Anomalous current in periodic Lorentz gases with infinite horizon

Russian Mathematical Surveys

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 651-699

  Dolgopyat, D I ^a   Chernov, N I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Billiards; Diffusion; Electric current; Lorentz gas; Ohm's law

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951526945     PISSN: 00360279     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1070/RM2009v064n04ABEH004630     Document Type: Article

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