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Spectral Properties of Three-Dimensional Quantum Billiards with a Pointlike Scatterer

chao-dyn 2009-10-30 v2 Condensed Matter High Energy Physics - Theory Chaotic Dynamics Nuclear Theory Quantum Physics

Abstract

We examine the spectral properties of three-dimensional quantum billiards with a single pointlike scatterer inside. It is found that the spectrum shows chaotic (random-matrix-like) characteristics when the inverse of the formal strength vˉ1\bar{v}^{-1} is within a band whose width increases parabolically as a function of the energy. This implies that the spectrum becomes random-matrix-like at very high energy irrespective to the value of the formal strength. The predictions are confirmed by numerical experiments with a rectangular box. The findings for a pointlike scatterer are applied to the case for a small but finite-size impurity. We clarify the proper procedure for its zero-size limit which involves non-trivial divergence. The previously known results in one and two-dimensional quantum billiards with small impurities inside are also reviewed from the present perspective.

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@article{arxiv.chao-dyn/9702009,
  title  = {Spectral Properties of Three-Dimensional Quantum Billiards with a Pointlike Scatterer},
  author = {T. Shigehara and Taksu Cheon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:chao-dyn/9702009},
  year   = {2009}
}

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12 pages 'pr' double column format REVTeX, 6 inset epsf figures