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Inhibition of quantum transport due to 'scars' of unstable periodic orbitsA new quantum mechanism for the suppression of chaotic ionization of highly excited hydrogen atoms explains the appearance of anomalously stable states in the microwave ionization experiments of Koch et al. A novel phase-space representation of the perturbed wave functions reveals that the inhibition of quantum transport is due to the selective excitation of wave functions that are highly localized near unstable periodic orbits in the chaotic classical phase space. The 'scarred' wave functions provide a new basis for the quantum description of a variety of classically chaotic systems.
Document ID
19900032958
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Jensen, R. V.
(Yale Univ. New Haven, CT, United States)
Sanders, M. M.
(Yale University New Haven, CT, United States)
Saraceno, M.
(Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Sundaram, B.
(Los Alamos National Laboratory NM, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
December 25, 1989
Publication Information
Publication: Physical Review Letters
Volume: 63
ISSN: 0031-9007
Subject Category
Atomic And Molecular Physics
Accession Number
90A20013
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF PHY-83-51418
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF PHY-82-17853
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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