Mixing, Ergodicity and the Fluctuation-Dissipation Theorem in complex systems

Details Mixing, Ergodicity and the Fluctuation-Dissipation Theorem in complex systems Mixing, Ergodicity and the Fluctuation-Dissipation Theorem in complex systems

2005-01-19

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0501448v1

Lecture Notes in Physics, 688, 159-188 (2006)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks

to be published in the Proceedings of the XIX Sitges Conference on ''Jammming, Yielding and Irreversible Deformation in Conden

Scientific paper

10.1007/11581000_10

Complex systems such as glasses, gels, granular materials, and systems far from equilibrium exhibit violation of the ergodic hypothesis (EH) and of the fluctuation-dissipation theorem (FDT). Recent investigations in systems with memory have established a hierarchical connection between mixing, the EH and the FDT. They have shown that a failure of the mixing condition (MC) will lead to the subsequent failures of the EH and of the FDT. Another important point is that such violations are not limited to complex systems: simple systems may also display this feature. Results from such systems are analytical and obviously easier to understand than those obtained in complex structures, where a large number of competing phenomena are present. In this work, we review some important requirements for the validity of the FDT and its connection with mixing, the EH and anomalous diffusion in one-dimensional systems. We show that when the FDT fails, an out-of-equilibrium system relaxes to an effective temperature different from that of the heat reservoir. This effective temperature is a signature of metastability found in many complex systems such as spin-glasses and granular materials.

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