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Thermodynamic formalism for dispersing billiards

Dynamical Systems 2022-09-16 v3 Mathematical Physics math.MP Chaotic Dynamics

Abstract

For any finite horizon Sinai billiard map T on the two-torus, we find t_*>1 such that for each t in (0,t_*) there exists a unique equilibrium state μt\mu_t for tlogJuT- t\log J^uT, and μt\mu_t is T-adapted. (In particular, the SRB measure is the unique equilibrium state for logJuT- \log J^uT.) We show that μt\mu_t is exponentially mixing for Holder observables, and the pressure function P(t)=supμ{hμtlogJuTdμ}P(t)=\sup_\mu \{h_\mu -\int t\log J^uT d \mu\} is analytic on (0,t_*). In addition, P(t) is strictly convex if and only if logJuT\log J^uT is not μt\mu_t a.e. cohomologous to a constant, while, if there exist tatbt_a\ne t_b with μta=μtb\mu_{t_a}= \mu_{t_b}, then P(t) is affine on (0,t_*). An additional sparse recurrence condition gives limt0P(t)=P(0)\lim_{t\to 0} P(t)=P(0).

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@article{arxiv.2009.10936,
  title  = {Thermodynamic formalism for dispersing billiards},
  author = {Viviane Baladi and Mark Demers},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2009.10936},
  year   = {2022}
}

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Version v3 is the electronic copy of the published version in Journal of Modern Dynamics

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