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Quantum Chaos

Does chaos lurk in the smooth, wavelike quantum world? Recent work shows that the answer is yes-symptoms of chaos enter even into the wave patterns associated with atomic energy levels

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 266 Issue 1This article was originally published with the title “Quantum Chaos” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 266 No. 1 (), p. 78
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0192-78