Anomalous power law of quantum reversibility for classically regular dynamics

Abstract

The Loschmidt Echo M(t) (defined as the squared overlap of wave packets evolving with two slightly different Hamiltonians) is a measure of quantum reversibility. We investigate its behavior for classically quasi-integrable systems. A dominant regime emerges where M(t) t^ with alpha=3d/2 depending solely on the dimension d of the system. This power law decay is faster than the result t^ for the decay of classical phase space densities.