We calculate the Lyapunov exponents in a classical molecular dynamics framework. Yukawa and Slater-Kirkwood forces are considered in order to give an equation of state that resembles the nuclear and the atomic 4He equation of state, respectively, near the critical point for liquid-gas phase transition. The largest Lyapunov exponents l are always positive and can be very well fitted near the “critical temperature” with a functional form l ~ jT 2 Tcj2v, where the exponent v 0.15 is independent of the system and mass number. At smaller temperatures we find that l ~ T0.4498, a universal behavior characteristic of an order to chaos transition.
Universal behavior of Lyapunov exponents in unstable systems
LATORA, Vito Claudio;RAPISARDA, Andrea
1995-01-01
Abstract
We calculate the Lyapunov exponents in a classical molecular dynamics framework. Yukawa and Slater-Kirkwood forces are considered in order to give an equation of state that resembles the nuclear and the atomic 4He equation of state, respectively, near the critical point for liquid-gas phase transition. The largest Lyapunov exponents l are always positive and can be very well fitted near the “critical temperature” with a functional form l ~ jT 2 Tcj2v, where the exponent v 0.15 is independent of the system and mass number. At smaller temperatures we find that l ~ T0.4498, a universal behavior characteristic of an order to chaos transition.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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