On the relationship between Hamiltonian chaos and classical gravity
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Description
It is known that Hamiltonian equations of motion for low-dimensional chaotic systems are typically formulated using fractional derivatives. The evolution of such systems is governed by the fractional diffusion equation, which describes self-similar and non-Gaussian processes with strong intermittencies. We confirm, in this context, that the dynamics of a Brownian particle driven by space-time dependent fluctuations evolves towards Hamiltonian chaos and fractional diffusion. The corresponding motion of the particle has a time-dependent and nowhere vanishing acceleration. Invoking the equivalence principle of general relativity leads to the conclusion that fractional diffusion is locally equivalent to a transient gravitational field. It is shown that gravity becomes renormalizable as Newton's constant converges towards a dimensionless quantity
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Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.chaos.2003.08.014;
- PII
- S0960077903004569;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Chaos, Solitons and Fractals
- Journal Volume
- 20
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Journal Page Range
- p. 187-194
- ISSN
- 0960-0779
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 35051290
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; CHAOS THEORY; DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS; HAMILTONIANS; SPACE-TIME; TIME DEPENDENCE
- Descriptors DEC
- DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MATHEMATICS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; QUANTUM OPERATORS
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- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.