Published January 19, 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

SLE description of the nodal lines of random wavefunctions

  • 1. CNRS, Universite Paris-Sud, UMR 8626, Laboratoire de Physique Theorique et Modeles Statistiques, 91405 Orsay (France)

Description

The nodal lines of random wavefunctions are investigated. We demonstrate numerically that they are well approximated by the so-called SLE6 curves which describe the continuum limit of the percolation cluster boundaries. This result gives additional support to the recent conjecture that the nodal domains of random (and chaotic) wavefunctions in the semi-classical limit are adequately described by the critical percolation theory. It is also shown that using the dipolar variant of SLE reduces significantly finite size effects

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/1751-8113/40/3/003;
PII
S1751-8113(07)32270-1;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. A, Mathematical and Theoretical (Online)
Journal Volume
40
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 381-395
ISSN
1751-8121

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
38072880
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
CHAOS THEORY; RANDOMNESS; WAVE FUNCTIONS
Descriptors DEC
FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICS