Chaotic Bohm's trajectories in a quantum circular billiard

Authors
Bonfim, OFD Florencio, J Barreto, FCS
Citation
Ofd. Bonfim et al., Chaotic Bohm's trajectories in a quantum circular billiard, PHYS LETT A, 277(3), 2000, pp. 129-134
Citations number
38
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICS LETTERS A
ISSN journal
03759601 → ACNP
Volume
277
Issue
3
Year of publication
2000
Pages
129 - 134
Database
ISI
SICI code
0375-9601(20001127)277:3<129:CBTIAQ>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
We use Bohm's quantum mechanics to study the dynamics of a particle trapped in a circular billiard. The trajectories can be either regular or chaotic, depending on the initial wave packet. The system undergoes a transition fr om regular to chaotic behavior as the amplitude of a component of the wave packet is increased. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.