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View SchemaChaos in the Quantum Double Well Oscillator: The Ehrenfest View Revisited
| Authors | J. K. Bhattacharjee, Analabha Roy |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0108032 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0108032 |
| Journal | Phys.Lett.A, 288/1-3, (2001) |
Abstract
We treat the double well quantum oscillator from the standpoint of the Ehrenfest equation but in a manner different from Pattanayak and Schieve. We show that for short times there can be chaotic motion due to quantum fluctuations, but over sufficiently long times the behaviour is normal.
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