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Resonance widths in a case of multidimensional phase space tunneling

Mathematical Physics 2012-06-01 v1 Analysis of PDEs math.MP

Abstract

We consider a semiclassical 2×22\times 2 matrix Schr\"odinger operator of the form P=h2ΔI2+diag(xnμ,τV2(x))+hR(x,hDx)P=-h^2\Delta {\bf I}_2 + {\rm diag}(x_n-\mu, \tau V_2(x)) +hR(x,hD_x), where μ\mu and τ\tau are two small positive constants, V2V_2 is real-analytic and admits a non degenerate minimum at 0, and R=(rj,k(x,hDx))1j,k2R=(r_{j,k}(x,hD_x))_{1\leq j,k\leq 2} is a symmetric off-diagonal 2×22\times 2 matrix of first-order differential operators with analytic coefficients. Then, denoting by e1e_1 the first eigenvalue of Δ+\laτV2"(0)x,x\ra/2-\Delta + \la \tau V_2"(0)x,x\ra /2, and under some ellipticity condition on r1,2=r2,1r_{1,2}=r_{2,1}^*, we show that, for any μ\mu sufficiently small, and for 0<ττ(μ)0<\tau \leq\tau(\mu) with some τ(μ)>0\tau(\mu)>0, the unique resonance ρ\rho of PP such that ρ=τV2(0)+(e1+r2,2(0,0))h+O(h2)\rho = \tau V_2(0) + (e_1+r_{2,2}(0,0))h + {\mathcal O}(h^2) (as h0+h\rightarrow 0_+) satisfies, ρ=h32f(h,ln1h)e2S/h, \Im \rho = -h^{\frac32}f(h,\ln\frac1{h})e^{-2S/h}, where f(h,ln1h)0mf,mh(ln1h)mf(h,\ln\frac1{h}) \sim \sum_{0\leq m\leq\ell} f_{\ell,m}h^\ell(\ln\frac1{h})^m is a symbol with f0,0>0f_{0,0}>0, and SS is the imaginary part of the complex action along some convenient closed path containing (0,0)(0,0) and consisting of a union of complex nul-bicharacteristics of p1:=ξ2xnμp_1:=\xi^2 - x_n-\mu and p2:=ξ2+τV2(x)p_2:=\xi^2 +\tau V_2(x) (broken instanton). This broken instanton is described in terms of the outgoing and incoming complex Lagrangian manifolds associated with p2p_2 at the point (0,0)(0,0), and their intersections with the characteristic set p11(0)p_1^{-1}(0) of p1p_1.

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@article{arxiv.1205.7004,
  title  = {Resonance widths in a case of multidimensional phase space tunneling},
  author = {Alain Grigis and André Martinez},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1205.7004},
  year   = {2012}
}

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