458 research outputs found
Normal Heat Conductivity in a strongly pinned chain of anharmonic oscillators
We consider a chain of coupled and strongly pinned anharmonic oscillators
subject to a non-equilibrium random forcing. Assuming that the stationary state
is approximately Gaussian, we first derive a stationary Boltzmann equation. By
localizing the involved resonances, we next invert the linearized collision
operator and compute the heat conductivity. In particular, we show that the
Gaussian approximation yields a finite conductivity
, for the anharmonic coupling
strength.Comment: Introduction and conclusion modifie
Fourier's Law from Closure Equations
We give a rigorous derivation of Fourier's law from a system of closure
equations for a nonequilibrium stationary state of a Hamiltonian system of
coupled oscillators subjected to heat baths on the boundary. The local heat
flux is proportional to the temperature gradient with a temperature dependent
heat conductivity and the stationary temperature exhibits a nonlinear profile
Using economic and social data to improve veterinary vaccine development: Learning lessons from human vaccinology
The drivers of vaccine development are many and varied. They include, for example, recognition of the burden of a vaccine-targeted disease, prioritisation of the multiple problems associated with a disease, consideration of the differing socio-economic situations under which vaccines are used, the influence of advocacy groups, and assessment of the feasibility of large-scale vaccine manufacture and distribution. In the field of human health, data-driven development of vaccines is becoming increasingly common through the availability of reliable information on the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) and stringent evaluations of vaccination programmes utilising empirical data on costing and effectiveness, and standardised cost-effectiveness thresholds. The data generated from such analyses allow policymakers, implementing partners, industries and researchers to make decisions based on the best, and most contextually relevant, available evidence. In this paper, we wish to explore the current use of economic and social data for the development of veterinary vaccines. Through comparison with the development of human vaccines, we will look for opportunities in animal health sciences to better integrate socio-economic data and analyses into the process of veterinary vaccine selection, development, and field implementation. We believe that more robust animal health impact assessments could add value to veterinary vaccine development by improving resource allocation and animal disease management
A fluidized granular medium as an instance of the Fluctuation Theorem
We study the statistics of the power flux into a collection of inelastic
beads maintained in a fluidized steady-state by external mechanical driving.
The power shows large fluctuations, including frequent large negative
fluctuations, about its average value. The relative probabilities of positive
and negative fluctuations in the power flux are in close accord with the
Fluctuation Theorem of Gallavotti and Cohen, even at time scales shorter than
those required by the theorem. We also compare an effective temperature that
emerges from this analysis to the kinetic granular temperature.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figures, submited to Physical Review Letters; Revised
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Signatures of two-dimensionalisation of 3D turbulence in presence of rotation
A reason has been given for the inverse energy cascade in the
two-dimensionalised rapidly rotating 3D incompressible turbulence. For such
system, literature shows a possibility of the exponent of wavenumber in the
energy spectrum's relation to lie between -2 and -3. We argue the existence of
a more strict range of -2 to -7/3 for the exponent in the case of rapidly
rotating turbulence which is in accordance with the recent experiments. Also, a
rigorous derivation for the two point third order structure function has been
provided helping one to argue that even with slow rotation one gets, though
dominated, a spectrum with the exponent -2.87, thereby hinting at the
initiation of the two-dimensionalisation effect with rotation.Comment: An extended and typos-corrected version of the earlier submissio
Large deviations of lattice Hamiltonian dynamics coupled to stochastic thermostats
We discuss the Donsker-Varadhan theory of large deviations in the framework
of Hamiltonian systems thermostated by a Gaussian stochastic coupling. We
derive a general formula for the Donsker-Varadhan large deviation functional
for dynamics which satisfy natural properties under time reversal. Next, we
discuss the characterization of the stationary state as the solution of a
variational principle and its relation to the minimum entropy production
principle. Finally, we compute the large deviation functional of the current in
the case of a harmonic chain thermostated by a Gaussian stochastic coupling.Comment: Revised version, published in Journal of Statistical Physic
Thermal conductivity of the Toda lattice with conservative noise
We study the thermal conductivity of the one dimensional Toda lattice
perturbed by a stochastic dynamics preserving energy and momentum. The strength
of the stochastic noise is controlled by a parameter . We show that
heat transport is anomalous, and that the thermal conductivity diverges with
the length of the chain according to , with . In particular, the ballistic heat conduction of the
unperturbed Toda chain is destroyed. Besides, the exponent of the
divergence depends on
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