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J. Sib. Fed. Univ. Math. Phys., 2010 Volume 3, Issue 3, Pages 357–368 (Mi jsfu135)

Classical and quantum-mechanical description of the Arnol'd Diffusion in a system with 2.5 degrees of freedom

Alexander I. Malyshev, Larisa A. Chizhova

Physics Department, Nizhny Novgorod State University, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

Abstract: We study a universal phenomenon of nonlinear dynamics – the Arnol'd Diffusion – in a model system with 2.5 degrees of freedom. In the model an influence of three main resonances which take place in a phase space of the system is considered. The results obtained during classical and quantum-mechanical observation are compared. It was shown that a dependence of a rate of the quantum Arnol'd diffusion on parameters of the model behave alike classical one, however a value of the diffusion rate using methods of quantum mechanics lesser then that in classical case approximately at one of the order. It was found that presence of a threshold by the perturbation parameters is not necessarily feature of the Arnol'd diffusion. Also it was shown that there can occur a hybrid process in the quantum system in weak chaotic regime what doesn't have classical analogue – diffusion along resonance plus oscillations across overlapped resonances.

Keywords: nonlinear resonance, Arnol'd diffusion, quantum chaos.

UDC: 517.9

Received: 10.04.2010
Received in revised form: 10.05.2010
Accepted: 20.06.2010

Language: English



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