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Phys. Rev. Lett. 58, 1296–1299 (1987)

Properties of random superpositions of plane waves

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P. O’Connor
Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195

J. Gehlen
Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195

E. J. Heller
Departments of Chemistry and Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195

Received 21 November 1986; published in the issue dated 30 March 1987

Random superpositions of plane waves, designed to mimic the local behavior of completely random eigenfunctions of classically chaotic Hamiltonian systems, are shown to have surprising properties, including structures which may be precursors of periodic orbit scar localization.

© 1987 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.58.1296
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.58.1296
PACS:
03.65.Ge, 03.65.Sq, 05.45.+b, 42.10.-s
 
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