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The quantum domain behaviour of a classical double-well oscillator which ex
hibits chaos in the presence of an external monochromatic field has been st
udied using Bohmian mechanics. The classical Kolmogorov-Arnol'd-Moser (KAM)
tori break down in the presence of an external perturbation for which the
corresponding quantal phase portrait exhibits regular islands owing to the
quantum suppression of the classical chaos. It has also been observed that
the classical chaos generally enhances the quantum fluctuations.