Nonlinear Sciences – Chaotic Dynamics
Scientific paper
2005-07-08
J. Stat. Phys. 124, 823 (2006)
Nonlinear Sciences
Chaotic Dynamics
12 pages, 9 figures, minor changes in this version, to appear in J. Stat. Phys
Scientific paper
10.1007/s10955-005-9001-y
We study the Lyapunov exponents of a two-dimensional, random Lorentz gas at low density. The positive Lyapunov exponent may be obtained either by a direct analysis of the dynamics, or by the use of kinetic theory methods. To leading orders in the density of scatterers it is of the form $A_{0}\tilde{n}\ln\tilde{n}+B_{0}\tilde{n}$, where $A_{0}$ and $B_{0}$ are known constants and $\tilde{n}$ is the number density of scatterers expressed in dimensionless units. In this paper, we find that through order $(\tilde{n}^{2})$, the positive Lyapunov exponent is of the form $A_{0}\tilde{n}\ln\tilde{n}+B_{0}\tilde{n}+A_{1}\tilde{n}^{2}\ln\tilde{n} +B_{1}\tilde{n}^{2}$. Explicit numerical values of the new constants $A_{1}$ and $B_{1}$ are obtained by means of a systematic analysis. This takes into account, up to $O(\tilde{n}^{2})$, the effects of {\it all\/} possible trajectories in two versions of the model; in one version overlapping scatterer configurations are allowed and in the other they are not.
Beijeren Henk van
Kruis H. V.
Panja Debabrata
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