Quantum-to-classical limit in a Hamiltonian system

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Ballentine, L E ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CHAOS THEORY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FUNCTIONS; HAMILTONIANS; OSCILLATIONS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

CHAOTIC STATES; CLASSICAL MECHANICS (CM); LIOUVILLE REGIME; QUANTUM-CLASSICAL (QC) DIFFERENCES;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 19644400845     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.70.032111     Document Type: Article

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