Abstract
Quantum-mechanical propagators of regular and chaotic systems are qualitatively different. The rms time average of a chaotic propagator is uniformly spread over the entire Hilbert space, while that of a regular propagator is large in some domains and small in others. Moreover, the instantaneous (complex) value of the propagator appears to follow a regular pattern for regular systems and is random for chaotic systems.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2472-2476 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Physical Review A |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Jan 1985 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics