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Universal K-matrix distribution in beta=2 Ensembles of Random Matrices

Mathematical Physics 2013-07-22 v2 Disordered Systems and Neural Networks Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics math.MP

Abstract

The K-matrix, also known as the "Wigner reaction matrix" in nuclear scattering or "impedance matrix" in the electromagnetic wave scattering, is given essentially by an M x M diagonal block of the resolvent (E-H)^{-1} of a Hamiltonian H. For chaotic quantum systems the Hamiltonian H can be modelled by random Hermitian N x N matrices taken from invariant ensembles with the Dyson symmetry index beta=1,2,4. For beta=2 we prove by explicit calculation a universality conjecture by P. Brouwer which is equivalent to the claim that the probability distribution of K, for a broad class of invariant ensembles of random Hermitian matrices H, converges to a matrix Cauchy distribution with density P(K)[det(λ2+(Kϵ)2)]M{\cal P}(K)\propto \left[\det{({\lambda}^2+(K-{\epsilon})^2)}\right]^{-M} in the limit NN\to \infty, provided the parameter M is fixed and the spectral parameter E is taken within the support of the eigenvalue distribution of H. In particular, we show that for a broad class of unitary invariant ensembles of random matrices finite diagonal blocks of the resolvent are Cauchy distributed. The cases beta=1 and beta=4 remain outstanding.

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@article{arxiv.1304.4368,
  title  = {Universal K-matrix distribution in beta=2 Ensembles of Random Matrices},
  author = {Yan V Fyodorov and Boris A Khoruzhenko and André Nock},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1304.4368},
  year   = {2013}
}

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11 pages; published version (added proportionality constants, minor changes)