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Temporal Dynamics in Perturbation Theory
Perturbation theory can be reformulated as dynamical theory. Then a sequence
of perturbative approximations is bijective to a trajectory of dynamical system
with discrete time, called the approximation cascade. Here we concentrate our
attention on the stability conditions permitting to control the convergence of
approximation sequences. We show that several types of mapping multipliers and
Lyapunov exponents can be introduced and, respectively, several types of
conditions controlling local stability can be formulated. The ideas are
illustrated by calculating the energy levels of an anharmonic oscillator.Comment: 1 file, 21 pages, RevTex, 2 table
Spatio-temporal dynamics in graphene
Temporally and spectrally resolved dynamics of optically excited carriers in
graphene has been intensively studied theoretically and experimentally, whereas
carrier diffusion in space has attracted much less attention. Understanding the
spatio-temporal carrier dynamics is of key importance for optoelectronic
applications, where carrier transport phenomena play an important role. In this
work, we provide a microscopic access to the time-, momentum-, and
space-resolved dynamics of carriers in graphene. We determine the diffusion
coefficient to be cm/s and reveal the impact of
carrier-phonon and carrier-carrier scattering on the diffusion process. In
particular, we show that phonon-induced scattering across the Dirac cone gives
rise to back-diffusion counteracting the spatial broadening of the carrier
distribution
Basic principles of temporal dynamics
All ecological disciplines consider temporal dynamics, although relevant concepts have been developed almost independently. We here introduce basic principles of temporal dynamics in ecology. We figured out essential features that describe temporal dynamics by finding similarities among about 60 ecological concepts and theories. We found that considering the hierarchically nested structure of complexity in temporal patterns (i.e. hierarchical complexity) can well describe the fundamental nature of temporal dynamics by expressing which patterns are observed at each scale. Across all ecological levels, driver–response relationships can be temporally variant and dependent on both short- and long-term past conditions. The framework can help with designing experiments, improving predictive power of statistics, and enhancing communications among ecological disciplines
Temporal dynamics of tunneling. Hydrodynamic approach
We use the hydrodynamic representation of the Gross -Pitaevskii/Nonlinear
Schroedinger equation in order to analyze the dynamics of macroscopic tunneling
process. We observe a tendency to a wave breaking and shock formation during
the early stages of the tunneling process. A blip in the density distribution
appears in the outskirts of the barrier and under proper conditions it may
transform into a bright soliton. Our approach, based on the theory of shock
formation in solutions of Burgers equation, allows us to find the parameters of
the ejected blip (or soliton if formed) including the velocity of its
propagation. The blip in the density is formed regardless of the value and sign
of the nonlinearity parameter. However a soliton may be formed only if this
parameter is negative (attraction) and large enough. A criterion is proposed.
An ejection of a soliton is also observed numerically. We demonstrate,
theoretically and numerically, controlled formation of soliton through
tunneling. The mass of the ejected soliton is controlled by the initial state.Comment: 11 pages, 6 figures, expanded and more detailed verions of the
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Uncovering the Temporal Dynamics of Diffusion Networks
Time plays an essential role in the diffusion of information, influence and
disease over networks. In many cases we only observe when a node copies
information, makes a decision or becomes infected -- but the connectivity,
transmission rates between nodes and transmission sources are unknown.
Inferring the underlying dynamics is of outstanding interest since it enables
forecasting, influencing and retarding infections, broadly construed. To this
end, we model diffusion processes as discrete networks of continuous temporal
processes occurring at different rates. Given cascade data -- observed
infection times of nodes -- we infer the edges of the global diffusion network
and estimate the transmission rates of each edge that best explain the observed
data. The optimization problem is convex. The model naturally (without
heuristics) imposes sparse solutions and requires no parameter tuning. The
problem decouples into a collection of independent smaller problems, thus
scaling easily to networks on the order of hundreds of thousands of nodes.
Experiments on real and synthetic data show that our algorithm both recovers
the edges of diffusion networks and accurately estimates their transmission
rates from cascade data.Comment: To appear in the 28th International Conference on Machine Learning
(ICML), 2011. Website: http://www.stanford.edu/~manuelgr/netrate
The temporal dynamics of calibration target reflectance
A field experiment investigated the hypothesis that the nadir reflectance of calibration surface substrates (asphalt and concrete) remains stable over a range of time-scales. Measurable differences in spectral reflectance factors were found over periods as short as 30 minutes. Surface reflectance factors measured using a dual-field-of-view GER1500 spectroradiometer system showed a relationship with
the relative proportion of diffuse irradiance, over periods when solar zenith changes were minimal. Reflectance measurements were collected over precise points on the calibration surfaces using a novel mobile spectroradiometer device, and uncertainty in terms of absolute reflectance was calculated as being < 0.05% within the usable range of the instrument (400-1000nm). Multi-date reflectance factors were compared using one-way ANOVA and found to differ significantly (p = 0.001). These findings illustrate the anisotropic nature of calibration surfaces, and place emphasis on the need to minimise the temporal delay in collection of field spectral measurements for vicarious calibration or empirical atmospheric correction purposes
Family-Personalized Dietary Planning with Temporal Dynamics
Poor diet and nutrition in the United States has immense financial and health
costs, and development of new tools for diet planning could help families
better balance their financial and temporal constraints with the quality of
their diet and meals. This paper formulates a novel model for dietary planning
that incorporates two types of temporal constraints (i.e., dynamics on the
perishability of raw ingredients over time, and constraints on the time
required to prepare meals) by explicitly incorporating the relationship between
raw ingredients and selected food recipes. Our formulation is a diet planning
model with integer-valued decision variables, and so we study the problem of
designing approximation algorithms (i.e, algorithms with polynomial-time
computation and guarantees on the quality of the computed solution) for our
dietary model. We develop a deterministic approximation algorithm that is based
on a deterministic variant of randomized rounding, and then evaluate our
deterministic approximation algorithm with numerical experiments of dietary
planning using a database of about 2000 food recipes and 150 raw ingredients
Spatio-temporal dynamics of quantum-well excitons
We investigate the lateral transport of excitons in ZnSe quantum wells by
using time-resolved micro-photoluminescence enhanced by the introduction of a
solid immersion lens. The spatial and temporal resolutions are 200 nm and 5 ps,
respectively. Strong deviation from classical diffusion is observed up to 400
ps. This feature is attributed to the hot-exciton effects, consistent with
previous experiments under cw excitation. The coupled transport-relaxation
process of hot excitons is modelled by Monte Carlo simulation. We prove that
two basic assumptions typically accepted in photoluminescence investigations on
excitonic transport, namely (i) the classical diffusion model as well as (ii)
the equivalence between the temporal and spatial evolution of the exciton
population and of the measured photoluminescence, are not valid for
low-temperature experiments.Comment: 8 pages, 6 figure
Interface instability in shear banding flow
We report on the spatio-temporal dynamics of the interface in shear-banding
flow of a wormlike micellar system (cetyltrimethylammonium bromide and sodium
nitrate in water) during a start-up experiment. Using the scattering properties
of the induced structures, we demonstrate the existence of an instability of
the interface between bands along the vorticity direction. Different regimes of
spatio-temporal dynamics of the interface are indentified along the stress
plateau. We build a model based on the flow symetry which qualitatively
describes the observed patterns
Spatio-temporal dynamics of wormlike micelles under shear
Velocity profiles in a wormlike micelle solution (CTAB in D2O) are recorded
using ultrasound every 2 s after a step-like shear rate into the shear-banding
regime. The stress relaxation occurs over more than six hours and corresponds
to the very slow nucleation and growth of the high-shear band. Moreover,
oscillations of the interface position with a period of about 50 s are observed
during the growth process. Strong wall slip, metastable states and transient
nucleation of three-band flows are also reported and discussed in light of
previous experiments and theoretical models.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figures, submitted to Phys.Rev.Let
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