Chaos in the Quantum Double Well Oscillator: The Ehrenfest View Revisited

Abstract

We treat the double well quantum oscillator from the standpoint of the Ehrenfest equation but in a manner different from Pattanayak and Schieve. We show that for short times there can be chaotic motion due to quantum fluctuations, but over sufficiently long times the behaviour is normal.

Titlepage + 5 pages + Bibiliography,Submitted To Phys.Lett A

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