Abstract
We have found chaotic behavior in two classical systems of three particles moving on a one-dimensional ring, where the particles interact via a nonhomogeneous Toda or Coulomb interaction. Chaos appears due to the spatial symmetry breaking induced by the nonhomogeneous interactions. Under certain conditions this system may be considered a classical counterpart of the quantum double-barrier heterostructure, a system for which fingerprints of chaos in its energy spectrum were recently found.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 4708-4711 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Physical Review E |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue number | 5 |
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| State | Published - 1994 |