A Bäcker and R Schubert 1999 J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 32 4795 doi:10.1088/0305-4470/32/26/301
Chaotic eigenfunctions in momentum space
A Bäcker and R Schubert
Show affiliationsWe study eigenstates of chaotic billiards in the momentum representation and propose the radially integrated momentum distribution as a useful measure to detect localization effects. For the momentum distribution, the radially integrated momentum distribution, and the angular integrated momentum distribution explicit formulae in terms of the normal derivative along the billiard boundary are derived. We present a detailed numerical study for the stadium and the cardioid billiard, which shows in several cases that the radially integrated momentum distribution is a good indicator of localized eigenstates, such as scars, or bouncing ball modes. We also find examples, where the localization is more strongly pronounced in position space than in momentum space, which we discuss in detail. Finally, applications and generalizations are discussed.
- PACS
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05.45.Mt Quantum chaos; semiclassical methods
- MSC
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81Q50 Quantum chaos (See also 37Dxx)
81Q20 Semiclassical techniques including WKB and Maslov methods
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Issue 26 (2 July 1999)
Received 26 March 1999
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Chaotic eigenfunctions in momentum space
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