title: Stochastic dissociation of diatomic molecules.
abstract: The fragmentation of diatomic molecules under a stochastic force is investigated both classically and quantum mechanically, focusing on their dissociation probabilities. It is found that the quantum system is more robust than the classical one in the limit of a large number of kicks. The opposite behavior emerges for a small number of kicks. Quantum and classical dissociation probabilities do not coincide for any parameter combinations of the force. This can be attributed to a scaling property in the classical system which is broken quantum mechanically.
authors.affiliation: Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Nöthnitzer Strasse 38, 01187 Dresden, Germany. kenfack@pks.mpg.de
authors.forename: Anatole
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kenfack
authors.forename: Jan M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Rost