English

Resonant Hamiltonian systems and weakly nonlinear dynamics in AdS spacetimes

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2021-09-24 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory Mathematical Physics Analysis of PDEs math.MP

Abstract

Weakly nonlinear dynamics in anti-de Sitter (AdS) spacetimes is reviewed, keeping an eye on the AdS instability conjecture and focusing on the resonant approximation that accurately captures in a simplified form the long-term evolution of small initial data. Topics covered include turbulent and regular motion, dynamical recurrences analogous to the Fermi-Pasta-Ulam phenomena in oscillator chains, and relations between AdS dynamics and nonrelativistic nonlinear Schrodinger equations in harmonic potentials. Special mention is given to the way the classical dynamics of weakly nonlinear strongly resonant systems is illuminated by perturbative considerations within the corresponding quantum theories, in particular, in relation to quantum chaos theory.

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@article{arxiv.2104.09797,
  title  = {Resonant Hamiltonian systems and weakly nonlinear dynamics in AdS spacetimes},
  author = {Oleg Evnin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2104.09797},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

topical review for Clas. Quant. Grav; v2: slightly expanded, accepted for publication

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