Time domain approach to semiclassical dynamics: Breaking the log time barrier.
The presence of chaos in the classical dynamics is not necessarily the destructive element it was thought to be for semiclassical approximations in the time domain. The method of calculating the semiclassical propagation of initial states and correlation functions for nonlinear and chaotic dynamics is shown, and the excellent accuracy is noted for rather long times. The breakdown timescale is much longer than the infamous "log time" for the cases investigated here.
Heller
Eric J.
EJ
Departments of Physics and Chemistry, BG-10, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195.
Tomsovic
Steven
S
Sepulveda
Miguel A.
MA