Dynamical tunneling in mushroom billiards

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Abstract

We study the fundamental question of dynamical tunneling in generic two-dimensional Hamiltonian systems by considering regular-to-chaotic tunneling rates. Experimentally, we use microwave spectra to investigate a mushroom billiard with adjustable foot height. Numerically, we obtain tunneling rates from high precision eigenvalues using the improved method of particular solutions. Analytically, a prediction is given by extending an approach using a fictitious integrable system to billiards. In contrast to previous approaches for billiards, we find agreement with experimental and numerical data without any free parameter.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Article number174103
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical review letters
Volume100
Issue number17
Publication statusPublished - 2 May 2008
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

WOS 000255524300036
Scopus 43049094770
ORCID /0000-0002-7017-3738/work/142254026

Keywords

Keywords

  • MIXED SYSTEMS, ANNULAR BILLIARD