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Semiclassical limits of quantum partition functions on infinite graphs

Mathematical Physics 2015-06-18 v1 Functional Analysis math.MP Probability

Abstract

We prove that if HH denotes the operator corresponding to the canonical Dirichlet form on a possibly locally infinite weighted graph (X,b,m)(X,b,m), and if v:XRv:X\to \mathbb{R} is such that H+v/H+v/\hbar is well-defined as a form sum for all >0\hbar >0, then the quantum partition function tr(eβ(H+v/))\mathrm{tr}(\mathrm{e}^{-\beta \hbar ( H + v/\hbar)}) satisfies tr(eβ(H+v/))0+xXeβv(x) for all β>0, \mathrm{tr}(\mathrm{e}^{-\beta \hbar ( H + v/\hbar)})\xrightarrow[]{\hbar\to 0+}\sum_{x\in X} \mathrm{e}^{-\beta v(x)} \text{ for all $\beta>0$}, regardless of the fact whether eβv\mathrm{e}^{-\beta v} is apriori summable or not. We also prove natural generalizations of this semiclassical limit to a large class of covariant Schr\"odinger operators that act on sections in Hermitian vector bundle over (X,m,b)(X,m,b), a result that particularly applies to magnetic Schr\"odinger operators that are defined on (X,m,b)(X,m,b).

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@article{arxiv.1402.2452,
  title  = {Semiclassical limits of quantum partition functions on infinite graphs},
  author = {Batu Güneysu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1402.2452},
  year   = {2015}
}
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