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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-1-31
pubmed:abstractText
We explore the dynamical evolution of an ensemble of noninteracting particles propagating freely in an elliptical billiard with harmonically driven boundaries. The existence of Fermi acceleration is shown thereby refuting the established assumption that smoothly driven billiards whose static counterparts are integrable do not exhibit acceleration dynamics. The underlying mechanism based on intermittent phases of laminar and stochastic behavior of the strongly correlated angular momentum and velocity motion is identified and studied with varying parameters. The diffusion process in velocity space is shown to be anomalous and we find that the corresponding characteristic exponent depends monotonically on the breathing amplitude of the billiard boundaries. Thus it is possible to tune the acceleration law in a straightforwardly controllable manner.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0031-9007
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
11
pubmed:volume
100
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
014103
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Tunable fermi acceleration in the driven elliptical billiard.
pubmed:affiliation
Physikalisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Philosophenweg 12, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. lenz@physi.uni-heidelberg.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article