Action correlations in integrable systems

Abstract

In many problems of quantum chaos the calculation of sums of products of periodic orbit contributions is required. A general method of computation of these sums is proposed for generic integrable models where the summation over periodic orbits is reduced to the summation over integer vectors uniquely associated with periodic orbits. It is demonstrated that in multiple sums over such integer vectors there exist hidden saddle points which permit explicit evaluation of these sums. Saddle-point manifolds consist of periodic orbits vectors which are almost mutually parallel. Different problems have been treated by this saddle-point method, e.g. Berry's bootstrap relations, mean values of Green function products, etc. In particular, we find that a suitably defined two-point correlation form-factor for periodic orbit actions in generic integrable models is proportional to the quantum density of states and has peaks at quantum eigenenergies.