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Numerically we study the bulk current relaxation in percolative Random Resistor cum Tunneling Network (RRTN) model through a first-passage route. The RRTN considers an extra semi-classical barrier-crossing process over a voltage threshold within a framework of classical RRN bond percolation model. We identify the different temporal regimes of relaxation and corresponding phenomenological time-scales, which fix up the extents of different regimes. These time-scales were previously identified in refs. \cite{relax-physicaA, aksubh}. We investigate on the distributions of these time-scales and observe that there exists a perfect correlation among them in the thermodynamic limit. We conclude that there exists a single time-scale which controls the RRTN dynamics. The variation of mean first-passage time .vs. system size seems to be due to sub-diffusive motion of charge carrier through the network., Comment: 10 pages, 12 figures more...

The Random Resistor cum Tunneling Network (RRTN) model was proposed from our group by considering an extra phenomenological (semi-classical) tunneling process into a classical RRN bond percolation model. We earlier reported about early-stage two inverse power-laws, followed by large time purely exponential tail in some of the RRTN macroscopic current relaxations. In this paper, we investigate on the broader perspective of current relaxation. We present here an analytical argument behind the strong convergence (irrespective of initial voltage configuration) of the bulk current towards its steady-state, mapping the problem into a special kind of Gauss-Seidel method. We find two phenomenological time-scales (referred as $\tau_t$ and $\tau_s$), those emerge from the variation of macroscopic quantities during current dynamics. We show that not both, only one of them is independent. Thus there exists a {\it single} scale in time which controls the entire dynamics., Comment: 7 Pages, 9 figures more...

We consider a scalar field which is generallly non-minimally coupled to gravity and has a characteristic cubic Galilean-like term in the kinetic part of the action, in presence of a generic self-interaction as a candidate Dark Energy model. The system is dynamically analyzed and novel fixed points with perturbative stability are demonstrated. Evolution of the system is numerically studied near a novel fixed point which owes its existance to the Galileon character of the model. It turns out that demanding the stability of this novel fixed points puts strong restriction on the allowed non-minimal coupling and the choice of the self-interaction. The evolutions of the system is charted out on a $r-s$ diagram. The evolution of the equation of state parameter is studied which shows that our model predicts accelerated universe throughout and the phantom limit is only approached closely but never crossed. Our result thus extends the findings of of \cite{Cubic_Galileon_NMC} for more general NMC than linear and quadratic couplings., Comment: Revised version (Abstract, Introduction, Numerical section thoroughly rewriten), minor errors corrected, LaTex, 16 pages, 9 figures more...

We consider a single Rouse polymer chain in two dimensions in presence of a transverse shear flow along the $x$ direction and calculate the persistence probability $P_0(t)$ that the $x$ coordinate of a bead in the bulk of the chain does not return to its initial position up to time $t$. We show that the persistence decays at late times as a power law, $P_0(t)\sim t^{-\theta}$ with a nontrivial exponent $\theta$. The analytical estimate of $\theta=0.359...$ obtained using an independent interval approximation is in excellent agreement with the numerical value $\theta\approx 0.360\pm 0.001$., Comment: 6 pages more...

We consider the dynamics of the charge carriers in a tunneling-enhanced percolation network, named as a Random Resistor cum Tunneling-bond Network (RRTN), where we allow tunneling in the gap between two randomly thrown nearest neighbour metallic bonds only. Our earlier studies involve the dc and the ac nonlinear response, the percolative aspects, dielectric breakdown, low-temperature variable range hopping (VRH) conduction, etc. in the RRTN. Here we study the non-equilibrium dynamics of the carriers. With two far-from- equilibrium, initial inverse power-law relaxations extending over several decades, the dynamics has a lot of similarities with a wide variety of naturally occuring avalance-like, run-away phenomena in driven, disordered systems with statistically correlated randomness. In the power-law regime, the RRTN violates the Boltzmann's (or Debye) relaxation time approximation strongly. Beyond this regime, the response relaxes exponentially fast (acquires one time-scale) to a steady-state, and thus the relaxation approximation becomes exact., Comment: RevTex4, 6 pages, 4 figures more...

For the low-temperature electrical conductance of a disordered {\it quantum insulator} in $d$-dimensions, Mott \cite{mott} had proposed his Variable Range Hopping (VRH) formula, $G(T) = G_0 {\rm exp}[-(T_0/T)^{\gamma}]$, where $G_0$ is a material constant and $T_0$ is a characteristic temperature scale. For disordered but non-interacting carrier charges, Mott had found that $\gamma = 1/(d+1)$ in $d$-dimensions. Later on, Efros and Shkolvskii \cite{esh} found that for a pure ({\it i.e.}, disorder-free) {\it quantum insulator} with interacting charges, $\gamma =1/2$, {\it independent of d}. Recent experiments indicate that $\gamma$ is either (i) larger than any of the above predictions; and, (ii) more intriguingly, it seems to be a function of $p$, the dopant concentration. We investigate this issue with a {\it semi-classical} or {\it semi-quantum} RRTN ({\it Random Resistor cum Tunneling-bond Network}) model, developed by us in the 1990's. These macroscopic {\it granular/ percolative composites} are built up from randomly placed meso- or nanoscopic coarse-grained clusters, with two phenomenological functions for the temperature-dependence of the metallic and the semi-conducting bonds. We find that our RRTN model (in 2D, for simplicity) also captures this continuous change of $\gamma$ with $p$, satisfactorily., Comment: RevTex4, 4 pages, 5 figures, Presented in conference named "Continuum Models and Discrete Systems" (CMDS10) held in Shoresh, Israel, during 30 June - 04 July, 2003 more...

In several experiments for measuring various classes of responses, performed at least some four decades ago, on driven physical systems in a far-from-equilibrium (or, from a steady-state) situation, early stage inverse-power-law relaxation dynamics had been observed. Since then, this intriguing behavior raised its head off and on until it regained its central role in the mainstream physical sciences about a decade ago with a breakdown and/or avalanche type (also called self-organized critical) behavior of the sand-pile model and a host of other similar problems. In this communication, we report on the non-equilibrium dynamics in our Random Resistor cum Tunneling-bond Network (RRTN) model. Previously, this semi-classical, or semi-quantum percolative model has been highly successful in explaining the static behavior for various random composite systems. In our dynamic studies for the last several years, we observe two initial power-laws (more than a decade each) and then an exponential relaxation for asymptotically large time scales. Efforts were made to interpret our results with various existing theoretical wisdom/s (which give, only one power-law relaxation for each such system near its breakdown or run-away type state). Obviously, our results (with two different power-laws) are richer than those particular cases. Further, a complete theory is still lacking probably due to a much deeper issue of entropy at stake. The appearance of two power-laws seems to be connected to some non-extensive information-loss / entropy (the experimental systems being mostly athermal) for such systems near their brinks (catastrophic failure not necessarily due to criticality)., Comment: Published in the proceedings of 3rd International Conference on Applied Mathematics and Mathematical Physics, Bangladesh, 2003 more...