Non-concentration of quasimodes for integrable systems
Abstract
We consider the possible concentration in phase space of a sequence of eigenfunctions (or, more generally, a quasimode) of an operator whose principal symbol has completely integrable Hamilton flow. The semiclassical wavefront set of such a sequence is invariant under the Hamilton flow. In principle this may allow concentration of along positive codimension sub-tori of a Liouville torus if there exist rational relations among the frequencies of the flow on We show that, subject to non-degeneracy hypotheses, this concentration may not in fact occur. The main tools are the spreading of Lagrangian regularity on previously shown by Vasy and the author, and an analysis of higher order transport equations satisfied by the principal symbol of a Lagrangian quasimode.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1008.4396,
title = {Non-concentration of quasimodes for integrable systems},
author = {Jared Wunsch},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1008.4396},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
One addition to acknowledgments; to appear in Comm. PDE