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Quasinormal-mode expansion for waves in open systems
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An open system is not conservative because energy can escape to the outside. As a result, the time-evolution operator is not Hermitian in the usual sense and the eigenfunctions (factorized solutions in space and time) are no longer normal modes but quasinormal modes (QNMs) whose frequencies $\ensuremath{\omega}$ are complex. Qausinormal-mode analysis has been a powerful tool for investigating open systems. Previous studies have been mostly system specific, and use a few QNMs to provide approximate descriptions. Here the authors review developments that lead to a unifying treatment. The formulation leads to a mathematical structure in close analogy to that in conservative, Hermitian systems. Hence many of the mathematical tools for the latter can be transcribed. Emphasis is placed on those cases in which the QNMs form a complete set and thus give an exact description of the dynamics. In situations where the QNMs are not complete, the ``remainder'' is characterized. Applications to optics in microspheres and to gravitational waves from black holes are given as examples. The second-quantized theory is sketched. Directions for further development are outlined.
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- Authors
- Ching, E. S. C., Leung, P. T., Maassen van den Brink, A., Suen, W. M., Tong, S. S., & Young, K.
- Venue
- Reviews of Modern Physics
- Publisher
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Published
- 1998-10-01
- Volume
- 70
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 1545-1554
- ISSN
- 0034-6861 (ISSN-L)
- 1539-0756
- OpenAlex
- W2004774911
- Cited by
- 290
- References
- 38
- FWCI
- 2.70
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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