TY - JOUR
T1 - Strong chaos in one-dimensional quantum system
AU - Yang, Ciann-Dong
AU - Wei, Chia Hung
PY - 2008/8/1
Y1 - 2008/8/1
N2 - According to the Poincaré-Bendixson theorem, a minimum of three autonomous equations is required to exhibit deterministic chaos. Because a one-dimensional quantum system is described by only two autonomous equations using de Broglie-Bohm's trajectory interpretation, chaos in one-dimensional quantum systems has long been considered impossible. We will prove in this paper that chaos phenomenon does exist in one-dimensional quantum systems, if the domain of quantum motions is extended to complex space by noting that the quantum world is actually characterized by a four-dimensional complex spacetime according to the E
(∞) theory. Furthermore, we point out that the interaction between the real and imaginary parts of complex trajectories produces a new chaos phenomenon unique to quantum systems, called strong chaos, which describes the situation that quantum trajectories may emerge and diverge spontaneously without any perturbation in the initial position.
AB - According to the Poincaré-Bendixson theorem, a minimum of three autonomous equations is required to exhibit deterministic chaos. Because a one-dimensional quantum system is described by only two autonomous equations using de Broglie-Bohm's trajectory interpretation, chaos in one-dimensional quantum systems has long been considered impossible. We will prove in this paper that chaos phenomenon does exist in one-dimensional quantum systems, if the domain of quantum motions is extended to complex space by noting that the quantum world is actually characterized by a four-dimensional complex spacetime according to the E
(∞) theory. Furthermore, we point out that the interaction between the real and imaginary parts of complex trajectories produces a new chaos phenomenon unique to quantum systems, called strong chaos, which describes the situation that quantum trajectories may emerge and diverge spontaneously without any perturbation in the initial position.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.chaos.2008.01.017
DO - 10.1016/j.chaos.2008.01.017
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:40649109026
SN - 0960-0779
VL - 37
SP - 988
EP - 1001
JO - Chaos, solitons and fractals
JF - Chaos, solitons and fractals
IS - 4
ER -