Abstract:

: Scattering matrices that can be diagonalized by a rotation through an angle θ in 2 × 2 blocks of independent scattering matrices of rank N, are considered. Assuming that the independent scattering matrices are chosen from one of the circular ensembles, or from the Poisson kernel, the 2 N × 2 N scattering matrix may describe the scattering through chaotic cavities with reduced symmetry in the absence, or presence, of direct processes, respectively. To illustrate the effect of such symmetry, the statistical distribution of the dimensionless conductance through a ballistic chaotic cavity in the presence of direct processes is analyzed for N = 1 using analytical calculations. We make a conjecture for N = 2 in the absence of direct processes, which is verified by numerical random-matrix theory simulations, and the first two moments are calculated analytically for arbitrary N.

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