QUANTUM CHAOS IN THE BORN-OPPENHEIMER APPROXIMATION

Authors
BLUMEL R ESSER B
Citation
R. Blumel et B. Esser, QUANTUM CHAOS IN THE BORN-OPPENHEIMER APPROXIMATION, Physical review letters, 72(23), 1994, pp. 3658-3661
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
72
Issue
23
Year of publication
1994
Pages
3658 - 3661
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1994)72:23<3658:QCITBA>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
We show that exponential instabilities and quantum chaos occur in a sy stem with a mixed classical-quantum description. This type of chaos is of general importance and may occur in any quantum system which divid es in a natural way into a fast (quantum) and a slow (classical) subsy stem.