18 research outputs found
Chaos and Statistical Mechanics in the Hamiltonian Mean Field Model
We study the dynamical and statistical behavior of the Hamiltonian Mean Field
(HMF) model in order to investigate the relation between microscopic chaos and
phase transitions. HMF is a simple toy model of fully-coupled rotators
which shows a second order phase transition. The canonical thermodynamical
solution is briefly recalled and its predictions are tested numerically at
finite . The Vlasov stationary solution is shown to give the same
consistency equation of the canonical solution and its predictions for rotator
angle and momenta distribution functions agree very well with numerical
simulations. A link is established between the behavior of the maximal Lyapunov
exponent and that of thermodynamical fluctuations, expressed by kinetic energy
fluctuations or specific heat. The extensivity of chaos in the
limit is tested through the scaling properties of Lyapunov spectra and of the
Kolmogorov-Sinai entropy. Chaotic dynamics provides the mixing property in
phase space necessary for obtaining equilibration; however, the relaxation time
to equilibrium grows with , at least near the critical point. Our results
constitute an interesting bridge between Hamiltonian chaos in many degrees of
freedom systems and equilibrium thermodynamics.Comment: 19 pages, 10 postscript figures included, Latex, Elsevier macros
included. Invited talk at the conference ``Classical Chaos and its quantum
manifestations'' in honour of Boris Chirikov, Sputnik conference of STATPHYS
20 - Toulouse, France - July 16-18, 1998. Revised version (added refs,
changed part of the text and some figures) accepted for publication in
Physica
Coping with poverty in a Cairo community
The monograph, a sociological study by a Western social scientist working in Egypt, on a popular quarter of Cairo. The study of the traditional quarters of the great cities of the Middle East has been a very much neglected area of research; in this monograph, bringing painstaking reseach and impressive sociological insight to bear, is our contribution towards folling the gap
International Development In Practice: Education Assistance In Egypt, Pakistan, And Afghanistan
https://works.swarthmore.edu/alum-books/3955/thumbnail.jp
The Political Culture Of Leadership In The United Arab Emirates
https://works.swarthmore.edu/alum-books/4190/thumbnail.jp
Simple Gestures: A Cultural Journey Into The Middle East
https://works.swarthmore.edu/alum-books/4105/thumbnail.jp