Mechanism for extension of the wave function in quantum dynamics
- 1 May 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 39 (9) , 4817-4827
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.39.4817
Abstract
In a simple nonlinear quantum-dynamical system, described by a two-resonance Hamiltonian, we show that the extension of the wave function in Hilbert space, as parameters of the system are varied, is caused by the overlapping of higher-order nonlinear quantum resonances and is therefore associated with the local destruction of quantum numbers which appears to result from this overlap.Keywords
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