Equivalence of kinetic-theory and random-matrix approaches to Lyapunov spectra of hard-sphere systems

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSD.2010.06.007MaRDI QIDQ1957129zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors A. S. De Wijn

Publication date 24 September 2010

Published in Physica D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/nlin/0603021

zbMATH Keywords

Goldstone modeshard sphereshigh-dimensional chaosLyapunov exponentsLyapunov modesrandom matrices

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Random matrices (algebraic aspects) (15B52) Strange attractors, chaotic dynamics of systems with hyperbolic behavior (37D45) Interacting particle systems in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C22)

Abstract: In the study of chaotic behaviour of systems of many hard spheres, Lyapunov exponents of small absolute value exhibit interesting characteristics leading to speculations about connections to non-equilibrium statistical mechanics. Analytical approaches to these exponents so far can be divided into two groups, macroscopically oriented approaches, using kinetic theory or hydrodynamics, and more microscopically oriented random-matrix approaches in quasi-one-dimensional systems. In this paper, I present an approach using random matrices and weak disorder expansion in an arbitrary number of dimensions. Correlations between subsequent collisions of a particle are taken into account. It is shown that the results are identical to those of a previous approach based on an extended Enskog-equation. I conclude that each approach has its merits, and provides different insights into the approximations made, which include the Sto{ss}zahlansatz, the continuum limit, and the long-wavelength approximation. The comparison also gives insight into possible connections between Lyapunov exponents and fluctuations.

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