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Non-generic contributions to the quantal level-density from parallel segments in billiards are investigated. These contributions are due to the existence of marginally stable families of periodic orbits, which are structurally unstable, in…

chao-dyn · Physics 2009-10-22 Harel Primack , Uzy Smilansky

In order to verify Percival's conjecture [J. Phys. B 6,L229 (1973)] we study a planar billiard in its classical and quantum versions. We provide an evaluation of the nearest-neighbor level-spacing distribution for the Cassini oval billiard,…

chao-dyn · Physics 2009-10-31 Gabriel Carlo , Eduardo Vergini , Alejandro Fendrik

The autocorrelation function of spectral determinants is proposed as a convenient tool for the characterization of spectral statistics in general, and for the study of the intimate link between quantum chaos and random matrix theory, in…

chao-dyn · Physics 2009-10-28 S. Kettemann , D. Klakow , U. Smilansky

The coupling of orbital and spin degrees of freedom is the source of many interesting phenomena. Here, we study the electron dynamics in a quantum billiard --a mesoscopic rectangular quantum dot-- with spin-orbit coupling driven by a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-11-13 D. V. Khomitsky , A. I. Malyshev , E. Ya. Sherman , M. Di Ventra

We use scanning near-field optical microscopy to image hyperbolic phonon polaritons in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) billiards with integrable and chaotic geometries. In Sinai billiards, we observe irregular mode patterns consistent with…

We prove that any sufficiently small perturbation of an isosceles triangle has a periodic billiard path. Our proof involves the analysis of certain infinite families of Fourier series that arise in connection with triangular billiards, and…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2013-06-05 W. Patrick Hooper , Richard Evan Schwartz

Quantum walks are at present an active field of study in mathematics, with important applications in quantum information and statistical physics. In this paper, we determine the influence of basic chaotic features on the walker behavior.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-15 C. Alonso-Lobo , Gabriel G. Carlo , F. Borondo

We report on the experimental study of the spectral properties of quantum systems consisting of two quantum billiards (QBs), one with chaotic, the other one with integrable classical dynamics, that are coupled to each other via an opening…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2026-01-19 Xiaodong Zhang , Jiongning Che , Barbara Dietz

We investigate the eigenvalue spectrum of the staggered Dirac matrix in SU(3) gauge theory and in full QCD as well as in quenched U(1) theory. As a measure of the fluctuation properties of the eigenvalues, we consider the nearest-neighbor…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2009-10-31 Elmar Bittner , Harald Markum , Rainer Pullirsch

Quantum billiards provide an excellent forum for the analysis of quantum chaos. Toward this end, we consider quantum billiards with time-varying surfaces, which provide an important example of quantum chaos that does not require the…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2015-06-26 Mason A. Porter , Richard L. Liboff

Complete eigenvalue spectra of the staggered Dirac operator in quenched $4d$ compact QED are studied on $8^3 \times 4$ and $8^3 \times 6$ lattices. We investigate the behavior of the nearest-neighbor spacing distribution $P(s)$ as a measure…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2009-10-31 B. A. Berg , H. Markum , R. Pullirsch

We report the first large-scale statistical study of very high-lying eigenmodes (quantum states) of the mushroom billiard proposed by L. Bunimovich in this journal, vol. 11, 802 (2001). The phase space of this mixed system is unusual in…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-11 A. H. Barnett , T. Betcke

We study the dielectric annular billiard as a quantum chaotic model of a micro-optical resonator. It differs from conventional billiards with hard-wall boundary conditions in that it is partially open and composed of two dielectric media…

Optics · Physics 2009-11-07 Martina Hentschel , Klaus Richter

In this paper we have tested several general numerical methods in solving the quantum billiards, such as the boundary integral method (BIM) and the plane wave decomposition method (PWDM). We performed extensive numerical investigations of…

chao-dyn · Physics 2009-10-31 Baowen Li , Marko Robnik , Bambi Hu

We report on first experimental signatures for chaos-assisted tunneling in a two-dimensional annular billiard. Measurements of microwave spectra from a superconducting cavity with high frequency resolution are combined with electromagnetic…

chao-dyn · Physics 2009-02-12 C. Dembowski , H. -D. Graef , A. Heine , R. Hofferbert , H. Rehfeld , A. Richter

We present a classical and quantum mechanical study of an Andreev billiard with a chaotic normal dot. We demonstrate that in general the classical dynamics of these normal-superconductor hybrid systems is mixed, thereby indicating the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Kormanyos , Z. Kaufmann , J. Cserti , C. J. Lambert

This chapter provides an overview of chaotic billiard lasers as a prominent branch of quantum chaos. These lasers offer an ideal experimental platform for demonstrating the principles of quantum chaos within a physical system. We begin by…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-05 Takahisa Harayama

We investigate the properties of eigenstates and local density of states (LDOS) for a periodic 2D rippled billiard, focusing on their quantum-classical correspondence in energy representation. To construct the classical counterparts of LDOS…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 G. A. Luna-Acosta , J. A. Méndez-Bermúdez , F. M. Izrailev

A statistical analysis of the prime numbers indicates possible traces of quantum chaos. We have computed the nearest neighbor spacing distribution, number variance, skewness, and excess for sequences of the first N primes for various values…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-01-07 Todd Timberlake , Jeffery Tucker

We report on experimental studies that were performed with a microwave Dirac billiard (DB), that is, a flat resonator containing metallic cylinders arranged on a triangular grid, whose shape has a threefold rotational C3 symmetry. Its band…

Classical Physics · Physics 2023-05-30 Weihua Zhang , Xiaodong Zhang , Jiongning Che , M. Miski-Oglu , Barbara Dietz