Measuring the Lyapunov exponent using quantum mechanics

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2002, Pages

  Cucchietti, F M ^a   Lewenkopf, C H ^b   Mucciolo, E R ^c   Pastawski, H M ^a   Vallejos, R O ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d CENTRO BRASILEIRO DE PESQUISAS FÍSICAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CHAOS THEORY; HAMILTONIANS; LYAPUNOV METHODS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PROBABILITY; SYSTEM STABILITY;

LYAPUNOV EXPONENT; QUANTUM FINGERPRINT; WAVE FUNCTIONS; WAVE PACKETS;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 41349114610     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.65.046209     Document Type: Article

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