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View SchemaContinuous Quantum Measurement and the Emergence of Classical Chaos
| Authors | Tanmoy Bhattacharya, Salman Habib, Kurt Jacobs |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/9906092 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9906092 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.4852 |
| Journal | Phys.Rev.Lett.85:4852-4855,2000 |
Abstract
We formulate the conditions under which the dynamics of a continuously measured quantum system becomes indistinguishable from that of the corresponding classical system. In particular, we demonstrate that even in a classically chaotic system the quantum state vector conditioned by the measurement remains localized and, under these conditions, follows a trajectory characterized by the classical Lyapunov exponent.
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