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Wave Chaos in Elastodynamic Cavity Scattering

arXiv:nlin/0108053 · doi:10.1209/epl/i2005-10286-8

Abstract

The exact elastodynamic scattering theory is constructed to describe the spectral properties of two- and more-cylindrical cavity systems, and compared to an elastodynamic generalization of the semi-classical Gutzwiller unstable periodic orbits formulas. In contrast to quantum mechanics, complex periodic orbits associated with the surface Rayleigh waves dominate the low-frequency spectrum, and already the two-cavity system displays chaotic features.

7 pages, 5 eps figures, latex (with epl.cls)