Measures with infinite Lyapunov exponents for the periodic Lorentz gas.

DOI10.1007/BF02183645zbMATH Open1081.82503arXivmath/9411237MaRDI QIDQ1593389FDOQ1593389

Authors: Nikolai Chernov, Serge Troubetzkoy 

Publication date: 16 January 2001

Published in: Journal of Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In cite{Ch91a} it was shown that the billiard ball map for the periodic Lorentz gas has infinite topological entropy. In this article we study the set of points with infinite Lyapunov exponents. Using the cell structure developed in cite{BSC90,Ku} we construct an ergodic invariant probability measure with infinite topological entropy supported on this set. Since the topological entropy is infinite this is a measure of maximal entropy. From the construction it is clear that there many such measures can coexist on a single component of topological transitivity. We also construct an ergodic invariant probability measure with finite entropy which is supported on this set showing that infinite exponents do not necessarily lead to infinite entropy.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/9411237

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zbMATH Keywords

Lyapunov exponentmeasure of maximal entropyLorentz gasbilliard

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Dynamical aspects of statistical mechanics (37A60) Classical equilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82B05) Dynamical systems in other branches of physics (quantum mechanics, general relativity, laser physics) (37N20)

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• Diffusion and chaos in a bouncing ball model
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