Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1860758 Physics Letters A 2009 5 Pages PDF
Abstract

We study the validity of the Born–Oppenheimer approximation in chaotic dynamics. Using numerical solutions of autonomous Fermi accelerators, we show that the general adiabatic conditions can be interpreted as the narrowness of the chaotic region in phase space.

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