Linear Stability of Periodic Trajectories in Inverse Magnetic Billiards

Abstract

We study the stability of periodic trajectories of planar inverse magnetic billiards, a dynamical system whose trajectories are straight lines inside a connected planar domain $\Omega$ and circular arcs outside $\Omega$. Explicit examples are calculated in circles, ellipses, and the one parameter family of curves $x^{2k}+y^{2k}=1$. Comparisons are made to the linear stability of periodic billiard and magnetic billiard trajectories.

23 pages, 9 figures

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• Quantum and semiclassical study of magnetic anti-dots
• Tunable Lyapunov exponent in inverse magnetic billiards