Quantum and classical solutions for free particle in wedge billiards
Abstract
We have studied the quantum and classical solutions of a particle constrained to move inside a sector circular billiard with angle and its pacman complement with angle . In these billiards rotational invariance is broken and angular momentum is no longer a conserved quantum number. The "fractional" angular momentum quantum solutions are given in terms of Bessel functions of fractional order, with indices , for the sector and , for the pacman. We derive a ``duality'' relation between both fractional indices given by and . We find that the average of the angular momentum is zero but the average of has as eigenvalues and . We also make a connection of some classical solutions to their quantum wave eigenfunction counterparts.
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@article{arxiv.nlin/0008037,
title = {Quantum and classical solutions for free particle in wedge billiards},
author = {A. Gongora-T and Jorge V. Jose and S. Schaffner and P. H. E. Tiesinga},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nlin/0008037},
year = {2009}
}
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10 pages and two PostScript figures