TY - JOUR
T1 - Can One Determine the Shape of a Quantum Billiard Table through the Eigenenergies and Resonances?
AU - Okada, Yuichiro
AU - Shudo, Akira
AU - Harayama, Takahisa
AU - Tasaki, Shuichi
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - The quantum billiard problem, that is the Dirichlet problem for the Helmholtz equation, can be rewritten as a Fredholm integral equation of the second kind and the eigenenergies can be characterized as the zeros of the Fredholm determinant on the positive real axis. However the Fredholm determinant also has complex zeros corresponding to the resonances when the billiard table is regarded as a scatterer against the exterior wave function. That naturally leads us to a new question "Can one determine the shape of billiard table through the interior eigenenergies and exterior resonances, i.e., all zeros of the Fredholm determinant?" instead of the famous Kac's question "Can one hear the shape of a drum?", which was solved negatively.
AB - The quantum billiard problem, that is the Dirichlet problem for the Helmholtz equation, can be rewritten as a Fredholm integral equation of the second kind and the eigenenergies can be characterized as the zeros of the Fredholm determinant on the positive real axis. However the Fredholm determinant also has complex zeros corresponding to the resonances when the billiard table is regarded as a scatterer against the exterior wave function. That naturally leads us to a new question "Can one determine the shape of billiard table through the interior eigenenergies and exterior resonances, i.e., all zeros of the Fredholm determinant?" instead of the famous Kac's question "Can one hear the shape of a drum?", which was solved negatively.
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U2 - 10.1143/PTPS.150.397
DO - 10.1143/PTPS.150.397
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0344118081
SN - 0375-9687
VL - 150
SP - 397
EP - 400
JO - Progress of Theoretical Physics Supplement
JF - Progress of Theoretical Physics Supplement
ER -