Time-Scales to Equipartition in the Fermi-Pasta-Ulam Problem: Finite-Size Effects and Thermodynamic Limit

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 793-812

  Benettin, G ^a   Ponno, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Equipartition time; Fermi Pasta Ulam; Thermodynamic limit

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052038783     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10955-011-0277-9     Document Type: Article

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