title: Correlation of the photodetachment rate of a scarred resonance state with the classical Lyapunov exponent.
abstract: A metastable resonance state of the periodically driven Gaussian potential well is shown to be scarred on a single unstable periodic orbit of the classical motion. The photodetachment rate of this quantum state is strongly correlated with the Lyapunov exponent of the unstable periodic orbit over a wide range of driving field strengths.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Astronomy, and Geology, Berry College, Mount Berry, Georgia 30149-5004, USA.
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authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Timberlake
authors.forename: J V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Foreman