Steven Tomsovic
Dept. of Phys., Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA 99164-2814
Recent theoretical and experimental developments are driving a growing interest in the asymptotic wave behavior of quantum mechanics. The underlying ray theory is based on the trajectories found in the corresponding classical mechanical system. Many systems exhibit some chaotic motion and present a number of challenges for the theory. Recent advances will be illustrated with the stadium billiard which has become one of the premiere paradigms of highly chaotic dynamics [E. J. Heller and S. Tomsovic, Phys. Today 46(7), 38 (1993)]. Both the time-dependent and stationary solutions will be discussed. [Work supported by NSF Grant No. PHY-9305582.]