Biased diffusion inside regular islands under random symplectic perturbations

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Contributors

  • Alexandra Kruscha - , Max-Planck-Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
  • Roland Ketzmerick - , Chair of Computational Physics, Max-Planck-Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems (Author)
  • Holger Kantz - , Max-Planck-Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)

Abstract

We study the random concatenation of slightly different two-dimensional Hamiltonian maps with a mixed phase space. We consider a regular island whose fixed point is identical for all maps. Trajectories of the concatenated maps near this fixed point are no longer confined to invariant tori. We derive a stochastic model for the distance from the fixed point, which turns out to be a biased random walk with multiplicative noise. We give an analytical prediction of the survival probability of trajectories inside the regular island, which asymptotically is the product of a power law and an exponential. We confirm these results numerically for the parametrically perturbed standard map.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Article number066210
JournalPhysical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
Volume85
Issue number6
Publication statusPublished - 28 Jun 2012
Peer-reviewedYes