BEAMS In the literature: open

Rate of chaotic action diffusion in weakly nonlinear 4D maps

In plain words

Inside the region that looks stable, particles can still drift outward extremely slowly through thin chaotic layers; how fast is not known.

Precise statement

For a 4D symplectic map of linear rotation with tunes $(Q_x, Q_y)$ plus thin sextupole and octupole kicks of strength $\epsilon$, with tune modulation $\Delta Q \sim 1e-5 \text{ to } 1e-4$ at frequencies $50\,\mathrm{Hz} \text{ to } 10\,\mathrm{kHz}$ from power-supply ripple, compute the rate of chaotic transport in action (Arnold and modulational diffusion) at amplitudes below the short-term dynamic aperture as a function of $\epsilon$ and $\Delta Q$. Test against direct tracking to 1e9 turns.

What would settle it

Analytic or semi-analytic diffusion coefficients matching tracked action distributions over at least three decades of turn number.

See also