arXiv · 1508.02978
Scarred eigenstates for arithmetic toral point scatterers
Abstract
We investigate eigenfunctions of the Laplacian perturbed by a delta potential on the standard tori $\mathbb{R}^d/2 π\mathbb{Z}^d$ in dimensions $d=2,3$. Despite quantum ergodicity holding for the set of "new" eigenfunctions we show that there is scarring in the momentum representation for $d=2,3$, as well as in the position representation for $d=2$ (i.e., the eigenfunctions fail to equidistribute in phase space along an infinite subsequence of new eigenvalues.) For $d=3$, scarred eigenstates are quite rare, but for $d=2$ scarring in the momentum representation is very common --- with $N_{2}(x) \sim x/\sqrt{\log x}$ denoting the counting function for the new eigenvalues below $x$, there are $\gg N_{2}(x)/\log^A x$ eigenvalues corresponding to momentum scarred eigenfunctions.
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Pär Kurlberg, Lior Rosenzweig. 2015-08-12. Scarred eigenstates for arithmetic toral point scatterers. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00220-016-2749-x
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