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Self-Similarity Among Energy Eigenstates

Quantum Physics 2023-03-29 v1

Abstract

In a quantum system, different energy eigenstates have different properties or features, allowing us define a classifier to divide them into different groups. We find that the ratio of each type of energy eigenstates in an energy shell [EcΔE/2,Ec+ΔE/2][E_{c}-\Delta E/2,E_{c}+\Delta E/2] is invariant with changing width ΔE\Delta E or Planck constant \hbar as long as the number of eigenstates in the shell is statistically large enough. We give an argument that such self-similarity in energy eigenstates is a general feature for all quantum systems, which is further illustrated numerically with various quantum systems, including circular billiard, double top model, kicked rotor, and Heisenberg XXZ model.

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@article{arxiv.2209.11256,
  title  = {Self-Similarity Among Energy Eigenstates},
  author = {Zhelun Zhang and Zhenduo Wang and Biao Wu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2209.11256},
  year   = {2023}
}

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14 pages, 14 figures

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