Experimentally accessible problems in "quantum chaos" such as the role of scarred wavefunctions in the suppression of chaotic microwave ionization of Rydberg atoms, the stabilization of atoms in super intense fields, the interaction of intense fields with both hydrogenic and nonhydrogenic atoms, the description of non-adiabatic ion-atom collisions and the dynamics of ballistic electrons in mesoscopic solid state devices are investigated. Classical, semi-classical and quantum theories for strongly perturbed, nonlinear systems will be developed using analytic and numerical techniques.

Agency
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Institute
Division of Physics (PHY)
Application #
9214816
Program Officer
Barry I. Schneider
Project Start
Project End
Budget Start
1992-08-15
Budget End
1996-01-31
Support Year
Fiscal Year
1992
Total Cost
$155,000
Indirect Cost
Name
Wesleyan University
Department
Type
DUNS #
City
Middletown
State
CT
Country
United States
Zip Code
06459