Classical Chaos and its Quantum Manifestations

Guest Editors
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J. Bellissard $^{(a)}$ , O. Bohigas $^{(b)}$ , G. Casati $^{(c)}$ and D. L. Shepelyansky $^{(a)}$

From http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/cond-mat/9903412 & Physica D 131 (1999) ix
(a)Laboratoire de Physique Quantique, UMR 5626 du CNRS, Université Paul Sabatier,
31062 Toulouse Cedex, France
(b)Division de Physique Théorique, Institut de Physique Nucléaire,
91406, Orsay Cedex, France
(c)International Center for the Study of Dynamical Systems,
via Lucini, 3, I-22100 Como, Italy

Abstract:

We present here the special issue of Physica D in honor of Boris Chirikov. It is based on the proceedings of the Conference Classical Chaos and its Quantum Manifestations held in Toulouse in July 1998. This electronic version contains the list of contributions, the introduction and the unformal conclusion. The introduction represents X Chirikov Chaos Commandments and reviews Chirikov's pioneering results in the field of classical and quantum chaos. The conclusion, written by P.M.Koch, gives an outlook on the development of the field of chaos associated with Chirikov, including the personal reminiscences of Professor Andy Sessler. This electronic version of the special issue has certain differences and extentions comparing to the journal.

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Organizers:

Jean Bellissard, Dima Shepelyansky

(Université Paul Sabatier/CNRS, Toulouse)

Scientificcommittee:

J. Bellissard (Toulouse)

O. Bohigas (Orsay)

G. Casati (Como)

D. Shepelyansky (Toulouse)

During the last decades, important mathematical progress in dynamical chaos has found applications to a broad range of physical systems. Recently, the manifestations of classical chaos have also become important in quantum systems, due to a rapid technological progress in nanostructures and laser physics. The quantum and classical theory of chaos is developing rapidly with applications to Rydberg atoms in external fields, cold atoms, mesoscopic systems, plasma physics, accelerators and planetary motion. The aim of the conference is to invite specialists from different fields to discuss the modern problems of classical and quantum chaos. The conference is dedicated to the 70th birthday of Boris Chirikov, who has contributed pioneering results in this area since 1959.

V.Akulin (Paris)	Y.Fyodorov (St. Petersburg)	M.Raizen (Austin)
S.Aubry (Saclay)	T.Geisel (Göttingen)	S.Ruffo (Florence)
E.Bogomolny (Orsay)	I.Guarneri (Como)	T.Seligman (Cuernavaca)
O.Bohigas (Orsay)	F.Haake (Essen)	E.Shuryak (Stony Brook)
A.Buchleitner (Munich)	F.Izrailev (Novosibirsk)	Y.Sinai (Princeton)
L.Bunimovich (Atlanta)	P.Koch (Stony Brook)	A.D.Stone (Yale)
G.Casati (Como)	J.Laskar (Paris)	F.Vivaldi (London)
B.Chirikov (Novosibirsk)	A.Lichtenberg (Berkeley)	G.Zaslavsky (New York)
S.Fishman (Haifa)	R.MacKay (Cambridge)
V.Flambaum (Sydney)	A.Pikovsky (Potsdam)	(participation confirmed)

Sponsors: CNRS, Université Paul Sabatier, Institut Universitaire de France,

Laboratoire de Physique Quantique, UMR du CNRS 5626, IRSAMC, Université Paul Sabatier,

Tel. +33 5 6155 6834 Fax : +33 5 6155 6065 WWW: http://w3-phystheo.ups-tlse.fr/conf98/