For the case of generic 4D symplectic maps with a mixed phase space we investigate the global organization of regular tori. For this we compute elliptic 1-tori of two coupled standard maps and display them in a 3D phase-space slice. This visualizes h
ow all regular 2-tori are organized around a skeleton of elliptic 1-tori in the 4D phase space. The 1-tori occur in two types of one-parameter families: (a) Lyapunov families emanating from elliptic-elliptic periodic orbits, which are observed to exist even far away from them and beyond major resonance gaps, and (b) families originating from rank-1 resonances. At resonance gaps of both types of families either (i) periodic orbits exist, similar to the Poincare-Birkhoff theorem for 2D maps, or (ii) the family may form large bends. In combination these results allow for describing the hierarchical structure of regular tori in the 4D phase space analogously to the islands-around-islands hierarchy in 2D maps.
For generic 4D symplectic maps we propose the use of 3D phase-space slices which allow for the global visualization of the geometrical organization and coexistence of regular and chaotic motion. As an example we consider two coupled standard maps. Th
e advantages of the 3D phase-space slices are presented in comparison to standard methods like 3D projections of orbits, the frequency analysis, and a chaos indicator. Quantum mechanically, the 3D phase-space slices allow for the first comparison of Husimi functions of eigenstates of 4D maps with classical phase space structures. This confirms the semi-classical eigenfunction hypothesis for 4D maps.
