Covariant hydrodynamic Lyapunov modes and strong stochasticity threshold in Hamiltonian lattices

M. Romero-Bastida, Diego Pazó, Juan M. López

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Abstract

We scrutinize the reliability of covariant and Gram-Schmidt Lyapunov vectors for capturing hydrodynamic Lyapunov modes (HLMs) in one-dimensional Hamiltonian lattices. We show that, in contrast with previous claims, HLMs do exist for any energy density, so that strong chaos is not essential for the appearance of genuine (covariant) HLMs. In contrast, Gram-Schmidt Lyapunov vectors lead to misleading results concerning the existence of HLMs in the case of weak chaos.

Original languageEnglish
Article number026210
JournalPhysical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
Volume85
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 21 Feb 2012

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