Quantummushrooms,scars,andthe high-frequencylimitofchaoticeigenfunctions
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1 p.1 Quantummushrooms,scars,andthe high-frequencylimitofchaoticeigenfunctions ICIAM07, July 18, 2007 Alex Barnett Mathematics Department, Dartmouth College
2 p.2 PlanarDirichleteigenproblem Normalmodesofelasticmembraneor drum (Helmholtz,Germain,19 th C) Eigenfunctions φ j oflaplacian := x x 2 2 inboundedcavity Ω R 2 φ j = E j φ j φ j Ω = 0 DirichletBC φ Ω iφ j dx = δ ij
3 p.2 PlanarDirichleteigenproblem Normalmodesofelasticmembraneor drum (Helmholtz,Germain,19 th C) Eigenfunctions φ j oflaplacian := x x 2 2 inboundedcavity Ω R 2 φ j = E j φ j φ j Ω = 0 DirichletBC φ Ω iφ j dx = δ ij mode j = 1 discrete eigenvalues E 1 <E 2 E 3 wavenumber k j =E 1/2 j wavelength λ j := 2π k j
4 PlanarDirichleteigenproblem Normalmodesofelasticmembraneor drum (Helmholtz,Germain,19 th C) Eigenfunctions φ j oflaplacian := x x 2 2 inboundedcavity Ω R 2 φ j = E j φ j φ j Ω = 0 DirichletBC φ Ω iφ j dx = δ ij mode j = 1 discrete eigenvalues E 1 <E 2 E 3 wavenumber k j =E 1/2 j wavelength λ j := 2π k j Time-harmonic solns of wave eqn(acoustics, optics, quantum, etc) Asymptoticsof φ j aseigenvalue E j?dependsonshape... p.2
5 p.3 (Somefavorite)eigenmodetopics I. Background, chaotic billiards II. Quantum ergodicity: how uniform are eigenmodes? III. Scarring and the mushroom: how do periodic ray orbits affect mode statistics?
6 p.4 Somehistoryof(related)eigenmodes Ernst Chladni( ) sprinkles sand on metal plates Plays themwithviolinbow:visualizesnodallines(φ j = 0)
7 p.4 Somehistoryof(related)eigenmodes Ernst Chladni( ) sprinkles sand on metal plates Plays themwithviolinbow:visualizesnodallines(φ j = 0) popular lectures all over Europe Napoleon impressed: offers 1 kg gold to explain patterns Napoleon realised: irregularly shaped plate harder to understand (first funding for quantum chaos!) Sophie Germain got prize in 1816 Note: rigid plate membrane (biharmonic 2 ratherthanlaplacian )
8 p.5 Einstein-Brillouin-Keller(EBK) (Keller 60) Recallinseparabledomains(ellipse,rect.): φ j productsof1dmodes
9 p.5 Einstein-Brillouin-Keller(EBK) (Keller 60) Recallinseparabledomains(ellipse,rect.): φ j productsof1dmodes EBK: semiclassical approx. for certain non-separable modes φ(x) M m=1 A m(x)e iks m(x) mode sum of traveling waves, rays S m =phasefunction A m =amplitudefunction
10 p.5 Einstein-Brillouin-Keller(EBK) (Keller 60) Recallinseparabledomains(ellipse,rect.): φ j productsof1dmodes EBK: semiclassical approx. for certain non-separable modes φ(x) M m=1 A m(x)e iks m(x) mode sum of traveling waves, rays S m =phasefunction A m =amplitudefunction Insertinto φ = Eφ gives S m = 1 phasegrowsalongstraightrays For single-valued φ to exist and satisfy BCs: i) rays reflect off boundary, giving ray families which must close ii)quantization:round-tripphase = 2πn + π (#focalpoints) + π(#reflections) 2
11 p.5 Einstein-Brillouin-Keller(EBK) (Keller 60) Recallinseparabledomains(ellipse,rect.): φ j productsof1dmodes EBK: semiclassical approx. for certain non-separable modes φ(x) M m=1 A m(x)e iks m(x) mode sum of traveling waves, rays S m =phasefunction A m =amplitudefunction Insertinto φ = Eφ gives S m = 1 phasegrowsalongstraightrays For single-valued φ to exist and satisfy BCs: i) rays reflect off boundary, giving ray families which must close ii)quantization:round-tripphase = 2πn + π (#focalpoints) + π(#reflections) 2 But,dobouncingraypathsalwaysformclosedfamilies...?
12 p.6 Bouncingrays:thegameofbilliards x Ω ξ θ i θ θ r fullphasespace (x 1,x 2,ξ 1,ξ 2 ) =: (x,ξ) free motion: Hamiltonian dynamical system energy H(x,ξ) = ξ 2 conserved trajectory x(t)launchedat x(0) = x 0
13 p.6 Bouncingrays:thegameofbilliards x Ω ξ θ i θ θ r fullphasespace (x 1,x 2,ξ 1,ξ 2 ) =: (x,ξ) free motion: Hamiltonian dynamical system energy H(x,ξ) = ξ 2 conserved trajectory x(t)launchedat x(0) = x 0 TWO BROAD CLASSES OF MOTION integrable: ergodic: d conserved quantities(d=2) only H conserved: chaos!
14 p.7 Propertiesofchaoticrays Defn.ofergodic:Given A(x)testfunc,fora.e.trajectory x 0, lim T 1 T T 0 time average = spatial average A(x(t))dt = 1 vol(ω) Ω A(x)dx =: A
15 p.7 Propertiesofchaoticrays Defn.ofergodic:Given A(x)testfunc,fora.e.trajectory x 0, lim T 1 T T 0 time average = spatial average A(x(t))dt = 1 vol(ω) Ω A(x)dx =: A hyperbolic : x 1 (t) x 2 (t) ce Λt 0 < Λ =Lyapunovexponent Anosov : uniformly hyperbolic (all periodic orbits unstable, isolated) e.g. Bunimovich stadium ergodic but not Anosov...
16 p.7 Propertiesofchaoticrays Defn.ofergodic:Given A(x)testfunc,fora.e.trajectory x 0, lim T 1 T T 0 time average = spatial average A(x(t))dt = 1 vol(ω) Ω A(x)dx =: A hyperbolic : x 1 (t) x 2 (t) ce Λt 0 < Λ =Lyapunovexponent Anosov : uniformly hyperbolic (all periodic orbits unstable, isolated) e.g. Bunimovich stadium ergodic but not Anosov... QUANTUM CHAOS : study of eigenmodes when Ω ergodic(einstein 1917) Apps: quantum dots, nano-scale devices, molecular phys/chem Why chaos important? Generic shapes have some chaotic phase space Modes φ j irregular: VIEW j 3000:45wavelengthsacross...saymore?
17 p.8 II.QuantumErgodicityTheorem(QET) studymodematrixelements φ j, Aφ j := Ω A(x) φ j(x) 2 dx
18 p.8 II.QuantumErgodicityTheorem(QET) studymodematrixelements φ j, Aφ j := Ω A(x) φ j(x) 2 dx Thm:if Ωergodic,a.e.matrixelementtendstothemean: lim φ j,aφ j A = 0 E j jexceptsubseq.ofvanishingdensity (Schnirelman 74, Colin de Verdière 85, Zelditch 87, Z-Zworski 96)
19 p.8 II.QuantumErgodicityTheorem(QET) studymodematrixelements φ j, Aφ j := Ω A(x) φ j(x) 2 dx Thm:if Ωergodic,a.e.matrixelementtendstothemean: lim φ j,aφ j A = 0 E j jexceptsubseq.ofvanishingdensity (Schnirelman 74, Colin de Verdière 85, Zelditch 87, Z-Zworski 96) measure φ j 2 dx weaklyin L1 dx/vol(ω) j = 1 j = 10 j = 10 2 j = 10 3 j
20 p.8 II.QuantumErgodicityTheorem(QET) studymodematrixelements φ j, Aφ j := Ω A(x) φ j(x) 2 dx Thm:if Ωergodic,a.e.matrixelementtendstothemean: lim φ j,aφ j A = 0 E j jexceptsubseq.ofvanishingdensity (Schnirelman 74, Colin de Verdière 85, Zelditch 87, Z-Zworski 96) measure φ j 2 dx weaklyin L1 dx/vol(ω) j = 1 j = 10 j = 10 2 j = 10 3 j Of practical importance: At what rate is limit reached? How fast does the density of excluded subsequence vanish?
21 p.9 QuantumUniqueErgodicity(QUE) Conj.(Rudnick-Sarnak 94): There is no excluded subsequence in QET
22 p.9 QuantumUniqueErgodicity(QUE) Conj.(Rudnick-Sarnak 94): There is no excluded subsequence in QET context: negatively curved manifolds(anosov) Recent analytic results: Proventoholdforarithmeticmanifold SL 2 (Z) \ H(Lindenstrauss 03)...veryspecialsystem,symmetries,all Λ = 1 ProvennottoholdforsomequantumArnoldcatmaps(Faureetal 03)
23 p.9 QuantumUniqueErgodicity(QUE) Conj.(Rudnick-Sarnak 94): There is no excluded subsequence in QET context: negatively curved manifolds(anosov) Recent analytic results: Proventoholdforarithmeticmanifold SL 2 (Z) \ H(Lindenstrauss 03)...veryspecialsystem,symmetries,all Λ = 1 ProvennottoholdforsomequantumArnoldcatmaps(Faureetal 03) Buttherearenoanalyticresultsforplanarcavities...
24 p.10 Numericalexperiments (B, Comm. Pure Appl. Math. 06) dispersing cavity, proven Anosov(Sinai 70) desymmetrized, generic Λ exponents { 1 in Ω A, testfunction A = 0 otherwise
25 p.10 Numericalexperiments (B, Comm. Pure Appl. Math. 06) dispersing cavity, proven Anosov(Sinai 70) desymmetrized, generic Λ exponents { 1 in Ω A, testfunction A = 0 otherwise Large-scalestudy,30,000modesinrange j 10 4 to 10 6,enabledby: 1. Efficientboundary-basednumericsfor φ j ( scalingmethod ) 2. Matrixelements Ω A φ 2 jdxviaboundaryintegralson Ω A 100timeshigherin jthananypreviousstudies(e.g.bäcker 98) only a few CPU-days total
26 p.11 Typicalhigh-frequencyergodicmode 225 wavelengths across system level number j E j 10 6 Stringiness unexplained...
27 (compare: random sum of plane waves) Re ikm x a e m m P all wavenumbers km = E = const. similarly stringy... interesting to the eye only? p. 12
28 Raw matrix element data To reach high E, only use modes in intervals Ej [E, E + L(E)] diagonal elements classical mean 0.65 <φn, A φn> E 6 n x 10 No outliers strong evidence for QUE (exceptional density < ) p. 13
29 p.14 Atwhatratecondensetothemean? interval I E = [E,E + L(E)] choosewidth L(E) = O(E 1/2 ) eigenvaluecountininterval N(I E ) := #{j : E j I E } quantumvariance V A (E) := 1 φj,aφ j A 2 N(I E ) E j I E
30 p.14 Atwhatratecondensetothemean? interval I E = [E,E + L(E)] choosewidth L(E) = O(E 1/2 ) eigenvaluecountininterval N(I E ) := #{j : E j I E } quantumvariance V A (E) := 1 φj,aφ j A 2 N(I E ) E j I E Random-wavestatisticalmodelfor φ j gives: V A (E) a RW E 1/2
31 p.14 Atwhatratecondensetothemean? interval I E = [E,E + L(E)] choosewidth L(E) = O(E 1/2 ) eigenvaluecountininterval N(I E ) := #{j : E j I E } quantumvariance V A (E) := 1 φj,aφ j A 2 N(I E ) E j I E Random-wavestatisticalmodelfor φ j gives: V A (E) a RW E 1/2 Conj.(Feingold-Peres 86): V A (E) g C A (0) vol(ω) E 1/2 where g = 2fromstatisticalindependenceofnearby φ j (heuristic) C A (ω) :=FTofautocorrelation 1 vol(ω) Ω A(x 0)A(x(τ))dx A 2
32 p.15 Resultsonquantumergodicityrate measured V A (E) 10 3 Conj. 1.2 (best fit) random wave model Conj. 1.3 (FP) consistent with power law model V A (E) = ae γ V A (E) Ratio V A (E) / FP fit γ = 0.48 ± E verycloseto γ = 1/2 prefactor: RW model fails FP Conj. succeeds large numbers of modes unprecedented accuracy(< 1%) asymptotic regime seen for first time(but more data needed!) consistentwithfpconj.,convergenceveryslow:7%offat j = 10 5
33 Note also exceptional bouncing ball BB modes(since not Anosov) Apps of scars: dielectric micro-lasers(tureci et al), tunnel diodes... p.16 III.Scars:shadowsofperiodicrayorbits Somehigh-jmodes φ j 2 localizeonunstableperiodicorbits(upo) discovered by numerical study of quarter-stadium modes (Heller 84)
34 p.17 Whydomodesshowscars? Statistics of modes Greens function wave propagation
35 p.17 Whydomodesshowscars? Statistics of modes Greens function wave propagation Indistributionalsensein k(wavenumber),for x Ω, j=1 φ j (x) 2 δ(k k j ) = 2k π lim ε 0 Im G(x,x;k2 + iε) Local Density Of States Greens func for Helmholtz eqn in Ω
36 p.17 Whydomodesshowscars? Statistics of modes Greens function wave propagation Indistributionalsensein k(wavenumber),for x Ω, j=1 φ j (x) 2 δ(k k j ) = 2k π lim ε 0 Im G(x,x;k2 + iε) Local Density Of States Greens func for Helmholtz eqn in Ω Then use semiclassical ray theory(heuristic): G(x,x;k 2 ) (freespace) + returning orbits x x (geometricfactor) e ik(orbitlength)
37 Whydomodesshowscars? Statistics of modes Greens function wave propagation Indistributionalsensein k(wavenumber),for x Ω, j=1 φ j (x) 2 δ(k k j ) = 2k π lim ε 0 Im G(x,x;k2 + iε) Local Density Of States Greens func for Helmholtz eqn in Ω Then use semiclassical ray theory(heuristic): G(x,x;k 2 ) (freespace) + returning orbits x x (geometricfactor) e ik(orbitlength) Outcome: k-periodic LDOS enhancement along each periodic orbit (Gutzwiller, Heller, Bogomolny, Berry, Kaplan, 80-90s) p.17
38 Mushroomcavitymodes (B-Betcke, nlin/ ) Unusually simple divided phase space (Bunimovich 01) ergodic rays regular rays p.18
39 Mushroomcavitymodes (B-Betcke, nlin/ ) Unusually simple divided phase space (Bunimovich 01) First calculation of high-freq modes: j 2000 ergodic rays regular rays Percival 73 conjecture verified(percival 73): modes localize to either regular or chaotic region p.18
40 Veryhighfreqmushroommodes ergodic, equidistributed ergodic, strongly scarred p.19
41 Newphenomenon:a movingscar n φ j (q) 2,boundarylocation q: j q sloping streak effect MODES SMOOTHED p.20
42 Newphenomenon:a movingscar n φ j (q) 2,boundarylocation q: 600 takeftalong kaxis,gives: wave autocorrelation in time l 10 j q q sloping streak effect MODES SMOOTHED refocused returning orbits return length varies with q EVOLVE p.20
43 p.21 Conclusion Highfrequencyasymptoticpropertiesofchaoticmodes φ j : φ j (x) 2 tendstospatiallyuniformatconjecturedrate Scarring on unstable periodic orbits, enhanced by refocusing Topics not covered: Bouncing ball mode leakage Quasi-orthogonalityofboundaryfunctions n φ j (s) (ongoing w/ A. Hassell) Findouthowthenumericalmethodworks:Friam:KOLF121 Thanks: P. Deift(NYU) A. Hassell(ANU) P. Sarnak(Princeton) T. Betcke(Manchester) S. Zelditch(JHU) Funding: NSF(DMS ) Preprints, talks, movies: ahb madewith:linux,l A TEX,Prosper
44 p.22 High-eigenvaluequarter-stadiumscar Our numerical evidence for QUE scars die, measure o(1)
45 Husimidistributionsonmushroomboundary ergodic integrable classical boundary PSOS: p ergodic q c q L p 0 p q q regular ergodic, strongly scarred p.23
46 IV.BouncingBallmodes (ongoing work w/ A. Hassell) p.24
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