Anatomy of quantum chaotic eigenstates
Abstract
The eigenfunctions of quantized chaotic systems cannot be described by explicit formulas, even approximate ones. This survey summarizes (selected) analytical approaches used to describe these eigenstates, in the semiclassical limit. The levels of description are macroscopic (one wants to understand the quantum averages of smooth observables), and microscopic (one wants informations on maxima of eigenfunctions, "scars" of periodic orbits, structure of the nodal sets and domains, local correlations), and often focusses on statistical results. Various models of "random wavefunctions" have been introduced to understand these statistical properties, with usually good agreement with the numerical data. We also discuss some specific systems (like arithmetic ones) which depart from these random models.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1005.5598,
title = {Anatomy of quantum chaotic eigenstates},
author = {Stéphane Nonnenmacher},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1005.5598},
year = {2012}
}
Comments
Corrected typos, added a few references and updated some results