Vortex structure. of quantum eigenstates and classical periodic orbits in two-dimensional harmonic oscillators

Abstract

The connection between the wavefunctions and the classical periodic orbits in a 2D harmonic oscillator is analytically constructed by using the representation of SU(2) coherent states. It is found that the constructed wavefunction generally corresponds to an ensemble of classical trajectories and its localization is extremely efficient. With the constructed wavefunction, we also analyse the property of the probability current density associated with the classical periodic orbit. The appearance of vortex structure in the quantum flow. is clearly found to arise from the wave interference.