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Classical nonlinear response of a chaotic system. I. Collective resonances
Sergey V Malinin1, Vladimir Y Chernyak
1Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, 5101 Cass Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA.
Abstract:
We develop a general semiquantitative picture of nonlinear classical response in strongly chaotic systems. In contrast to behavior in integrable or almost integrable systems, the nonlinear classical response in chaotic systems vanishes at long times. The exponential decay of the response functions in the case of strong chaos is attributed to both exponentially decaying and growing elements in the stability matrices. We calculate the linear and second-order response in one of the simplest chaotic systems: free classical motion on a compact surface of constant negative curvature. The response reveals certain features of collective resonances which do not correspond to any periodic classical trajectories. We demonstrate the relevance of the model for the interpretation of spectroscopic experiments.
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