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Quantum resonances and decay of a chaotic fractal repeller observed using microwaves

chao-dyn 2009-10-31 v2 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Chaotic Dynamics

Abstract

The quantum resonances of classically chaotic n-disk geometries were studied experimentally utilizing thin 2-D microwave geometries. The experiments yield the frequencies and widths of low-lying resonances, which are compared with semiclassical calculations. The longtime or small energy behavior of the wave-vector auto-correlation gives information about the quantum decay rate, which is in good agreement with that obtained from classical scattering theory. The intermediate energy behavior shows non-universal oscillations determined by periodic orbits.

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@article{arxiv.chao-dyn/9902002,
  title  = {Quantum resonances and decay of a chaotic fractal repeller observed using microwaves},
  author = {Wentao Lu and M. Rose and K. Pance and S. Sridhar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:chao-dyn/9902002},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

5 pages, 3 eps figs included