Tail asymptotics of free path lengths for the periodic Lorentz process: on Dettmann's geometric conjectures

DOI10.1007/S00220-014-2086-XMaRDI QIDQ398736zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Péter Nándori, D. Szász, Tamás Varjú

Publication date 15 August 2014

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1210.2231

zbMATH Keywords

convex bodiesarrangement of ballsperiodic Lorentz process

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Dynamical aspects of statistical mechanics (37A60) Homogeneous flows (37A17) Dynamics of random walks, random surfaces, lattice animals, etc. in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C41)

Abstract: In the simplest case, consider a $mathbb{Z}^d$-periodic ($dgeq3$) arrangement of balls of radii < 1/2, and select a random direction and point (outside the balls). According to Dettmann's first conjecture, the probability that the so determined free flight (until the first hitting of a ball) is larger than $t>>1$ is $simfracCt$, where $C$ is explicitly given by the geometry of the model. In its simplest form, Dettmann's second conjecture is related to the previous case with tangent balls (of radii 1/2). The conjectures are established in a more general setup: for $mathcalL$-periodic configuration of - possibly intersecting - convex bodies with $mathcalL$ being a non-degenerate lattice. These questions are related to P'olya's visibility problem (1918), to theories of Bourgain-Golse-Wennberg (1998-) and of Marklof-Str"{o}mbergsson (2010-). The results also provide the asymptotic covariance of the periodic Lorentz process assuming it has a limit in the super-diffusive scaling, a fact if $d=2$ and the horizon is infinite.

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