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Diffusion in a weakly random Hamiltonian flow

Mathematical Physics 2009-11-11 v1 Dynamical Systems math.MP

Abstract

We consider the motion of a particle governed by a weakly random Hamiltonian flow. We identify temporal and spatial scales on which the particle trajectory converges to a spatial Brownian motion. The main technical issue in the proof is to obtain error estimates for the convergence of the solution of the stochastic acceleration problem to a momentum diffusion. We also apply our results to the system of random geometric acoustics equations and show that the energy density of the acoustic waves undergoes a spatial diffusion.

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@article{arxiv.math-ph/0505082,
  title  = {Diffusion in a weakly random Hamiltonian flow},
  author = {T. Komorowski and L. Ryzhik},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math-ph/0505082},
  year   = {2009}
}