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QUANTUM CHAOS IN RYDBERG ATOMS : A QUANTUM POTENTIAL APPROACH

Pratim Kumar Chattaraj, S. Sengupta

Published Jul 25, 1996• 7 citations
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Abstract

The quantum signature of chaos in Rydberg atoms has been sutdied using a quantum theory of motion and quantum fluid dyanamics. A hydtrogen atom in the electronic ground state (n =1) and in an excited elecronic state (n = 20) behaves differently when placed in an external oscillating eletric field. Temporal evolutions of Shannon entrippy, density correlation, phase space distance function of Bohmian trajectories ans associated Kolmogorov-Sinai entropy for these two cses show marked differences.

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The quantum signature of chaos in Rydberg atoms has been sutdied using a quantum theory of motion and quantum fluid dyanamics. A hydtrogen atom in the electronic ground state (n =1) and in an excited elecronic state (n = 20) behaves differently when placed in an external oscillating eletric field. Temporal evolutions of Shannon entrippy, density correlation, phase space distance function of Bohmian trajectories ans associated Kolmogorov-Sinai entropy for these two cses show marked differences.
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Abstract The quantum domain behavior of classical nonintegrable systems is well‐understood by the implementation of quantum fluid dynamics and quantum theory of motion. These approaches properly explain the quantum analogs of the classical Kolmogorov–Arnold–Moser type transitions from regular to chaotic domain in different anharmonic oscillators. Field‐induced tunneling and chaotic ionization in Rydberg atoms are also analyzed with the help of these theories. Quantum fluid density functional theory may be used to understand different time‐dependent processes like ion‐atom/molecule collisions, atom‐field interactions, and so forth. Regioselectivity as well as confined atomic/molecular systems and their reactivity dynamics have also been explained. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
In this thesis, properties of particle trajectories associated with the de Broglie-Bohm causal interpretation of quantum mechanics are studied. These trajectories are shown to exhibit deterministic chaos and adiabatic invariance under certain conditions. The very basic elements of the causal interpretation are presented in the first chapter. These include the equations of motion for the particle and the quantum potential. A brief discussion of the philosophically agreeable features of the theory is also included. In Chapter 2, properties of chaotic systems are studied. We define deterministic chaos for a flow and present methods for calculating the maximum Lyapunov exponent. The properties of the different types of systems and the conditions that lead to chaos in these systems are analyzed. We study in detail the specific example of the two-dimensional harmonic oscillator in Chapter 3. We find that different types of trajectories include those which are periodic and chaotic. The necessary conditions for obtaining chaos are determined for a superposition of stationary states. Systems which are qualitatively similar to the harmonic oscillator are covered in Chapter 4. These include the two-dimensional infinite well, an infinite well bisected by a finite barrier, and a Rydberg atom in an external electromagnetic field. In Chapter 5, the effect of a spin 1/2 wavefunction is considered. The causal equations of motion for a spin 1/2 particle are introduced. We find that chaotic trajectories are easily obtained. The causal analogue of the geometric phase is defined in Chapter 6. This phase is shown to be an adiabatic invariant for periodic trajectories. We define the geometric frequency for both periodic and aperiodic trajectories. Finally, in Chapter 7 we examine trajectories associated with stationary states. We define necessary conditions for chaos to arise in the trajectories. The properties of entangled boson and fermion systems are analyzed.