Goodness of Ergodic Adiabatic Invariants

Edward Ott
Phys. Rev. Lett. 42, 1628 – Published 11 June 1979
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Abstract

For a "slowly" time-dependent Hamiltonian system exhibiting ergodic motion, the volume inside the hypersurface on which the Hamiltonian equals a constant is an adiabatic invariant. It is shown that the error in the constant is diffusive and scales as (τCτ)12, where τC is a certain correlation time of the ergodic motion, and τ is the time scale over which the Hamiltonian changes.

  • Received 15 March 1979

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.42.1628

©1979 American Physical Society

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Edward Ott

  • Laboratory of Plasma Studies and Department of Electrical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853

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Vol. 42, Iss. 24 — 11 June 1979

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