Entropic comparison of Landau-Zener and Demkov interactions in the phase space of a quadrupole billiard
1Research Institute of Mathematics, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, South Korea.
Abstract:
We investigate two types of avoided crossings in a chaotic billiard within the framework of information theory. The Shannon entropy in the phase space for the Landau-Zener interaction increases as the center of the avoided crossing is approached, whereas for the Demkov interaction, the Shannon entropy decreases as the center of avoided crossing is passed by with an increase in the deformation parameter. This feature can provide a new indicator for scar formation. In addition, it is found that the Fisher information of the Landau-Zener interaction is significantly larger than that of the Demkov interaction.
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