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Scaling asymptotics of spectral Wigner functions

Mathematical Physics 2022-10-12 v2 math.MP Spectral Theory

Abstract

We prove that smooth Wigner-Weyl spectral sums at an energy level EE exhibit Airy scaling asymptotics across the classical energy surface ΣE\Sigma_E. This was proved earlier by the authors for the isotropic harmonic oscillator and the proof is extended in this article to all quantum Hamiltonians 2Δ+V-\hbar^2 \Delta + V where VV is a confining potential with at most quadratic growth at infinity. The main tools are the Herman-Kluk initial value parametrix for the propagator and the Chester-Friedman-Ursell normal form for complex phases with a one-dimensional cubic degeneracy. This gives a rigorous account of Airy scaling asymptotics of spectral Wigner distributions of M.V. Berry, A. Ozorio de Almeida and other physicists.

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@article{arxiv.2207.13571,
  title  = {Scaling asymptotics of spectral Wigner functions},
  author = {Boris Hanin and Steve Zelditch},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2207.13571},
  year   = {2022}
}