title: Quantum signatures of classical multifractal measures.
abstract: A clear signature of classical chaoticity in the quantum regime is the fractal Weyl law, which connects the density of eigenstates to the dimension D(0) of the classical invariant set of open systems. Quantum systems of interest are often partially open (e.g., cavities in which trajectories are partially reflected or absorbed). In the corresponding classical systems D(0) is trivial (equal to the phase-space dimension), and the fractality is manifested in the (multifractal) spectrum of Rényi dimensions D(q). In this paper we investigate the effect of such multifractality on the Weyl law. Our numerical simulations in area-preserving maps show for a wide range of configurations and system sizes M that (i) the Weyl law is governed by a dimension different from D(0)=2, and (ii) the observed dimension oscillates as a function of M and other relevant parameters. We propose a classical model that considers an undersampled measure of the chaotic invariant set, explains our two observations, and predicts that the Weyl law is governed by a nontrivial dimension D(asymptotic)<D(0) in the semiclassical limit M→∞.
authors: Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, 01187 Dresden, Germany.
authors: Moritz
authors: M
authors: Schönwetter
authors: Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, 01187 Dresden, Germany.
authors: Eduardo G
authors: EG
authors: Altmann