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<li> <em> .</em> Consider the energy landscape of the REM. Justify why the smallest energies values <math> E_\alpha </math> among the <math> 2^N </math> ones, those with energy density <math> \epsilon \sim -\sqrt{\log 2} </math>, are distributed according to | |||
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- Consider the smallest energy values <math> E_\alpha </math> among the <math> 2^N </math> ones, those with energy density <math> \epsilon \sim -\sqrt{\log 2} </math>: what is their distribution? (Hint: recall extreme value statistics discussed in Lecture 1) | - Consider the smallest energy values <math> E_\alpha </math> among the <math> 2^N </math> ones, those with energy density <math> \epsilon \sim -\sqrt{\log 2} </math>: what is their distribution? (Hint: recall extreme value statistics discussed in Lecture 1) | ||
Revision as of 12:19, 11 January 2024
Goal: Trap model. Captures aging in a simplified single particle description.
Key concepts: gradient descent, rugged landscapes, metastable states, Hessian matrices, random matrix theory, landscape’s complexity.
Langevin, Activation
- Monte Carlo dynamics. Consider the REM discussed in Problems 1. Assume that the configurations are organised in an hypercube of connectivity Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle N } : each configuration has Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle N } neighbours, that are obtained flipping one spin of the first configuration. -Langevin dynamics -Arrhenius law, trapping and activation.
The energy landscape of the REM.
Problem 6.1: from the REM to the trap model
- . Consider the energy landscape of the REM. Justify why the smallest energies values among the Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle 2^N }
ones, those with energy density Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \epsilon \sim -\sqrt{\log 2} }
, are distributed according to
Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle P(E) } - Consider the smallest energy values among the Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle 2^N } ones, those with energy density Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \epsilon \sim -\sqrt{\log 2} } : what is their distribution? (Hint: recall extreme value statistics discussed in Lecture 1)
- Assume to be in a configuration of given (very small) energy Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle E_\alpha } : what is the minimal energy density among the neighbouring configurations? Does it depend on Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle E_\alpha } ? In which sense the energy landscape of the REM has a golf course structure?
The trap model is an effective model for the dynamics, which mimics the exploration of energy landscapes in which there are plenty of minima separated by high energy barriers. ....-Compute the distribution of trapping times: when is it fat-tailed?
- consider now a dynamics from time Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle t=0} to time . Assume that in this time interval the system has visited Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle N(t_w)} distinct traps. Show that the system has spent almost all the time up to Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle t_w} in only one trap, the deepest one.
