Theorie Kolloquium | April 15, 16:30

The Fibonacci family of dynamical universality classes

Gunter M. Schütz

We use the universal nonlinear fluctuating hydrodynamics approach to study anomalous one-dimensional transport far from thermal equilibrium in terms of the dynamical structure function. Generically for more than one conservation law mode coupling theory is shown to predict a discrete family of dynamical universality classes with dynamical exponents which are consecutive ratios of neighboring Fibonacci numbers, starting with z = 2 (corresponding to a diffusive mode) or z = 3/2 (Kardar-Parisi-Zhang (KPZ) mode). If neither a diffusive nor a KPZ mode are present, all Fibonacci modes have as dynamical exponent the golden mean z=(1+\sqrt5)/2. The scaling functions of the Fibonacci modes are asymmetric Levy distributions which are completely fixed by the macroscopic stationary properties, viz. the current-density relation and the compressibility matrix of the system. The theoretical predictions are confirmed by Monte-Carlo simulations of a three-lane asymmetric simple exclusion process.


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