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Semi-classical mass asymptotics on stationary spacetimes

Mathematical Physics 2021-03-25 v2 Analysis of PDEs math.MP

Abstract

We study the spectrum {λj(m)}j=1\{\lambda_j(m)\}_{j=1}^{\infty} of a timelike Killing vector field ZZ acting as a differential operator DZD_Z on the Hilbert space of solutions of the massive Klein-Gordon equation (g+m2)u=0(\Box_g + m^2) u = 0 on a globally hyperbolic stationary spacetime (M,g)(M, g) with compact Cauchy hypersurface. The inverse mass m1m^{-1} is formally like the Planck constant in a Schr\"odinger equation, and we give Weyl asymptotics as mm \to \infty for the number Nν,C(m)=#{jλj(m)m[νCm,ν+Cm]}N_{\nu, C}(m)= \# \{j \mid \frac{\lambda_j(m)}{m} \in [\nu - \frac{C}{m}, \nu + \frac{C}{m} ]\} for a given C>0C > 0. The semi-classical mass asymptotics are governed by the dynamics of the Killing flow etZe^{tZ} on the hypersurface in the space of mass 11 geodesics γ\gamma where γ˙,Z=ν\langle \dot{\gamma}, Z \rangle= \nu.

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@article{arxiv.2002.01055,
  title  = {Semi-classical mass asymptotics on stationary spacetimes},
  author = {Alexander Strohmaier and Steve Zelditch},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2002.01055},
  year   = {2021}
}

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to appear in Indagationes Mathematicae, special volume in honour of Hans Duistermaat

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