Extracting multidimensional phase space topology from periodic orbits

Phys Rev Lett. 2006 Sep 8;97(10):104101. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.104101. Epub 2006 Sep 5.

Abstract

We establish a hierarchical ordering of periodic orbits in a strongly coupled multidimensional Hamiltonian system. Phase space structures can be reconstructed quantitatively from the knowledge of periodic orbits alone. We illustrate our findings for the hydrogen atom in crossed electric and magnetic fields.