Published April 2000
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Journal article
Numerical study of a three-dimensional generalized stadium billiard
Creators
- 1. Institute for Nuclear Theory, Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195 (United States)
Description
We study a generalized three-dimensional stadium billiard and present strong numerical evidence that this system is completely chaotic. In this convex billiard chaos is generated by the defocusing mechanism. The construction of this billiard uses cylindrical components as the focusing elements and thereby differs from the recent approach pioneered by Bunimovich and Rehacek [Commun. Math. Phys. 189, 729 (1997)]. We investigate the stability of lower-dimensional invariant manifolds and discuss bouncing ball modes. (c) 2000 The American Physical Society
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review. E, Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics
- Journal Volume
- 61
- Journal Issue
- 4
- Journal Page Range
- p. 4626-4628
- ISSN
- 1063-651X
- CODEN
- PLEEE8
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 32059796
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Numerical Data
- Descriptors DEI
- CLASSICAL MECHANICS; DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; PHASE SPACE; THEORETICAL DATA
- Descriptors DEC
- DATA; INFORMATION; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; MECHANICS; NUMERICAL DATA; SPACE
- Proposed descriptors and Free-text terms
- chaos