Semiclassical trace formulae using coherent states
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
2017-09-27 v1
Abstract
We derive semiclassical trace formulae including Gutzwiller's trace formula using coherent states. This formulation has several advantages over the usual coordinate-space formulation. Using a coherent-state basis makes it immediately obvious that classical periodic orbits make separate contributions to the trace of the quantum-mechanical time evolution operator. In addition, our approach is manifestly canonically invariant at all stages, and leads to the simplest possible derivation of Gutzwiller's formula.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0012027,
title = {Semiclassical trace formulae using coherent states},
author = {B. Mehlig and M. Wilkinson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0012027},
year = {2017}
}
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19 pages, 1 figure