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Induced superconductivity distinguishes chaotic from integrable billiards

Condensed Matter 2016-08-31 v1

Abstract

Random-matrix theory is used to show that the proximity to a superconductor opens a gap in the excitation spectrum of an electron gas confined to a billiard with a chaotic classical dynamics. In contrast, a gapless spectrum is obtained for a non-chaotic rectangular billiard, and it is argued that this is generic for integrable systems.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9604058,
  title  = {Induced superconductivity distinguishes chaotic from integrable billiards},
  author = {J. A. Melsen and P. W. Brouwer and K. M. Frahm and C. W. J. Beenakker},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9604058},
  year   = {2016}
}

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4 pages RevTeX, 2 eps-figures included

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