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 and low scatterer densities (Boltzmann-Grad limit). The normalization factor is , where 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.
Cite
@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