Perturbation spreading in many-particle systems: a random walk approach

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2011-01-10

arxiv.org/abs/1101.1839v3

Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 180601 (2011)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.180601

The propagation of an initially localized perturbation via an interacting many-particle Hamiltonian dynamics is investigated. We argue that the propagation of the perturbation can be captured by the use of a continuous-time random walk where a single particle is traveling through an active, fluctuating medium. Employing two archetype ergodic many-particle systems, namely (i) a hard-point gas composed of two unequal masses and (ii) a Fermi-Pasta-Ulam chain we demonstrate that the corresponding perturbation profiles coincide with the diffusion profiles of the single-particle L\'{e}vy walk approach. The parameters of the random walk can be related through elementary algebraic expressions to the physical parameters of the corresponding test many-body systems.

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