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Schr\"odinger evolution in a low-density random potential: annealed convergence to the linear Boltzmann equation for general semiclassical Wigner measures

Mathematical Physics 2023-03-10 v1 Analysis of PDEs math.MP

Abstract

We consider solutions of the time-dependent Schr\"odinger equation for a potential localised at the points of a Poisson process. We prove convergence of the phase-space distribution in the annealed Boltzmann-Grad limit to a semiclassical Wigner (or defect) measure and show that it is a solution of the linear Boltzmann equation. Our results hold for a large class of square-integrable initial data associated to Wigner measures, including Langragian states, WKB states and coherent states. This extends important previous work by Eng and Erd\H{o}s.

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@article{arxiv.2303.05176,
  title  = {Schr\"odinger evolution in a low-density random potential: annealed convergence to the linear Boltzmann equation for general semiclassical Wigner measures},
  author = {Søren Mikkelsen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.05176},
  year   = {2023}
}