Impenetrable barriers in phase space for deterministic thermostats

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/42/4/042001MaRDI QIDQ3600524zbMATHOpenAlexFDO

Authors Gregory S. Ezra, Stephen Wiggins

Publication date 10 February 2009

Published in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0810.3410

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Classical dynamic and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82C05)

Abstract: We investigate the relation between the phase space structure of Hamiltonian and non-Hamiltonian deterministic thermostats. We show that phase space structures governing reaction dynamics in Hamiltonian systems map to the same type of phase space structures for the non-Hamiltonian isokinetic equations of motion for the thermostatted Hamiltonian. Our results establish a framework for analyzing thermostat dynamics using concepts and methods developed in reaction rate theory.

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