studied, which resembles to some extent the famous Discrete Anderson Nonlinear Schroedinger Equation. For this model, a deviation from the widely believed power-law spreading is observed in numerical experiments. Some ideas on a theoretical explanation for this deviation are presented, but a conclusive theory could not be found due to the complicated phase space structure in this case. Nevertheless, it is hoped that the techniques and results presented in this work will help to eventually understand this controversely discussed case as well.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{MagdziarzMetzlerSzczotkaetal.2012,
  author    = {Magdziarz, Marcin and Metzler, Ralf and Szczotka, Wladyslaw and Zebrowski, Piotr},
  title     = {Correlated continuous-time random walks-scaling limits and Langevin picture},
  series = {Journal of statistical mechanics: theory and experiment},
  journal   = {Journal of statistical mechanics: theory and experiment},
  publisher = {IOP Publ. Ltd.},
  address   = {Bristol},
  issn      = {1742-5468},
  doi       = {10.1088/1742-5468/2012/04/P04010},
  pages     = {18},
  year      = {2012},
  abstract  = {In this paper we analyze correlated continuous-time random walks introduced recently by Tejedor and Metzler (2010 J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 43 082002). We obtain the Langevin equations associated with this process and the corresponding scaling limits of their solutions. We prove that the limit processes are self-similar and display anomalous dynamics. Moreover, we extend the model to include external forces. Our results are confirmed by Monte Carlo simulations.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{PalyulinMetzler2012,
  author    = {Palyulin, Vladimir V. and Metzler, Ralf},
  title     = {How a finite potential barrier decreases the mean first-passage time},
  series = {Journal of statistical mechanics: theory and experiment},
  journal   = {Journal of statistical mechanics: theory and experiment},
  number    = {1},
  publisher = {IOP Publ. Ltd.},
  address   = {Bristol},
  issn      = {1742-5468},
  doi       = {10.1088/1742-5468/2012/03/L03001},
  pages     = {10},
  year      = {2012},
  abstract  = {We consider the mean first-passage time of a random walker moving in a potential landscape on a finite interval, the starting and end points being at different potentials. From analytical calculations and Monte Carlo simulations we demonstrate that the mean first-passage time for a piecewise linear curve between these two points is minimized by the introduction of a potential barrier. Due to thermal fluctuations, this barrier may be crossed. It turns out that the corresponding expense for this activation is less severe than the gain from an increased slope towards the end point. In particular, the resulting mean first-passage time is shorter than for a linear potential drop between the two points.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{ChechkinLenzKlages2012,
  author    = {Chechkin, Aleksei V. and Lenz, F. and Klages, Rainer},
  title     = {Normal and anomalous fluctuation relations for gaussian stochastic dynamics},
  series = {Journal of statistical mechanics: theory and experiment},
  journal   = {Journal of statistical mechanics: theory and experiment},
  number    = {4},
  publisher = {IOP Publ. Ltd.},
  address   = {Bristol},
  issn      = {1742-5468},
  doi       = {10.1088/1742-5468/2012/11/L11001},
  pages     = {12},
  year      = {2012},
  abstract  = {We study transient work fluctuation relations (FRs) for Gaussian stochastic systems generating anomalous diffusion. For this purpose we use a Langevin approach by employing two different types of additive noise: (i) internal noise where the fluctuation dissipation relation of the second kind (FDR II) holds, and (ii) external noise without FDR II. For internal noise we demonstrate that the existence of FDR II implies the existence of the fluctuation dissipation relation of the first kind (FDR I), which in turn leads to conventional (normal) forms of transient work FRs. For systems driven by external noise we obtain violations of normal FRs, which we call anomalous FRs. We derive them in the long-time limit and demonstrate the existence of logarithmic factors in FRs for intermediate times. We also outline possible experimental verifications.},
  language  = {en}
}