Quantum chaology, not quantum chaos

1989/09/01 by Michael Berry · 3 citations
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #CHAOS (operating system) #Computer science #Physics #Quantum #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Quantum chaos #Quantum chaos and dynamical systems #Quantum dynamics #Quantum mechanics #Statistical physics

paper · doi:10.1088/0031-8949/40/3/013

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Abstract

There is no quantum chaos, in the sense of exponential sensitivity to initial conditions, but there are several novel quantum phenomena which reflect the presence of classical chaos. The study of these phenomena is quantum chaology.

Citations

• Semiclassical approximations in wave mechanics
• Level clustering in the regular spectrum

Cited by

• Quantitative probing of the quantum–classical transition for the arrival time distribution
• An Estimation of the Logarithmic Timescale in Ergodic Dynamics
• Butterfly effect [wikipedia]