Markov tree model of transport in area-preserving maps (Q1111264)

Transport in an area-preserving map with a mixture of regular and chaotic regions is described in terms of the flux through invariant Cantor sets called cantori. A model retaining a discrete set of cantori approaching a boundary circle gives the Markov chain description of \textit{J. D. Hanson}, \textit{J. R. Cary} and the first author [J. Stat. Phys. 39, 327 ff. (1985)]. The inclusion of cantori surrounding island chains, and islands about islands, etc. gives a Markov tree model with a slower decay rate. The survival probability distribution is shown to decay asymptotically as a power law. The decay exponent agrees reasonably well with the computations of \textit{C. F. F. Karney} [Physica D 8, 360-380 (1983)] and of \textit{B. V. Chirikov} and \textit{D. L. Shepelyanski} [ibid. 13, 395-400 (1984; Zbl 0588.58039)].