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 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 systems. The resulting formulas give explicit geometric phase corrections and clarify when these phases take quantized values.
Cite
@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!