INDUCED SUPERCONDUCTIVITY DISTINGUISHES CHAOTIC FROM INTEGRABLE BILLIARDS

Authors
MELSEN JA BROUWER PW FRAHM KM BEENAKKER CWJ
Citation
Ja. Melsen et al., INDUCED SUPERCONDUCTIVITY DISTINGUISHES CHAOTIC FROM INTEGRABLE BILLIARDS, Europhysics letters, 35(1), 1996, pp. 7-12
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Europhysics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
02955075
Volume
35
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
7 - 12
Database
ISI
SICI code
0295-5075(1996)35:1<7:ISDCFI>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Random matrix theory is used to show that the proximity to a supercond uctor opens a gap in the excitation spectrum of an electron gas confin ed to a billiard with a chaotic classical dynamics. In contrast, a gap less spectrum is obtained for a non-chaotic rectangular billiard, and it is argued that this is generic for integrable systems.