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 , where is a certain correlation time of the ergodic motion, and is the time scale over which the Hamiltonian changes.
- Received 15 March 1979
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.42.1628
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