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Quantum Resonances

It's probably best not to think too hard about what they really are.

Isosurfaces of resonance wavefunctions (probabilty density) inside a hard wall asymmetric hyperboloid-shaped tube.

Publications

Published: Classical and Quantum Transport Through Entropic Barriers Modelled by Hardwall Hyperboloidal Constrictions. R. Hales and H. Waalkens, Ann. Phys. (NY) 324, 1408-1451 (2009). Available here and here on arXive

Currently in prepration: Classical and Trace Formula for an OPtical Microdisk Cavity with a Point Scatterer. R. Hales, M. Sieber and H. Waalkens (2010).