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Normal and anomalous diffusion in a bouncing ball over an irregular surface

Chaotic Dynamics 2023-05-03 v2

Abstract

The problem of a bouncing ball on a non-planar surface is investigated. We discovered that surface undulation adds a horizontal component to the impact force, which acquires a random character. Some aspects of Brownian motion are found in the horizontal distribution of the particle. On the x-axis, normal and super diffusion are observed. For the probability density's functional form, a scaling hypothesis is presented.

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@article{arxiv.2301.00275,
  title  = {Normal and anomalous diffusion in a bouncing ball over an irregular surface},
  author = {Ana Laura Boscolo and Valdir Barbosa da Silva Junior and Luiz Antonio Barreiro},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2301.00275},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

12 pages, 8 figures, 1 table

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