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Search for randomness in the kicked quantum rotator

Giulio CasatiDipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 16, I-20133 Milano, ItalyJoseph FordDipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 16, I-20133 Milano, ItalyItalo GuarneriDipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 16, I-20133 Milano, ItalyFranco VivaldiDipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 16, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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Abstract

We reexamine the problem of the \ensuremath{\delta}-kicked rotator in the light of some numerical results which support the thesis of the existence of a singular continuous component in the quasienergy spectrum, in accordance with previously obtained analytical results. In particular, we discuss to what extent a memory of classical chaos may survive in the quantum motion.

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