arXiv:quant-ph/0302169

Nonlinear Dynamics In Quantum Physics -- Quantum Chaos and Quantum Instantons

H. Kröger

Published Feb 21, 2003• 0 citations

Abstract

We discuss the recently proposed quantum action - its interpretation, its motivation, its mathematical properties and its use in physics: quantum mechanical tunneling, quantum instantons and quantum chaos.

DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.quant-ph/0302169

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