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Astute variations in the geometry of mathematical billiard tables have been and continue to be a source of understanding their wide range of dynamical behaviors, from regular to chaotic. Viewing standard specular billiards in the broader…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2022-02-16 J. Ahmed , C. Cox , B. Wang

From the exact single step evolution equation of the two-point correlation function of a particle distribution subjected to a stochastic displacement field $\bu(\bx)$, we derive different dynamical regimes when $\bu(\bx)$ is iterated to…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2011-11-10 Andrea Gabrielli , Fabio Cecconi

We study a dynamical system defined by a repeated game on a 1D lattice, in which the players keep track of their gross payoffs over time in a bank. Strategy updates are governed by a Boltzmann distribution which depends on the neighborhood…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2022-10-19 Connor Olson , Andrew Belmonte , Christopher Griffin

It is shown, that under very general conditions, a generic time-dependent billiard, for which a phase-space of corresponding static (frozen) billiards is of the mixed type, exhibits the exponential Fermi acceleration in the adiabatic limit.…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2015-06-19 Benjamin Batistić

We study the evolution of the energy distribution for a stadium with moving walls. We consider one period driving cycle, which is characterized by an amplitude $A$ and wall velocity $V$. This evolving energy distribution has both…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-07 Doron Cohen , Diego A. Wisniacki

Spatial diffusion of particles in periodic potential models has provided a good framework for studying the role of chaos in global properties of classical systems. Here a bidimensional "soft" billiard, classically modeled from an optical…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-05-16 Matheus J. Lazarotto , Iberê L. Caldas , Yves Elskens

The kinetics of collisionless continuous medium is studied in a bounded region on a curved manifold. We have assumed that in statistical equilibrium, the probability distribution density depends only on the total energy. It is shown that in…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2007-05-23 V. V. Kozlov

The stability of a discrete time crystal against thermal fluctuations has been studied numerically by solving a stochastic Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation of a periodically-driven classical system composed of interacting spins, each of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-03-24 Mingxi Yue , Xiaoqin Yang , Zi Cai

Some dynamical properties for a dissipative time-dependent oval-shaped billiard are studied. The system is described in terms of a four-dimensional nonlinear mapping. Dissipation is introduced via inelastic collisions of the particle with…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2011-01-25 Diego F. M. Oliveira , Edson D. Leonel

We study nonlinear dynamics of the kicked particle whose motion is confined by square billiard. The kick source is considered as localized at the center of square with central symmetric spatial distribution. It is found that ensemble…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2015-05-28 D. U. Matrasulov , U. R. Salomov , G. M. Milibaeva , N. E. Iskandarov

We study the evolution of growing vacuum bubbles. The bubble walls interact with the surrounding fluid and may, consequently, reach a terminal velocity. If the mean free path of the particles in the fluid is much shorter than the bubble…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2024-11-25 Tomasz Krajewski , Marek Lewicki , Martin Vasar , Ville Vaskonen , Hardi Veermäe , Mateusz Zych

Analytically tractable dynamical systems exhibiting a whole range of normal and anomalous deterministic diffusion are rare. Here we introduce a simple non-chaotic model in terms of an interval exchange transformation suitably lifted onto…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2016-02-01 L. Salari , L. Rondoni , C. Giberti , R. Klages

We consider the single-particle velocity distribution of a one-dimensional fluid of inelastic particles. Both the freely evolving (cooling) system and the non-equilibrium stationary state obtained in the presence of random forcing are…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-07 A. Barrat , T. Biben , Z. Racz , E. Trizac , F. van Wijland

Dynamics of inelastic gases are studied within the framework of random collision processes. The corresponding Boltzmann equation with uniform collision rates is solved analytically for gases, impurities, and mixtures. Generally, the energy…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 E. Ben-Naim , P. L. Krapivsky

Within the framework of the random first-order transition theory of glasses, we discuss the statistics of thermal avalanches, the large scale rearrangements in driven amorphous systems near their instability. Stringy excitations yield…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2026-03-05 Zhiyu Cao , Peter G. Wolynes

N point particles move within a billiard table made of two circular cavities connected by a straight channel. The usual billiard dynamics is modified so that it remains deterministic, phase space volumes preserving and time reversal…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-08-26 Emilio N. M. Cirillo , Matteo Colangeli , Adrian Muntean , Omar Richardson , Lamberto Rondoni

This paper explores two instances where dissipation plays a crucial role in curbing the unbounded energy growth of particles in time-dependent billiards. The first example involves an elliptical-like billiard with inelastic collisions…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2024-01-29 Edson Denis Leonel

We investigated the unbounded diffusion observed in a time-dependent oval-shaped billiard and its suppression owing to inelastic collisions with the boundary. The main focus is on the behavior of the diffusion coefficient, which plays a key…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2025-12-10 Anne Kétri P. da Fonseca , Diego F. M. Oliveira , Edson D. Leonel

A new statistical approach is presented to study the thermal instability process of optically thin unmagnetized plasma. In this approach the time evolution of mass distribution function over temperature is calculated. This function…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 A. F. Illarionov , I. V. Igumenshchev

The time evolution of the adiabatic piston problem and the consequences of its stochastic motion are investigated. The model is a one dimensional piston of mass $M$ separating two ideal fluids made of point particles with mass $m\ll M$. For…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-31 Ch. Gruber , L. Frachebourg