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Chaotic Systems with Absorption

Chaotic Dynamics 2013-10-25 v2 Classical Physics Optics

Abstract

Motivated by applications in optics and acoustics we develop a dynamical-system approach to describe absorption in chaotic systems. We introduce an operator formalism from which we obtain (i) a general formula for the escape rate κ\kappa in terms of the natural conditionally-invariant measure of the system; (ii) an increased multifractality when compared to the spectrum of dimensions DqD_q obtained without taking absorption and return times into account; and (iii) a generalization of the Kantz-Grassberger formula that expresses D1D_1 in terms of κ\kappa, the positive Lyapunov exponent, the average return time, and a new quantity, the reflection rate. Simulations in the cardioid billiard confirm these results.

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@article{arxiv.1308.3081,
  title  = {Chaotic Systems with Absorption},
  author = {Eduardo G. Altmann and Jefferson S. E. Portela and Tamás Tél},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1308.3081},
  year   = {2013}
}
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