Wave-Packet Revivals for Quantum Systems with Nondegenerate Energies

Details Wave-Packet Revivals for Quantum Systems with Nondegenerate Energies Wave-Packet Revivals for Quantum Systems with Nondegenerate Energies

1996-09-26

arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9609020v1

Phys.Lett.A222:220,1996

Physics

Quantum Physics

accepted for publication in Physics Letters A

Scientific paper

10.1016/0375-9601(96)00641-X

The revival structure of wave packets is examined for quantum systems having energies that depend on two nondegenerate quantum numbers. For such systems, the evolution of the wave packet is controlled by two classical periods and three revival times. These wave packets exhibit quantum beats in the initial motion as well as new types of long-term revivals. The issue of whether fractional revivals can form is addressed. We present an analytical proof showing that at certain times equal to rational fractions of the revival times the wave packet can reform as a sum of subsidiary waves and that both conventional and new types of fractional revivals can occur.

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