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Path
PathIntegrals,
Integrals,
Hyperbolic
HyperbolicSpaces
Spaces and
and
Selberg
Selberg Trace
Trace Formulae
Formulae
2nd
2nd Edition
Edition
Christian Grosche
Universität Hamburg & Stadtteilschule Walddörfer
Germany
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Contents
List of Tables ix
List of Figures xi
Preface xiii
1 Introduction 1
v
vi CONTENTS
Bibliography 329
Index 369
List of Tables
ix
x LIST OF TABLES
xi
xii LIST OF FIGURES
Motivation.
In this monograph I want to give an overview and summary of two lines of research I
have carried out: These are the theory of path integrals on the one hand, and Selberg
trace formulæ on the other. The first topic, the study of path integrals I started
with my Diploma Thesis which was entitled “Das Coulombpotential im Pfadintegral”
[195]. I calculated the radial path integral for the Coulomb potential, however, in a
somewhat complicated way: I used a two-dimensional analogue of the Kustaanheimo-
Stiefel transformation. My Diploma Thesis was the starting point for an intensive
investigation of path integral formulations on curved manifolds.
Later on, I could generalize these results to the path integral formulation for some
specific coordinate systems in spaces of constant curvature on the sphere and the
pseudosphere, for general hyperbolic spaces of rank one, for hermitian spaces (later
also for hermitian hyperbolic spaces), and for single-sheeted hyperboloids. I started a
systematic investigation of the path integral formulation (and evaluation if possible)
in spaces of constant curvature, where all coordinate systems which separate the
Schrödinger equation or the path integral, respectively, were taken into account.
Motivated by string theory, in particular by the Polyakov approach to string
perturbation theory which is a path integral formulation, and quantum mechanics
in spaces of constant negative curvature, I started an investigation in the theory of
the Selberg trace formula, i.e., quantum field theory on Riemann surfaces. The first
principal achievement I presented in my Dissertation [203]. It included a thorough
discussion of the Selberg super-trace formula on super-Riemann surfaces, and I could
derive the trace formula for super-automorphic forms of integer weight. Analytic
properties of the Selberg super-zeta-functions could be discussed by a proper choice
of testfunctions in the trace formula, and super-determinants of Laplacians on super-
Riemann surfaces could be expressed in terms of the Selberg super-zeta-functions,
thus giving well-defined expressions for all genera in the integrand of the Polyakov
partition function. It is interesting to note that the Selberg trace formula can be
derived by a path integration. This is true for the usual as well as the super-hyperbolic
plane.
I developed the theory further, first by including elliptic and parabolic conju-
gacy classes in the Selberg super-trace formula, and secondly by the incorporation of
xiii
xiv PREFACE
bordered super-Riemann surfaces. In the latter case I could generalize results from
a joint paper with Jens Bolte, where we merged results from Venkov, Hejhal and
Bolte and Steiner to derive a Selberg trace formula on bordered Riemann surfaces for
automorphic forms of integer weight.
Also, the asymptotic distribution for the lengths of geodesics and the eigenvalues of
Laplacians, i.e. analogies for Huber’s and Weyl’s law, respectively, on super Riemann
surfaces could be stated.
In the first edition of this monograph I successfully solved the path integral rep-
resentations for many coordinate systems on two- and three-dimensional pseudo-
Euclidean space, Euclidean space, the sphere and the pseudosphere. These coordinate
systems separate the Schrödinger equation, respectively the path integral. However,
several path integral representations could not be evaluated, which is mainly due
to that they are parametric systems. Surprisingly several path integral representa-
tions for elliptic and spheroidal coordinate systems could be derived which is due
to expansion-theorems for elliptic and spheroidal coordinates in three-dimensional
Euclidean space.
In the second edition of this monograph I was able to extend this study to more
spaces: The two- and three-dimensional complex spheres, which are, however, some-
what only a formal level, because the complex sphere is a complex space. However,
parametric coordinate systems cannot be treated generally.
Furthermore I can include path integral representations and solution on the her-
mitian hyperbolic space HH(2), and for two- and three-dimensional Darboux spaces.
Darboux spaces have the interesting property that they are spaces of non-constant
curvature, which contain as limiting case spaces of constant curvature, though, i.e.
spheres and hyperboloids. In two dimensions four cases of Darboux spaces are studied,
and in three dimensions two cases of Darboux spaces. Another interesting property of
Darboux spaces is that in some of them there is a zero-point energy for the free motion
in the continuous spectrum (D II , D IV , D 3d−II ). Also, for the free motion, a discrete
spectrum can arise (D III ). Another feature in three-dimensional Darboux spaces is
the fact that a proper quantum theory must be set up. The incorporation of the third
dimension changes the corresponding momentum operators (and the Hamiltonian) in
such a way that without a proper additional quantum potential no calculations at all
would be possible.
A further extension to the so-called Koenig-spaces I have omitted here. Including
them would require more space without giving more substantial information and
insight.
Also omitted are the discussions of super-integrable potentials, also called Smo-
rodinsky-Winternitz potentials. Including them would extend this work far too much.
In the future it is planned to publish another monograph about the topic of super-
integrable potentials in spaces of constant and non-constant curvature. Also complex
spaces will be included, as well as the investigations on the O(2, 2) and SU(2, 2)
hyperboloids.
PREFACE xv
Path Integrals.
Contrary to common believe, the proper quantum potential in the path integral in
quantum mechanics is in general not just a constant proportional to the curvature.
There may be a formulation, where this is the case, but not necessarily. In particular,
if the path integral is formulated in terms of the classical Lagrangian, thus giving
rise to an effective Lagrangian, then the quantum potential is explicitly coordinate-
dependent.
Our first paper [248] was followed by other instructive examples of path integrals
which could be treated by this theory in a consistent way. Among them were the path
integral on the Poincaré upper half-plane [247], and its related conformally equivalent
formulations, the Poincaré disc and the hyperbolic strip [202], and the pseudosphere
[249]. Some potential problems [198, 204] and the incorporation of magnetic fields
[197, 200] could also be discussed in this context, among them the Kepler problem
on the pseudosphere [201]. Here a useful lattice formulation of the path integral was
extensively used, which I have called “product form” [196]. In comparison to the
often used (arithmetic) mid-point formulation, this lattice prescription is basically
a geometric mid-point formulation. Also the already in [248] improved space-time
transformation (also Duru-Kleinert transformation) technique could be further devel-
oped in [218] by the incorporation of explicitly time-dependent transformations.
The part of this volume concerned with path integrals is designed as follows: In
Chapter 2 I review the definition of path integrals on curved manifolds. This includes
the explicit construction of the path integral in its lattice definition. The two most
important lattice prescriptions, mid-point and product-form are presented with the
emphasize on the latter. Other lattice representations are not discussed, and neither
the Vielbein approach of Kleinert [352]. Furthermore, transformation techniques are
outlined. This includes point canonical transformations, space-time transformations,
pure time transformations, and separation of variables. Some of the path integral
investigations were done in joint work with Frank Steiner [248]. It must be noted that
in recent years several review articles and textbooks following the classical books of
Feynman and Hibbs [164] and Schulman [460] on exactly solvable path integrals with
many examples have been published, e.g., Albeverio et al. [5, 3], Dittrich and Reuter
1
2 CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION
[131], Glimm and Jaffe [182], Inomata et al. [289], Khandekar and Lawande [337],
Kleinert [352], Roepstorff [454]. Simon [470], and Wiegel [519].
In Chapter 3 I give a summary of the classification of coordinate systems in spaces
of constant curvature. This includes some remarks about the physical significance
concerning separation of variables and breaking of symmetry, a general classification
scheme, and an overview of the coordinate systems in Euclidean and Minkowski spaces
and on spheres and hyperboloids.
In the next nine Chapters the path integral representations in several classes
of (homogeneous) spaces are discussed. It includes the two- and three-dimensional
Minkowski or pseudo-Euclidean spaces (Chapter 4), the two- and three-dimensional
Euclidean spaces (Chapter 5), the two- and three-dimensional spheres (Chapter 6)
and hyperboloids (Chapter 7), the two- and three-dimensional complex sphere (Chap-
ter 8), hermitian hyperbolic space (Chapter 9), and Darboux spaces (Chapter 10).
Additional results for the two-dimensional single-sheeted hyperboloid are presented in
Chapter 11 and for more general homogeneous and hyperbolic spaces in Chapter 12.
This includes the single-sheeted two-dimensional hyperboloid, the hyperbolic space
corresponding to SO(p, q) and SU(p, q), and the case of hyperbolic spaces of rank one.
In comparison to the first edition of this monograph, the Chapters 8, 9 and 10
are entirely new. They contain results, which have been achieved in the course of
studying more general cases as just real spaces, respectively real spaces of constant
curvature, respectively spaces whose curvature is not constant, i.e. the Darboux
spaces. However, I will not discuss the so-called Koenig-spaces which emerge from,
say, usual flat space by multiplying the metric with a super-integrable potential in
this flat space. This can be done in two- and three-dimensional Euclidean space,
respectively. In two dimensions these potentials are the isotropic harmonic oscillator,
the Holt-potential, and the Coulomb potential, e.g. [241]. The quantum motion
then can be analyzed in the usual way by path integration [235, 237]. However, the
quantization conditions for the energy-levels turn out to be rather complicated. They
require the solution of an equation of eighth order in the energy E. Surprisingly,
special cases of the Koenig-spaces turn to be Darboux spaces, spaces of constant
(negative) curvature, and, of course, Euclidean space.
Koenig spaces which emerge form an analogous way from, say, Minkowski space,
or spaces with constant (positive and negative) curvature with their corresponding
super-integrable potentials have not been discussed yet. Their construction should
be straightforward, though, including a path integral evaluation.
The cases of two- and three-dimensional Darboux spaces have been partly done
in collaboration with George Pogosyan [244], in particular in the context of super-
integrable potentials in these spaces. This was an extension of earlier work of super-
integrable potentials on spaces of constant curvature [241]–[243].
Generally, I denote by “u” coordinates with indefinite metric, and by “q” coordi-
nates with a positive definite metric. I start with the case of the pseudo-Euclidean
space, because the proposed path integral solutions are entirely new. Some of the path
integral solutions in the remaining three other spaces have been already reviewed in
[223], and I do not discuss all the solutions in detail once more. Only the new so-
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION 3
lutions are treated more explicitly. In particular, I concentrate on the path integral
solutions which can be obtained by means of interbasis expansions. This includes the
case of elliptic coordinates in two-dimensional Euclidean space, on the sphere and on
the pseudosphere, the case of spheroidal coordinates in three-dimensional Euclidean
space, and some cases of ellipsoidal coordinates in spaces of constant curvature in
three dimensions. As we will see, all the developed path integral techniques will come
into play. I have cross-checked the solutions with the ones available in the literature
achieved by other means. My hope is that my presentation will serve as a table for
path integral representations in homogeneous spaces. I did not intend a discussion
according to Camporesi [94] with a generalization to higher dimensions, applications
of my results in cosmology, zeta-function regularization, etc. In addition, some results
of path integration on generalized hyperbolic spaces are given.
required in order that this feature can occur. Therefore the only systems which can
be quantized semiclassically are those whose classical phase space consists of D-fold
separating invariant tori. Among them are many well-known standard systems as the
harmonic oscillator, the hydrogen atom, anharmonic oscillators like the Morse- or the
Pöschl–Teller oscillators, and all one-dimensional systems. Excluded are the motion
on spaces of constant negative curvature, billiard systems with boundaries which have
defocusing properties, and many others like a hydrogen atom in a uniform magnetic
field or the anisotropic Kepler problem. All these systems are classically chaotic.
In the 1960’s Gutzwiller [258] was the first who developed by means of path
integrals a semiclassical theory for systems, which are classically chaotic and cannot
be quantized semiclassically, because no set of invariant tori exists. What do exist,
however, are periodic orbits and energy levels, the very things physicists are interested
in. Gutzwiller discovered his periodic orbit formula in the study of the problem of the
semiclassical quantization of separable and non-separable (chaotic) systems, where
the most important separable system under consideration was the hydrogen atom
[258]. The semiclassical trace formula of Gutzwiller has been applied successfully to
many physical systems, like the anisotropic Kepler problem [260], the Helium-atom
[522], the hydrogen-atom in crossed electric and magnetic fields [493], and billiard
systems, e.g., [23, 467, 469]. Later on, in the study of more general systems, in
particular for the classical and quantum motion on a Riemann surface, he realized
that he had rediscovered the Selberg trace formula [259]. A sound mathematical
footing for a large class of systems is also due to Albeverio et al. [2].
The second part of this volume is therefore devoted to periodic orbit theory,
the theory of the Selberg (super-) trace formula, and some of its applications in
mathematical physics. It is important to keep in mind that contrary to one’s first
impression, these topics do have a relation to path integral techniques indeed. First of
all, for the derivation of the periodic orbit formula the path integral is essential. Only
the path integral gives in its semiclassical (stationary phase etc.) approximation all
the necessary information for a proper set up for a correct and comprehensive periodic
orbit formula. This is due to the property of the path integral that it represents in
quantum mechanics not just only a summation over paths, but a summation over all
paths. This huge amount of information goes into the periodic orbit formula if one
studies more and more refinements and improvements of it, i.e., information about the
Maslov-indices, caustics, discontinuities in the van Vleck-Pauli-Morette determinant,
and many more. Another line of reasoning is valid in the case of the Selberg trace
formula. Considering a path integral formulation on a Riemann surface represents
just but a special case of the Selberg trace formula, i.e., the Selberg trace formula
for the heat kernel: Usually the propagator or the Green’s function, respectively, in
a hyperbolic space can be evaluated in closed form. Applying the composition law
for a path integral on a coset space yields an expansion over group elements for the
propagator. In the case of Riemann surfaces the summation is over the elements of a
Fuchsian group. Taking the trace gives the Selberg trace formula.
In Chapter 13 I start with an elementary introduction into the periodic orbit
theory and the periodic orbit trace formula of Gutzwiller [258]–[260] and Sieber and
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION 5
Steiner [467, 469]. Aspects of mathematical rigour are set aside, e.g., Albeverio et al.
[2]. I give a simple derivation of the periodic orbit formula, the regularized periodic
orbit formula is stated without proof, and I give some arguments that the periodic
orbit theory is the proper semiclassical quantization procedure for classically chaotic
systems. These remarks are supposed to be on an informal level, and in Chapter 14 I
give some more details of the theoretical background. This emphasizes the importance
of trace formulæ, and in particular the importance of Selberg trace formulæ. The
remainder of Chapter 13 is then devoted several integrable billiard system. One of
them I have called a billiard system in a “rectangle in the hyperbolic plane”. A
numerical analysis has been presented in [219], and some of the most important
features are reported here. Furthermore, I give some additional analysis concerning
the fluctuations of the number of energy levels about the mean number of energy
levels. The other two- and three-dimensional integrable billiard systems have been
investigated in [238], which included the numerical evaluation of the corresponding
energy-levels and the statistics.
These studies of Selberg trace formulæ in the connection with periodic orbit theory
and quantum chaos led to the investigation of a separable billiard system in the
hyperbolic plane. This system was analyzed in [211]. The most important results are
reported in Chapter 13, including some new studies concerning the statistic of the
fluctuations of the number of energy levels about the mean number of levels.
A conjecture of Steiner et al. [18, 480] predicts for classically chaotic systems a
Gaussian distribution of the fluctuations of the spectral staircase about the mean
number of energy levels (Weyl’s law), whereas the fluctuations for classically inte-
grable systems should be all non-Gaussian. Within the error margins, the conjecture
is supported by the investigated systems. Whereas the original attempt of periodic
orbit theory was to determine from the knowledge of the classical periodic orbits the
quantal energy levels, it can also be used to do the analysis the other way round:
Take the energy levels and determine the lengths of the periodic orbits. This analysis
is done for the rectangular billiard system in the hyperbolic plane, and it is found
that the two shortest periodic orbits (and their multiplies) can be indeed determined.
However, a systematic investigation of the periodic orbits of this system has not been
done yet; this and a desirable extended and refined determination of the energy levels
have not been the topic of this volume.
In the next two Chapters I deal with the Selberg trace formula on Riemann sur-
faces and with the Selberg super-trace formula on super-Riemann surfaces, respec-
tively. Selberg trace formulæ in symmetric space forms of rank higher than one as,
e.g., considered by Efrat [145] and Wallace [516], are not taken into account. In
Chapter 14 I give a summary of the theory of the Selberg trace formula. I start with
an overview of several applications in Mathematical Physics, i.e., cosmology, string
theory, relation with the Riemann zeta functions, and higher dimensional general-
izations, i.e., hyperbolic space forms of rank one. I am concerned mainly with the
statement of the trace formulæ, including the incorporation of elliptic and parabolic
conjugacy classes. After using the trace formula for the determination of the analytic
properties of the Selberg zeta-function, I show how determinants of Laplacians on
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