Asymptotic relationship between homoclinic points and periodic orbit stability exponents.

Li, Jizhou; Tomsovic, Steven · Phys Rev E · 2019

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

The magnitudes of the terms in periodic orbit semiclassical trace formulas are determined by the orbits' stability exponents. In this paper, we demonstrate a simple asymptotic relationship between those stability exponents and the phase-space positions of particular homoclinic points.