A number of recent developments in quantum dynamics emphasize the aspect of the time evolution of distributions in phase space, quantum as well as classical. They allow for alternative approaches to propagation and spectral statistics, among others, circumventing the concept of periodic orbits and complementing it at the same time. The conceptual closeness of Liouvillian to quantum phase-space dynamics opens new routes in semiclassics, possibly to a unified treatment of chaotic, mixed, and integrable systems. There are promising applications, in particular to quantum optics, to molecular and to mesoscopic physics.

With this workshop, we intend to create a comprehensive, coherent image of the various lines of development, and to facilitate the contact between basic and more applied research in the field. Topics of the workshop include Liouville dynamics and its regularization for chaotic systems, quantization of KAM systems, action correlations, coherent-state propagation in chaotic systems, phase-space entropies, dissipative quantum dynamics in phase space.

Beside the talks a poster session will be organized. The number of participants of the meeting is limited. Applications for participation should be sent to the address below. The registration fee is DM 150. Costs for accommodation and lunch will be covered by the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems. Limited funding to partially cover travel expenses is available upon request.

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