A general mechanism of diffusion in Hamiltonian systems: qualitative results

DOI10.1002/CPA.21856zbMATH Open1437.37072arXiv1405.0866OpenAlexW2962775219WikidataQ127437775 ScholiaQ127437775MaRDI QIDQ5212892FDOQ5212892

Authors: Marian Gidea, Rafael de la Llave, Tere M. Seara 

Publication date: 30 January 2020

Published in: Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We present a general mechanism to establish the existence of diffusing orbits in a large class of nearly integrable Hamiltonian systems. Our approach relies on successive applications of the `outer dynamics' along homoclinic orbits to a normally hyperbolic invariant manifold. The information on the outer dynamics is encoded by a geometrically defined map, referred to as the `scattering map'. We find pseudo-orbits of the scattering map that keep advancing in some privileged direction. Then we use the recurrence property of the `inner dynamics', restricted to the normally hyperbolic invariant manifold, to return to those pseudo-orbits. Finally, we apply topological methods to show the existence of true orbits that follow the successive applications of the two dynamics. This method differs, in several crucial aspects, from earlier works. Unlike the well known `two-dynamics' approach, the method we present relies on the outer dynamics alone. There are virtually no assumptions on the inner dynamics, as its invariant objects (e.g., primary and secondary tori, lower dimensional hyperbolic tori and their stable/unstable manifolds, Aubry-Mather sets) are not used at all. The method applies to unperturbed Hamiltonians of arbitrary degrees of freedom that are not necessarily convex. In addition, this mechanism is easy to verify (analytically or numerically) in concrete examples, as well as to establish diffusion in generic systems. We include several applications, such as bridging large gaps in a priori unstable models in any dimension, and establishing diffusion in cases when the inner dynamics is a non-twist map.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1405.0866

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zbMATH Keywords

Arnold diffusionnearly integrable Hamiltonian systemdiffusion orbits

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stability problems for finite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems (37J25) Completely integrable finite-dimensional Hamiltonian systems, integration methods, integrability tests (37J35) Perturbations of finite-dimensional Hamiltonian systems, normal forms, small divisors, KAM theory, Arnol'd diffusion (37J40) Nearly integrable Hamiltonian systems, KAM theory (70H08) Three-body problems (70F07) Perturbation theories for problems in Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics (70H09) General theory of finite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems, Hamiltonian and Lagrangian structures, symmetries, invariants (37J06)

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