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Area of Science:

  • Wave physics
  • Quantum chaos
  • Statistical mechanics

Background:

  • Understanding wave propagation in complex systems is crucial.
  • Open wave-chaotic cavities with broken time-reversal symmetry present unique statistical properties.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To statistically describe stationary intensity within open wave-chaotic cavities.
  • To investigate the impact of a finite number of open channels on intensity probability density.

Main Methods:

  • Supersymmetric method of random matrix theory.
  • Heidelberg approach framework.
  • Analysis of probability density for single-point and joint intensities.

Main Results:

  • Intensity probability density P(I) follows a power law P(I)∼I^{-(M+2)} for large intensities with M open channels, differing from the Rayleigh law.
  • The Rayleigh law is only valid in the limit of infinite channels (M→∞).
  • Joint intensity distributions and extreme value statistics (EVS) for multiple observation points were derived, showing deviations from classical EVS.

Conclusions:

  • The statistical behavior of intensity in open wave-chaotic cavities is strongly dependent on the number of input channels.
  • Classical EVS models do not fully capture the extreme value statistics in these systems.