Time-periodic Hamiltonian systems are an easily accessible area for comparing quantum and classical chaos. This pedagogical paper reviews the two important models of the kicked rotator and the Hydrogen atom in a microwave, both characterized by the quantum phenomenon of dynamical localization, which strongly affects the classically diffusive behavior.

Quantum Chaos with Time-Periodic Hamiltonians / G. Casati, L. Molinari. - In: PROGRESS OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS SUPPLEMENT. - ISSN 0375-9687. - 98:(1989 May 01), pp. 287-322. [10.1143/ptps.98.287]

Quantum Chaos with Time-Periodic Hamiltonians

L. Molinari
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1989

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Time-periodic Hamiltonian systems are an easily accessible area for comparing quantum and classical chaos. This pedagogical paper reviews the two important models of the kicked rotator and the Hydrogen atom in a microwave, both characterized by the quantum phenomenon of dynamical localization, which strongly affects the classically diffusive behavior.
Quantum chaos; time periodic Hamiltonian; kicked rotator; Rydberg atoms; kicked dynamics; dynamical localisation;
Settore FIS/02 - Fisica Teorica, Modelli e Metodi Matematici
Settore PHYS-02/A - Fisica teorica delle interazioni fondamentali, modelli, metodi matematici e applicazioni
1-mag-1989
https://academic.oup.com/ptps/article/doi/10.1143/PTPS.98.287/1901372
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