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Area of Science:

  • Nonlinear Dynamics
  • Statistical Physics
  • Complex Systems

Background:

  • Coupled pendulum systems exhibit complex behaviors under external driving forces.
  • Understanding diffusion processes and first passage time statistics is crucial in nonlinear dynamics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To numerically investigate the diffusion process in a two-coupled damped and periodically driven pendulum system.
  • To analyze the effects of external periodic force amplitude and phase on diffusion constant, first passage time (FPT) distribution, and mean FPT (MFPT).

Main Methods:

  • Numerical simulation of a two-coupled damped and periodically driven pendulum system.
  • Analysis of diffusion constant, FPT distribution P(tFPT), and MFPT.
  • Investigation of parameter space including force amplitude and phase.

Main Results:

  • Normal diffusion was observed in the system.
  • Diffusion constant exhibits power-law variation near intermittency and widening crises, and linear variation in quasiperiodic regions.
  • The distribution of FPT shows periodic multiple peaks, and MFPT follows a power-law variation.
  • Both diffusion constant and MFPT are sensitive to the phase of the periodic force.

Conclusions:

  • The study reveals distinct diffusion behaviors in different dynamical regimes of the driven pendulum system.
  • External force parameters significantly influence diffusion characteristics and first passage time statistics.
  • The findings contribute to the understanding of diffusion in periodically driven complex systems.