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Microscopic chaos from brownian motion?

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  • P. Gaspard

    (Faculté des Sciences, Université Libre de Bruxelles)

  • M. E. Briggs

    (University of Utah)

  • M. K. Francis

    (University of Maryland)

  • J. V. Sengers

    (University of Maryland)

  • R. W. Gammon

    (University of Maryland)

  • J. R. Dorfman

    (University of Maryland)

  • R. V. Calabrese

    (University of Maryland)

Abstract

We presented experimental evidence for the existence of microscopic chaos in the mesoscopic motion of a brownian particle in solution. We used standard techniques to analyse long trajectories of a brownian particle and inferred a dynamical entropy from this analysis. We showed that this dynamical entropy can be accessed experimentally by measuring multiple-time correlation functions for the particle. The dynamical entropy was then used to provide a positive lower bound for the sum of the Lyapunov exponents for the underlying deterministic dynamical system composed of the fluid and brownian particles. We concluded that the positive dynamical entropy, obtained experimen-tally, was evidence for the existence of positive Lyapunov exponents in the underlying dynamics, and hence for the existence of microscopic chaos generated by a dynamical instability.

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  • P. Gaspard & M. E. Briggs & M. K. Francis & J. V. Sengers & R. W. Gammon & J. R. Dorfman & R. V. Calabrese, 1999. "Microscopic chaos from brownian motion?," Nature, Nature, vol. 401(6756), pages 876-876, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:401:y:1999:i:6756:d:10.1038_44764
    DOI: 10.1038/44764
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