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P. Lecheminant

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P. Lecheminant. Semiclassical limit and quantum chaos. Journal de Physique I, EDP Sciences, 1993,

3 (2), pp.299-309. �10.1051/jp1:1993131�. �jpa-00246723�

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J. Phys. I France 3

(1993)

299- 309 FEBRUARY 1993, PAGE 299

Classification Physics Abstracts

03.65N 03.80 05.45

Sendclassical findt and quantum chaos

P. Lecheminant

Laboratoire de Physique Thdorique des

Liquides,(°)

Universitd Pierre et Marie Curie, 4 place Jussieu 75252 Paris Cedex 05 France

(Received

20 May 1992, accepted 25 June 1992)

Rdsumd. Dans cet article, nous prdsentons le domaine

sur lequel R. Rammal travaillait dans les demiers moments de sa vie le chaos quantique. Nous dtudions numdriquement le

comportement de plusieurs distributions pour des bfllards avec ou sans champ magndtique. Nous trouvons des lois exponentielles pour la distribution des longueurs des trajectoires, pour celle de la surface balayde par la particule et ainsi que pour la distribution du nombre de r4flections

sur les parois du billard. Ces rdsultats confortent l'hypothbse que la signature de la diffusion classiquement chaotique dans le domaine quantique est l'apparition de fluctuations de la matrice S

(on

de conductance pour des conducteurs

ballistiques)

dans la limite semiclassique.

Abstract. In this paper

we present the field on which R. Rammal was working in the last

moments of his life : quantum chaos. The behavior of various distributions is investigated nu-

merically for different planar billiards in presence of a magnetic field or not. We find exponential laws for the distributions of the trajectory lengths, of the algebraic areas, and of the number of boundary reflections. These results support the conjecture that the signature of the classical chaotic scattering in the quantum description is the appearance of fluctuations of the S-matrix

(or

conductance for ballistic

conductors)

in the semiclassical limit.

1. Introduction.

The

discovery

of chaotic behavior in deterministic

dynamical

systems has had a

major

effect

in many areas of

physics iii.

Chaos means an

exponential sensitivity

to initial conditions in a

bounded

region

which leads to

stretching

and

folding

in classical phase space.

Quantum

chaos has been defined as the

study

of quantum systems, whose classical counterparts

display

chaotic

behavior,

in the semiclassical limit

(h

-

0)

[2]. It has stimulated many efforts to understand

more

deeply

the connection between classical and quantum theories

ill.

For

integrable

systelus, this

correspondence

is made

through

the Einstein-Brillouin-Keller

quantization

conditions for

(°) Unit6 de Recherche Assoc14e au CNRS.(URA 76s)

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classical invariant

tori[3].

Gutzwiller and

Balian-Bloch,

have

developed

a semiclassical

theory,

the swcalled

periodic-orbit theory,

to understand quantum systems whose classical behavior is

chaotic[4].

In this

theory,

the link between classical and quantum mechanics stems from

classical

periodic

orbits and can be written

symbolically

[3] as

~(quantal energies)n_o~- ~j (classical periodic orbits). (1)

Gutzwiller

Ill

has noticed that this formula agrees with the

Selberg

Trace formula for the motion of a

particle

on a compact surface of constant

negative

curvature. This semiclassical

approach

allows the

study

of quantum spectra for chaotic systems where the absence of invariant tori rules out the Einstein-Brillouin-Keller

quantization.

As a consequence, there is now strong evidence that the statistical

properties

of the semiclassical spectrum of bound systems with a

chaotic classical limit are very similar to those of random matrix ensembles in nuclear

physics

[5].

Classically,

chaotic systems have levels with a strong local

repulsion

described

by

an

appropriate

member of the random matrix

theory. By using

the

periodic-orbit theory, Berry

has found that some

particular

statistics

(spectral rigidity

or the number

variance), characterizing

the fluctuations of excited energy

levels,

can be described in terms of three

universality

classes [6].

In a series of papers in collaboration with Bellissard [7], R. Rammal has derived a semiclassical

approach

of the energy levels for Bloch electrons in a

magnetic

field. Ever

since,

R. Rarrtmal has been very attracted

by

the methods

developed

for

studying

quantum

chaos,

with the idea

that this

flourishing

field could

bring

new

perspectives

in many areas of

physics.

For

instance, according

to

him,

quantum chaos could have some connections with

strongly

correlated systems,

especially

the

high

temperature

superconductors

and the quantum Hall effect [8].

Despite

a

great

deal of effort and some progress, new methods are still

lacking

for

a better

understanding

of these

phenomena.

In my

opinion,

R. Rammal

thought

that near

the supra

region,

where there are many excited energy

levels,

the

study

of spectra and levels statistics should

provide

new

insight

into the

high

temperature

superconductivity.

Another

example

of this

implication

is the Wannier-Azbel-Hofstadter

problem, namely

the

properties

of a quantum fractal [9] : the energy spectrum as a function of

magnetic

field has a Cantor set structure. Since these Cantor sets may be

interpreted

as chaotic

repellers

or

semiattractors,

the

investigation

of R. Rammal in relation with quantum chaos would have

been, undoubtedly,

fruitful.

Besides,

he studied the quantum

scattering

of a

particle

in lD and 2D

quasicrystal

[10] structures. He found energy levels with a local attraction instead of a usual

repulsion

for

chaotic systems

ii Ii.

This work has had consequences in

magnetism (Kondo problem) ill]

but also for the

study

of conductance fluctuations

ill].

The aim of this paper is to present the field in which R. Rammal was

working

in the last moments of his life

but,

above

all,

I would like to thank him and pay him tribute for

introducing

me in

physics

research on quantum chaos.

2. Chadtic

scattering.

Recent studies of quantum chaos have

paid

attention to unbounded

scattering problems

[12].

These appear in a

large variety

of fields such as inelastic

scattering

in atomic and molecular systems or ballistic conductors. The

signature

of chaos in these open systems is

quite

subtle since the

dynamics

is not confined to a finite volume of

phase

space

thus,

the

folding

is

by

no means obvious. In the most common view, a system

displays

classical chaotic

scattering

if

the variation of the parameters

specifying

the outcome of the collision

(such

as the

scattering

angle)

occurs on all scales of the

incoming

parameters. The

scattering

S-matrix is the relevant

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N°2 SEMICLASSICAL LIMIT AND QUANTUM CHAOS 301

concept for a

complete

quantum

description

of the process. It is a

unitary

operator, due to flux

conservation,

and is

symmetric

for systems with time-reversal syrrtmetry. The crucial

point

for

understanding

the

implication

of classical chaotic

scattering

in the quantum domain is the semiclassical

approximation

for the S-matrix [13]. Bliimel and

Smilansky

[14] have shown that

a manifestation of quantum chaos in

scattering

is the presence of fluctuations of the S matrix

equal

to those

predicted by

random matrix

theory.

More

precisely,

the semiclassical derivation of the energy correlation is

can,(e)

=<

sj~,(E)sun,(E

+ e) >=

can'(.°), (2)

1-

j

where

Cnn,(e)

is

averaged

over an energy domain AE which is

specified

below. This

equation

was derived

through

two main steps

Let

ST

be the set of initial conditions such that a

particle spends

a time

exceeding

T in the interaction

region.

The measure p of this set is then

P(ST)

*

exP(-7T), (3)

where 7 is the classical escape rate. In the T - oo

limit, ST

is a fractal set and 7 is connected to the

Lyapunov

exponent

I,

which

gives

an estimate of the

exponential stretching along

the

unstable

direction, by

7 =

1(1 d), (4)

where d is the Hausdorff dimension of the fractal [12].

It is assumed that 7 is

independent

of n and

n',

and its variations with energy are

neglected

in the interval AE. This small energy domain AE has to be chosen such that

emq < AE < e~j,

(5)

where e~j and emq denote

,

respectively,

the classical and quantum energy scales.

It follows from

equation(2)

that the fluctuations of the cross

section,

for a

given transition,

are described

by

a Lorentzian

:

<

'nn'(El'nn'(E

+ £) >"

~

~~~'~fi~/ (6)

~

(j)

This law was obtained

by

Ericson [15] in

high-energy

nuclear collisions. This should have consequences in the transport

properties

of small

phase-coherent

conductors since

they

are

completely

determined in terms of the S-matrix for

independent

electrons at the Fermi energy.

Accordingly,

2D ballistic conductors may exhibit resistance fluctuations due to the

underlying

classical

scattering.

In these

samples,

where the

typical

features are much smaller than the

elastic,

or

inelastic, scattering length,

electrons behave like waves or billiard balls. At very low temperatures

(<

4

K)

and at low

magnetic field,

a

variety

of

magnetoresistance

anomalies

appears in such

junctions.

It was shown [16] that the Kubo formula for the conductance is

~2

~ h ~~~~~~~' ~~~

where i is the transmission matrix and i+ denotes its

adjoint.

In this case, the energy correlation function is derived from

equation(2)

[17]

C(Ak)

=<

6g(k

+

Ak)6g(k)

>=

~(~~

(8)

+

())~

(5)

~

A

~

~

~

R

R

~

~

A

~

~ ~

~2~ ~~~

~ ~

Fig.I.

The different billiards studied in this work,

a)

The open-stadium system,

b)

The elbow system, c) The cross system.

d)

The Bunimovich stadium,

e)

The four-disk structure,

f)

General billiard whose corners verify the

following

law

: xP+yP

= cst.

Jalabert et al.

ii?]

also obtained a semiclassical derivation of the

magnetic-field

correlation function

C(AB)

=<

6g(B

+

AB)6g(B)

>=

~j~(

,

(9) (1+ (~)~)~

o

with lo " ~~

(flux quantum);

a is

obtained,

like 7, from the classical chaotic

scattering.

The

e

main

assumption

for the

validity

of

equation(9)

is that the distribution of areas is

given by

the

following

law :

N(Q)

=

N(0) exP(-alai), (lo)

where Q denotes the

algebraic

area enclosed

by

the electron's orbit.

Therefore,

the character- istic scales of the conductance

fluctuations,

as well as those of the

S-matrix,

are related to the

underlying

classical chaotic

scattering.

3. Nwnerical results.

To check the

validity

of the above

conclusion, namely

the connection between the characteristic scales of fluctuations and the classical parameters a and 7

(see Eqs.(8, 9)),

we have calculated these parameters defined in

equations(3)

and

(10)

for the billiards

depicted

in

figure

I. We choose several types of billiards to measure the effect of symmetry reduction on a and 7. For instance, the last billiard in

figure

I illustrates the influence of the

rounding

of the corners

(~P+yP

=

cst).

We

study

first the oval billiard in order to test our

approach,

but also for its

generic

behavior.

Indeed,

this billiard leads to motion for which the

phase

space is formed

by

chaotic areas

intricately

mixed with areas covered with invariant curves. On the contrary,

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No2 SEMICLASSICAI, LIMIT AND QUANTUAI CIiAOS 303

1

,.

,"'~_

,_= ~, ~'_

.~

j'~.(

0.B I-1-"' "'II ,' ." ) '' .'',, '."'' .j

.- ,., ; [ .i,, =.

:> :

I "'., ,". .I ."'1

"_

$'

0. 6 ', ,-.' .,' ,t [

",~'

[=:i." )( ',' ,,." [.

..,

0 4 " .~j.'.)~. ~,j

.. )~"

~ '/[[?

.~ .,;,',_. ;,

j"~ )"l,

0.2 ~' "' ..'

.,_,,

; ',,.,l' "~, ~~l' .;( ~

'),'. ,'ll.

'I" '.1" .'

P 0 ..;.. ..:-'

_I

,j'

I,"

."

-0.2 '"

~"

;~;:" ~ ,f..' ," "~l'~

"" ):

.. ,'[ ',' ,')

j'

-0.4 "/. "_' (" I.,I' ~. ''',

", (_ fl'

'.' :,' ...[/..

_,~: _.

.' "..

.j, j. ,', ' ", ') .[

.. ','

-0. 6 '~,""

;_ '~.. [

-0. 8

["'

''

"'"

'

,: .C.[-

= .- .= ""

-1

0 1 2 3

~ 4 5 6 7

Fig.2.

The phase space struture of the oval bdliard

(obtained

by a deformation of a

circle);

S and P denote, respectively, the arc length and the tangential momemtum 10' bounces

are required.

1

o 5

,

~

~ /

.l' '~

l'

___~.

'~' 'i'",,,

Y 0

, ' / ,,--~'~~

',

"

' ''j

", , ' '

, '

, , /

, '

, ; ,'

-0 5

', 1'

,, ' .'

'~~L -I'

, I

j,

?'

,

i '

-i -o.5 o o.5 1

x

Fig.3.

Typical classical trajectory in the four-disk structure.

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12

~',

10

',

~ ',

, ,

~ ',

8

, ,

~ ',

,

, b,

~" ~ 6

',

, b,

, ,

, bs

4

, ,

, ,

o, ,

,

, o

,

2

',

,

, o

,

, ',

, ,

),~~~

0

0 20 40 60 80 100 120

L

FigA.

The distribution of trajectory lengths for the elbow system. A = 0.5 m, R

= 0.478

m

(values

bom Doron et al. 's experiments [19]). We find 7

" 0.0956 m~~

12

~ ,,

10

~,

,~,

',

*,

8

'h~

, ,

» ',

'Q

LnN 6 ',

~,

'~

, ',

4 b

',

, ,

o, ',o

,

2 ',

~N ',

~,

, , 0

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35

L

Fig.5.

The distribution of trajectory

lengths

for the four-disk structure. A

= 0.5 m, R

= i m. 7

= o.385 m~~

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N°2 SEMICLASSICAL LIMIT AND QUANTUM CHAOS 305

11

',

'b,

, h~

,

~ 'b

', lK

8

',

~ ',

~,

7

',

L»N

~,

, b,

6

',

d~ ',

,

5

°',

~o',

,

~

4

', bs

,~l~

3

',o

,

',~~

2

0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900

L

Fig.6.

The distribution of trajectory lengths for the four-disk structure in a magnetic field. A

=

0.5 m, R

= i m; for a cyclotron radius Rc = 3 m, 7 " 0.01 m~~

12

10

~

? ',

/ «

4 ,

' b

8 '~ 'b

~d '

~f ~,

,d ~,

~f ~l

Ln N 6

/ '~

A~ ,

~ ~

'

~i

j ,

~' b,

4 ' Q

6 ,

,' ~

~~ ,~

,6 ',

, §

2 'O

~ o

/ '

1 '

' ' / 0

-1000 -800 -600 -400 -200 0 200 400 600 800

S

Fig.?.

The distribution of effective areas for the

open-stadium

system. A = 4 m, R

= 4 m, W

=

I m

(width

between the two

probes).

txi = 0.0099 m~~

(for

Q < 0), 02 " 0.016 m~~

(for

Q > 0).

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12

io

~K

~,

~~S

8 ~,

~i~

~,~

~°~

L~iN 6 ~'o~

~,~

,~

~, )'o~

4 ~,

~,

i~,

,°~S°

2

"~°

', o

~, °

~,

',,

o

0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900

Nr

Fig.8.

The distribution of the number of boundary reflections for the open-stadium structure A

=

4 m, R

= 4 m, W

= i m

(width

between the two

probes)

Rc

= 5 m; 71 = 0.072. This distribution is defined by :

P(N)

=

P(0) exp(-71N)

for the Bunimovich stadium [18], almost all orbits

explore

the

phase

space

uniformly (ergodic billiard)

whereas for

ellipses

the motion is

entirely

confined to invariant curves

(integrable

bil-

liard). Figure

2

emphasizes

the richness of the orbital structure for oval billiard

(10~ bounces).

We simulate the

injection

of a

large

number

(typically

10~) of

particles

towards the

scattering region

and follow their

trajectories (straight

lines or arcs of circle

depending

on the presence of

a

magnetic

field or

not)

to

determine,

for

instance,

the

trajectory length

before it scatters out.

Then,

we

adjust

an

exponential

law on the

histogram describing

the

appropriate

distribution

so as to evaluate the value of the classical parameter. Because

elasticity

of collision

implies

conservation of energy and hence of

speed,

we normalize the

speed

of the

scattering particle

to one.

Figure

3 shows a

typical trajectory

for the four-disk system

(18 bounces).

When a

magnetic

field B

(constant, uniform,

and

perpendicular

to the

plane

of the

billiard)

is

applied,

a

trajectory

is a succession of arcs of circle with reflections on the walls. The radius of the circles is

given by (Larmor radius)

R =

§, (II)

q

where m,q, u are, the mass, the

charge,

and the

velocity

of the

particle, respectively.

p

We now

report

our main results. For the distribution of

trajectory lengths,

we

obtain,

on the whole,

exponential

laws. 'Ve

find,

for instance, 7 ~M 0.096 m~~

(see Fig. 4)

for the elbow

structure in agreement with Doron et al. [19]. We also observe that

equation(3)

is still valid in the presence of a

magnetic

field and

that,

in

general,

7 seems to be reduced

(see

the results for the four-disk structure in

Figs.

5,

6).

We calculated the distribution of elTective areas

by

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N°2 SEMICLASSICAL LIMIT AND QUANTUM CHAOS 307

11

~~

"'b

', h~

9 , ,

b ',

8

h~

, ,

~ ',

L,,N ~

~,

,

,o~,

~

'b ',

, o~

5

',

,o',

~

4

',

,

~ ,

,

3

~s

,

~%l

,

'f~~~~

2

0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900

Nr

Fig-g-

The distribution of the number of boundary reflections for the elbow system A

= 0.5 m, R

= 0.478 m; 71

= 0.016.

evaluating

the oriented area enclosed

by

the electron

path

:

Q =

f(dr

A

r),k, (12)

where k is a unit vector

along

B. We assumed that it is a

good approximation

for

typical

open

orbits. We obtain that Q has an

approximately symmetric exponential

law for the open stadium structure and very weak fields

(see Fig. 7).

If R is less than the

typical

linear dimension of the

junction,

the

predictions

of

equation(10)

are not satisfied. We have also calculated this

distribution for a

particle displaying

a Brownian motion. We find the

following

law :

P(S, t)

=

) ~

~ ,

(13)

cosh

(fl§)

where i is the number of steps necessary for the

particle

to return near the

origin

of the

movement. This result is

explicitly

known for a wave

propagating

in a random medium in two

dimensions where D is the diffusion constant [20].

Finally,

we mention the distribution of the number of

boundary

reflections.

Figures

8, 9 show that the distribution follows an

exponential

law for chaotic billiards whether a

magnetic

field is

applied

or not.

Unfortunately,

we do not know of any

quantity

for which the characteristic scale of its fluctuations is connected to the

reflection number in the semiclassical limit.

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4. Conclusion and

perspectives.

In this

work,

we have verified that the fluctuations of the S-matrix or of conductance are related in the semiclassical limit to the

underlying

classical chaotic

scattering.

In

particular,

we have

checked

numerically

that the

exponential

laws are

accurately reproduced

for the distribution of

trajectory lengths (or areas).

We stress that the

expression

for the

magnetic-field

correla~

tion function is

only

valid when the Larmor radius is much

larger

than the device dimensions

(namely,

at low

magnetic field).

Due to Rammal's

death,

many of our results have not been

exploited.

For instance we have not studied in a

systematic

way the influence of the symme- try reduction on the classical parameters.

Besides,

the fluctuations of the S-matrix under a

magnetic

field are very relevant

since,

for a time-reversal

breaking

system, one should observe

a transition between members of the random matrix theory.

Finally,

the dilTerent correla- tion functions for our billiards could be calculated

directly by

the recursive Green's function method.

Therefore,

this threefold

comparison

between

classical, semiclassical,

and quantum

theory

should

provide

the main characteristic features of the classical chaotic

scattering

in the

quantum domain.

Acknowledgements.

I would like to thank the Centre de Recherches sur les Tr+s Basses

Tempdratures (CRTBT)

where this work was

performed.

I

gratefully acknowledge

J.C.

Anglbs d'Auriac,

B.

Dougot,

T.

Dombre,

M. Azzouz and Y. Brechet for many useful discussions. I

specially

thank J-M-

Maillard,

D. Delande, G.

Tarjus,

P. Viot, B. Bemu, C.

Lhuillier,

P. Azaria and H. Azzouz for their

help.

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