Document Type
Article
Department/Program
Physics
Journal Title
Physical Review E
Pub Date
1-2014
Publisher
American Physical Society
Volume
89
Issue
1
Abstract
Integrable Hamiltonian systems are said to display nontrivial monodromy if fundamental action-angle loops defined on phase-space tori change their topological structure when the system is carried around a circuit. In an earlier paper it was shown that this topological change can occur as a result of time evolution under certain rather abstract flows in phase space. In the present paper, we show that the same topological change can occur as a result of application of ordinary forces. We also show how this dynamical phenomenon could be observed experimentally in classical or in quantum systems.
Recommended Citation
Chen, C.; Ivory, Megan K.; Aubin, Seth; and Delos, John B., Dynamical Monodromy (2014). Physical Review E, 89(1).
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.89.012919
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.89.012919
