Deterministic Diffusion in a Gravitational Billiard
Abstract
Numerical study of the motion of a classical particle in a homogeneous gravitational field bouncing off elastically from a piecewise linear periodic boundary shows that it is characterized by diffusion constant, but nonlinear scaling of the mean-square displacement is also observed. It is shown that periodic by modulus trajectories cannot have a segment with vertical flight.
- Publication:
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Progress of Theoretical Physics Supplement
- Pub Date:
- 2003
- DOI:
- 10.1143/PTPS.150.321
- Bibcode:
- 2003PThPS.150..321B