Classical integrability and quantum velocity fields

Bambi Hu, Quanlin Jie, Jianzhong Ma, Jianzhong Gu

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Abstract

We study a stationary velocity field, defined via the probability current density for an energy eigenstate of a quantum system, and its classical analog determined by the Hamilton-Jacobi equation. For classically integrable systems, the quantum-classical correspondence can be properly established by specifying constants of motion in addition to the Hamiltonian. For classically chaotic systems, the correspondence is broken down; the manifestation of classical chaos in the quantum domain is shown numerically to be the appearance of turbulence in the quantum velocity field.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)789-795
Number of pages7
JournalEurophysics Letters
Volume57
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2002

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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