Abstract
In the theory of disordered systems the spectral form factor S(τ), the Fourier transform of the two-level correlation function with respect to the difference of energies, is linear for τ< and constant for τ>. Near zero and near it exhibits oscillations which have been discussed in several recent papers. In problems of mesoscopic fluctuations and quantum chaos a comparison is often made with a random matrix theory. It turns out that, even in the simplest Gaussian unitary ensemble, these oscillations have not yet been studied there. For random matrices, the two-level correlation function ρ(,) exhibits several well-known universal properties in the large-N limit. Its Fourier transform is linear as a consequence of the short-distance universality of ρ(,). However the crossover near zero and requires one to study these correlations for finite N. For this purpose we use an exact contour-integral representation of the two-level correlation function which allows us to characterize these crossover oscillatory properties. This representation is then extended to the case in which the Hamiltonian is the sum of a deterministic part and of a Gaussian random potential V. Finally, we consider the extension to the time-dependent case.
- Received 26 August 1996
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.55.4067
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