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Chaotic scattering in open Hamiltonian systems is a problem of fundamental interest with applications in several branches of physics. In this paper we analyze the effects of adding external perturbations such as dissipation and noise in chaotic scattering phenomena. Our main result is the exponential decay rate of the particles in the scattering region when the system is affected by dissipation and noise. In the case of dissipation the particles escape more slowly from the scattering region than in the conservative case. However, in the noisy case, the particles escape faster from the scattering region as compared to the noiseless case. Moreover, we analyze the fractal dimension of the set of singularities of the scattering function for the dissipative and the conservative cases. As a result of our analysis we have found that a scaling law exists between the exponential decay rate of the particles and the dissipative parameter, and that the fractal dimension for the noisy case is the unity.

Chaotic scattering in open Hamiltonian systems is relevant for different problems in physics. Particles in such kind of systems can exhibit both bounded or unbounded motions for which escapes from the scattering region can take place. This paper analyzes how to control the escape of the particles from the scattering region in the presence of noise. For that purpose, we apply the partial control technique to the Hénon–Heiles system, which implies that we need to use a control smaller than the noise present in the system. The main finding of our work is the successful control of the particles in the scattering region with a control smaller than noise. We have also analyzed and compared the escapes time of orbits in the scattering region for different situations. Finally, we believe that our results might contribute to a better understanding of both chaotic scattering phenomena and the application of the partial control technique to continuous dynamical systems.