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Quantum Poincar\'e Recurrences

Condensed Matter 2009-10-31 v1 chao-dyn Chaotic Dynamics

Abstract

We show that quantum effects modify the decay rate of Poincar\'e recurrences P(t) in classical chaotic systems with hierarchical structure of phase space. The exponent p of the algebraic decay P(t) ~ 1/t^p is shown to have the universal value p=1 due to tunneling and localization effects. Experimental evidence of such decay should be observable in mesoscopic systems and cold atoms.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9807145,
  title  = {Quantum Poincar\'e Recurrences},
  author = {Giulio Casati and Giulio Maspero and Dima L. Shepelyansky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9807145},
  year   = {2009}
}

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revtex, 4 pages, 4 figures