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– We study the quantum probability to survive in an open chaotic system in the framework of the van Vleck-Gutzwiller propagator and present the first such calculation that accounts for quantum interference effects. Specifically, we calculate quantum deviations from the classical decay after the break time t∗ for both broken and preserved time-reversal symmetry. The source of these corrections i...

We draw a distinction between the Aharonov Bohm phase shift and the Aharonov Bohm effect. Although the Aharonov Bohm phase shift occurring when an electron beam passes around a magnetic solenoid is well-verified experimentally, it is not clear whether this phase shift occurs because of classical forces or because of a topological effect occurring in the absence of classical forces as claimed by...

The numerical-analytic implementation of the operator version of the canonical Van Vleck second-order vibrational perturbation theory (CVPT2) is employed for a purely ab initio prediction and interpretation of the infrared (IR) and Raman anharmonic spectra of a medium-size molecule of the diketo tautomer of uracil (2,4(1H,3H)-pyrimidinedione), which has high biological importance as one of the ...

1 Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA 2 Francis Bitter Magnet Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA 3 Condensed Matter Physics & Materials Science Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA 4 Department of Material Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Te...

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