Dynamical symmetry breaking through AI: the dimer self-trapping transition
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2022-03-20
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Tsironis, G.P.
Barmparis, G.D.
Campbell, David K.
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G.P. Tsironis, G.D. Barmparis, D.K. Campbell. 2022. "Dynamical symmetry breaking through AI: The dimer self-trapping transition" International Journal of Modern Physics B, Volume 36, Issue 07n08. https://doi.org/10.1142/s021797922240001x
Abstract
The nonlinear dimer obtained through the nonlinear Schrödinger equation has been a workhorse for the discovery the role nonlinearity plays in strongly interacting systems. While the analysis of the stationary states demonstrates the onset of a symmetry broken state for some degree of nonlinearity, the full dynamics maps the system into an effective [Formula: see text] model. In this later context, the self-trapping transition is an initial condition-dependent transfer of a classical particle over a barrier set by the nonlinear term. This transition that has been investigated analytically and mathematically is expressed through the hyperbolic limit of Jacobian elliptic functions. The aim of this work is to recapture this transition through the use of methods of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Specifically, we used a physics motivated machine learning model that is shown to be able to capture the original dynamic self-trapping transition and its dependence on initial conditions. Exploitation of this result in the case of the nondegenerate nonlinear dimer gives additional information on the more general dynamics and helps delineate linear from nonlinear localization. This work shows how AI methods may be embedded in physics and provide useful tools for discovery.
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