Chaos in Axially Symmetric Potentials with Octupole Deformation
Nuclear Theory
2009-10-28 v1 chem-ph
Abstract
Classical and quantum mechanical results are reported for the single particle motion in a harmonic oscillator potential which is characterized by a quadrupole deformation and an additional octupole deformation. The chaotic character of the motion is srongly dependent on the quadrupole deformation in that for a prolate deformation virtually no chaos is discernible while for the oblate case the motion shows strong chaos when the octupole term is turned on.
Cite
@article{arxiv.nucl-th/9406012,
title = {Chaos in Axially Symmetric Potentials with Octupole Deformation},
author = {W. Dieter Heiss and Rashid G. Nazmitdinov and Stefanel Radu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nucl-th/9406012},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
6 pages LaTex plus 4 figures available by contacting the authors directly, published in PHYS.REV.LETT. 72(1994) 2351