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Finkbeiner, Gregor and Efremov, Maxim and O’Connell, Robert F. and Schleich, Wolfgang (2025) Diffraction in phase space: Jumps and kinks in matter waves revealed by their dynamics. Chaos, 35, 033150. American Institute of Physics (AIP). doi: 10.1063/5.0260470. ISSN 1054-1500.
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Official URL: https://pubs.aip.org/aip/cha/article/35/3/033150/3340335
Abstract
We show that a discontinuity either in a wave function or its derivative, corresponding to a jump or a kink, causes ripples in Wigner phase space. In the free time evolution, these structures give rise to interference fringes in the probability density represented in spacetime.
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| Document Type: | Article | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Title: | Diffraction in phase space: Jumps and kinks in matter waves revealed by their dynamics | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date: | 21 March 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Chaos | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Refereed publication: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Open Access: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Gold Open Access: | No | ||||||||||||||||||||
| In SCOPUS: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| In ISI Web of Science: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Volume: | 35 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1063/5.0260470 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Page Range: | 033150 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Publisher: | American Institute of Physics (AIP) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ISSN: | 1054-1500 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Status: | Published | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Keywords: | Gravitation, Matter waves, Schrödinger wave function, Wigner functions | ||||||||||||||||||||
| HGF - Research field: | Aeronautics, Space and Transport | ||||||||||||||||||||
| HGF - Program: | Space | ||||||||||||||||||||
| HGF - Program Themes: | Communication, Navigation, Quantum Technology | ||||||||||||||||||||
| DLR - Research area: | Raumfahrt | ||||||||||||||||||||
| DLR - Program: | R KNQ - Communication, Navigation, Quantum Technology | ||||||||||||||||||||
| DLR - Research theme (Project): | R - Project Less and multiparticle physics with quantum waves | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location: | Ulm | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Institutes and Institutions: | Institute of Quantum Technologies > Theoretical Quantum Physics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Deposited By: | Efremov, Prof. Dr. Maxim | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Deposited On: | 17 Mar 2026 21:25 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Modified: | 18 Mar 2026 14:42 |
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