Elliptic quantum billiard

DOI10.1006/APHY.1997.5715zbMATH Open0929.37008arXivchao-dyn/9612020OpenAlexW3105409849WikidataQ62266587 ScholiaQ62266587MaRDI QIDQ1290425FDOQ1290425

Authors: Holger Waalkens, Jan Wiersig, H. R. Dullin 

Publication date: 2 February 2000

Published in: Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The exact and semiclassical quantum mechanics of the elliptic billiard is investigated. The classical system is integrable and exhibits a separatrix, dividing the phasespace into regions of oscillatory and rotational motion. The classical separability carries over to quantum mechanics, and the Schr"odinger equation is shown to be equivalent to the spheroidal wave equation. The quantum eigenvalues show a clear pattern when transformed into the classical action space. The implication of the separatrix on the wave functions is illustrated. A uniform WKB quantization taking into account complex orbits is shown to be adequate for the semiclassical quantization in the presence of a separatrix. The pattern of states in classical action space is nicely explained by this quantization procedure. We extract an effective Maslov phase varying smoothly on the energy surface, which is used to modify the Berry-Tabor trace formula, resulting in a summation over non-periodic orbits. This modified trace formula produces the correct number of states, even close to the separatrix. The Fourier transform of the density of states is explained in terms of classical orbits, and the amplitude and form of the different kinds of peaks is analytically calculated.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/chao-dyn/9612020

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zbMATH Keywords

[https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/w/index.php?title=+Special%3ASearch&search=Schr%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BDdinger+equation&go=Go Schr��dinger equation]elliptic billiardBerry-Tabor trace formulaMaslov phaseoscillatory and rotational motionquantum mechanical spectrumsemiclassical quantum mechanics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Semiclassical techniques, including WKB and Maslov methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81Q20) Dynamical systems in other branches of physics (quantum mechanics, general relativity, laser physics) (37N20) Quantum chaos (81Q50)

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