Echoes in classical dynamical systems
Chaotic Dynamics
2009-11-07 v1
Abstract
Echoes arise when external manipulations to a system induce a reversal of its time evolution that leads to a more or less perfect recovery of the initial state. We discuss the accuracy with which a cloud of trajectories returns to the initial state in classical dynamical systems that are exposed to additive noise and small differences in the equations of motion for forward and backward evolution. The cases of integrable and chaotic motion and small or large noise are studied in some detail and many different dynamical laws are identified. Experimental tests in 2-d flows that show chaotic advection are proposed.
Cite
@article{arxiv.nlin/0210061,
title = {Echoes in classical dynamical systems},
author = {Bruno Eckhardt},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nlin/0210061},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
to be published in J. Phys. A