Normal forms and complex periodic orbits in semiclassical expansions of Hamiltonian systems
arXiv:chao-dyn/9809015 · doi:10.1006/aphy.1999.5916
Abstract
Bifurcations of periodic orbits as an external parameter is varied are a characteristic feature of generic Hamiltonian systems. Meyer's classification of normal forms provides a powerful tool to understand the structure of phase space dynamics in their neighborhood. We provide a pedestrian presentation of this classical theory and extend it by including systematically the periodic orbits lying in the complex plane on each side of the bifurcation. This allows for a more coherent and unified treatment of contributions of periodic orbits in semiclassical expansions. The contribution of complex fixed points is find to be exponentially small only for a particular type of bifurcation (the extremal one). In all other cases complex orbits give rise to corrections in powers of and, unlike the former one, their contribution is hidden in the ``shadow'' of a real periodic orbit.
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