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We introduce a boundary integral method for two-dimensional quantum billiards subjected to a constant magnetic field. It allows to calculate spectra and wave functions, in particular at strong fields and semiclassical values of the magnetic…

chao-dyn · Physics 2009-10-31 Klaus Hornberger , Uzy Smilansky

We present a solution of the algebraic version of Birkhoff Conjecture on integrable billiards. Namely we show that every polynomially integrable real bounded convex planar billiard with smooth boundary is an ellipse. We extend this result…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2019-02-25 Alexey Glutsyuk

Orbits in different dispersive billiard systems, e.g. the 3 disk system, are mapped into a topological well ordered symbol plane and it is showed that forbidden and allowed orbits are separated by a monotone pruning front. The pruning front…

chao-dyn · Physics 2009-10-22 Kai T. Hansen

In this work, we perform a statistical study on Dirac Billiards in the extreme quantum limit (a single open channel on the leads). Our numerical analysis uses a large ensemble of random matrices and demonstrates the preponderant role of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-09-22 A. J. Nascimento Júnior , M. S. M. Barros , J. G. G. S. Ramos , A. L. R. Barbosa

In this paper, we show that any smooth one-parameter deformations of a strictly convex integrable billiard table $\Omega_0$ preserving the integrability near the boundary have to be tangent to a finite dimensional space passing through…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2018-10-29 Guan Huang , Vadim Kaloshin

We consider the free motion of a point particle inside a circular billiard with periodically moving boundary, with the assumption that the collisions of the particle with the boundary are elastic so that the energy of the particle is not…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2022-07-27 Claudio Bonanno , Stefano Marò

Given a strictly convex domain $\Omega$ in $\R^2$, there is a natural way to define a billiard map in it: a rectilinear path hitting the boundary reflects so that the angle of reflection is equal to the angle of incidence. In this paper we…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2012-03-07 Vadim Kaloshin , Alfonso Sorrentino

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

In this short note we consider the finite-dimensional distributions of sets of states generated by dispersing billiards with a random initial condition. We establish a functional correlation bound on the distance between the…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2017-04-24 Juho Leppänen , Mikko Stenlund

Statistical equilibration of energies in a slow-fast system is a fundamental open problem in physics. In a recent paper, it was shown that the equilibration rate in a springy billiard can remain strictly positive in the limit of vanishing…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2019-06-12 Kushal Shah

The quantum dynamics of a chaotic billiard with moving boundary is considered in this work. We found a shape parameter Hamiltonian expansion which enables us to obtain the spectrum of the deformed billiard for deformations so large as the…

chao-dyn · Physics 2009-10-31 D. A. Wisniacki , E. Vergini

Given a quadratically convex compact connected oriented hypersurface $N$ of the complex hyperbolic plane, we prove that the characteristic rays of the symplectic form restricted to $N$ determine a double geodesic foliation of the exterior…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2025-03-11 Yamile Godoy , Marcos Salvai

Gouezel and Sarig introduced operator renewal theory as a method to prove sharp results on polynomial decay of correlations for certain classes of nonuniformly expanding maps. In this paper, we apply the method to planar dispersing…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2021-06-04 Henk Bruin , Ian Melbourne , Dalia Terhesiu

In this text we study billiards on ovals and investigate some consequences of a rotational symmetry of the boundary on the dynamics. As it simplifies some calculations, the symmetry helps to obtain the results. We focus on periodic orbits…

We consider the integrable dynamics of a Kepler billiard in the plane bounded by a branch of a conic section focused at the Kepler center. We show that in this case, for non-zero-energy orbits, the lines of consecutive second orbital foci…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2026-05-22 Daniel Jaud , Lei Zhao

A simple relation is developed between elastic collisions of freely-moving point particles in one dimension and a corresponding billiard system. For two particles with masses m_1 and m_2 on the half-line x>0 that approach an elastic barrier…

Physics Education · Physics 2009-11-10 S. Redner

Billiard systems, broadly speaking, may be regarded as models of mechanical systems in which rigid parts interact through elastic impulsive (collision) forces. When it is desired or necessary to account for linear/angular momentum exchange…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-02-24 C. Cox , R. Feres , B. Zhao

The billiard systems within quadrics, playing the role of discrete analogues of geodesics on ellipsoids, are incorporated into the theory of integrable quad-graphs. An initial observation is that the Six-pointed star theorem, as the…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2013-01-01 Vladimir Dragovic , Milena Radnovic

We study some dynamical properties of a classical time-dependent elliptical billiard. We consider periodically moving boundary and collisions between the particle and the boundary are assumed to be elastic. Our results confirm that although…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2016-12-21 Diego F. M. Oliveira , Marko Robnik

We characterise the eigenfunctions of an equilateral triangle billiard in terms of its nodal domains. The number of nodal domains has a quadratic form in terms of the quantum numbers, with a non-trivial number-theoretic factor. The patterns…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-05-09 Rhine Samajdar , Sudhir R. Jain