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arXiv:quant-ph/0107094 · Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics

Exact trace formulas for a class of one-dimensional ray-splitting systems

Yuri A. Dabaghian, Roderick V. Jensen, R. Blümel

Published May 10, 2001• 16 citations
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Abstract

Using quantum graph theory we establish that the ray-splitting trace formula proposed by Couchman et al. [Phys. Rev. A 46, 6193 (1992)] is exact for a class of one-dimensional ray-splitting systems. Important applications in combinatorics are suggested.
DOI
10.1103/physreve.63.066201

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