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Superdiffusion in the periodic Lorentz gas

Mathematical Physics 2015-11-17 v2 Dynamical Systems math.MP Probability Chaotic Dynamics

Abstract

We prove a superdiffusive central limit theorem for the displacement of a test particle in the periodic Lorentz gas in the limit of large times tt and low scatterer densities (Boltzmann-Grad limit). The normalization factor is tlogt\sqrt{t\log t}, where tt is measured in units of the mean collision time. This result holds in any dimension and for a general class of finite-range scattering potentials. We also establish the corresponding invariance principle, i.e., the weak convergence of the particle dynamics to Brownian motion.

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@article{arxiv.1403.6024,
  title  = {Superdiffusion in the periodic Lorentz gas},
  author = {Jens Marklof and Balint Toth},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1403.6024},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

40 pages, 2 figures; this version also includes the invariance principle

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