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170 C.W.J. Beenakker<br />

that a fully microscopic approach, for example bas<strong>ed</strong> on the ballistic σ-model<br />

[81, 82], could provide a conclusive answer. At present technical difficulties<br />

still stand in the way of a solution along those lines [83].<br />

A new direction of research is <strong>to</strong> investigate the effects of a nonisotropic<br />

superconducting order parameter on the Andreev billiard. The case of d-wave<br />

symmetry is most interesting because of its relevance for high-temperature<br />

superconduc<strong>to</strong>rs. The key ingr<strong>ed</strong>ients ne<strong>ed</strong><strong>ed</strong> for a theoretical description exist,<br />

notably RMT [84], quasiclassics [85], and a numerically efficient Andreev<br />

map [86].<br />

Acknowl<strong>ed</strong>gments<br />

While writing this review, I benefitt<strong>ed</strong> from correspondence and discussions<br />

with W. Belzig, P. W. Brouwer, J. Cserti, P. M. Ostrovsky, P. G. Silvestrov,<br />

and M. G. Vavilov. The work was support<strong>ed</strong> by the Dutch Science Foundation<br />

NWO/FOM.<br />

A Excitation Gap in Effective RMT<br />

and Relationship with Delay Times<br />

We seek the <strong>ed</strong>ge of the excitation spect<strong>ru</strong>m as it follows from the determinant<br />

(87), which in zero magnetic field and for E ≪ ∆ takes the form<br />

�<br />

Det 1+e 2iEτE/� S0(E)S0(−E) †�<br />

=0. (95)<br />

The unitary symmetric matrix S0 has the RMT distribution of a chaotic<br />

cavity with effective parameters Neff and δeff given by (85) and (86). The<br />

mean dwell time associat<strong>ed</strong> with S0 is τdwell. The calculation for Neff ≫ 1<br />

follows the method describ<strong>ed</strong> in Sects. 6.1 and 6.2, modifi<strong>ed</strong> as in [37] <strong>to</strong><br />

account for the energy dependent phase fac<strong>to</strong>r in the determinant.<br />

Since S0 is of the RMT form (30), we can write (95) in the Hamil<strong>to</strong>nian<br />

form (32). The extra phase fac<strong>to</strong>r exp(2iEτE/�) introduces an energy depen-<br />

dence of the coupling matrix,<br />

W0(E) = π<br />

cos u<br />

�<br />

W0W T 0 sin u W0WT 0<br />

W0W T 0 W0W T �<br />

, (96)<br />

0 sin u<br />

where we have abbreviat<strong>ed</strong> u = EτE/�. The subscript 0 reminds us that the<br />

coupling matrix refers <strong>to</strong> the r<strong>ed</strong>uc<strong>ed</strong> set of Neff channels in the effective RMT.<br />

Since there is no tunnel barrier in this case, the matrix W0 is determin<strong>ed</strong> by<br />

(31) with Γn ≡ 1. The Hamil<strong>to</strong>nian<br />

� �<br />

H0 0<br />

H0 =<br />

(97)<br />

0 −H0

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