WAVES IN A RAPIDLY VARYING RANDOM POTENTIAL - A NUMERICAL STUDY

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作者
BOUCHAUD, JP
TOUATI, D
SORNETTE, D
机构
[1] ECOLE NORM SUPER, PHYS STAT LAB, 24 RUE LHOMOND, F-75231 PARIS 05, FRANCE
[2] UNIV NICE, PHYS MAT CONDENSEE LAB, F-06034 NICE, FRANCE
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.68.1787
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We study the time evolution of a wave packet in a rapidly varying (in time) random potential. We find that the wave function becomes "multifractal," i.e., that an infinite number of exponents is needed to describe its evolution. The width of the packet is found to increase as square-root t, i.e., diffusively. The evolution of the center of mass is compatible with a subdiffusive t1/4 law.
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页码:1787 / 1790
页数:4
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