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Interface Asymptotics of Eigenspace Wigner distributions for the Harmonic Oscillator

Mathematical Physics 2019-02-05 v2 math.MP Spectral Theory

Abstract

Eigenspaces of the quantum isotropic Harmonic Oscillator H^:=22Δ+x22\hat{H}_{\hbar} : = - \frac{\hbar^2}{2} \Delta + \frac{||x||^2}{2} on Rd\mathbb{R}^d have extremally high multiplicites and the eigenspace projections Π,EN()\Pi_{\hbar, E_N(\hbar)} have special asymptotic properties. This article gives a detailed study of their Wigner distributions W,EN()(x,ξ)W_{\hbar, E_N(\hbar)}(x, \xi). Heuristically, if EN()=EE_N(\hbar) = E, W,EN()(x,ξ)W_{\hbar, E_N(\hbar)}(x, \xi) is the `quantization' of the energy surface ΣE\Sigma_E, and should be like the delta-function δΣE\delta_{\Sigma_E} on ΣE\Sigma_E; rigorously, W,EN()(x,ξ)W_{\hbar, E_N(\hbar)}(x, \xi) tends in a weak* sense to δΣE\delta_{\Sigma_E}. But its pointwise asymptotics and scaling asymptotics have more structure. The main results give Bessel asymptotics of W,EN()(x,ξ)W_{\hbar, E_N(\hbar)}(x, \xi) in the interior H(x,ξ)<EH(x, \xi) < E of ΣE\Sigma_E; interface Airy scaling asymptotics in tubes of radius 2/3\hbar^{2/3} around ΣE\Sigma_E, with (x,ξ)(x, \xi) either in the interior or exterior of the energy ball; and exponential decay rates in the exterior of the energy surface.

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@article{arxiv.1901.06438,
  title  = {Interface Asymptotics of Eigenspace Wigner distributions for the Harmonic Oscillator},
  author = {Boris Hanin and Steve Zelditch},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1901.06438},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

28 pages, 3 figures, v2. Statement of Theorem 1.5 slightly modified. Several references added

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