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Multifractal eigenstates of quantum chaos and the Thue-Morse sequence

Chaotic Dynamics 2009-11-10 v2 Other Condensed Matter Quantum Physics

Abstract

We analyze certain eigenstates of the quantum baker's map and demonstrate, using the Walsh-Hadamard transform, the emergence of the ubiquitous Thue-Morse sequence, a simple sequence that is at the border between quasi-periodicity and chaos, and hence is a good paradigm for quantum chaotic states. We show a family of states that are also simply related to Thue-Morse sequence, and are strongly scarred by short periodic orbits and their homoclinic excursions. We give approximate expressions for these states and provide evidence that these and other generic states are multifractal.

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@article{arxiv.nlin/0412042,
  title  = {Multifractal eigenstates of quantum chaos and the Thue-Morse sequence},
  author = {N. Meenakshisundaram and Arul Lakshminarayan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nlin/0412042},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

Substantially modified from the original, worth a second download. To appear in Phys. Rev. E as a Rapid Communication