# Chaotic Zeeman effect: a fractional diffusion-like approch

**Authors:** Octavian Postavaru, Mariana M. Stanescu

PMC · DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-57011-3 · 2024-03-16

## TL;DR

This paper shows how fractional calculus can explain the chaotic Zeeman effect in quantum systems, linking it to the angle between magnetic fields.

## Contribution

The paper introduces a novel fractional calculus approach to model the chaotic Zeeman effect and connects it to random matrix theory.

## Key findings

- The chaotic Zeeman effect increases as the fractional coefficient α deviates from 1.
- Non-Gaussian distributions are linked to non-stationary variables in this model.
- A physical interpretation of the phenomenon is provided through the angle θ between magnetic fields.

## Abstract

It is shown that the chaotic Zeeman effect of a quantum system can be formally viewed as a result of fractional calculus. The fractional calculation brings into the equations the angle \documentclass[12pt]{minimal}
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				\begin{document}$$\theta $$\end{document}θ formed between the internal and the external magnetic field applied to the atom. The further the fractional coefficient \documentclass[12pt]{minimal}
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				\begin{document}$$\theta $$\end{document}θ, obtaining the nonchaotic situation known in the literature. Non-Gaussian distributions correspond to non-stationary variables. Considering a Lorenzian type distribution, we can make a connection between the fractional formalism and random matrix theory. The connection validates the link between fractional calculus and chaos, and at the same time due to the \documentclass[12pt]{minimal}
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				\begin{document}$$\theta $$\end{document}θ angle, it gives the phenomenon a physical interpretation.

## Full-text entities

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## Figures

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