<< Systems with a complex dynamics like glasses or models of biological evolution are often pictured in terms of a complex landscape, with a large number of possible collective states. (AA) show on the example of a stochastic spin model with nonreciprocal and heterogeneous interactions how the complex landscape picture can be generalized far from equilibrium, where collective states may become time-dependent and exhibit, e.g., spontaneous oscillations, often hidden by the presence of disorder. >>
AA << identify relevant observables, like the density of entropy production rate, to unveil the spontaneous collective time dependence, and determine a configurational entropy which counts the number of oscillating collective states when this number grows exponentially with system size. >>
Laura Guislain, Eric Bertin. Far-from-equilibrium complex landscapes. Phys. Rev. E 111, L062101 Jun 16, 2025.
arXiv: 2405.08452v1 [cond-mat.dis-nn]. May 14, 2024.
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Keywords: gst, evolution, complexity, entropy, configurational entropy, order, disorder, disorder & fluctuations, spontaneous oscillations, chaos.