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Quantum state sensitivity to initial conditions

Quantum Physics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

The different time-dependent distances of two arbitrarily close quantum or classical-statistical states to a third fixed state are shown to imply an experimentally relevant notion of state sensitivity to initial conditions. A quantitative classification scheme of quantum states by their sensitivity and instability in state space is given that reduces to the one performed by classical-mechanical Lyapunov exponents in the classical limit

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/9802047,
  title  = {Quantum state sensitivity to initial conditions},
  author = {Gonzalo Garcia de Polavieja},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/9802047},
  year   = {2007}
}

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1 .tex file and 2 .ps figures. Physical Review A (to appear 1 May)