Presence Of Thermal Fluctuations Research Articles

A discrete time crystal order in the driven Ising model: thermal effects, jamming analogy and quench dynamics

We explore the emergence of a discrete time crystalline (DTC) order and its stability against thermal fluctuations in a driven kinetic Ising model on a two-dimensional square lattice using the drive protocol invented in a recent work (Gambetta et al 2019 Phys. Rev. E 100 060105(R)). The DTC order is found to be quite robust in the presence of thermal fluctuations. We construct the resulting three-dimensional phase diagram for the DTC order, which manifests a striking resemblance to the jamming phase diagram proposed by Liu and Nagel. This finding may suggest a new way to view the DTC order as a new type of nonequilibrium soft matter. The quench dynamics exhibits a unique feature due to the nature of the employed drive protocol, namely, breakdown of the inverse relationship between the domain growth and defect relaxation, which holds in the usual quench dynamics of the kinetic Ising model.

Leading-order corrections to the thermodynamics of Rindler modified Schwarzschild black hole

In this work, we present a thermodynamical study of a Rindler modified Schwarzschild black hole under the consideration of small thermal fluctuations. In particular, we compute various stable macroscopic thermodynamic variables such as Hawking temperature, entropy, Helmholtz free energy, internal energy, enthalpy, and Gibbs free energy. To explore the effects of small statistical thermal fluctuations on stable thermodynamical parameters, we estimated the corrections to the various thermodynamical potentials of Rindler modified Schwarzschild black hole up to the first (leading) order and do a comparative study for the different values of correction parameter and Rindler acceleration parameter for fixed values of a cosmological constant. In this study, we examine the stability of black holes in the presence of thermal fluctuations. We find that when the correction parameter is positive, small-sized black holes remain stable, while large-sized ones become unstable. Conversely, when the correction parameter is negative, both small and large black holes exhibit instability. Additionally, we demonstrate that the first law of thermodynamics remains valid even in the presence of thermal fluctuations.

Mechanism for giant enhancement of transport induced by active fluctuations.

Understanding the role of active fluctuations in physics is a problem in statu nascendi appearing both as a hot topic and a major challenge. The reason for this is the fact that they are inherently nonequilibrium. This feature opens a landscape of phenomena yet to be explored that are absent in the presence of thermal fluctuations alone. Recently a paradoxical effect has been briefly communicated in which a free-particle transport induced by active fluctuations in the form white Poisson shot noise can be enormously boosted when the particle is additionally subjected to a periodic potential. In this work we considerably extend the original predictions and investigate the impact of statistics of active noise on the occurrence of this effect. We construct a toy model of the jump-relaxation process that allow us to identify different regimes of the free-particle transport boost and explain their corresponding mechanisms. Moreover, we formulate and interpret the conditions for statistics of active fluctuations that are necessary for the emergence of giant enhancement of the free-particle transport induced by the periodic potential. Our results are relevant not only for microscopic physical systems but also for biological ones such as, e.g., living cells where fluctuations generated by metabolic activities are active by default.

Density of Avoided Crossings and Diabatic Representation.

Electronic structure theory describes the properties of solids using Bloch states that correspond to highly symmetrical nuclear configurations. However, nuclear thermal motion destroys translation symmetry. Here, we describe two approaches relevant to the time evolution of electronic states in the presence of thermal fluctuations. On the one hand, the direct solution of the time-dependent Schrodinger equation for a tight-binding model reveals the diabatic nature of time evolution. On the other hand, because of random nuclear configurations, the electronic Hamiltonian falls into the class of random matrices, which have universal features in their energy spectra. In the end, we discuss combining two approaches to obtain new insights into the influence of thermal fluctuations on electronic states.

Melting, reentrant ordering and peak effect for Wigner crystals with quenched and thermal disorder

We consider simulations of Wigner crystals in solid state systems interacting with random quenched disorder in the presence of thermal fluctuations. When quenched disorder is absent, there is a well defined melting temperature determined by the proliferation of topological defects, while for zero temperature, there is a critical quenched disorder strength above which topological defects proliferate. When both thermal and quenched disorder are present, these effects compete, and the thermal fluctuations can reduce the effectiveness of the quenched disorder, leading to a reentrant ordered phase in agreement with the predictions of Nelson (1983 Phys. Rev. B 27 2902–14). There are two competing theories for the low temperature behavior, and our simulations show that both capture aspects of the actual response. The critical disorder strength separating ordered from disordered states remains finite as the temperature goes to zero, as predicted by Cha and Fertig (1995 Phys. Rev. Lett. 74 4867–70), instead of dropping to zero as predicted by Nelson. At the same time, the critical disorder strength decreases with decreasing temperature, as predicted by Nelson, instead of remaining constant, as predicted by Cha and Fertig. The onset of the reentrant phase can be deduced based on changes in the transport response, where the reentrant ordering appears as an increase in the mobility or the occurrence of a depinning transition. We also find that when the system is in the ordered state and thermally melts, there is an increase in the effective damping or pinning. This produces a drop in the electron mobility that is similar to the peak effect phenomenon found in superconducting vortices, where thermal effects soften the lattice or break down its elasticity, allowing the particles to better adjust their positions to take full advantage of the quenched disorder.

Thermally driven single-electron stochastic resonance

Stochastic resonance (SR) in a single-electron system is expected to allow information to be correctly carried and processed by single electrons in the presence of thermal fluctuations. Here, we comprehensively study thermally driven single-electron SR. The response of the system to a weak voltage signal is formulated by considering the single-electron tunneling rate, instead of the Kramers’ rate generally used in conventional SR models. The model indicates that the response of the system is maximized at finite temperature and that the peak position is determined by the charging energy. This model quantitatively reproduces the results of a single-electron device simulator. Single-electron SR is also demonstrated using a GaAs-based single-electron system that integrates a quantum dot and a high-sensitivity charge detector. The developed model will contribute to our understanding of single-electron SR and will facilitate accurate prediction, design, and control of single-electron systems.

Microscopic theory of ionic motion in solids

Drag and diffusion of mobile ions in solids are of interest for both purely theoretical and applied scientific communities. This article proposes a theoretical description of ion drag in solids that can be used to estimate ionic conductivities in crystals, and forms a basis for the rational design of solid electrolyte materials. Starting with a general solid-state Hamiltonian, we employ the nonequilibrium path integral formalism to develop a microscopic theory of ionic transport in solids in the presence of thermal fluctuations. As required by the fluctuation-dissipation theorem, we obtain a relation between the variance of the random force and friction. Because of the crystalline nature of the system, however, the two quantities are tensorial. We use the drag tensor to write down the formula for ionic mobility, determined by the potential profile generated by the crystal's ions.

Multiparticle collision dynamics for ferrofluids.

Detailed studies of the intriguing field-dependent dynamics and transport properties of confined flowing ferrofluids require efficient mesoscopic simulation methods that account for fluctuating ferrohydrodynamics. Here, we propose such a new mesoscopic model for the dynamics and flow of ferrofluids, where we couple the multi-particle collision dynamics method as a solver for the fluctuating hydrodynamics equations to the stochastic magnetization dynamics of suspended magnetic nanoparticles. This hybrid model is validated by reproducing the magnetoviscous effect in Poiseuille flow, obtaining the rotational viscosity in quantitative agreement with theoretical predictions. We also illustrate the new method for the benchmark problem of flow around a square cylinder. Interestingly, we observe that the length of the recirculation region is increased, whereas the drag coefficient is decreased in ferrofluids when an external magnetic field is applied compared with the field-free case at the same effective Reynolds number. The presence of thermal fluctuations and the flexibility of this particle-based mesoscopic method provide a promising tool to investigate a broad range of flow phenomena of magnetic fluids, and the method could also serve as an efficient way to simulate solvent effects when colloidal particles are immersed in ferrofluids.

Driving spin chirality by electron dynamics in laser-excited antiferromagnets

Despite recent successes in the area of ultrafast manipulation of magnetic order, optical generation and manipulation of complex spin textures is hindered by an insufficient theoretical understanding of underlying processes. In particular an important aspect of subtle connection between the electronic and magnetic degrees of freedom is not properly accounted for in existing theories. Here, we uncover a distinct physical mechanism for imprinting spin chirality into collinear magnets with short laser pulses. By simultaneously treating the laser-ignited evolution of electronic structure and magnetic order, we show that their intertwined dynamics can result in an emergence of quasi-stable chiral states. We find that laser-driven chirality does not require any auxiliary external fields or intrinsic spin–orbit interaction to exist, and it can survive on the time scale of nanoseconds even in the presence of thermal fluctuations, which makes the uncovered mechanism relevant for understanding various optical experiments on magnetic materials. Our findings provide a more detailed perspective of the complex interactions which occur between chiral magnetism and light.

Thermal effects on collective modes in disordered s -wave superconductors

We investigate the effect of thermal fluctuations on the two-particle spectral function for a disordered $s$-wave superconductor in two dimensions, focusing on the evolution of the collective amplitude and phase modes. We find three main effects of thermal fluctuations: (1) the phase mode is softened with increasing temperature, reflecting the decrease of superfluid stiffness; (2) remarkably, the nondispersive collective amplitude modes at finite energy near $\mathbf{q}=[0,0]$ and $\mathbf{q}=[\ensuremath{\pi},\ensuremath{\pi}]$ survive even in the presence of thermal fluctuations in the disordered superconductor; and (3) the scattering of the thermally excited fermionic quasiparticles leads to low-energy incoherent spectral weight that forms a strongly momentum-dependent background halo around the phase and amplitude collective modes and broadens them. Due to momentum and energy conservation constraints, this halo has a boundary which disperses linearly at low momenta and shows a strong dip near the $[\ensuremath{\pi},\ensuremath{\pi}]$ point in the Brillouin zone.

Resolving the information loss paradox from the five-dimensional minimal supergravity black hole

In this paper, we study the Hawking tunneling radiation of the charged rotating black hole in five-dimensional minimal supergravity theory by using the semiclassical Hamilton-Jacobi equation. By using two separated ways we obtain the corrected entropy of the black hole. Equality of results gives us a special condition that may solve the information loss paradox. Then, we focus on the phase transitions, and the results show that if the effects of thermal fluctuations are incorporated in the entropy, the black hole is unstable, while there are phase transitions according to the sign-changing behavior of the black hole specific heat. We find that, in presence of thermal fluctuations, the black holes of five-dimensional minimal supergravity behave like the black holes in Horava-Lifshitz gravity hence the second-order phase transition is possible.

Thermodynamic geometry and Joule-Thomson expansion of black holes in modified theories of gravity

The implication of Ruppeiner thermodynamic geometry theory to spherically symmetric black holes in anti--de Sitter (AdS) spacetime produces an unavoidable singularity in the line element of thermodynamic geometry. The singularity occurs due to the nonindependence of volume and entropy of black holes (BH) in AdS spacetime. In this work, we present an efficient and easy approach to deal the thermodynamic geometry of AdS BH in Einstein-Maxwell-scalars theory. We show that enthalpy instead of internal energy is central thermodynamic quantity. We develop the particular forms of the line element of thermodynamic geometry in different phase spaces. We find out that the curvatures in different phase spaces are identical and positive which leads to the repulsive interaction information between black hole molecules. We also analyze the thermal stability of AdS BH in Einstein-Maxwell-scalars theory and regularized Lovelock theory in the presence of thermal fluctuations. We observed that momentum relaxation parameter and coupling constants of Lovelock theory increase the thermal stability of the BHs. Finally, we also study the Joule-Thomson expansion for black hole in regularized Lovelock theory.

Thermal fluctuations assist mechanical signal propagation in coiled-coil proteins.

Recently, it has been shown that the long coiled-coil membrane tether protein early endosome antigen 1 (EEA1) switches from a rigid to a flexible conformation upon binding of a signaling protein to its free end. This flexibility switch represents a motorlike activity, allowing EEA1 to generate a force that moves vesicles closer to the membrane they will fuse with. It was hypothesized that the binding-induced signal could propagate along the coiled coil and lead to conformational changes through the localized domains of the protein chain that deviate from a perfect coiled-coil structure. To elucidate, if upon binding of a single protein the corresponding mechanical signal could propagate through the whole 200-nm-long chain, we propose a simplified description of the coiled coil as a one-dimensional Frenkel-Kontorova chain. Using numerical simulations, we find that an initial perturbation of the chain can propagate along its whole length in the presence of thermal fluctuations. This may enable the change of the configuration of the entire molecule and thereby affect its stiffness. Our work sheds light on intramolecular communication and force generation in long coiled-coil proteins.

A lattice Boltzmann study of particle settling in a fluctuating multicomponent fluid under confinement

We present mesoscale numerical simulations based on the coupling of the fluctuating lattice Boltzmann method for multicomponent systems with a wetted finite-size particle model. This newly coupled methodologies are used to study the motion of a spherical particle driven by a constant body force in a confined channel with a fixed square cross section. The channel is filled with a mixture of two liquids under the effect of thermal fluctuations. After some validations steps in the absence of fluctuations, we study the fluctuations in the particle’s velocity at changing thermal energy, applied force, particle size, and particle wettability. The importance of fluctuations with respect to the mean settling velocity is quantitatively assessed, especially in comparison with unconfined situations. Results show that the expected effects of confinement are very well captured by the numerical simulations, wherein the confinement strongly enhances the importance of velocity fluctuations, which can be one order of magnitude larger than what expected in unconfined domains. The observed findings underscore the versatility of the proposed methodology in highlighting the effects of confinement on the motion of particles in the presence of thermal fluctuations.

Improving failure rates in pulsed SOT-MRAM switching by reinforcement learning

Finding and optimizing robust schemes for field-free switching remains a challenging problem in spin-orbit torque magnetoresistive random access memories. In this work reinforcement learning is employed for the optimization of switching schemes for such memory cells. A cell is switched purely electrically by applying pulses to two orthogonal metal wires. It is shown that a neural network model trained on a fixed material parameter set is suitable to determine optimal pulse sequences for reliable switching in the presence of thermal fluctuations, material parameter variations and reduction of the current to a sub-critical value. Multiple realizations of switching by means of simulation prove the reliability of magnetization reversal based on the pulse sequences found via reinforcement learning and show that the failure rate due to material parameter variations in these memory devices can be significantly reduced.

Stability of remnants of Bardeen regular black holes in presence of thermal fluctuations

In this paper, we discuss remnants of the Bardeen regular black hole motivated by using the concept of thermal fluctuations. First, we derive the equilibrium values of various thermodynamic quantities like entropy, Hawking temperature, pressure, internal energy, Helmholtz free energy and Gibbs free energy in the non-extended phase space. We then discuss geometrothermodynamics (GTD) of Bardeen black hole to study its stability. Next, we estimate the size of black hole remnant in terms of some known parameters of the black hole solution. Motivated by the fact that estimation of size, characteristics and stability of remnants of black holes could further increase our understanding of binary collisions, information loss paradox and dark energy, the black hole remnant, which gives an idea about stable mass left over after evaporation of black hole, is seen to owe its presence due to thermal fluctuations. We see that the thermal fluctuations bring an overall increase in entropy curve. However, in presence of thermal fluctuations, a positive kink, which signifies a maximum increase in the value of entropy, occurs at a certain value of horizon, which is exactly equal to the remnant radius. We observe that the thermal fluctuations, which are characteristics of quantum gravity, lead to stable values of thermodynamic quantities near the remnant radius. In presence of thermal fluctuations, we then derive various corrected thermodynamic potentials and also discuss the validity of first law of black hole thermodynamics for Bardeen black hole.

Heat shield for de Sitter space

We investigate a quantum vacuum state for $1 + 1$ dimensional de Sitter space, corresponding to a region within a perfectly reflecting symmetric box of fixed physical size. We find that a particle detector inside the box registers zero response, implying that the walls of the box screen out the thermal effects of the de Sitter horizon. The box thus creates a `quiescent oasis' with a temperature below the de Sitter horizon temperature, an unexpected feature that opens the way to an analysis of heat and entropy exchange between the box and the horizon in the context of the generalized second law of thermodynamics. We also calculate the stress-energy-momentum tensor of the region within the box, showing that the total energy in the box is less than the same volume of de Sitter space in the presence of thermal fluctuations.

A Markovian approach to the Prandtl–Tomlinson frictional model

We consider the Prandtl–Tomlinson model in the case of a constant driving force and in the presence of thermal fluctuations. We show that the system dynamics is well reproduced by a simplified description obtained through a Markov process, even in the case of potentials with several minima. After estimating the chain parameters by numerical simulation, we compute the average velocity and friction at varying driving force and temperature. Then we take advantage of this approach for calculating the entropy produced by the system and, in the case of a single minimum potential, to derive its explicit relation with the external force and the mobility at low temperatures. We observe that the coefficient relating the entropy production to the force is not a monotonic function of the temperature.

Effect of thermal fluctuation on the thermodynamics of GMGHS black hole

In present paper we discuss the effect of higher order corrections of entropy on the thermodynamic fluctuation of the Gibbons-Maeda-Garfinkle-Horowitz-Strominger black hole (GMGHS), i.,e. charged diatonic black hole. By investigating the thermodynamic property functions, such as the internal energy, the enthalpy, the Helmholtz free energy, the Gibbs free energy and the heat capacity, we find that the correction from the thermodynamic fluctuation is very important for small black hole case and one can neglect the correction for large black hole case. We also find that when there is no thermal fluctuation, this black hole thermodynamic system acts as an ideal gas state. However when we consider the thermal fluctuation, we can see the Van der waals type behavior in GMGHS black hole system. Finally, we discuss the stability of GMGHS black hole by investigating the behaviour of heat capacity under effect of thermal fluctuation, we find that, without any thermal fluctuation, we get the completely unstable black hole. However, with the presence of thermal fluctuation, the black hole becomes stable at smaller value of horizon radius, also there is a stable to unstable phase transition from the corrected specific heat.

Consequences of thermal fluctuations of well-known black holes in modified gravity

Quantum fluctuation consequences have significant role in high-energy physics. These fluctuation often regarded as a correction of the infrared (IR) limit. Such correction contribute to the high-energy limit of thermodynamical quantities and the stability conditions of black holes. In this work, we analyze the thermal stability of black holes in the presence of thermal fluctuations. We consider AdS black hole in Born–Infeld massive gravity with non-abelian hair and the charged AdS black hole with a global monopole. We develop many thermodynamical quantities such as entropy, temperature, pressure, heat capacity of a system at constant volume and pressure, ratio between the heat capacities at constant pressure and volume, Gibbs free energy and Helmholtz free energy for both black holes. The critical behavior and phase transitions of black holes are also presented. We also observe the local and global stability of black holes in the grand canonical ensemble and canonical ensemble for the specific values of different parameters, such as, symmetry breaking parameter η, massive parameter m and non-abelian hair ν.