  In this paper we study in detail the localized wave functions defined in
Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 76}, 1613 (1994), in connection with the scarring effect
of unstable periodic orbits in highly chaotic Hamiltonian system. These
functions appear highly localized not only along periodic orbits but also on
the associated manifolds. Moreover, they show in phase space the hyperbolic
structure in the vicinity of the orbit, something which translates in
configuration space into the structure induced by the corresponding self--focal
points. On the other hand, the quantum dynamics of these functions are also
studied. Our results indicate that the probability density first evolves along
the unstable manifold emanating from the periodic orbit, and localizes
temporarily afterwards on only a few, short related periodic orbits. We believe
that this type of studies can provide some keys to disentangle the complexity
associated to the quantum mechanics of these kind of systems, which permits the
construction of a simple explanation in terms of the dynamics of a few
classical structures.

Chaotic Dynamics;Quantum Physics