Trace formula for quantum chaotic systems with geometrical symmetries and spin

TL;DR

This paper develops a generalized trace formula for quantum chaotic systems incorporating both spin precession and geometrical symmetries, enabling detailed spectral analysis of such complex systems.

Contribution

It introduces a novel trace formula that combines spin effects with geometrical symmetries, extending previous formulas to more complex quantum systems.

Findings

Accounts for spin precession in the trace formula

Incorporates discrete geometrical symmetries

Expresses level density via periodic orbits

Abstract

We derive a Gutzwiller-type trace formula for quantum chaotic systems that accounts for both particle spin precession and discrete geometrical symmetries. This formula generalises previous results that were obtained either for systems with spin [1,2] or for systems with symmetries [3,4], but not for a combination of both. The derivation requires not only a combination of methodologies for these two settings, but also the treatment of new effects in the form of double groups and spin components of symmetry operations. The resulting trace formula expresses the level density of subspectra associated to irreducible representations of the group of unitary symmetries in terms of periodic orbits in the system's fundamental domain. We also derive a corresponding expression for the spectral determinant. In a follow-up paper [5] we will show that our formula allows to study the impact of geometrical symmetries and spin on spectral statistics.