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Drift of particles in self-similar systems and its Liouvillian interpretation

Chaotic Dynamics 2009-08-29 v1

Abstract

We study the dynamics of classical particles in different classes of spatially extended self-similar systems, consisting of (i) a self-similar Lorentz billiard channel, (ii) a self-similar graph, and (iii) a master equation. In all three systems the particles typically drift at constant velocity and spread ballistically. These transport properties are analyzed in terms of the spectral properties of the operator evolving the probability densities. For systems (i) and (ii), we explain the drift from the properties of the Pollicott-Ruelle resonance spectrum and corresponding eigenvectors

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@article{arxiv.nlin/0601042,
  title  = {Drift of particles in self-similar systems and its Liouvillian interpretation},
  author = {Felipe Barra and Thomas Gilbert and Mauricio Romo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nlin/0601042},
  year   = {2009}
}

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To appear in Phys. Rev. E