Journal of Atomic and Molecular Physics
The quantum spectral analysis of the semicircular and a quarter of circular billiards
Du Meng-Li
Abstract
Using a recently defined quantum spectral function and the method of closed-orbit theory we studied the spectra of the half-circular and the quarter circular billiard systems for arbitrary two points.The quantum spectra contain rich information of all classical orbits connecting two arbitrary points in well.Our calculation demonstrates that the peak positions in the Fourier-transformed quantum spectra match accurately with the lengths of the classical orbits.The two examples show evidently that semi-classical method provides a bridge between quantum and classical mechanics.