Chaotic Aharonov-Bohm scattering on surfaces of constant negative curvature

Authors
Citation
P. Levay, Chaotic Aharonov-Bohm scattering on surfaces of constant negative curvature, J PHYS A, 33(22), 2000, pp. 4129-4141
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS A-MATHEMATICAL AND GENERAL
ISSN journal
03054470 → ACNP
Volume
33
Issue
22
Year of publication
2000
Pages
4129 - 4141
Database
ISI
SICI code
0305-4470(20000609)33:22<4129:CASOSO>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
A topological model of the Aharonov-Bohm scattering is presented, where the usual set-up is modelled by a genus-one Riemann surface with two cusps, i. e. leaks infinitely far away. This constant negative-curvature surface is u niformized by the Hecke congruence subgroup Gamma(0)(11) of the modular gro up. The fluxes through the holes are described by the even Dirichlet charac ter for Gamma(0)(11). The scattering matrix having only off-diagonal elemen ts (no reflection) is calculated. The fluctuating part of the off-diagonal entries shows a non-trivial dependence on the fluxes as well. The scatterin g resonances are related to the non-trivial zeros of a Dirichlet L-function . The chaotic nature of the scattering is related to the distribution of pr imes in arithmetical progressions.