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A piecewise smooth Fermi–Ulam pingpong with potential

Part of: Applications - Dynamical systems and ergodic theory Dynamical systems with hyperbolic behavior Ergodic theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 March 2021

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Abstract

In this paper we study a Fermi–Ulam model where a pingpong ball bounces elastically against a periodically oscillating platform in a gravity field. We assume that the platform motion $f(t)$ is 1-periodic and piecewise $C^3$ with a singularity, $\dot {f}(0+)\ne \dot {f}(1-)$. If the second derivative $\ddot {f}(t)$ of the platform motion is either always positive or always less than $-g$, where g is the gravitational constant, then the escaping orbits constitute a null set and the system is recurrent. However, under these assumptions, escaping orbits co-exist with bounded orbits at arbitrarily high energy levels.

Keywords

Fermi accelerationFermi–Ulamergodic theorybouncing ballescaping orbit

MSC classification

Primary: 37N05: Dynamical systems in classical and celestial mechanics 37D20: Uniformly hyperbolic systems (expanding, Anosov, Axiom A, etc.)
Secondary: 37A25: Ergodicity, mixing, rates of mixing 70F15: Celestial mechanics

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Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems , Volume 42 , Issue 5 , May 2022 , pp. 1847 - 1870
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