Three disks in a row: A two-dimensional scattering analog of the double-well problem

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1996-04-02

arxiv.org/abs/chao-dyn/9603016v2

Phys. Rev. A 54 (1996) 2745-2754, A 55 (1997) 1555 (E)

Physics

Condensed Matter

replaced with published version (minor misprints corrected and references updated); 23 pages, LaTeX plus 8 Postscript figures,

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevA.54.2745

We investigate the scattering off three nonoverlapping disks equidistantly spaced along a line in the two-dimensional plane with the radii of the outer disks equal and the radius of the inner disk varied. This system is a two-dimensional scattering analog to the double-well-potential (bound state) problem in one dimension. In both systems the symmetry splittings between symmetric and antisymmetric states or resonances, respectively, have to be traced back to tunneling effects, as semiclassically the geometrical periodic orbits have no contact with the vertical symmetry axis. We construct the leading semiclassical ``creeping'' orbits that are responsible for the symmetry splitting of the resonances in this system. The collinear three-disk-system is not only one of the simplest but also one of the most effective systems for detecting creeping phenomena. While in symmetrically placed n-disk systems creeping corrections affect the subleading resonances, they here alone determine the symmetry splitting of the 3-disk resonances in the semiclassical calculation. It should therefore be considered as a paradigm for the study of creeping effects. PACS numbers: 03.65.Sq, 03.20.+i, 05.45.+b

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