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Measurement-induced quantum diffusion

Quantum Physics 2009-10-31 v2

Abstract

The dynamics of a kicked quantum system undergoing repeated measurements of momentum is investigated. A diffusive behavior is obtained even when the dynamics of the classical counterpart is not chaotic. The diffusion coefficient is explicitly computed for a large class of Hamiltonians and compared to the classical case.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/9901028,
  title  = {Measurement-induced quantum diffusion},
  author = {P. Facchi and S. Pascazio and A. Scardicchio},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/9901028},
  year   = {2009}
}

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8 pages