Efficient semiclassical approach for time delays

From MaRDI portal
Publication:3387458

DOI10.1088/1367-2630/16/12/123018zbMATH Open1451.81238arXiv1409.1532OpenAlexW1993034118MaRDI QIDQ3387458FDOQ3387458


Authors: Jack Kuipers, Dmitry V. Savin, Martin Sieber Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 12 January 2021

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

Abstract: The Wigner time delay, defined by the energy derivative of the total scattering phase shift, is an important spectral measure of an open quantum system characterising the duration of the scattering event. It is related to the trace of the Wigner-Smith matrix Q that also encodes other time-delay characteristics. For chaotic cavities, these exhibit universal fluctuations that are commonly described within random matrix theory. Here, we develop a new semiclassical approach to the time-delay matrix which is formulated in terms of the classical trajectories that connect the exterior and interior regions of the system. This approach is superior to previous treatments because it avoids the energy derivative. We demonstrate the method's efficiency by going beyond previous work in studying the time-delay statistics for chaotic cavities with perfectly connected leads. In particular, the universality for moment generating functions of the proper time-delays (eigenvalues of Q) is established up to third order in the inverse number of scattering channels for systems with and without time-reversal symmetry. Semiclassical results are then obtained for a further two orders. We also show the equivalence of random matrix and semiclassical results for the second moments and for the variance of the Wigner time delay at any channel number.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1409.1532




Recommendations




Cites Work


Cited In (23)





This page was built for publication: Efficient semiclassical approach for time delays

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q3387458)