Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 054102 (2005) [4 pages]Flooding of Chaotic Eigenstates into Regular Phase Space IslandsReceived 13 September 2004; published 7 February 2005 We introduce a criterion for the existence of regular states in systems with a mixed phase space. If this condition is not fulfilled chaotic eigenstates substantially extend into a regular island. Wave packets started in the chaotic sea progressively flood the island. The extent of flooding by eigenstates and wave packets increases logarithmically with the size of the chaotic sea and the time, respectively. This new effect is observed for the example of island chains with just ten islands. © 2005 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.054102
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.054102
PACS:
05.45.Mt, 03.65.Sq
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