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Semiclassical trace formulae for systems with spin-orbit interactions: successes and limitations of present approaches

Chaotic Dynamics 2008-11-26 v3 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Mathematical Physics math.MP Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems Nuclear Theory

Abstract

We discuss the semiclassical approaches for describing systems with spin-orbit interactions by Littlejohn and Flynn (1991, 1992), Frisk and Guhr (1993), and by Bolte and Keppeler (1998, 1999). We use these methods to derive trace formulae for several two- and three-dimensional model systems, and exhibit their successes and limitations. We discuss, in particular, also the mode conversion problem that arises in the strong-coupling limit.

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@article{arxiv.nlin/0202028,
  title  = {Semiclassical trace formulae for systems with spin-orbit interactions: successes and limitations of present approaches},
  author = {Ch. Amann and M. Brack},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nlin/0202028},
  year   = {2008}
}

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LaTeX2e, 25 pages incl. 9 figures, version 3: final version in print for J. Phys. A