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Signatures of the self-modulation instability of relativistic proton bunches in the AWAKE experiment
We investigate numerically the detection of the self-modulation instability
in a virtual detector located downstream from the plasma in the context of
AWAKE. We show that the density structures, appearing in the temporally
resolving virtual detector, map the transverse beam phase space distribution at
the plasma exit. As a result, the proton bunch radius that appears to grow
along the bunch in the detector results from the divergence increase along the
bunch, related with the spatial growth of the self-modulated wakefields. In
addition, asymmetric bunch structures in the detector are a result of
asymmetries of the bunch divergence, and do not necessarily reflect asymmetric
beam density distributions in the plasma.Comment: Accepted for publication in NIM-A for the proceedings of the 3rd
European Advanced Accelerator Workshop. 5 pages, 2 figure
Chaos in Periodically Perturbed Monopole + Quadrupole Like Potentials
The motion of a particle that suffers the influence of simple inner (outer)
periodic perturbations when it evolves around a center of attraction modeled by
an inverse square law plus a quadrupole-like term is studied. The equations of
motion are used to reduce the Melnikov method to the study of simple graphics.Comment: 12 pages, 6 Postscript figure
Exponential Distributions in a Mechanical Model for Earthquakes
We study statistical distributions in a mechanical model for an earthquake
fault introduced by Burridge and Knopoff [R. Burridge and L. Knopoff, {\sl
Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am.} {\bf 57}, 341 (1967)]. Our investigations on the size
(moment), time duration and number of blocks involved in an event show that
exponential distributions are found in a given range of the paramenter space.
This occurs when the two kinds of springs present in the model have the same,
or approximately the same, value for the elastic constants. Exponential
distributions have also been seen recently in an experimental system to model
earthquake-like dynamics [M. A. Rubio and J. Galeano, {\sl Phys. Rev. E} {\bf
50}, 1000 (1994)].Comment: 11 pages, uuencoded (submitted to Phys. Rev. E
A simple deterministic self-organized critical system
We introduce a new continuous cellular automaton that presents self-organized
criticality. It is one-dimensional, totally deterministic, without any kind of
embedded randomness, not even in the initial conditions. This system is in the
same universality class as the Oslo rice pile system, boundary driven interface
depinning and the train model for earthquakes. Although the system is chaotic,
in the thermodynamic limit chaos occurs only in a microscopic level.Comment: System slightly modified. New results on Liapunov exponents.
Submitted for publication (8 pages
Stabilized jellium model and structural relaxation effects on the fragmentation energies of ionized silver clusters
Using the stabilized jellium model in two schemes of `relaxed' and `rigid',
we have calculated the dissociation energies and the fission barrier heights
for the binary fragmentations of singly-ionized and doubly-ionized Ag clusters.
In the calculations, we have assumed spherical geometries for the clusters.
Comparison of the fragmentation energies in the two schemes show differences
which are significant in some cases. This result reveals the advantages of the
relaxed SJM over the rigid SJM in dynamical processes such as fragmentation.
Comparing the relaxed SJM results and axperimental data on fragmentation
energies, it is possible to predict the sizes of the clusters just before their
fragmentations.Comment: 9 pages, 12 JPG figure
Chaos and Synchronized Chaos in an Earthquake Model
We show that chaos is present in the symmetric two-block Burridge-Knopoff
model for earthquakes. This is in contrast with previous numerical studies, but
in agreement with experimental results. In this system, we have found a rich
dynamical behavior with an unusual route to chaos. In the three-block system,
we see the appearance of synchronized chaos, showing that this concept can have
potential applications in the field of seismology.Comment: To appear in Physical Review Letters (13 pages, 6 figures
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