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2016, 10: 209-228. doi: 10.3934/jmd.2016.10.209

Minimality of the Ehrenfest wind-tree model

Alba Málaga Sabogal 1, and  Serge Troubetzkoy 1,

1. 

Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, Centrale Marseille, I2M, UMR 7373, 13453 Marseille, France, France

Received  June 2015 Revised  March 2016 Published  June 2016

We consider aperiodic wind-tree models and show that for a generic (in the sense of Baire) configuration the wind-tree dynamics is minimal in almost all directions and has a dense set of periodic points.
Keywords: minimality, periodic orbit., Wind-tree.
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 37D50; Secondary: 37A40, 37B0.
Citation: Alba Málaga Sabogal, Serge Troubetzkoy. Minimality of the Ehrenfest wind-tree model. Journal of Modern Dynamics, 2016, 10: 209-228. doi: 10.3934/jmd.2016.10.209
References:
[1]

A. Avila and P. Hubert, Recurrence for the Wind-Tree Model,, Annales de l'Institut Henri Poincaré - Analyse non linéaire, ().   Google Scholar

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A. S. Besicovitch, A problem on topological transformations of the plane. II.,, Proc. Cambridge Philos. Soc., 47 (1951), 38.  doi: 10.1017/S0305004100026347.  Google Scholar

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P. and T. Ehrenfest, Begriffliche Grundlagen der statistischen Auffassung in der Mechanik,, Encykl. d. Math. Wissensch. IV 2 II, (1912), 10.   Google Scholar

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G. Gallavotti, Divergences and the approach to equilibrium in the Lorentz and the wind-tree models,, Phys. Rev., 185 (1969), 308.  doi: 10.1103/PhysRev.185.308.  Google Scholar

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W. H. Gottschalk, Orbit-closure decompositions and almost periodic properties,, Bull. AMS, 50 (1944), 915.  doi: 10.1090/S0002-9904-1944-08262-1.  Google Scholar

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J. Hardy and J. Weber, Diffusion in a periodic wind-tree model,, J. Math. Phys., 21 (1980), 1802.  doi: 10.1063/1.524633.  Google Scholar

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E. H. Hauge and E. G. D. Cohen, Normal and abnormal diffusion in Ehrenfest's wind-tree model,, J. Math. Phys., 10 (1969), 397.   Google Scholar

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P. Hubert and B. Weiss, Ergodicity for infinite periodic translation surfaces,, Compos. Math., 149 (2013), 1364.  doi: 10.1112/S0010437X12000887.  Google Scholar

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A. Katok and A. Zemlyakov, Topological transitivity of billiards in polygons,, Math. Notes, 18 (1975), 291.   Google Scholar

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M. Keane, Interval exchange transformations,, Math. Z., 141 (1975), 25.  doi: 10.1007/BF01236981.  Google Scholar

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A. Málaga Sabogal, Étude D'une Famille de Transformations Préservant la Mesure de $\mathbbZ \times \mathbbT$,, Thèse Paris 11, (2014).   Google Scholar

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S. Marmi, P. Moussa and Y.-C. Yoccoz, The cohomological equation for Roth-type interval exchange maps,, J. AMS, 18 (2005), 823.  doi: 10.1090/S0894-0347-05-00490-X.  Google Scholar

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D. Ralston and S. Troubetzkoy, Ergodic infinite group extensions of geodesic flows on translation surfaces,, J. Mod. Dyn., 6 (2012), 477.   Google Scholar

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S. Troubetzkoy, Approximation and billiards,, Dynamical systems and Diophantine approximation, (2009), 173.   Google Scholar

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S. Troubetzkoy, Typical recurrence for the Ehrenfest wind-tree model,, J. Stat. Phys., 141 (2010), 60.  doi: 10.1007/s10955-010-0026-5.  Google Scholar

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W. A. Veech, Teichmüller curves in moduli space, Eisenstein series and an application to triangular billiards,, Inventiones Mathematicae, 97 (1989), 553.  doi: 10.1007/BF01388890.  Google Scholar

[26]

Y. Vorobets, Periodic geodesics on translation surfaces,, Algebraic and topological dynamics, (2005), 205.  doi: 10.1090/conm/385/07199.  Google Scholar

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H. Van Beyeren and E. H. Hauge, Abnormal diffusion in Ehrenfest's wind-tree model,, Physics Letters A, 39 (1972), 397.  doi: 10.1016/0375-9601(72)90112-0.  Google Scholar

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W. Wood and F. Lado, Monte Carlo calculation of normal and abnormal diffusion in Ehrenfest's wind-tree model,, J. Comp. Physics, 7 (1971), 528.  doi: 10.1016/0021-9991(71)90109-4.  Google Scholar

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References:
[1]

A. Avila and P. Hubert, Recurrence for the Wind-Tree Model,, Annales de l'Institut Henri Poincaré - Analyse non linéaire, ().   Google Scholar

[2]

A. S. Besicovitch, A problem on topological transformations of the plane. II.,, Proc. Cambridge Philos. Soc., 47 (1951), 38.  doi: 10.1017/S0305004100026347.  Google Scholar

[3]

C. Bianca and L. Rondoni, The nonequilibrium Ehrenfest gas: A chaotic model with flat obstacles?,, Chaos, 19 (2009).  doi: 10.1063/1.3085954.  Google Scholar

[4]

M. Boshernitzan, G. Galperin, T. Krüger and S. Troubetzkoy, Periodic billiard orbits are dense in rational polygons,, Trans. Am. Math. Soc., 350 (1998), 3523.  doi: 10.1090/S0002-9947-98-02089-3.  Google Scholar

[5]

V. Delecroix, Divergent trajectories in the periodic wind-tree model,, J. Mod. Dyn., 7 (2013), 1.  doi: 10.3934/jmd.2013.7.1.  Google Scholar

[6]

V. Delecroix, P. Hubert and S. Lelièvre, Diffusion for the periodic wind-tree model,, Ann. Sci. ENS, 47 (2014), 1085.   Google Scholar

[7]

C. P. Dettmann, E. G. D. Cohen and H. van Beijeren, Statistical mechanics: Microscopic chaos from brownian motion?,, Nature, 401 (1999).  doi: 10.1038/44759.  Google Scholar

[8]

P. and T. Ehrenfest, Begriffliche Grundlagen der statistischen Auffassung in der Mechanik,, Encykl. d. Math. Wissensch. IV 2 II, (1912), 10.   Google Scholar

[9]

K. Frączek and C. Ulcigrai, Non-ergodic $\mathbbZ$-periodic billiards and infinite translation surfaces,, Invent. Math., 197 (2014), 241.  doi: 10.1007/s00222-013-0482-z.  Google Scholar

[10]

G. Gallavotti, Divergences and the approach to equilibrium in the Lorentz and the wind-tree models,, Phys. Rev., 185 (1969), 308.  doi: 10.1103/PhysRev.185.308.  Google Scholar

[11]

W. H. Gottschalk, Orbit-closure decompositions and almost periodic properties,, Bull. AMS, 50 (1944), 915.  doi: 10.1090/S0002-9904-1944-08262-1.  Google Scholar

[12]

J. Hardy and J. Weber, Diffusion in a periodic wind-tree model,, J. Math. Phys., 21 (1980), 1802.  doi: 10.1063/1.524633.  Google Scholar

[13]

E. H. Hauge and E. G. D. Cohen, Normal and abnormal diffusion in Ehrenfest's wind-tree model,, J. Math. Phys., 10 (1969), 397.   Google Scholar

[14]

P. Hubert and B. Weiss, Ergodicity for infinite periodic translation surfaces,, Compos. Math., 149 (2013), 1364.  doi: 10.1112/S0010437X12000887.  Google Scholar

[15]

P. Hooper, P. Hubert and B. Weiss, Dynamics on the infinite staircase,, Discrete Contin. Dyn. Syst., 33 (2013), 4341.  doi: 10.3934/dcds.2013.33.4341.  Google Scholar

[16]

P. Hubert, Pascal, S. Lelièvre and S. Troubetzkoy, The Ehrenfest wind-tree model: periodic directions, recurrence, diffusion,, J. Reine Angew. Math., 656 (2011), 223.  doi: 10.1515/CRELLE.2011.052.  Google Scholar

[17]

A. Katok and A. Zemlyakov, Topological transitivity of billiards in polygons,, Math. Notes, 18 (1975), 291.   Google Scholar

[18]

M. Keane, Interval exchange transformations,, Math. Z., 141 (1975), 25.  doi: 10.1007/BF01236981.  Google Scholar

[19]

A. Málaga Sabogal, Étude D'une Famille de Transformations Préservant la Mesure de $\mathbbZ \times \mathbbT$,, Thèse Paris 11, (2014).   Google Scholar

[20]

S. Marmi, P. Moussa and Y.-C. Yoccoz, The cohomological equation for Roth-type interval exchange maps,, J. AMS, 18 (2005), 823.  doi: 10.1090/S0894-0347-05-00490-X.  Google Scholar

[21]

H. Masur and S. Tabachnikov, Rational billiards and flat structures,, Handbook of dynamical systems, 1 (2002), 1015.  doi: 10.1016/S1874-575X(02)80015-7.  Google Scholar

[22]

D. Ralston and S. Troubetzkoy, Ergodic infinite group extensions of geodesic flows on translation surfaces,, J. Mod. Dyn., 6 (2012), 477.   Google Scholar

[23]

S. Troubetzkoy, Approximation and billiards,, Dynamical systems and Diophantine approximation, (2009), 173.   Google Scholar

[24]

S. Troubetzkoy, Typical recurrence for the Ehrenfest wind-tree model,, J. Stat. Phys., 141 (2010), 60.  doi: 10.1007/s10955-010-0026-5.  Google Scholar

[25]

W. A. Veech, Teichmüller curves in moduli space, Eisenstein series and an application to triangular billiards,, Inventiones Mathematicae, 97 (1989), 553.  doi: 10.1007/BF01388890.  Google Scholar

[26]

Y. Vorobets, Periodic geodesics on translation surfaces,, Algebraic and topological dynamics, (2005), 205.  doi: 10.1090/conm/385/07199.  Google Scholar

[27]

H. Van Beyeren and E. H. Hauge, Abnormal diffusion in Ehrenfest's wind-tree model,, Physics Letters A, 39 (1972), 397.  doi: 10.1016/0375-9601(72)90112-0.  Google Scholar

[28]

W. Wood and F. Lado, Monte Carlo calculation of normal and abnormal diffusion in Ehrenfest's wind-tree model,, J. Comp. Physics, 7 (1971), 528.  doi: 10.1016/0021-9991(71)90109-4.  Google Scholar

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