Universal spectral statistics in quantum graphs

Phys Rev Lett. 2004 Nov 5;93(19):194101. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.194101. Epub 2004 Nov 4.

Abstract

We prove that the spectrum of an individual chaotic quantum graph shows universal spectral correlations, as predicted by random-matrix theory. The stability of these correlations with regard to nonuniversal corrections is analyzed in terms of the linear operator governing the classical dynamics on the graph.