The semiclassical Maupertuis-Jacobi correspondence for quasi-periodic Hamiltonian flows: stable and unstable spectra

TL;DR

This paper studies semi-classical spectral properties of Hamiltonian flows under Maupertuis-Jacobi correspondence, revealing eigenvalue degeneracies and quasi-modes near invariant tori, with applications to water-waves and geometric settings.

Contribution

It provides new semi-classical analysis results for perturbed integrable Hamiltonians, especially regarding eigenvalue degeneracies and quasi-modes near rational tori.

Findings

Eigenvalues are asymptotically degenerate near energy levels.

Most eigenvalues cluster near invariant tori as Planck's constant approaches zero.

Application to trapped modes in water-wave linear theory.

Abstract

We investigate semi-classical properties of Maupertuis-Jacobi correspondence in 2-D for families of Hamiltonians $(H_\lambda(x,\xi), {\cal H}_\lambda(x,\xi))$, when ${\cal H}_\lambda(x,\xi)$ is the perturbation of completely integrable Hamiltonian $\widetilde{\cal H}$ veriying some isoenergetic non-degeneracy conditions. Assuming the Weyl $h$-PDO $H^w_\lambda$ has only discrete spectrum near $E$, and the energy surface $\{\widetilde{\cal H}={\cal E}\}$ is separated by some pairwise disjoint lagrangian tori, we show that most of eigenvalues for $\hat H_\lambda$ near $E$ are asymptotically degenerate as $h\to0$. This applies in particular for the determination of trapped modes by an island, in the linear theory of water-waves. We also consider quasi-modes localized near rational tori. Finally, we discuss breaking of Maupertuis-Jacobi correspondence on the equator of Katok sphere.