KAM tori in 1D random discrete nonlinear Schrödinger model?

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Published 6 September 2010 Europhysics Letters Association
, , Citation M. Johansson et al 2010 EPL 91 50001 DOI 10.1209/0295-5075/91/50001

0295-5075/91/5/50001

Abstract

We suggest that KAM theory could be extended for certain infinite-dimensional systems with purely discrete linear spectrum. We provide empirical arguments for the existence of square summable infinite-dimensional invariant tori in the random discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equation, appearing with a finite probability for a given initial condition with sufficiently small norm. Numerical support for the existence of a fat Cantor set of initial conditions generating almost periodic oscillations is obtained by analyzing i) sets of recurrent trajectories over successively larger time scales, and ii) finite-time Lyapunov exponents. The norm region where such KAM-like tori may exist shrinks to zero when the disorder strength goes to zero and the localization length diverges.

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10.1209/0295-5075/91/50001