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Main Author: Fieguth, Diego M
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.15901
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author Fieguth, Diego M
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contents In this work we show how friction enables a non-linear energy transfer in a slow-fast Hamiltonian system. We first introduce a paradigmatic system consisting of a weakly coupled fast and slow oscillator that gives rise to a non-linear resonance. We state known Assertions about this system and the conservation of energy in the slow variables. We reexamine the system with friction in the slow degrees and identify two effects that lead to an energy transfer from the fast degrees of freedom to the slow degrees. We then replace the slow harmonic oscillator with an asymmetric double well system. Only with friction turned on the particle can move from lower energy to a high energy stable equilibrium point.
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spellingShingle Friction Induced Energy Gain
Fieguth, Diego M
Classical Physics
In this work we show how friction enables a non-linear energy transfer in a slow-fast Hamiltonian system. We first introduce a paradigmatic system consisting of a weakly coupled fast and slow oscillator that gives rise to a non-linear resonance. We state known Assertions about this system and the conservation of energy in the slow variables. We reexamine the system with friction in the slow degrees and identify two effects that lead to an energy transfer from the fast degrees of freedom to the slow degrees. We then replace the slow harmonic oscillator with an asymmetric double well system. Only with friction turned on the particle can move from lower energy to a high energy stable equilibrium point.
title Friction Induced Energy Gain
topic Classical Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.15901