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Quantum decay of an open chaotic system: a semiclassical approach

Chaotic Dynamics 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

We study the quantum probability to survive in an open chaotic system in the framework of the van Vleck-Gutzwiller propagator and present the first such calculation that accounts for quantum interference effects. Specifically we calculate quantum deviations from the classical decay after the break time for both broken and preserved time-reversal symmetry. The source of these corrections is identified in interfering pairs of correlated classical trajectories. In our approach the quantized chaotic system is modelled by a quatum graph.

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@article{arxiv.nlin/0401037,
  title  = {Quantum decay of an open chaotic system: a semiclassical approach},
  author = {Mathias Puhlmann and Holger Schanz and Tsampikos Kottos and Theo Geisel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nlin/0401037},
  year   = {2007}
}

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