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Quantum chaos in the spin coherent state representation

Marek Kuś, Robert Przybycień

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We use spin coherent states to compare classical and quantum evolution of a simple paradigmatic, discrete-time quantum dynamical system exhibiting chaotic behavior in the classical limit. The spin coherent states are employed to define a phase-space quasidistribution for quantum states (P-representation). It can be, in principle, used for a direct comparison of the quantum and classical dynamics, where on the classical level one deals with the classical distribution function on the classical phase space. In the paper, we presented a different way by comparing evolution of appropriately defined moments of classical and quantum distributions, in particular the one-step propagators of the moments.

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We use spin coherent states to compare classical and quantum evolution of a simple paradigmatic, discrete-time quantum dynamical system exhibiting chaotic behavior in the classical limit. The spin coherent states are employed to define a phase-space quasidistribution for quantum states (P-representation). It can be, in principle, used for a direct comparison of the quantum and classical dynamics, where on the classical level one deals with the classical distribution function on the classical phase space. In the paper, we presented a different way by comparing evolution of appropriately defined moments of classical and quantum distributions, in particular the one-step propagators of the moments.

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We use spin coherent states to compare classical and quantum evolution of a simple paradigmatic, discrete-time quantum dynamical system exhibiting chaotic behavior in the classical limit. The spin coherent states are employed to define a phase-space quasidistribution for quantum states (P-representation). It can be, in principle, used for a direct comparison of the quantum and classical dynamics, where on the classical level one deals with the classical distribution function on the classical phase space. In the paper, we presented a different way by comparing evolution of appropriately defined moments of classical and quantum distributions, in particular the one-step propagators of the moments.

Key concepts: Coherent states, Representation (politics), CHAOS (operating system), Physics, Quantum mechanics, State (computer science), Theoretical physics, Spin (aerodynamics)

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