arXiv · 0902.1418
Induced Violation of Time-Reversal Invariance in the Regime of Weakly Overlapping Resonances
Abstract
We measure the complex scattering amplitudes of a flat microwave cavity (a "chaotic billiard"). Time-reversal T-invariance is partially broken by a magnetized ferrite placed within the cavity. We extend the random-matrix approach to T-violation in scattering, fit some of the properties of the scattering amplitudes, and then successfully predict others. Our work constitutes the most precise test of the theoretical approach to T-violation within the framework of random-matrix theory so far available.
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B. Dietz, T. Friedrich, H. L. Harney, M. Miski-Oglu, A. Richer, F. Schaefer, J. Verbaarschot, H. A. Weidenmueller. 2009-02-09. Induced Violation of Time-Reversal Invariance in the Regime of Weakly Overlapping Resonances. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.103.064101
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