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Eigenfunctions and periodic orbits in classically chaotic systems: Order in chaos?

Eric J. Heller, Patrick W. O’Connor, John N. Gehlen

Published Jan 1, 1987• 0 citations

Abstract

We study the quantum mechanics of a Hamiltonian system which is classically chaotic: the stadium billiard. We have examined many of the eigenstates of the stadium, up to about the 10,000th. Complex periodic orbits play an active role in shaping the eigenstates.

DOI: 10.1063/1.36892

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