Dynamical Behavior of the Quant um Periodically Kicked Harmonic Oscillator

We explore the properties of the quantum kicked harmonic osciUation governed by the Hamiltonian H=1/2p²+1/2ω₀²x²-K cos x∑_n=-∞^∞δ(t/T - n): The classical version of this model is known to exhibit certain type of stochastic behavior. We reduce the quantum equation of the model td quantum mapping equations. Numerical results of the mappings show that the behavior of the average energy as a function of time depends on the ration of the frequency of the external (2π/T) and that of the unperturbed system wo. The energy increases first very rapidly and then the energy growth saturates for irrational ω₀T/2π. The break time is independent of the strength of the external force, but is roughly proportional to 1/ω₀T.For a fixed rational ω₀T/2πt,h e energy is damped oscillation for smaller T , a nd it is seemingly recurrent with time in the sense of Hogg and Huberman. In both cases, these behaviors of energy are independent of the strength of the external force and differ from the behavior of the quantum kicked rotator.