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Intermediate wave-function statistics

Berkolaiko, G. (2003) Intermediate wave-function statistics. Physical Review Letters, 94 (13). p. 134103. ISSN 0031-9007

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Abstract

We calculate statistical properties of the eigenfunctions of two quantum systems that exhibit intermediate spectral statistics: star graphs and Seba billiards. First, we show that these eigenfunctions are not quantum ergodic, and calculate the corresponding limit distribution. Second, we find that they can be strongly scarred, in the case of star graphs by short (unstable) periodic orbits and, in the case of Seba billiards, by certain families of orbits. We construct sequences of states which have such a limit. Our results are illustrated by numerical computations.

Item type: Article
ID code: 2118
Keywords: eigenfunctions, statistics, star graphs, orbits, mathematics, wave-function, Mathematics, Statistics
Subjects: Science > Mathematics
Social Sciences > Statistics
Department: Faculty of Science > Mathematics
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    Depositing user: Strathprints Administrator
    Date Deposited: 17 Nov 2006
    Last modified: 12 Mar 2012 10:37
    URI: http://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/2118

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