The classical limit of non-integrable quantum systems, a route to quantum chaos

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DOI10.1016/J.CHAOS.2005.08.149zbMATH Open1097.81050arXivquant-ph/0503118OpenAlexW2053967784MaRDI QIDQ2497597FDOQ2497597


Authors: Olimpia Lombardi, Mario Castagnino Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 4 August 2006

Published in: Chaos, Solitons and Fractals (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The classical limit of non-integrable quantum systems is studied. We define non-integrable quantum systems as those which have, as their classical limit, a non-integrable classical system. In order to obtain this limit, the self-induced decoherence approach and the corresponding classical limit are generalized from integrable to non-integrable systems. In this approach, the lost of information, usually conceived as the result of a coarse-graining or the trace of an environment, is produced by a particular choice of the algebra of observables and the systematic use of mean values, that project the unitary evolution onto an effective non-unitary one. The decoherence times computed with this approach coincide with those of the literature. By means of our method, we can obtain the classical limit of the quantum state of a non-integrable system, which turns out to be a set of unstable, potentially chaotic classical trajectories contained in the Wigner transformation of the quantum state.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0503118




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