Inclusion of Diffraction Effects in the Gutzwiller Trace Formula

Abstract

The Gutzwiller trace formula is extended to include diffraction effects. The new trace formula involves periodic rays which have non-geometrical segments as a result of diffraction on the surfaces and edges of the scatter.

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References in corpus (1)

• Periodic Orbit Theory of Diffraction

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