Universal hierarchical symmetry for turbulence and general multi-scale fluctuation systems

Scaling is an important measure of multi-scale fluctuation systems. Turbulence as the most remarkable multi-scale system possesses scaling over a wide range of scales. She-Leveque （SL） hierarchical symmetry, since its publication in 1994, has received wide attention. A number of experimental, numerical and theoretical work have been devoted to its verification, extension, and modification. Application to the understanding of magnetohydrodynamic turbulence, motions of cosmic baryon fluids, cosmological supersonic turbulence, natural image, spiral turbulent patterns, DNA anomalous composition, human heart variability are just a few among the most successful examples. A number of modified scaling laws have been derived in the framework of the hierarchical symmetry, and the SL model parameters are found to reveal both the organizational order of the whole system and the properties of the most significant fluctuation structures. A partial set of work related to these studies are reviewed. Particular emphasis is placed on the nature of the hierarchical symmetry. It is suggested that the SL hierarchical symmetry is a new form of the self-organization principle for multi-scale fluctuation systems, and can be employed as a standard analysis tool in the general multi-scale methodology. It is further suggested that the SL hierarchical symmetry implies the existence of a turbulence ensemble. It is speculated that the search for defining the turbulence ensemble might open a new way for deriving statistical closure equations for turbulence and other multi-scale fluctuation systems.

Universal dynamic scaling and Contact dynamics in quenched quantum gases

Recently universal dynamic scaling is observed in several systems,which exhibit a spatiotemporal self-similar scaling behavior,analogous to the spatial scaling near phase transition.The latter one arises from the emergent continuous scaling symmetry.Motivated by this,we investigate the possible relation between the scaling dynamics and the continuous scaling symmetry in this paper.We derive a theorem that the scaling invariance of the quenched Hamiltonian and the initial density matrix can lead to the universal dynamic scaling.It is further demonstrated both in a two-body system analytically and in a many-body system numerically.For the latter one,we calculate the dynamics of quantum gases quenched from the zero interaction to a finite interaction via the non-equilibrium high-temperature virial expansion.A dynamic scaling of the momentum distribution appears in certain momentum-time windows at unitarity as well as in the weak interacting limit.Remarkably,this universal scaling dynamics persists approximately with smaller scaling exponents even if the scaling symmetry is fairly broken.Our findings may offer a new perspective to interpret the related experiments.We also study the Contact dynamics in the BEC−BCS crossover.Surprisingly,the half-way time displays a maximum near unitarity while some damping oscillations occur on the BEC side due to the dimer state,which can be used to detect possible two-body bound states in experiments.

Efimov-like states and quantum funneling effects on synthetic hyperbolic surfaces

Engineering lattice models with tailored inter-site tunnelings and onsite energies could synthesize essentially arbitrary Riemannian surfaces with highly tunable local curvatures.Here,we point out that discrete synthetic Poincaréhalf-planes and Poincarédisks,which are created by lattices in flat planes,support infinitely degenerate eigenstates for any nonzero eigenenergies.Such Efimov-like states exhibit a discrete scaling symmetry and imply an unprecedented apparatus for studying quantum anomaly using hyperbolic surfaces.Furthermore,all eigenstates are exponentially localized in the hyperbolic coordinates,signifying the first example of quantum funneling effects in Hermitian systems.As such,any initial wave packet travels towards the edge of the Poincaréhalf-plane or its equivalent on the Poincarédisk,delivering an efficient scheme to harvest light and atoms in two dimensions.Our findings unfold the intriguing properties of hyperbolic spaces and suggest that Efimov states may be regarded as a projection from a curved space with an extra dimension.

Quantum anomalous energy effects on the nucleon mass

Apart from the quark and gluon kinetic and potential energies, the nucleon mass includes a novel energy of pure quantum origin resulting from anomalous breaking of scale symmetry. We demonstrate the effects of this quantum anomalous energy(QAE) in QED, as well as in a toy 1+1 dimensional non-linear sigma model where it contributes non-perturbatively, in a way resembling the Higgs mechanism for the masses of matter particles in electro-weak theory. The QAE contribution to the nucleon mass can be explained using a similar mechanism, in terms of a dynamical response of the gluonic scalar field through Higgs-like couplings between the nucleon and scalar resonances. In addition, the QAE sets the scale for other energies in the nucleon through a relativistic virial theorem, and contributes a negative pressure to confine the colored quarks.