The Kicked Rotor
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Can you find stable regions?
Angle (θ)
Momentum (p)
-π
-π/2
0
π/2
π
0
π/2
π
π/2
2π
Chaos Diagnostic (Lyapunov Exponent)
λ ≈ 0.013 (Orderly)
Kick 1
Convergence over 200 kicks
Kick 200
Kick Strength = 0.70
What is this?