Chaotic dynamics of a classical radiant cavity
arXiv:chao-dyn/9904026 · doi:10.1209/epl/i1999-00261-y
Abstract
The statistical properties of a classical electromagnetic field in interaction with matter are numerically investigated on a one-dimensional model of a radiant cavity, conservative and with finite total energy. Our results suggest a trend towards equipartition of energy, with the relaxation times of the normal modes of the cavity increasing with the mode frequency according to a law, the form of which depends on the shape of the charge distribution.
revtex, 4 pages, 3 figures, to be published in Europhys. Lett