Quantum stress in chaotic billiards

Details Quantum stress in chaotic billiards Quantum stress in chaotic billiards

2007-11-09

arxiv.org/abs/0711.1438v2

PRE 77, 066209 (2008)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

11 pages, 14 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.77.066209

This article reports on a joint theoretical and experimental study of the Pauli quantum-mechanical stress tensor $T_{\alpha \beta}(x,y)$ for open two-dimensional chaotic billiards. In the case of a finite current flow through the system the interior wave function is expressed as $\psi = u+iv$. With the assumption that $u$ and $v$ are Gaussian random fields we derive analytic expressions for the statistical distributions for the quantum stress tensor components $T_{\alpha \beta}$. The Gaussian random field model is tested for a Sinai billiard with two opposite leads by analyzing the scattering wave functions obtained numerically from the corresponding Schroedinger equation. Two-dimensional quantum billiards may be emulated from planar microwave analogues. Hence we report on microwave measurements for an open 2D cavity and how the quantum stress tensor analogue is extracted from the recorded electric field. The agreement with the theoretical predictions for the distributions for $T_{\alpha \beta}(x,y)$ is quite satisfactory for small net currents. However, a distinct difference between experiments and theory is observed at higher net flow, which could be explained using a Gaussian random field, where the net current was taken into account by an additional plane wave with a preferential direction and amplitude.

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