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1 Constructing a sigma model from semiclassics In collaboration with: Alexander Altland, Petr Braun, Fritz Haake, Stefan Heusler Sebastian Müller

2 Approaches to spectral statistics Semiclassics

3 Approaches to spectral statistics Semiclassics Sigma model

4 Approaches to spectral statistics Semiclassics Sigma model field-theoretical method for averaging over random matrices, disorder

5 Approaches to spectral statistics Semiclassics Sigma model field-theoretical method for averaging over random matrices, disorder

6 Approaches to spectral statistics Semiclassics Sigma model field-theoretical method for averaging over random matrices, disorder doing combinatorics

7 Approaches to spectral statistics Semiclassics Sigma model field-theoretical method for averaging over random matrices, disorder doing combinatorics Universal results, in agreement with RMT

8 Sigma model in RMT

9 Sigma model in RMT Generating function

10 Sigma model in RMT Generating function Z= E C E D E A E B E = det E H

11 Sigma model in RMT Generating function Z= E C E D E A E B write E = det E H as Gauss integral

12 Sigma model in RMT Generating function Z= E C E D E A E B E = det E H write as Gauss integral What about?

13 Sigma model in RMT Generating function Z= E C E D E A E B E = det E H write as Gauss integral What about? anticommuting (fermionic) variables

14 Sigma model in RMT Generating function Z= E C E D E A E B E = det E H write as Gauss integral What about? anticommuting (fermionic) variables replica trick

15 Sigma model in RMT Generating function Z= E C E D E A E B E = det E H write as Gauss integral What about? anticommuting (fermionic) variables replica trick E = lim r 0 E r 1

16 Sigma model in RMT random matrix average

17 Sigma model in RMT random matrix average Gauss integrals

18 Sigma model in RMT random matrix average Gauss integrals traded for integral over matrices

19 Sigma model in RMT random matrix average Gauss integrals traded for integral over matrices

20 Sigma model in RMT random matrix average Gauss integrals traded for integral over matrices

21 Sigma model in RMT random matrix average Gauss integrals traded for integral over matrices energy differences

22 Relevance for semiclassics

23 Relevance for semiclassics non-oscillatory / oscillatory terms:

24 Relevance for semiclassics non-oscillatory / oscillatory terms: Z falls into integrals over two submanifolds non-oscillatory

25 Relevance for semiclassics non-oscillatory / oscillatory terms: Z falls into integrals over two submanifolds Z = Z + Z 1 2 non-oscillatory

26 Relevance for semiclassics non-oscillatory / oscillatory terms: Z falls into integrals over two submanifolds Z = Z + Z 1 2 non-oscillatory non-oscillatory

27 Relevance for semiclassics non-oscillatory / oscillatory terms: Z falls into integrals over two submanifolds Z = Z + Z 1 2 non-oscillatory oscillatory non-oscillatory

28 Relevance for semiclassics non-oscillatory / oscillatory terms: Z falls into integrals over two submanifolds Z = Z + Z 1 2 non-oscillatory oscillatory non-oscillatory same relation as with Riemann-Siegel! (Berry & Keating, 1990; Keating & S.M., 2007)

29 Relevance for semiclassics non-oscillatory / oscillatory terms: Z falls into integrals over two submanifolds Z = Z + Z 1 2 non-oscillatory oscillatory non-oscillatory same relation as with Riemann-Siegel! Z 2 A, B, C, D = Z 1 A, B, D, C (Berry & Keating, 1990; Keating & S.M., 2007)

30 Relevance for semiclassics

31 Relevance for semiclassics Analog of diagonal approximation:

32 Relevance for semiclassics Analog of diagonal approximation: rational parametrization

33 Relevance for semiclassics Analog of diagonal approximation: rational parametrization

34 Relevance for semiclassics Analog of diagonal approximation: rational parametrization Keep only Gaussian terms!

35 Relevance for semiclassics Keep all terms perturbation theory

36 Relevance for semiclassics Keep all terms perturbation theory

37 Relevance for semiclassics Keep all terms perturbation theory

38 Relevance for semiclassics Keep all terms perturbation theory encounters = vertices

39 Relevance for semiclassics Keep all terms perturbation theory encounters = vertices links = propagator lines

40 Constructing a sigma model from semiclassics

41 Constructing a sigma model from semiclassics Replica trick also works in semiclassics!

42 Constructing a sigma model from semiclassics Replica trick also works in semiclassics! r `original` pseudo-orbits

43 Constructing a sigma model from semiclassics Replica trick also works in semiclassics! r `original` pseudo-orbits r `partner` pseudo-orbits

44 Constructing a sigma model from semiclassics Replica trick also works in semiclassics! r `original` pseudo-orbits r `partner` pseudo-orbits differing in encounters

45 Drawing orbits

46 Drawing orbits 1 Draw encounters

47 Drawing orbits 1 Draw encounters

48 Drawing orbits 2 Choose pseudo-orbits (colors)

49 Drawing orbits 3 Connect!

50 Drawing orbits 1 Draw encounters

51 Drawing orbits 1 Draw encounters write for each entrance port, for each exit port

52 Drawing orbits 1 Draw encounters write for each entrance port, for each exit port

53 Drawing orbits 2 Choose pseudo-orbit (colors)

54 Drawing orbits 2 Choose pseudo-orbit (colors) choose indices according to pseudo-orbits

55 Drawing orbits 2 Choose pseudo-orbit (colors) choose indices according to pseudo-orbits

56 Drawing orbits 3 Connect!

57 Drawing orbits Connect! 3 numbers of entrances & corresp. exits must coincide

58 Drawing orbits Connect! 3 numbers of entrances & corresp. exits must coincide possible connections = factorial

59 Drawing orbits Connect! 3 numbers of entrances & corresp. exits must coincide possible connections = factorial Gaussian integral with powers

60 Drawing orbits Connect! 3 numbers of entrances & corresp. exits must coincide possible connections = factorial Gaussian integral with powers

61 Drawing orbits Connect! 3 numbers of entrances & corresp. exits must coincide possible connections = factorial Gaussian integral with powers also put in energy differences

62 Result

63 Result Summation gives

64 Result Summation gives

65 Result Summation gives Agreement with sigma model, RMT

66 Result Summation gives Agreement with sigma model, RMT Difference to ballistic sigma model:

67 Result Summation gives Agreement with sigma model, RMT Difference to ballistic sigma model: Muzykantskii & Khmel'nitskii, JETP Lett. (1995) Andreev, Agam, Simons & Altshuler, PRL (1996) Jan Müller, Micklitz, Altland (2007)

68 Result Summation gives Agreement with sigma model, RMT Difference to ballistic sigma model: Muzykantskii & Khmel'nitskii, JETP Lett. (1995) Andreev, Agam, Simons & Altshuler, PRL (1996) Jan Müller, Micklitz, Altland (2007) perturbative

69 Result Summation gives Agreement with sigma model, RMT Difference to ballistic sigma model: Muzykantskii & Khmel'nitskii, JETP Lett. (1995) Andreev, Agam, Simons & Altshuler, PRL (1996) Jan Müller, Micklitz, Altland (2007) perturbative no problems due to regularisation

70 Outlook

71 Outlook possible extension: localization e.g. in long wires

72 Outlook possible extension: localization e.g. in long wires semiclassical contributions changed (diffusion)

73 Outlook possible extension: localization e.g. in long wires semiclassical contributions changed (diffusion) expect one-dimension sigma model

74 Conclusions

75 Conclusions Semiclassics

76 Conclusions Semiclassics Sigma model

77 Conclusions Semiclassics Sigma model Universality

78 Conclusions Semiclassics Sigma model Universality Same relation between non-osc. & osc. contributions

79 Conclusions Semiclassics Sigma model Universality Same relation between non-osc. & osc. contributions encounters = perturbation series

80 Conclusions Semiclassics Sigma model Universality Same relation between non-osc. & osc. contributions encounters = perturbation series count link connections using matrix integral

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