Integrable Theory of Quantum Transport in Chaotic Cavities

Vladimir Al. Osipov and Eugene Kanzieper
Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 176804 – Published 22 October 2008

Abstract

The problem of quantum transport in chaotic cavities with broken time-reversal symmetry is shown to be completely integrable in the universal limit. This observation is utilized to determine the cumulants and the distribution function of conductance for a cavity with ideal leads supporting an arbitrary number n of propagating modes. Expressed in terms of solutions to the fifth Painlevé transcendent and/or the Toda lattice equation, the conductance distribution is further analyzed in the large-n limit that reveals long exponential tails in the otherwise Gaussian curve.

  • Received 17 June 2008

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.176804

©2008 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Vladimir Al. Osipov1,2 and Eugene Kanzieper1

  • 1Department of Applied Mathematics, H.I.T.—Holon Institute of Technology, Holon 58102, Israel
  • 2Fachbereich Physik, Universität Duisburg-Essen, D-47057 Duisburg, Germany

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Vol. 101, Iss. 17 — 24 October 2008

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