9 research outputs found
Periodic orbit theory for the H\'enon-Heiles system in the continuum region
We investigate the resonance spectrum of the H\'enon-Heiles potential up to
twice the barrier energy. The quantum spectrum is obtained by the method of
complex coordinate rotation. We use periodic orbit theory to approximate the
oscillating part of the resonance spectrum semiclassically and Strutinsky
smoothing to obtain its smooth part. Although the system in this energy range
is almost chaotic, it still contains stable periodic orbits. Using Gutzwiller's
trace formula, complemented by a uniform approximation for a codimension-two
bifurcation scenario, we are able to reproduce the coarse-grained
quantum-mechanical density of states very accurately, including only a few
stable and unstable orbits.Comment: LaTeX (v3): 10 pages, 9 figures (new figure 6 added), 1 table; final
version for Phys. Rev. E (in print
Level density of the H\'enon-Heiles system above the critical barrier Energy
We discuss the coarse-grained level density of the H\'enon-Heiles system
above the barrier energy, where the system is nearly chaotic. We use periodic
orbit theory to approximate its oscillating part semiclassically via
Gutzwiller's semiclassical trace formula (extended by uniform approximations
for the contributions of bifurcating orbits). Including only a few stable and
unstable orbits, we reproduce the quantum-mechanical density of states very
accurately. We also present a perturbative calculation of the stabilities of
two infinite series of orbits (R and L), emanating from the shortest
librating straight-line orbit (A) in a bifurcation cascade just below the
barrier, which at the barrier have two common asymptotic Lyapunov exponents
and .Comment: LaTeX, style FBS (Few-Body Systems), 6pp. 2 Figures; invited talk at
"Critical stability of few-body quantum systems", MPI-PKS Dresden, Oct.
17-21, 2005; corrected version: passages around eq. (6) and eqs. (12),(13)
improve
Uniform approximations for pitchfork bifurcation sequences
In non-integrable Hamiltonian systems with mixed phase space and discrete
symmetries, sequences of pitchfork bifurcations of periodic orbits pave the way
from integrability to chaos. In extending the semiclassical trace formula for
the spectral density, we develop a uniform approximation for the combined
contribution of pitchfork bifurcation pairs. For a two-dimensional double-well
potential and the familiar H\'enon-Heiles potential, we obtain very good
agreement with exact quantum-mechanical calculations. We also consider the
integrable limit of the scenario which corresponds to the bifurcation of a
torus from an isolated periodic orbit. For the separable version of the
H\'enon-Heiles system we give an analytical uniform trace formula, which also
yields the correct harmonic-oscillator SU(2) limit at low energies, and obtain
excellent agreement with the slightly coarse-grained quantum-mechanical density
of states.Comment: LaTeX, 31 pp., 18 figs. Version (v3): correction of several misprint
Photoabsorption spectra of the diamagnetic hydrogen atom in the transition regime to chaos: Closed orbit theory with bifurcating orbits
With increasing energy the diamagnetic hydrogen atom undergoes a transition
from regular to chaotic classical dynamics, and the closed orbits pass through
various cascades of bifurcations. Closed orbit theory allows for the
semiclassical calculation of photoabsorption spectra of the diamagnetic
hydrogen atom. However, at the bifurcations the closed orbit contributions
diverge. The singularities can be removed with the help of uniform
semiclassical approximations which are constructed over a wide energy range for
different types of codimension one and two catastrophes. Using the uniform
approximations and applying the high-resolution harmonic inversion method we
calculate fully resolved semiclassical photoabsorption spectra, i.e.,
individual eigenenergies and transition matrix elements at laboratory magnetic
field strengths, and compare them with the results of exact quantum
calculations.Comment: 26 pages, 9 figures, submitted to J. Phys.
Shell structure and orbit bifurcations in finite fermion systems
We first give an overview of the shell-correction method which was developed
by V. M. Strutinsky as a practicable and efficient approximation to the general
selfconsistent theory of finite fermion systems suggested by A. B. Migdal and
collaborators. Then we present in more detail a semiclassical theory of shell
effects, also developed by Strutinsky following original ideas of M.
Gutzwiller. We emphasize, in particular, the influence of orbit bifurcations on
shell structure. We first give a short overview of semiclassical trace
formulae, which connect the shell oscillations of a quantum system with a sum
over periodic orbits of the corresponding classical system, in what is usually
called the "periodic orbit theory". We then present a case study in which the
gross features of a typical double-humped nuclear fission barrier, including
the effects of mass asymmetry, can be obtained in terms of the shortest
periodic orbits of a cavity model with realistic deformations relevant for
nuclear fission. Next we investigate shell structures in a spheroidal cavity
model which is integrable and allows for far-going analytical computation. We
show, in particular, how period-doubling bifurcations are closely connected to
the existence of the so-called "superdeformed" energy minimum which corresponds
to the fission isomer of actinide nuclei. Finally, we present a general class
of radial power-law potentials which approximate well the shape of a
Woods-Saxon potential in the bound region, give analytical trace formulae for
it and discuss various limits (including the harmonic oscillator and the
spherical box potentials).Comment: LaTeX, 67 pp., 30 figures; revised version (missing part at end of
3.1 implemented; order of references corrected