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arXiv:hep-th/0309197 · International Journal of Modern Physics B

CLASSICAL CHAOTIC TRAJECTORIES IN QUANTUM FIELD THEORY

Giuseppe Vitiello

Published Feb 20, 2004• 44 citations
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Abstract

Trajectories in the space of the unitarily inequivalent representations of the canonical commutation relations are shown to be classical trajectories. Under convenient conditions, they may exhibit properties typical of chaotic behavior in classical nonlinear dynamics. Quantum noise in fluctuating random force in the system–environment coupling and system–environment entanglement is also discussed.

DOI
10.1142/s0217979204024409

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