Nonlinear Sciences – Chaotic Dynamics
Scientific paper
2010-04-15
Nonlinear Sciences
Chaotic Dynamics
8 pages, 5 figures
Scientific paper
Depending on initial conditions, individual finite time trajectories of dynamical systems can have very different chaotic properties. Here we present a numerical method to identify trajectories with atypical chaoticity, pathways that are either more regular or more chaotic than average. The method is based on the definition of an ensemble of trajectories weighted according to their chaoticity, the Lyapunov weighted path ensemble. This ensemble of trajectories is sampled using algorithms borrowed from transition path sampling, a method originally developed to study rare transitions between long-lived states. We demonstrate our approach by applying it to several systems with numbers of degrees of freedom ranging from one to several hundred and in all cases the algorithm found rare pathways with atypical chaoticity. For a double-well dimer embedded in a solvent, which can be viewed as simple model for an isomerizing molecule, rare reactive pathways were found for parameters strongly favoring chaotic dynamics.
Dellago Christoph
Geiger Philipp
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