The spontaneous emission rate γ of a two-level atom inside a chaotic cavity fluctuates strongly from one point to another because of fluctuations in the local density of modes. For a cavity with perfectly conducting walls and an opening containing N wave channels, the distribution of γ is given by P(γ)∝γ^N/2-1(γ+γ₀)^-N-1, where γ₀ is the free-space rate. For small N the most probable value of γ is much smaller than the mean value γ₀.
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