Dissipative chaotic scattering.
We show that weak dissipation, typical in realistic situations, can have a metamorphic consequence on nonhyperbolic chaotic scattering in the sense that the physically important particle-decay law is altered, no matter how small the amount of dissipation. As a result, the previous conclusion about the unity of the fractal dimension of the set of singularities in scattering functions, a major claim about nonhyperbolic chaotic scattering, may not be observable.
Motter
Adilson E
AE
Department of Mathematics, Center for Systems Science and Engineering Research, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, USA.
Lai
Ying-Cheng
YC