Published April 2004 | Version v1
Journal article

On the relationship between Hamiltonian chaos and classical gravity

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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