Continuum reset dynamics as a pathway to Newtonian classical limit of Quantum Mechanics

Abstract

The Quantum–Classical transition problem is investigated in a nonlinear oscillator model context. The main issue addressed here is: how quantum mechanics can reproduce Newtonian dynamics for a nonlinear oscillator. The used model is the Gamma Oscillator, and it was solved, in terms of series and semi-classically, in all orders. The Ehrenfest time scale was numerically determined and shown that it decreases as the classical action increases in the small action interval and tends to a smaller and constant value the classical action increases. The Newtonian regime is reaching if a continuum monitoring is considered, i.e., continuum reset dynamics, no matter how strong nonlinearity is. The numerical calculations did not show a correlation between Ehrenfest time and the complexity of the dynamics observed in the quantum phase space and measured by Shannon Entropy.