Anomalous shell effect in the transition from a circular to a triangular billiard

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-78166
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.7816

Arita, K ; Brack, Matthias

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Abstract

We apply periodic orbit theory to a two-dimensional non-integrable billiard system whose boundary is varied smoothly from a circular to an equilateral triangular shape. Although the classical dynamics becomes chaotic with increasing triangular deformation, it exhibits an astonishingly pronounced shell effect on its way through the shape transition. A semiclassical analysis reveals that this shell ...