Microwave scattering in an irregularly shaped cavity: Random-matrix analysis

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Abstract
Microwave-scattering studies help to establish a link between classical chaos and the corresponding quantum dynamics. We present an analysis of recent experimental data using a theory based on random matrices that takes full account of quantal aspects and compare the results with the semiclassical approach. In our analysis purely wave-mechanical effects are seen, namely a non-Lorentzian correlation of the frequency spectrum, leading to a nonexponential decay in time.