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Billiard Systems in Three Dimensions: The Boundary Integral Equation and the Trace Formula

chao-dyn 2009-10-30 v1 Chaotic Dynamics

Abstract

We derive semiclassical contributions of periodic orbits from a boundary integral equation for three-dimensional billiard systems. We use an iterative method that keeps track of the composition of the stability matrix and the Maslov index as an orbit is traversed. Results are given for isolated periodic orbits and rotationally invariant families of periodic orbits in axially symmetric billiard systems. A practical method for determining the stability matrix and the Maslov index is described.

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@article{arxiv.chao-dyn/9711001,
  title  = {Billiard Systems in Three Dimensions: The Boundary Integral Equation and the Trace Formula},
  author = {Martin Sieber},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:chao-dyn/9711001},
  year   = {2009}
}

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LaTeX, 19 pages