Non-Lie top tunneling and quantum bilocalization in planar Penning trap (Q520603)

The paper deals with a quantum system with a top-like Hamiltonian over the non-Lie algebra. Such a system appears in studying the double-resonance Penning trap, which is created by a homogeneous magnetic field and a quadratic electric potential with a saddle three-dimensional profile. The point here is that, under the breaking of the axial symmetry and assuming that the tuning parameters are at a bi-resonance, the electron in the microtrap has to be treated as a quantum particle, since its discrete energy levels become visible and one cannot ignore its quantum properties. For the considered system one can prove the appearance of the avoided crossing effect and the bi-localization of quantum states on pairs of closed curves under specific tuning of the parameter of the top. In addition to the discussion of the bi-localization of eigenvalues of two disconnected tori, the authors present a formula for the leading term of the exponential asymptotics for the gap between the energy levels split by the tunneling, which in turn allows estimating the time of tunnel transitions of the electron states from one three-dimensional torus onto another one. It turns out that in the case of a microtrap, this time can be on the scale of microseconds.