Semiclassical Quantization Using Diffractive Orbits

DOI10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.76.2605MaRDI QIDQ4492393zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Niall D. Whelan

Publication date 16 July 2000

Published in Physical Review Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/chao-dyn/9509020

zbMATH Keywords

diffractiondiffractive periodic orbitsdiffractive zeta functionsemiclassical quantization

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

Abstract: Diffraction, in the context of semiclassical mechanics, describes the manner in which quantum mechanics smooths over discontinuities in the classical mechanics. An important example is a billiard with sharp corners; its semiclassical quantisation requires the inclusion of diffractive periodic orbits in addition to classical periodic orbits. In this paper we construct the corresponding zeta function and apply it to a scattering problem which has only diffractive periodic orbits. We find that the resonances are accurately given by the zeros of the diffractive zeta function.

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