Abstract
The ability of a finite, autonomous, quantum mechanical system to reflect the ergodic behavior of its classical counterpart is discussed. It is argued that an attempt to identify unambiguously the consequences of rigorous ergodicity in such a quansum system would be futile. Instead, an approximate, temporary, form of ergodicity, called pseudoergodicity, is introduced and compared for the classical and quantum analogs of the Henon-Heiles system. The numerical results illustrate the extent to which quantum systems imitate classical statistical tendencies.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 360-366 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Physica Scripta |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Sep 1989 |
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