On the approach to equilibrium of an Hamiltonian chain of anharmonic oscillators

Abstract

In this note we study the approach to equilibrium of a chain of anharmonic oscillators. We find indications that a sufficiently large system always relaxes to the usual equilibrium distribution. There is no sign of an ergodicity threshold. The time however to arrive to equilibrium diverges when $g\to 0$, $g$ being the anharmonicity.

8 pages, 5 figures

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