Random Analytic Chaotic Eigenstates

Abstract

The statistical properties of random analytic functions psi(z) are investigated as a phase-space model for eigenfunctions of fully chaotic systems. We generalize to the plane and to the hyperbolic plane a theorem concerning the equidistribution of the zeros of psi(z) previously demonstrated for a spherical phase space (SU(2) polynomials). For systems with time reversal symmetry, the number of real roots is computed for the three geometries. In the semiclassical regime, the local correlation functions are shown to be universal, independent of the system considered or the geometry of phase space. In particular, the autocorrelation function of psi is given by a Gaussian function. The connections between this model and the Gaussian random function hypothesis as well as the random matrix theory are discussed.