arXiv · quant-ph/0406109
Comparison of classical chaos with quantum chaos
Abstract
We investigate chaotic behavior in a 2-D Hamiltonian system - oscillators with anharmonic coupling. We compare the classical system with quantum system. Via the quantum action, we construct Poincar\'e sections and compute Lyapunov exponents for the quantum system. We find that the quantum system is globally less chaotic than the classical system. We also observe with increasing energy the distribution of Lyapunov exponts approaching a Gaussian with a strong correlation between its mean value and energy.
Explore related subjects
Keep this discovery
L. A. Caron, D. Huard, H. Kröger, G. Melkonyan, K. J. M. Moriarty, L. P. Nadeau. 2004-06-15. Comparison of classical chaos with quantum chaos. https://doi.org/10.1088/0305-4470/37/24/004
Cite the original work for its findings. Save a collection to share your selection of sources.