Transport in Transitory Dynamical Systems

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2010-05-04

arxiv.org/abs/1005.0566v2

SIAM J. Dyn. Sys. 10(1) 35-65 (2011)

Nonlinear Sciences

Chaotic Dynamics

Updated and corrected version. LaTeX, 29 pages, 21 figures

Scientific paper

10.1137/100794110

We introduce the concept of a "transitory" dynamical system---one whose time-dependence is confined to a compact interval---and show how to quantify transport between two-dimensional Lagrangian coherent structures for the Hamiltonian case. This requires knowing only the "action" of relevant heteroclinic orbits at the intersection of invariant manifolds of "forward" and "backward" hyperbolic orbits. These manifolds can be easily computed by leveraging the autonomous nature of the vector fields on either side of the time-dependent transition. As illustrative examples we consider a two-dimensional fluid flow in a rotating double-gyre configuration and a simple one-and-a-half degree of freedom model of a resonant particle accelerator. We compare our results to those obtained using finite-time Lyapunov exponents and to adiabatic theory, discussing the benefits and limitations of each method.

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