The presence of symplectic strata improves the Gevrey regularity for sums of squares

We consider a class of operators of the type sum of squares of real analytic vector fields satisfying the Hormander bracket condition. The Poisson-Treves stratification is associated to the vector fields. We show that if the deepest stratum in the stratification, i.e., the stratum associated to the longest commutators, is symplectic, then the Gevrey regularity of the solution is better than the minimal Gevrey regularity given by the Derridj-Zuily theorem