Physics – Condensed Matter – Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
2010-07-05
J. Stat. Mech.: Theory Exp. P08026 (2010)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
23 pages, 6 figures. v2: minor changes with added references, published version
Scientific paper
Long-range interacting systems, while relaxing towards equilibrium, may get trapped in nonequilibrium quasistationary states (QSS) for a time which diverges algebraically with the system size. These intriguing non-Boltzmann states have been observed under deterministic Hamiltonian evolution of a paradigmatic system, the Hamiltonian Mean-Field (HMF) model. We study here the robustness of QSS with respect to stochastic processes beyond deterministic dynamics within a microcanonical ensemble. To this end, we generalize the HMF model by allowing for stochastic three-particle collision dynamics in addition to the deterministic ones. By analyzing the resulting Boltzmann equation for the phase space density, we demonstrate that in the presence of stochasticity, QSS occur only as a crossover phenomenon over a finite time determined by the strength of the stochastic process. In particular, we argue that the relaxation time to equilibrium does not scale algebraically with the system size. We propose a scaling form for the relaxation time which is in very good agreement with results of extensive numerical simulations. The broader validity of these results is tested on a different stochastic HMF model involving microcanonical Monte Carlo dynamical moves.
Gupta Shamik
Mukamel David
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