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.
Cite
@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}
}