Abstract
We study the decay of classical systems with regular and chaotic dynamics by investigating the escape of a particle from a container with a small hole. For the case of ergodic motion, we find an exponential decay law, whereas the nonchaotic system decays according to a power law.
- Received 29 May 1990
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.65.2213
©1990 American Physical Society
