Relativistic quantum chaos in graphene

Hong Ya Xu; Liang Huang; Ying Cheng Lai

doi:10.1063/PT.3.4679

Relativistic quantum chaos in graphene

Hong Ya Xu, Liang Huang, Ying Cheng Lai

Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering, School of (IAFSE-ECEE)

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In his 1987 best seller Chaos: Making a New Science, science journalist James Gleick wrote, "Where chaos begins, classical science stops." Indeed, after relativity and quantum mechanics, chaos became the 20th century's third great revolution in physical sciences. Chaos results from the sensitivity of a nonlinear system to initial conditions, and it makes classical evolution appear random with time (see the article by Adilson Motter and David Campbell, PHYSICS TODAY, May 2013, page 27). That sensitivity is the origin of Edward Lorenz's well- known butterfly effect1-named for the idea that a butterfly flapping its wings in South America could set off a tornado in Kansas- which rules out any hope for long- term weather forecasting.

Original language	English (US)
Pages	44-49
Number of pages	6
Volume	74
No	2
Specialist publication	Physics Today
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.4679
State	Published - Feb 1 2021

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