Quasi-periodic propagation in time of some classical/quantum systems: Nielsen's conserved quantity and Floquet properties
Abstract
We consider classical and quantum propagators for two different time intervals. If these propagators follow one another in a Fibonacci sequence we get a discrete quasi-periodic system. A theorem due to Nielsen provides a novel conserved quantity for this system. The Nielsen quantity controls the transition between commutative and non-commutative propagation in time. The quasi-periodically kicked oscillator, moreover, is dominated by quasi-periodic analogues of the Floquet theorem.
- Publication:
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Physica Scripta
- Pub Date:
- May 2009
- DOI:
- 10.1088/0031-8949/79/05/055006
- arXiv:
- arXiv:0806.3564
- Bibcode:
- 2009PhyS...79e5006K
- Keywords:
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- Quantum Physics
- E-Print:
- 19 pages, 4 figures