scholarly journals Asymptotics of the spectrum and the Selberg zeta function on the space of Riemann surfaces

1987 ◽  
Vol 112 (2) ◽  
pp. 283-315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott A. Wolpert
Keyword(s):  
Zeta Function ◽  
Riemann Surfaces ◽  
Selberg Zeta Function

From classical periodic orbits to the quantization of chaos

1992 ◽  
Vol 437 (1901) ◽  
pp. 693-714 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Periodic Orbit ◽  
Zeta Function ◽  
Dirichlet Series ◽  
Periodic Orbits ◽  
Trace Formula ◽  
Riemann Surfaces ◽  
Chaotic Systems ◽  
Critical Line ◽  
Selberg Zeta Function ◽  
Periodic Orbit Theory

We present a quantitative analysis of Selberg’s trace formula viewed as an exact version of Gutzwiller’s semiclassical periodic-orbit theory for the quantization of classically chaotic systems. Two main applications of the trace formula are discussed in detail, (i) The periodic-orbit sum rules giving a smoothing of the quantal energy-level density. (ii) The Selberg zeta function as a prototype of a dynamical zeta function defined as an Euler product over the classical periodic orbits and its analytic continuation across the entropy barrier by means of a Dirichlet series. It is shown how the long periodic orbits can be effectively taken into account by a universal remainder term which is explicitly given as an integral over an ‘orbit-selection function’. Numerical results are presented for the free motion of a point particle on compact Riemann surfaces (Hadamard-Gutzwiller model), which is the primary testing ground for our ideas relating quantum mechanics and classical mechanics in the case of strong chaos. Our results demonstrate clearly the crucial role played by the long periodic orbits. An exact rule for quantizing chaos is derived for such systems where the Dirichlet series representing the Selberg zeta function converges on the critical line. Explicit formulae are given for the computation of the abscissae of absolute and conditional convergence, respectively, of these dynamical Dirichlet series. For the two Riemann surfaces considered, it turns out that one can cross the entropy barrier, but that the critical line cannot be reached by a convergent Dirichlet series. It would seem that this is the main reason why the Riemann-Siegel lookalike formula, recently conjectured by M. V. Berry and J. P. Keating, fails in generating the lower-lying quantal energies for these strongly chaotic systems.

scholarly journals ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF ZEROS OF THE DERIVATIVE OF SELBERG’S ZETA FUNCTION ASSOCIATED TO FINITE VOLUME RIEMANN SURFACES

2016 ◽  
Vol 228 ◽  
pp. 21-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
JAY JORGENSON ◽  
LEJLA SMAJLOVIĆ
Keyword(s):  
Riemann Surface ◽  
Vertical Distribution ◽  
Zeta Function ◽  
Finite Volume ◽  
Riemann Surfaces ◽  
Fuchsian Groups ◽  
Horizontal Distance ◽  
Distribution Of Zeros ◽  
Selberg Zeta Function ◽  
Hyperbolic Riemann Surface

We study the distribution of zeros of the derivative of the Selberg zeta function associated to a noncompact, finite volume hyperbolic Riemann surface $M$. Actually, we study the zeros of $(Z_{M}H_{M})^{\prime }$, where $Z_{M}$ is the Selberg zeta function and $H_{M}$ is the Dirichlet series component of the scattering matrix, both associated to an arbitrary finite volume hyperbolic Riemann surface $M$. Our main results address finiteness of number of zeros of $(Z_{M}H_{M})^{\prime }$ in the half-plane $\operatorname{Re}(s)<1/2$, an asymptotic count for the vertical distribution of zeros, and an asymptotic count for the horizontal distance of zeros. One realization of the spectral analysis of the Laplacian is the location of the zeros of $Z_{M}$, or, equivalently, the zeros of $Z_{M}H_{M}$. Our analysis yields an invariant $A_{M}$ which appears in the vertical and weighted vertical distribution of zeros of $(Z_{M}H_{M})^{\prime }$, and we show that $A_{M}$ has different values for surfaces associated to two topologically equivalent yet different arithmetically defined Fuchsian groups. We view this aspect of our main theorem as indicating the existence of further spectral phenomena which provides an additional refinement within the set of arithmetically defined Fuchsian groups.

scholarly journals Normal modes in thermal AdS via the Selberg zeta function

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria Martin ◽  
Andrew Svesko
Keyword(s):  
Zeta Function ◽  
Heat Kernel ◽  
Normal Mode ◽  
Kernel Method ◽  
Normal Modes ◽  
Quasinormal Mode ◽  
Partition Functions ◽  
Selberg Zeta Function ◽  
Exact Agreement ◽  
Spin Fields

The heat kernel and quasinormal mode methods of computing 1-loop partition functions of spin ss fields on hyperbolic quotient spacetimes \mathbb{H}^{3}/\mathbb{Z}ℍ3/ℤ are related via the Selberg zeta function. We extend that analysis to thermal \text{AdS}_{2n+1}AdS2n+1 backgrounds, with quotient structure \mathbb{H}^{2n+1}/\mathbb{Z}ℍ2n+1/ℤ. Specifically, we demonstrate the zeros of the Selberg function encode the normal mode frequencies of spin fields upon removal of non-square-integrable modes. With this information we construct the 1-loop partition functions for symmetric transverse traceless tensors in terms of the Selberg zeta function and find exact agreement with the heat kernel method.

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