We discuss recent results obtained for the Hamiltonian mean field model. Th
e model describes a system of N fully coupled particles in one dimension an
d shows a second-order phase transition from a clustered phase to a homogen
eous one when the energy is increased. Strong chaos is found in corresponde
nce to the critical point on top of a weak chaotic regime which characteriz
es the motion at low energies. For a small region around the critical point
, we find anomalous (enhanced) diffusion and Levy walks in a transient temp
oral regime before the system relaxes to equilibrium. (C) 2000 Published by
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