偏心环形开放台球中粒子逃逸动力学的分形性质

二维台球体系因为能够体现混沌现象的基本特征且数值运算相对简单,从而成为研究微观体系混沌动力学的理想模型,近年来一直广受关注.本文研究非同心的环形开放台球中粒子逃逸的混沌动力学性质,它体现了与初条件密切相关的奇异性.采用简化的盒计数 (box-counting)算法,计算了分形维数,结果定量地反映了粒子逃逸前与环壁碰撞次数随粒子入射角变化的函数关系.其中,特别关注环形台球的偏心率对体系混沌性质的影响.     

Universality of level spacing distributions in classical chaos

We suggest that random matrix theory applied to a matrix of lengths of classical trajectories can be used in classical billiards to distinguish chaotic from non-chaotic behavior. We consider in 2D the integrable circular and rectangular billiard, the chaotic cardioid, Sinai and stadium billiard as well as mixed billiards from the Limaçon/Robnik family. From the spectrum of the length matrix we compute the level spacing distribution, the spectral auto-correlation and spectral rigidity. We observe non-generic (Dirac comb) behavior in the integrable case and Wignerian behavior in the chaotic case. For the Robnik billiard close to the circle the distribution approaches a Poissonian distribution. The length matrix elements of chaotic billiards display approximate GOE behavior. Our findings provide evidence for universality of level fluctuations—known from quantum chaos—to hold also in classical physics.     

Influence of phase-space localization on the energy diffusion in a quantum chaotic billiard

The quantum dynamics of a chaotic billiard with moving boundary is considered in this paper. We found a shape parameter Hamiltonian expansion, which enables us to obtain the spectrum of the deformed billiard for deformations so large as the characteristic wavelength. Then, for a specified time-dependent shape variation, the quantum dynamics of a particle inside the billiard is integrated directly. In particular, the dispersion of the energy is studied in the Bunimovich stadium billiard with oscillating boundary. The results showed that the distribution of energy spreads diffusively for the first oscillations of the boundary (=2Dt). We studied the diffusion constant D as a function of the boundary velocity and found differences with theoretical predictions based on random matrix theory. By extracting highly phase-space localized structures from the spectrum, previous differences were reduced significantly. This fact provides numerical evidence of the influence of phase-space localization on the quantum diffusion of a chaotic system.     

Semiclassical Analysis of Quarter Stadium Billiards

An expansion method for stationary states is applied to obtain the eigenfunctions and the eigenenergies of the quarter stadium billiard, and its nearest energy-level spacing distribution is obtained. The histogram is consistent with the standard Wigner distribution, which indicates that the stadium billiard system is chaotic. Particular attention is paid to pursuing the quantum manifestations of such classical chaos. The correspondences between the Fourier transformation of quantum spectra and classical orbits are investigated by using the closed-orbit theory. The analytical and numerical results are in agreement with the required resolution, which corroborates that the semiclassical method provides a physically meaningful image to understand such chaotic systems.     

Experiments on quantum chaos using microwave cavities: Results for the pseudo-integrable L-billiard

We describe microwave experiments used to study billiard geometries as model problems of non-integrability in quantum or wave mechanics. The experiments can study arbitrary 2-D geometries, including chaotic and even disordered billiards. Detailed results on an L-shaped pseudo-integrable billiard are discussed as an example. The eigenvalue statistics are well-described by empirical formulae incorporating the fraction of phase space that is non-integrable. The eigenfunctions are directly measured, and their statistical properties are shown to be influenced by non-isolated periodic orbits, similar to that for the chaotic Sinai billiard. These periodic orbits are directly observed in the Fourier transform of the eigenvalue spectrum.     

Boundary crisis and suppression of Fermi acceleration in a dissipative two-dimensional non-integrable time-dependent billiard

Some dynamical properties for a dissipative time-dependent oval-shaped billiard are studied. The system is described in terms of a four-dimensional nonlinear mapping. Dissipation is introduced via inelastic collisions of the particle with the boundary, thus implying that the particle has a fractional loss of energy upon collision. The dissipation causes profound modifications in the dynamics of the particle as well as in the phase space of the non-dissipative system. In particular, inelastic collisions can be assumed as an efficient mechanism to suppress Fermi acceleration of the particle. The dissipation also creates attractors in the system, including chaotic. We show that a slightly modification of the intensity of the damping coefficient yields a drastic and sudden destruction of the chaotic attractor, thus leading the system to experience a boundary crisis. We have characterized such a boundary crisis via a collision of the chaotic attractor with its own basin of attraction and confirmed that inelastic collisions do indeed suppress Fermi acceleration in two-dimensional time-dependent billiards.     

Measurement of long-range wave-function correlations in an open microwave billiard

We investigate the statistical properties of wave functions in an open chaotic cavity. When the number of channels in the openings of the billiard is increased by varying the frequency, wave functions cross over from real to complex. The distribution of the phase rigidity, which characterizes the degree to which a wave function is complex, and long-range correlations of intensity and current density are studied as a function of the number of channels in the openings. All measured quantities are in perfect agreement with theoretical predictions.     

二维Sinai台球系统的量子混沌研究

研究了二维Sinai台球系统的经典与量子的对应关系,运用定态展开法和Gutzwiller的周期轨道理论对Sinai台球系统的态密度经傅里叶变换得到的量子长度谱进行分析,并把量子长度谱中峰的位置与其所对应的经典体系的周期轨道长度做对比,发现两者之间存在很好的对应关系.观察到了一些量子态局域在短周期轨道附近形成量子scarred态或量子superscarred态.还研究了同心与非同心Sinai台球系统的能级最近邻间距分布,发现同心Sinai台球系统是近可积的,非同心Sinai台球系统在θ=3π/8下,随两中心间距离的增加,能级最近邻间距分布将由近可积向维格那分布过渡.     

截断光束的二阶矩矩阵

采用复高斯展开法和维格纳分布函数(WDF),推导出了截断光束的二阶矩矩阵通过大气湍流的传输公式。研究表明,将硬边光阑的复高斯展开函数引入z=0平面处的WDF中,能够避免截断光束二阶矩的积分发散问题,得到z=0平面处二阶矩的解析结果,并且保证了精度,从而方便地得到截断光束在大气湍流中传输的二阶矩矩阵。实验所得到的结果具有一般性,即无截断光束的二阶矩矩阵通过大气湍流传输和截断光束的二阶矩矩阵在自由空间的传输都可以分别作为特例给出。     

Chaotic and Arnold stripes in weakly chaotic Hamiltonian systems

The dynamics in weakly chaotic Hamiltonian systems strongly depends on initial conditions (ICs) and little can be affirmed about generic behaviors. Using two distinct Hamiltonian systems, namely one particle in an open rectangular billiard and four particles globally coupled on a discrete lattice, we show that in these models, the transition from integrable motion to weak chaos emerges via chaotic stripes as the nonlinear parameter is increased. The stripes represent intervals of initial conditions which generate chaotic trajectories and increase with the nonlinear parameter of the system. In the billiard case, the initial conditions are the injection angles. For higher-dimensional systems and small nonlinearities, the chaotic stripes are the initial condition inside which Arnold diffusion occurs.     

Properties of Some Chaotic Billiards with Time-Dependent Boundaries

A dispersing billiard (Lorentz gas) and focusing billiards (in the form of a stadium) with time-dependent boundaries are considered. The problem of a particle acceleration in such billiards is studied. For the Lorentz gas two cases of the time-dependence are investigated: stochastic perturbations of the boundary and its periodic oscillations. Two types of focusing billiards with periodically forced boundaries are explored: stadium with strong chaotic properties and a near-rectangle stadium. It is shown that in all cases billiard particles can reach unbounded velocities. Average velocities of the particle ensemble as functions of time and the number of collisions are obtained.     

On the signs of quantum chaos in a scattering billiard K system with kinks of the lateral boundary

Signs of quantum chaos in the spectra of linear Hamiltonian systems including scattering billiards of various configurations with kinks of the lateral surface have been experimentally studied. A billiard with kinks of the lateral surface at which the second derivative is indefinite constitutes a scattering K system. As a result, the spectrum of such a billiard and the corresponding model resonator becomes chaotic and the distribution of spectral intervals is close to a Wigner distribution. The spectral rigidity curves have been measured for a model microwave cavity whose shape is similar to the scattering billiard with kinks of the lateral surface. It has been found that the characteristics of the chaotic spectrum, the distribution of the spectral intervals, and the spectral rigidity curves for billiards with kinks of the lateral boundary exhibit signs of quantum chaos.     

What is the role of chaotic scattering in irreversible processes?

We study kinetic properties of simple mechanical models of deterministic diffusion like the scattering of a point particle in a billiard of Lorentz type and the multibaker area-preserving map. We show how dynamical chaos and, in particular, chaotic scattering are related to the transport property of diffusion. Moreover, we show that the Liouvillian dynamics of the multibaker map can be decomposed into the eigenmodes of diffusive relaxation associated with the Ruelle resonances of the Perron-Frobenius operator.     

Generalized Fokker-Planck equation approach to optical parametric processes II. Photocounting statistics

We study the photocounting statistics of a system of three interacting one-mode boson fields based on results of the recursion procedure of solving the generalized Fokker-Planck equation developed in the first part of this paper. If some simplifications are adopted or losses neglected, we are able to obtain explicit solutions for the photocounting generating function, the photocounting distribution and its factorial moments in terms of the multimode superposition of coherent and chaotic fields, the chaotic component being negative in the anticorrelation state.     

Quantum-classical correspondence in the wave functions of andreev billiards

We present a classical and quantum mechanical study of an Andreev billiard with a chaotic normal dot. We demonstrate that the nonexact velocity reversal and the diffraction at the edges of the normal-superconductor contact render the classical dynamics of these systems mixed indicating the limitations of a widely used retracing approximation. We point out the close relation between the mixed classical phase space and the properties of the quantum states of Andreev billiards, including periodic orbit scarring and localization of the wave function onto other classical phase space objects such as intermittent regions and quantized tori.     

The Husimi Distribution of Circular Billiard with?an?Applied?Uniform Magnetic Field

We present a theoretical computation of the Husimi distribution function in phase-space for studying the semiclassical dynamics of the circular electron billiard subjected to a constant magnetic field in the perpendicular direction. The results reveal that with the increase of the applied magnetic field the peaks of Husimi function tend to the billiard boundaries, along with the movements a periodic splitting-recombining (alternative single-double) peak structure is arisen. This fact implies the localization of the eigenstates and coincides to the classical trajectory distribution what we obtained by use of representation on the billiard boundary. It becomes possible to compare the local properties of the quantum and classical distributions. Our analysis provides a new perspective to understand the quantum-classical correspondence.     

Orbit Sum Rules for the Quantum Wave Functions of the Strongly Chaotic Hadamard Billiard in Arbitrary Dimensions

Sum rules are derived for the quantum wave functions of the Hadamard billiard in arbitrary dimensions. This billiard is a strongly chaotic (Anosov) system which consists of a point particle moving freely on a D-dimensional compact manifold (orbifold) of constant negative curvature. The sum rules express a general (two-point)correlation function of the quantum mechanical wave functions in terms of a sum over the orbits of the corresponding classical system. By taking the trace of the orbit sum rule or pre-trace formula, one obtains the Selberg trace formula. The sum rules are applied in two dimensions to a compact Riemann surface of genus two, and in three dimensions to the only non-arithmetic tetrahedron existing in hyperbolic 3-space. It is shown that the quantum wave functions can be computed from classical orbits. Conversely, we demonstrate that the structure of classical orbits can be extracted from the quantum mechanical energy levels and wave functions (inverse quantum chaology).     

E10, BE10 and arithmetical chaos in superstring cosmology

It is shown that the neverending oscillatory behavior of the generic solution, near a cosmological singularity, of the massless bosonic sector of superstring theory can be described as a billiard motion within a simplex in nine-dimensional hyperbolic space. The Coxeter group of reflections of this billiard is discrete and is the Weyl group of the hyperbolic Kac-Moody algebra E10 (for type II) or BE10 (for type I or heterotic), which are both arithmetic. These results lead to a proof of the chaotic ("Anosov") nature of the classical cosmological oscillations, and suggest a "chaotic quantum billiard" scenario of vacuum selection in string theory.     

Test of Trace Formulas for Spectra of Superconducting Microwave Billiards

Experimental tests of various trace formulas, which in general relate the density of states for a given quantum mechanical system to the properties of the periodic orbits of its classical counterpart, for spectra of superconducting microwave billiards of varying chaoticity are reviewed by way of examples. For a two-dimensional Bunimovich stadium billiard the application of Gutzwiller's trace formula is shown to yield correctly locations and strengths of the peaks in the Fourier transformed quantum spectrum in terms of the shortest unstable classical periodic orbits. Furthermore, in two-dimensional billiards of the Limaçon family the transition from regular to chaotic dynamics is studied in terms of a recently derived general trace formula by Ullmo, Grinberg and Tomsovic. Finally, some salient features of wave dynamical chaos in a fully chaotic three-dimensional Sinai microwave billiard are discussed. Here the reconstruction of the spectrum is not as straightforward as in the two-dimensional cases and a modified trace formula as suggested by Balian and Duplantier will have eventually to be applied.