Correlation of the photodetachment rate of a scarred resonance state with the classical Lyapunov exponent.
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.
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Department of Physics, Astronomy, and Geology, Berry College, Mount Berry, Georgia 30149-5004, USA.
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