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Fluctuations for the Toda lattice

Probability 2026-05-20 v2 Dynamical Systems

Abstract

In this paper we consider the Toda lattice (p(t);q(t))(\mathbf{p}(t);\mathbf{q}(t)) at thermal equilibrium, meaning that its variables (pj)(p_j) and (eqjqj+1)(e^{q_j-q_{j+1}}) are independent Gaussian and Gamma random variables, respectively. We show under diffusive scaling that the space-time fluctuations for the model's currents converge to an explicit Gaussian limit. As consequences, we deduce, (i) the scaling limit for the trajectory of a single particle q0q_0 is a Brownian motion; (ii) space-time two-point correlation functions for the model decay inversely with time, with explicit scaling distributions predicted by Doyon (SciPost Phys. 5 (2018), 054) and Spohn (J. Phys. A 53 (2020), 265004). Our starting point is the notion that the Toda lattice can be thought of as a dense collection of many ``quasi-particles'' that interact through scattering. The core of our work is to establish that the full joint scaling limit of the fluctuations for these quasi-particles is given by a Gaussian process, called a dressed L\'evy-Chentsov field.

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@article{arxiv.2604.14346,
  title  = {Fluctuations for the Toda lattice},
  author = {Amol Aggarwal and Matthew Nicoletti},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.14346},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

v2: Revised introduction and added appendix E; corrected typos and references

R2 v1 2026-07-01T12:11:33.766Z