Relativistic quantum level-spacing statistics in chaotic graphene billiards

Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2010 May;81(5 Pt 2):055203. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.81.055203. Epub 2010 May 28.

Abstract

An outstanding problem in quantum nonlinear dynamics concerns about the energy-level statistics in experimentally accessible relativistic quantum systems. We demonstrate, using chaotic graphene confinements where electronic motions are governed by the Dirac equation in the low-energy regime, that the level-spacing statistics are those given by Gaussian orthogonal ensemble (GOE) random matrices. Weak magnetic field can change the level-spacing statistics to those of Gaussian unitary ensemble for electrons in graphene. For sufficiently strong magnetic field, the GOE statistics are restored due to the appearance of Landau levels.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Graphite / chemistry*
  • Magnetics
  • Nonlinear Dynamics*
  • Normal Distribution
  • Quantum Theory*

Substances

  • Graphite