NONINTEGRABLE STADIUM BILLIARD SEEN AS MIRROR CABINET

Authors
KRUELLE CA KITTEL A HUEBENER RP
Citation
Ca. Kruelle et al., NONINTEGRABLE STADIUM BILLIARD SEEN AS MIRROR CABINET, Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung. A, A journal of physical sciences, 48(10), 1993, pp. 1039-1040
Citations number
2
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Physical",Physics
Journal title
Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung. A, A journal of physical sciences → ACNP
ISSN journal
09320784
Volume
48
Issue
10
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1039 - 1040
Database
ISI
SICI code
0932-0784(1993)48:10<1039:NSBSAM>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
The Bunimovich stadium billiard is treated as a mirror cabinet seen fr om inside. The resulting system of virtual images of the mirror walls reveals a fractional structure which corresponds to the chaotic trajec tories of light rays or billiard balls inside the stadium.