title: Ray-splitting correction to the Weyl formula: experiment versus theory.
abstract: An abrupt change in the dielectric constant of media filling a microwave cavity was predicted by Prange et al. [Phys. Rev. E 53, 207 (1996)]] to produce a ray splitting correction to the Weyl formula for the mean staircase function of resonances. We present the first experimental confirmation of this effect. Our results with a quasi-two-dimensional cavity are directly relevant to the ray-splitting correction in two-dimensional quantal ray-splitting billiards.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Astronomy, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3800, USA.
authors.forename: Corrie
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vaa
authors.forename: Peter M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Koch
authors.forename: Reinhold
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Blümel