GAUSSIAN ORTHOGONAL ENSEMBLE STATISTICS IN A MICROWAVE STADIUM BILLIARD WITH CHAOTIC DYNAMICS - PORTER-THOMAS DISTRIBUTION AND ALGEBRAIC DECAY OF TIME CORRELATIONS

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作者
ALT, H
GRAF, HD
HARNEY, HL
HOFFERBERT, R
LENGELER, H
RICHTER, A
SCHARDT, P
WEIDENMULLER, HA
机构
[1] MAX PLANCK INST KERNPHYS, D-69029 HEIDELBERG, GERMANY
[2] CERN, DIV AT, CH-1211 GENEVA 23, SWITZERLAND
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.62
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
The complete set of resonance parameters for 950 resonances of a superconducting microwave cavity connected to three antennas has been measured. This cavity simulates the quantum mechanics of a particle in a Bunimovich stadium. The partial widths are found to follow a Porter-Thomas distribution. The Fourier transforms of the S-matrix autocorrelation functions decay algebraically (nonexponentially) in time. These results agree perfectly with the predictions of random-matrix theory. They constitute one of the most stringent tests ever of this expected connection between chaotic dynamics and randommatrix theory. © 1994 The American Physical Society.
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