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Exact eigenfunction amplitude distributions of integrable quantum billiards

Mathematical Physics 2018-01-23 v1 Statistical Mechanics math.MP Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems Quantum Physics

Abstract

The exact probability distributions of the amplitudes of eigenfunctions, Ψ(x,y)\Psi(x, y), of several integrable planar billiards are analytically calculated and shown to possess singularities at Ψ=0\Psi = 0; the nature of this singularity is shape-dependent. In particular, we prove that the distribution function for a rectangular quantum billiard is proportional to the complete elliptic integral, K(1Ψ2){\bf K}(1 - \Psi ^2), and demonstrate its universality, modulo a weak dependence on quantum numbers. On the other hand, we study the low-lying states of nonseparable, integrable triangular billiards and find the distributions thereof to be described by the Meijer G-function or certain hypergeometric functions. Our analysis captures a marked departure from the Gaussian distributions for chaotic billiards in its survey of the fluctuations of the eigenfunctions about Ψ=0\Psi = 0.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1801.00403,
  title  = {Exact eigenfunction amplitude distributions of integrable quantum billiards},
  author = {Rhine Samajdar and Sudhir R. Jain},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1801.00403},
  year   = {2018}
}
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