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arxiv: 1508.02978 · v1 · pith:TBXTENCTnew · submitted 2015-08-12 · 🧮 math-ph · math.AP· math.MP· math.NT· nlin.CD

Scarred eigenstates for arithmetic toral point scatterers

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keywords eigenfunctionseigenvaluesmomentumrepresentationscarredeigenstatesmathbbscarring
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We investigate eigenfunctions of the Laplacian perturbed by a delta potential on the standard tori $\mathbb{R}^d/2 \pi\mathbb{Z}^d$ 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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