Borrowing and extending the method of images we introduce a theoretical framework that greatly simplifies analytical and numerical investigations of the escape rate in open systems. As an example, we explicitly derive the exact size- and position-dependent escape rate in a Markov case for holes of finite-size. Moreover, a general relation between the transfer operators of the closed and corresponding open systems, together with the generating function of the probability of return to the hole is derived. This relation is then used to compute the small hole asymptotic behavior, in terms of readily calculable quantities. As an example we derive logarithmic corrections in the second order term. Being valid for Markov systems, our framework can find application in many areas of the physical sciences such as information theory, network theory, quantum Weyl law and, via Ulam's method, can be used as an approximation method in general dynamical systems.

G Cristadoro, G Knight, M Degli Esposti (2013). Follow the fugitive: an application of the method of images to open systems. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. A, MATHEMATICAL AND THEORETICAL, 46, 272001-272001-8 [10.1088/1751-8113/46/27/272001].

Follow the fugitive: an application of the method of images to open systems

CRISTADORO, GIAMPAOLO;KNIGHT, GEORGIE SAMUEL;DEGLI ESPOSTI, MIRKO
2013

Abstract

Borrowing and extending the method of images we introduce a theoretical framework that greatly simplifies analytical and numerical investigations of the escape rate in open systems. As an example, we explicitly derive the exact size- and position-dependent escape rate in a Markov case for holes of finite-size. Moreover, a general relation between the transfer operators of the closed and corresponding open systems, together with the generating function of the probability of return to the hole is derived. This relation is then used to compute the small hole asymptotic behavior, in terms of readily calculable quantities. As an example we derive logarithmic corrections in the second order term. Being valid for Markov systems, our framework can find application in many areas of the physical sciences such as information theory, network theory, quantum Weyl law and, via Ulam's method, can be used as an approximation method in general dynamical systems.
2013
G Cristadoro, G Knight, M Degli Esposti (2013). Follow the fugitive: an application of the method of images to open systems. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. A, MATHEMATICAL AND THEORETICAL, 46, 272001-272001-8 [10.1088/1751-8113/46/27/272001].
G Cristadoro;G Knight;M Degli Esposti
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