Quantal Overlapping Resonance Criterion in the Pullen Edmonds Model

Abstract

In order to highlight the onset of chaos in the Pullen-Edmonds model a quantal analog of the resonance overlap criterion has been examined. A quite good agreement between analytical and numerical results is obtained.Comment: 12 pages, LATEX, 2 figures available upon request to the Authors, submitted to Mod. Phys. Lett.