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Semiclassical limits, Lagrangian states and coboundary equations

Dynamical Systems 2016-10-31 v4 Mathematical Physics math.MP Quantum Physics

Abstract

Assume that ff is a continuous transformation f:S1S1f:S^1 \to S^1. We consider here the cases where ff is either the transformation f(z)=z2f(z)=z^2 or ff is a smooth diffeomorphism of the circle S1S^1. Consider a fixed continuous potential τ:S1=[0,1)R\tau:S^1=[0,1) \to \mathbb{R}, νR\nu\in \mathbb{R} and φ:S1C\varphi:S^1 \to \mathbb{C} (a quantum state). The transformation F^ν\hat F_{\nu} acting on φ:S1C\varphi:S^1 \to \mathbb{C}, F^ν(φ)=ϕ\hat F_{\nu}(\varphi) = \phi, defined by ϕ(z)=F^ν(φ(z))=φ(f(z))eiντ(z)\displaystyle \phi(z) = \hat F_{\nu} (\varphi(z)) = \varphi(f(z))e^{i\nu\tau(z)} describes a discrete time dynamical evolution of the quantum state φ\varphi. Given S:RRS: \mathbb{R}\to \mathbb{R} we define the Lagrangian state φxS(z)=kZeiS(zk)e(zkx)24.\varphi_{x}^S(z) = \sum_{k\in\mathbb{Z}} e^{\frac{iS (z-k)}{\hbar}} e^{-\frac{(z-k-x)^2}{4\hbar}}. In this case F^ν(φxS(z))=kZeiS(f(z)k)e(f(z)kx)24eiντ(z)\hat F_{\nu}(\varphi_{x}^S(z)) = \sum_{k\in\mathbb{Z}}e^{\frac{iS (f(z)-k)}{\hbar}}e^{-\frac{(f(z)-k-x)^2}{4\hbar}}e^{i\nu\tau(z)}. Under suitable conditions on SS the micro-support of φxS(z)\varphi^S_x (z), when 0\hbar \to 0, is (x,S(x))(x,S'(x)). One of meanings of the semiclassical limit in Quantum Mechanics is to take ν=1\nu=\frac{1}{\hbar} and 0\hbar \to 0. We address the question of finding SS such that φxS\varphi^S_x satisfies the property: x \forall x, we have that F^ν(φxS)\hat{F}_\nu(\varphi^S_x) has micro-support on the graph of yS(y)y\to S'(y) (which is the micro-support of φxS\varphi^S_x). In other words: which SS is such that F^ν\hat{F}_\nu leaves the micro-support of φxS\varphi^S_x invariant? This is related to a coboundary equation for τ\tau, twist conditions and the boundary of the fat attractor.

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@article{arxiv.1512.07985,
  title  = {Semiclassical limits, Lagrangian states and coboundary equations},
  author = {Artur O. Lopes and Joana Mohr},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1512.07985},
  year   = {2016}
}
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