The response of a quantum field to classical chaos
- 21 February 1988
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics A: General Physics
- Vol. 21 (4) , 971-980
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0305-4470/21/4/024
Abstract
The quantum theory of a massless scalar field in a box with one chaotically moving wall is presented. The time dependence of normally ordered coherence functions is found to be chaotic, whereas the number of quanta present is insensitive to the details of the chaotic motion.Keywords
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