Complex trajectories in chaotic dynamical tunneling

dc.creatorLevkov, D. G.
dc.creatorPanin, A. G.
dc.creatorSibiryakov, S. M.
dc.date2007-01-31
dc.date2007-10-15
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dc.descriptionWe develop the semiclassical method of complex trajectories in application to chaotic dynamical tunneling. First, we suggest a systematic numerical technique for obtaining complex tunneling trajectories by the gradual deformation of the classical ones. This provides a natural classification of the tunneling solutions. Second, we present a heuristic procedure for sorting out the least suppressed trajectory. As an illustration, we apply our technique to the process of chaotic tunneling in a quantum mechanical model with two degrees of freedom. Our analysis reveals rich dynamics of the system. At the classical level, there exists an infinite set of unstable solutions forming a fractal structure. This structure is inherited by the complex tunneling paths and plays the central role in the semiclassical study. The process we consider exhibits the phenomenon of optimal tunneling: the suppression exponent of the tunneling probability has a local minimum at a certain energy which is thus (locally) the optimal energy for tunneling. We test the proposed method by comparison of the semiclassical results with the results of the exact quantum computations and find a good agreement.
dc.description21 pages, RevTeX style, 15 figures. Journal version; abstract, introduction and discussion modified, references added
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/nlin/0701063
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/nlin/0701063
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.E76:046209,2007
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevE.76.046209
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/188552
dc.subjectChaotic Dynamics
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.subjectMathematical Physics
dc.subjectChemical Physics
dc.subjectQuantum Physics
dc.titleComplex trajectories in chaotic dynamical tunneling
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