Multiple scattering in random mechanical systems and diffusion approximation

DOI10.1007/s00220-013-1788-9zbMath1282.37012arXiv1208.3776MaRDI QIDQ382279

Jasmine Ng, Renato Feres, Hong-Kun Zhang

Publication date: 18 November 2013

Published in: Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1208.3776

zbMATH Keywords

Markov chains; stationary measures; diffusion limits; random maps; random systems; billiard-type systems; iterated scattering chains; Itô SDE; multiple scattering between plates; scattering on a rough surface; weak scattering

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

60J10: Markov chains (discrete-time Markov processes on discrete state spaces)

82C31: Stochastic methods (Fokker-Planck, Langevin, etc.) applied to problems in time-dependent statistical mechanics

37A50: Dynamical systems and their relations with probability theory and stochastic processes

82C41: Dynamics of random walks, random surfaces, lattice animals, etc. in time-dependent statistical mechanics

60J50: Boundary theory for Markov processes

37A60: Dynamical aspects of statistical mechanics

65C35: Stochastic particle methods

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