Abstract
We show that exponential instabilities and quantum chaos occur in a system with a mixed classical-quantum description. This type of chaos is of general importance and may occur in any quantum system which divides in a natural way into a fast (quantum) and a slow (classical) subsystem.
- Received 31 August 1993
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.72.3658
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