Improved geometric and recollision estimates for the invariance principle of the random Lorentz gas
Abstract By improving geometric recollision estimates for a random Lorentz gas, we extend the timescale T ( r ) of the invariance principle for a Lorentz gas with particle size r obtained by Lutsko and Tóth (2020) from <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll"> <mml:mrow> <mml:munder> <mml:mo movablelimits="true">lim</mml:mo> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>r</mml:mi> <mml:mo stretchy="false">→</mml:mo> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:munder> <mml:mi>T</mml:mi> <mml:mo stretchy="false">(</mml:mo> <mml:mi>r</mml:mi> <mml:mo stretchy="false">)</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>r</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo stretchy="false">|</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mi>log</mml:mi> <mml:mo></mml:mo> <mml:mo stretchy="false">(</mml:mo> <mml:mi>r</mml:mi> <mml:mo stretchy="false">)</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo stretchy="false">|</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> </mml:msup> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> to <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll"> <mml:mrow> <mml:munder> <mml:mo movablelimits="true">lim</mml:mo> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>r</mml:mi> <mml:mo stretchy="false">→</mml:mo> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:munder> <mml:mi>T</mml:mi> <mml:mo stretchy="false">(</mml:mo> <mml:mi>r</mml:mi> <mml:mo stretchy="false">)</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>r</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo stretchy="false">|</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mi>log</mml:mi> <mml:mo></mml:mo> <mml:mo stretchy="false">(</mml:mo> <mml:mi>r</mml:mi> <mml:mo stretchy="false">)</mml:mo> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo stretchy="false">|</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> . We show that this is the maximal reachable timescale with the coupling of stochastic processes introduced in the original result. In our improved geometric estimates we make use of the convexity of scatterers to obtain better dispersive estimates for the associated billiard map. We provide additional estimates on the exit distribution of simple recollisions.
Authors
- Karsten Matthies (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8250-2538)
- Raphael Winter
Institutions
- University of Bath (GB)
- Cardiff University (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nonlinearity
- Published
- 2026-03-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6544/ae4602
- Primary Topic
- Point processes and geometric inequalities
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Leverhulme Trust
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
- Division of Mathematical Sciences