Danieli, C.Campbell, David K.Flach, S.2020-04-272020-04-272017-06-02C. Danieli, D.K. Campbell, S. Flach. 2017. "Intermittent many-body dynamics at equilibrium." PHYSICAL REVIEW E, Volume 95, Issue 6, 5 pp. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.95.0602022470-00452470-0053https://hdl.handle.net/2144/40381The equilibrium value of an observable defines a manifold in the phase space of an ergodic and equipartitioned many-body system. A typical trajectory pierces that manifold infinitely often as time goes to infinity. We use these piercings to measure both the relaxation time of the lowest frequency eigenmode of the Fermi-Pasta-Ulam chain, as well as the fluctuations of the subsequent dynamics in equilibrium. The dynamics in equilibrium is characterized by a power-law distribution of excursion times far off equilibrium, with diverging variance. Long excursions arise from sticky dynamics close to q-breathers localized in normal mode space. Measuring the exponent allows one to predict the transition into nonergodic dynamics. We generalize our method to Klein-Gordon lattices where the sticky dynamics is due to discrete breathers localized in real space.5 pagesen-US"©2017 American Physical Society. The final published version of this article appears in OpenBU by permission of the publisher."Science & technologyPhysical sciencesPhysics, fluids & plasmasPhysics, mathematicalPasta-Ulam problemDiscrete breathersHamiltonian systemsFermiChaosSpatiotemporal chaosWave chaosArticle10.1103/PhysRevE.95.0602020000-0002-4502-5629 (Campbell, DK)237768