Resonant torus-assisted tunneling

Phys Rev E. 2016 Jan;93(1):012201. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.93.012201. Epub 2016 Jan 4.

Abstract

We report a new type of dynamical tunneling, which is mediated by a resonant torus, i.e., a nonisolated periodic orbit. To elucidate the phenomenon, we take an open elliptic cavity and show that a pair of resonances localized on two classically disconnected tori tunnel through a resonant torus when they interact with each other. This so-called resonant torus-assisted tunneling is verified by using Husimi functions, corresponding actions, Husimi function distributions, and the standard deviations of the actions.