Fluctuation-Response Relations for Multi-Time Correlations

Details Fluctuation-Response Relations for Multi-Time Correlations Fluctuation-Response Relations for Multi-Time Correlations

1999-05-14

arxiv.org/abs/chao-dyn/9905024v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

28 pages, 1 figure, submitted to Phys. Rev. E

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.62.210

We show that time-correlation functions of arbitrary order for any random variable in a statistical dynamical system can be calculated as higher-order response functions of the mean history of the variable. The response is to a ``control term'' added as a modification to the master equation for statistical distributions. The proof of the relations is based upon a variational characterization of the generating functional of the time-correlations. The same fluctuation-response relations are preserved within moment-closures for the statistical dynamical system, when these are constructed via the variational Rayleigh-Ritz procedure. For the 2-time correlations of the moment-variables themselves, the fluctuation-response relation is equivalent to an ``Onsager regression hypothesis'' for the small fluctuations. For correlations of higher-order, there is a new effect in addition to such linear propagation of fluctuations present instantaneously: the dynamical generation of correlations by nonlinear interaction of fluctuations. In general, we discuss some physical and mathematical aspects of the {\it Ans\"{a}tze} required for an accurate calculation of the time correlations. We also comment briefly upon the computational use of these relations, which is well-suited for automatic differentiation tools. An example will be given of a simple closure for turbulent energy decay, which illustrates the numerical application of the relations.

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