English

Wigner time-delay distribution in chaotic cavities and freezing transition

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2014-03-14 v3 Statistical Mechanics

Abstract

Using the joint distribution for proper time-delays of a chaotic cavity derived by Brouwer, Frahm & Beenakker [Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 78}, 4737 (1997)], we obtain, in the limit of large number of channels NN, the large deviation function for the distribution of the Wigner time-delay (the sum of proper times) by a Coulomb gas method. We show that the existence of a power law tail originates from narrow resonance contributions, related to a (second order) freezing transition in the Coulomb gas.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1302.1881,
  title  = {Wigner time-delay distribution in chaotic cavities and freezing transition},
  author = {Christophe Texier and Satya N. Majumdar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1302.1881},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

RevTeX, 5 pages, 3 pdf figures ; v2 : Refs. added ; v3 : correction of a small error in the large deviation function $\Phi_+(s)$

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