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Bohr--Sommerfeld rules for systems

Mathematical Physics 2026-04-29 v2 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Analysis of PDEs math.MP Spectral Theory Quantum Physics

Abstract

We present a complete, self-contained formulation of the Bohr--Sommerfeld quantization rule for a semiclassical self-adjoint 2×22 \times 2 system on the real line, arising from a simple closed curve in phase space. We focus on the case where the principal symbol exhibits eigenvalue crossings within the domain enclosed by the curve -- a situation commonly encountered in Dirac-type operators. Building on earlier work on scalar Bohr--Sommerfeld rules and semiclassical treatments of the Harper operator near rational flux quanta, we derive concise expressions for general self-adjoint 2×22 \times 2 systems. The resulting formulas give explicit geometric phase corrections and clarify when these phases take quantized values.

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@article{arxiv.2508.21013,
  title  = {Bohr--Sommerfeld rules for systems},
  author = {Simon Becker and Setsuro Fujiié and Jens Wittsten},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2508.21013},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

29 pages, 5 figures, comments welcome!

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