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In dynamical systems with divided phase space, the vicinity of the boundary between regular and chaotic regions is often "sticky," that is, trapping orbits from the chaotic region for long times. Here, we investigate the stickiness in the…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2017-09-25 Carl P. Dettmann

In this work we study the nonlinear dynamics of the static and the driven ellipse. In the static case, we find numerically an asymptotical algebraic decay for the escape of an ensemble of non-interacting particles through a small hole due…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2008-01-07 Florian Lenz , Fotis K. Diakonos , Peter Schmelcher

We present a case study for the semiclassical calculation of the oscillations in the particle and kinetic-energy densities for the two-dimensional circular billiard. For this system, we can give a complete classification of all closed…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Matthias Brack , Jérôme Roccia

Fully chaotic Hamiltonian systems possess an infinite number of classical solutions which are periodic, e.g. a trajectory ``p'' returns to its initial conditions after some fixed time tau_p. Our aim is to investigate the spectrum tau_1,…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-10 P. Leboeuf

We classify nonsingular symmetric periodic trajectories (SPTs) of billiards inside ellipsoids of R^{n+1} without any symmetry of revolution. SPTs are defined as periodic trajectories passing through some symmetry set. We prove that there…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2015-05-04 Pablo S. Casas , Rafael Ramírez-Ros

The Poincar\'e problem is a model of two-dimensional internal waves in stable-stratified fluid. The chess billiard flow, a variation of a typical billiard flow, drives the formation behind and describes the evolution of these internal…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-10-25 Sally Zhu , Zhenhao Li

This study analyzes the Collatz map through nonlinear dynamics. By embedding integers in Sharkovsky's ordering, we show that odd initial values suffice for full dynamical characterization. We introduce ``direction phases'' to partition…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2026-02-06 Weicheng Fu , Yisen Wang

Periodic orbit quantization requires an analytic continuation of non-convergent semiclassical trace formulae. We propose a method for semiclassical quantization based upon the Pade approximant to the periodic orbit sums. The Pade…

chao-dyn · Physics 2009-10-31 J. Main , P. A. Dando , Dz. Belkic , H. S. Taylor

We call a system bouncing ball billiard if it consists of a particle that is subjected to a constant vertical force and bounces inelastically on a one-dimendional vibrating periodically corrugated floor. Here we choose circular scatterers…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2007-05-23 L. Matyas , R. Klages

We study diffusion on a periodic billiard table with infinite horizon in the limit of narrow corridors. An effective trapping mechanism emerges according to which the process can be modeled by a L\'evy walk combining…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2014-12-03 Giampaolo Cristadoro , Thomas Gilbert , Marco Lenci , David P. Sanders

The eigenvalue density of a quantum-mechanical system exhibits oscillations, determined by the closed orbits of the corresponding classical system; this relationship is simple and strong for waves in billiards or on manifolds, but becomes…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-06 S. A. Fulling

We examine the possible trajectories of a classical particle, trapped in a two-dimensional infinite rectangular well, using the Hamilton-Jacobi equation. We observe that three types of trajectories are possible: periodic orbits, open orbits…

Classical Physics · Physics 2009-08-22 Bijan Bagchi , Atreyee Sinha

The famous conjecture of V.Ya.Ivrii (1978) says that {\it in every billiard with infinitely-smooth boundary in a Euclidean space the set of periodic orbits has measure zero}. In the present paper we study the complex version of Ivrii's…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2013-09-10 Alexey Glutsyuk

Many classes of active matter develop spatial memory by encoding information in space, leading to complex pattern formation. It has been proposed that spatial memory can lead to more efficient navigation and collective behaviour in…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2023-07-06 Thijs Albers , Stijn Delnoij , Nico Schramma , Maziyar Jalaal

In the open circular billiard particles are placed initially with a uniform distribution in their positions inside a planar circular vesicle. They all have velocities of the same magnitude, whose initial directions are also uniformly…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-11 J. F. Stilck

In this article, we define an information-theoretic entropy based on the Ihara zeta function of a graph which is called the Ihara entropy. A dynamical system consists of a billiard ball and a set of reflectors correspond to a combinatorial…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2020-04-08 Supriyo Dutta , Partha Guha

We revisit a time-dependent, oval-shaped billiard to investigate a phase transition from bounded to unbounded energy growth. In the static case, the phase space exhibits a mixed structure. The chaotic sea in the static scenario leads to…

We study the orbital evolution of hierarchical quadruple systems composed of two binaries on a long mutual orbit, where each binary acts as a Kozai-Lidov (KL) perturber on the other. We find that the coupling between the two binaries…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-05-28 Ondrej Pejcha , Joe M. Antognini , Benjamin J. Shappee , Todd A. Thompson

We investigate symmetry breaking in a time-dependent billiard that undergoes a continuous phase transition when dissipation is introduced. The system presents unlimited velocity, and thus energy growth for the conservative dynamics. When…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2025-08-18 Anne Kétri Pasquinelli da Fonseca , Edson Denis Leonel

We present a dynamical analysis of a classical billiard chain -- a channel with parallel semi-circular walls, which can serve as a model for a bended optical fiber. An interesting feature of this model is the fact that the phase space…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-11 Martin Horvat , Tomaz Prosen