Stability of inhomogeneous states in mean-field models with a local potential

Details Stability of inhomogeneous states in mean-field models with a local potential Stability of inhomogeneous states in mean-field models with a local potential

2010-10-22

arxiv.org/abs/1010.4647v3

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

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The Vlasov equation is well known to provide a good description of the dynamics of mean-field systems in the $N \to \infty$ limit. This equation has an infinity of stationary states and the case of {\it homogeneous} states, for which the single-particle distribution function is independent of the spatial variable, is well characterized analytically. On the other hand, the inhomogeneous case often requires some approximations for an analytical treatment: the dynamics is then best treated in action-angle variables, and the potential generating inhomogeneity is generally very complex in these new variables. We here treat analytically the linear stability of toy-models where the inhomogeneity is created by an external field. Transforming the Vlasov equation into action-angle variables, we derive a dispersion relation that we accomplish to solve for both the growth rate of the instability and the stability threshold for two specific models: the Hamiltonian Mean-Field model with additional asymmetry and the mean-field $\phi^4$ model. The results are compared with numerical simulations of the $N$-body dynamics. When the {\it inhomogeneous} state is stationary, we expect to observe in the $N$-body dynamics Quasi-Stationary-States (QSS), whose lifetime diverge algebraically with $N$.

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