Recent Directions in Quantum Chaos
The traditional topics in quantum chaos concerns spectral statistics (universal and non-universal features), and the study of eigenfunctions (Quantum ergodicity, scars) of various chaotic Hamiltonian .
Further studies concern the parametric dependence of the Hamiltonian, as reflected in e.g. the statistics of avoided crossings, and the associated mixing as reflected in the (parametric) local density of states (LDOS). There is vast literature on wavepacket dynamics, including the study of fluctuations, recurrences, quantum irreversibility issues etc. Special place is reserved to the study of the dynamics of quantized maps: The Standard map and The Kicked Rotator are considered to be prototype problems.
Recent works are also focused in the study of driven chaotic systems, where the Hamiltonian is time dependent, in particular in the adiabatic and in the linear response regimes.
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