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Quasiperiodic propagation in time of some classical/quantum systems: Nielsen's conserved quantity and Floquet properties

Quantum Physics 2009-05-06 v2

Abstract

We consider classical and quantum propagators for two different time intervals. If these propagators follow one another in a Fibonacci sequence we get a discrete quasiperiodic system. A theorem due to Nielsen provides a novel conserved quantity for this system. The Nielsen quantity controls the transition between commutative and non-commutative propagation in time. The quasiperiodically kicked oscillator moreover is dominated by quasiperiodic analogues of the Floquet theorem.

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@article{arxiv.0806.3564,
  title  = {Quasiperiodic propagation in time of some classical/quantum systems: Nielsen's conserved quantity and Floquet properties},
  author = {Peter Kramer and Tobias Kramer and Vladimir I. Man'ko},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0806.3564},
  year   = {2009}
}

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19 pages, 4 figures