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Chaos in Lorentz lattice gases

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25 Years of Non-Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics

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Lorentz lattice gases belong to the category of dynamical systems with positive Lyapunov exponents, and are therefore chaotic. We show using techniques from the kinetic theory of gases that these dynamical quantities can be computed explicitly.

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  1. Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands

    M. H. Ernst

  2. Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland, 20742, College Park, MD, USA

    J. R. Dorfman

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J. J. Brey J. Marro J. M. Rubí M. San Miguel

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Ernst, M.H., Dorfman, J.R. (1995). Chaos in Lorentz lattice gases. In: Brey, J.J., Marro, J., Rubí, J.M., San Miguel, M. (eds) 25 Years of Non-Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 445. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-59158-3_44

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