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Jacquod, P. ; Adagideli, Inanc ; Beenakker, C.

Decay of the Loschmidt Echo for quantum states with sub-Planck scale structures

Jacquod, P., Adagideli, Inanc and Beenakker, C. (2002) Decay of the Loschmidt Echo for quantum states with sub-Planck scale structures. Physical Review Letters 89, p. 154103.

Date of publication of this fulltext: 05 Aug 2009 13:33
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DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.1862


Abstract

Quantum states extended over a large volume in phase space have oscillations from quantum interferences in their Wigner distribution on scales smaller than $\\hbar$ [W.H. Zurek, Nature {\\bf 412}, 712 (2001)]. We investigate the influence of those sub-Planck scale structures on the sensitivity to an external perturbation of the state\'s time evolution. While we do find an accelerated decay of the ...

Quantum states extended over a large volume in phase space have oscillations from quantum interferences in their Wigner distribution on scales smaller than $\\hbar$ [W.H. Zurek, Nature {\\bf 412}, 712 (2001)]. We investigate the influence of those sub-Planck scale structures on the sensitivity to an external perturbation of the state\'s time evolution. While we do find an accelerated decay of the Loschmidt Echo for an extended state in comparison to a localized wavepacket, the acceleration is described entirely by the classical Lyapunov exponent and hence cannot originate from quantum interference.



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    Item typeArticle
    Journal or Publication TitlePhysical Review Letters
    Volume:89
    Page Range:p. 154103
    Date2002
    InstitutionsUNSPECIFIED
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    nlin.CD/0203052arXiv ID
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    http://arxiv.org/abs/nlin.CD/0203052Preprint
    Dewey Decimal Classification500 Science > 530 Physics
    StatusPublished
    RefereedYes, this version has been refereed
    Created at the University of RegensburgYes
    URN of the UB Regensburgurn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-18621
    Item ID1862

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