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Diffusion for the periodic wind-tree model

Dynamical Systems 2017-07-19 v4 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

The periodic wind-tree model is an infinite billiard in the plane with identical rectangular scatterers disposed at each integer point. We prove that independently of the size of the scatterers, generically with respect to the angle, the polynomial diffusion rate in this billiard is 2/3.

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@article{arxiv.1107.1810,
  title  = {Diffusion for the periodic wind-tree model},
  author = {Vincent Delecroix and Pascal Hubert and Samuel Lelièvre},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1107.1810},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

30 pages, 8 figures; enhanced introduction

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