Numerical Test of Born-Oppenheimer Approximation in Chaotic Systems
Quantum Physics
2015-05-13 v2
Abstract
We study the validity of the Born-Oppenheimer approximation in chaotic dynamics. Using numerical solutions of autonomous Fermi accelerators, we show that the general adiabatic conditions can be interpreted as the narrowness of the chaotic region in phase space.
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@article{arxiv.0812.5043,
title = {Numerical Test of Born-Oppenheimer Approximation in Chaotic Systems},
author = {Jeong-Bo Shim and Mahir S. Hussein and Martina Hentschel},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0812.5043},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
5 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in Phys. Lett. A